Dorothy Evelyn Sonnier

Dorothy Evelyn Sonnier, 93, of Orange, passed away on April 3, 2016, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont.

Funeral services will be held Friday, April 8, at 10:00a.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend W.W Smith and Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Henderson, Texas, on August 19, 1922, she was the daughter of Ed Wright and Roxie Flora Parker. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend who will be truly missed by all who knew and loved her. She had a passion for her nursing profession and caring for her patients. She had served as a nurse for 38 years and retired from Orange Memorial Hospital after 25 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her children, Joe Brown, Porter Brown, Marcia Hryhorchuk, Wanda Brown, Roy Roger Brown; her grandchildren, Rachel Shields, Gerald Hryhorchuk, Christina Savage.

She is survived by her daughters, Marilyn Schmidt of Deweyville, Paula Robertson of Vidor, Sandra Kay Lutz of Bridge City; and her son, Buddy Brown of Huffman, Texas; 22 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be John Maness, Alan Glisson, John Lutz, William Schmidt, Michael Conley and Leigh Barrett.