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Katherine "Kathy" Metz Shults

Katherine "Kathy" Metz Shults

Feb 16, 2021

Katherine “Kathy” Metz Shults age 74 of Orange, Texas passed away Feb. 16, 2021. She was born February 11, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas, daughter of Frank and Hazel Metz. Kathy graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1965. Shortly after, she met and married her one true love, Tolliver ‘Tolly’ Shults on November 28, 1969. Throughout their marriage of...

Adam Potts

Adam Potts

Feb 16, 2021

Adam Potts, 37, of Orangefield, passed away in Orangefield. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 26, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Houston, Texas, on October 24, 1983, he was...

Chana Jean Piletere

Chana Jean Piletere

Feb 16, 2021

Chana Jean Piletere, 44, of Bridge City, passed away on February 16, 2021. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 22, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral service, beginning at 1:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Chana Jean Piletere entered this world kicking and screaming and crying...

Elton Ray Goins Jr.

Elton Ray Goins Jr.

Feb 15, 2021

Elton Ray Goins Jr., 63, of Lumberton, passed away on Monday February 15, 2021 at, his home, in Lumberton. Born in Kountze, Texas on July 4, 1957, he was the son of Elton Ray Goins Sr., and Vivian (Wright) Goins. Elton was a hardworking man being in the Oil Field for many years. He was married to the love of...

Wilma "Jean" Thomas

Wilma "Jean" Thomas

Feb 15, 2021

Jean Thomas, 83, of Orange, passed away on February 15, 2021, in Beaumont. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 20, at Orange Seventh Day Adventist Church in Orange. Born in Angelina County, Texas on September 6, 1937, she was the daughter of Roy Fletcher and Robealou (Coslett) Fletcher. Jean worked for many years as an RN. She...

Cameron Jerry McCraw Jr.

Cameron Jerry McCraw Jr.

Feb 15, 2021

Cameron Jerry McCraw Jr., 65, passed away on February 15, 2021 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Jerry came into this world the day after his mom’s 36th birthday on February 1, 1956. Most of the family called him by his name, Jerry. He was born to Cameron J. McCraw, Sr. and Maudine Hamill McCraw in Beaumont, Texas. At the time,...

James Fuller Withrow

James Fuller Withrow

Feb 12, 2021

James Fuller Withrow, 83, of Orange, Texas, passed away the night of February 12, 2021, in The Woodlands, Texas. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 21, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Randy Branch....

Mary Louise Parsley

Mary Louise Parsley

Feb 12, 2021

Mary Lou Parsley, 89, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on February 12, 2021, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Graveside service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont, Texas. Born in Louisiana, on...

John Leroy Badeaux, Sr.

John Leroy Badeaux, Sr.

Feb 11, 2021

John Leroy Badeaux, Sr., 68, of Orange, Texas, passed away on February 11, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2021, with a recitation of the Rosary by Deacon Melvin Payne at 6:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will...

Mary Beth Wilson

Mary Beth Wilson

Feb 10, 2021

Mary Beth Wilson, 67, of Orange, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 10th, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 17, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be her grandson, Pastor JC Copley. Entombment will follow at Autumn Oaks Mausoleum. Visitation will be from...

Martha Cockerham

Martha Cockerham

Feb 10, 2021

Martha Cockerham, 99, of Orange, passed away on February 10, 2021. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 14, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, February 13, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Tullos, Louisiana, on January 6,...

Doyle Wayne McCamey

Doyle Wayne McCamey

Feb 9, 2021

Wayne McCamey, 79, of Orange, passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at his home, several months after being diagnosed with ALS. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 13, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Jerry Masterson of Brentwood, Tennessee, former minister of Ninth and Elm Church of Christ in Orange. Burial...

Blain Jason Viator

Blain Jason Viator

Feb 9, 2021

Blain Jason Viator, 60, of Orange, passed away on February 9, 2021, in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm, Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Claybar Funeral Home, with burial to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be from noon to 2:00 pm, Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on December 17,...

Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard

Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard

Feb 9, 2021

Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard Our amazing mother, Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard, 101, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, with her daughters at her bedside. Born on November 9, 1919, in Orange, Texas, Mary Frances was the sixth of thirteen children born to Anna and Ben Mazzola. Graduating in the top ten percent of her class...

Orelia Marie Saltzman

Orelia Marie Saltzman

Feb 9, 2021

Orelia Marie Saltzman, 85, of Orange, passed away on February 9, 2021, at home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 20, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Jennings Louisiana on October 16, 1935...

Mary "Lois" Powell Smith

Mary "Lois" Powell Smith

Feb 7, 2021

Mary “Lois” Powell Smith, 86, of Orange, passed away on February 7, 2021, in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 12, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Barry Bradley. Burial will follow at Parrish Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in...

Jeffery "Jeff" Joe Daigle

Jeffery "Jeff" Joe Daigle

Feb 6, 2021

Jeffery “Jeff’ Joe Daigle, 54, of Bridge City, passed away on February 6, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 18, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will be held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Sherman, Texas, on June 15, 1965, he was...

Macrina Mondragon Jaimes

Macrina Mondragon Jaimes

Feb 6, 2021

Macrina Mondragon Jaimes, 68, of Beaumont, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at, U.T. Health North Campus, in Tyler. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. with a rosary held...

Barbara Rena Daigle

Barbara Rena Daigle

Feb 6, 2021

Barbarine “Barbara” Rena Daigle Barbara Rena Daigle, 79, of Bridge City, passed away on February 6, 2021in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 18, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home...

James "Bob" Robert Morris

James "Bob" Robert Morris

Feb 6, 2021

Bob Morris, 76, of Orange, passed away on February 6, 2021 at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 10, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother John Fortenberry. Burial will follow at Bland Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born...

Katherine "Kathy" Metz Shults

Katherine "Kathy" Metz Shults

Feb 16, 2021

Katherine “Kathy” Metz Shults age 74 of Orange, Texas passed away Feb. 16, 2021. She was born February 11, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas, daughter of Frank and Hazel Metz. Kathy graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1965. Shortly after, she met and married her one true love, Tolliver ‘Tolly’ Shults on November 28, 1969. Throughout their marriage of...

Adam Potts

Adam Potts

Feb 16, 2021

Adam Potts, 37, of Orangefield, passed away in Orangefield. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 26, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Houston, Texas, on October 24, 1983, he was...

Chana Jean Piletere

Chana Jean Piletere

Feb 16, 2021

Chana Jean Piletere, 44, of Bridge City, passed away on February 16, 2021. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 22, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral service, beginning at 1:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Chana Jean Piletere entered this world kicking and screaming and crying...

Elton Ray Goins Jr.

Elton Ray Goins Jr.

Feb 15, 2021

Elton Ray Goins Jr., 63, of Lumberton, passed away on Monday February 15, 2021 at, his home, in Lumberton. Born in Kountze, Texas on July 4, 1957, he was the son of Elton Ray Goins Sr., and Vivian (Wright) Goins. Elton was a hardworking man being in the Oil Field for many years. He was married to the love of...

Wilma "Jean" Thomas

Wilma "Jean" Thomas

Feb 15, 2021

Jean Thomas, 83, of Orange, passed away on February 15, 2021, in Beaumont. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 20, at Orange Seventh Day Adventist Church in Orange. Born in Angelina County, Texas on September 6, 1937, she was the daughter of Roy Fletcher and Robealou (Coslett) Fletcher. Jean worked for many years as an RN. She...

Cameron Jerry McCraw Jr.

Cameron Jerry McCraw Jr.

Feb 15, 2021

Cameron Jerry McCraw Jr., 65, passed away on February 15, 2021 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Jerry came into this world the day after his mom’s 36th birthday on February 1, 1956. Most of the family called him by his name, Jerry. He was born to Cameron J. McCraw, Sr. and Maudine Hamill McCraw in Beaumont, Texas. At the time,...

James Fuller Withrow

James Fuller Withrow

Feb 12, 2021

James Fuller Withrow, 83, of Orange, Texas, passed away the night of February 12, 2021, in The Woodlands, Texas. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 21, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Randy Branch....

Mary Louise Parsley

Mary Louise Parsley

Feb 12, 2021

Mary Lou Parsley, 89, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on February 12, 2021, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Graveside service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont, Texas. Born in Louisiana, on...

John Leroy Badeaux, Sr.

John Leroy Badeaux, Sr.

Feb 11, 2021

John Leroy Badeaux, Sr., 68, of Orange, Texas, passed away on February 11, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2021, with a recitation of the Rosary by Deacon Melvin Payne at 6:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will...

Mary Beth Wilson

Mary Beth Wilson

Feb 10, 2021

Mary Beth Wilson, 67, of Orange, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 10th, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 17, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be her grandson, Pastor JC Copley. Entombment will follow at Autumn Oaks Mausoleum. Visitation will be from...

Martha Cockerham

Martha Cockerham

Feb 10, 2021

Martha Cockerham, 99, of Orange, passed away on February 10, 2021. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 14, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, February 13, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Tullos, Louisiana, on January 6,...

Doyle Wayne McCamey

Doyle Wayne McCamey

Feb 9, 2021

Wayne McCamey, 79, of Orange, passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at his home, several months after being diagnosed with ALS. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 13, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Jerry Masterson of Brentwood, Tennessee, former minister of Ninth and Elm Church of Christ in Orange. Burial...

Blain Jason Viator

Blain Jason Viator

Feb 9, 2021

Blain Jason Viator, 60, of Orange, passed away on February 9, 2021, in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm, Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Claybar Funeral Home, with burial to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be from noon to 2:00 pm, Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on December 17,...

Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard

Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard

Feb 9, 2021

Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard Our amazing mother, Mary Frances Mazzola Bethard, 101, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, with her daughters at her bedside. Born on November 9, 1919, in Orange, Texas, Mary Frances was the sixth of thirteen children born to Anna and Ben Mazzola. Graduating in the top ten percent of her class...

Orelia Marie Saltzman

Orelia Marie Saltzman

Feb 9, 2021

Orelia Marie Saltzman, 85, of Orange, passed away on February 9, 2021, at home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 20, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Jennings Louisiana on October 16, 1935...

Mary "Lois" Powell Smith

Mary "Lois" Powell Smith

Feb 7, 2021

Mary “Lois” Powell Smith, 86, of Orange, passed away on February 7, 2021, in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 12, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Barry Bradley. Burial will follow at Parrish Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in...

Jeffery "Jeff" Joe Daigle

Jeffery "Jeff" Joe Daigle

Feb 6, 2021

Jeffery “Jeff’ Joe Daigle, 54, of Bridge City, passed away on February 6, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 18, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will be held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Sherman, Texas, on June 15, 1965, he was...

Macrina Mondragon Jaimes

Macrina Mondragon Jaimes

Feb 6, 2021

Macrina Mondragon Jaimes, 68, of Beaumont, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at, U.T. Health North Campus, in Tyler. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. with a rosary held...

Barbara Rena Daigle

Barbara Rena Daigle

Feb 6, 2021

Barbarine “Barbara” Rena Daigle Barbara Rena Daigle, 79, of Bridge City, passed away on February 6, 2021in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 18, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home...

James "Bob" Robert Morris

James "Bob" Robert Morris

Feb 6, 2021

Bob Morris, 76, of Orange, passed away on February 6, 2021 at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 10, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother John Fortenberry. Burial will follow at Bland Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born...

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