Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Cheyenne Nicole Eads
Jul 14, 2024
Cheyenne Nicole Eads
Cheyenne Nicole Eads, 29, of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and loved ones on July 14, 2024, at her home in Orange after a two-year battle with cervical cancer.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Scot Shaffer. Burial will follow at Orange...
Martha Evans Crosby
Jul 11, 2024
Martha Evans Crosby, 85, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 11, 2024.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, 2024, at First Baptist Church in Deweyville. Officiating will be Reverend Damon Bickham.
Born in Celeste, Texas, on March 3, 1939, she was the daughter of Junius Jennings Evans, Jr. and Bertha Mae McQueary Norton. Martha led...
Dave Leslie Chesson, Sr.
Jul 10, 2024
Dave Leslie Chesson, Sr., 75, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2024, at Baptist Hospital, in Beaumont, Texas. He was born April 16, 1949, in Orange, Texas, to Gloria Mae Roberts Chesson and Clyde Mitchell Chesson.
He was a proud resident of Orangefield, Texas, and was a 1968 graduate of Bridge City High School. He married Charolette Morrow on October 25, 1968,...
Joseph Laday III
Jul 9, 2024
Joseph Laday III, 69, of Kirbyville, Texas, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2024, in Jasper, Texas.
Funeral services with military honors will be held a 6:00 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2024, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas.
Visitation will be from prior to the service, beginning at 4:00 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2024, at Claybar Kelley- Watkins Funeral Home...
Jo Cindy Cloy
Jul 9, 2024
Jo Cindy Cloy, 69, of Orange, passed away on July 9, 2024, at Focused Care in Orange surrounded by her loved ones.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 12, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon David Bonneaux, of St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will be at 3:00 p.m. at Ford...
Daniel Roy "Jim Nasium" Simar
Jul 9, 2024
Danny Simar, 69, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 9 after a thirty-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis.
He was born to Wanda and Roy Simar in Orange, Texas, where he spent the majority of his time stirring up “wholesome trouble” with his lifelong friends, Louis Blanda, John Blanda, Jim Edgerton, Gerald Reidmueller, and the late David Green....
Jefferson Alvoid Garrison
Jul 8, 2024
Jefferson Alvoid Garrison
Jefferson Alvoid Garrison, 71, passed away on July 8, 2024, in his lifelong hometown of Orangefield, Texas.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Visitation will be from 1pm until the ceremony starts at 2pm. Officiating the service will be Dr. Doak Burke D.C. of Orangefield, Texas, and...
Sylvia Ann Mires
Jul 8, 2024
Sylvia Ann Mires, 84, passed away on July 8, 2024, at The Delaney at Southshore in League City, Texas.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 15, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange beside the plot of her beloved J.R.
Visitation will be from 5:00...
Shirley Jo Ausherman
Jul 6, 2024
Shirley Jo Ausherman
Shirley Jo Ausherman, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 6, 2024, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 12, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born in Orange, Texas, on July 29, 1944, she was the daughter of Columbus LeBlanc and Ola LeBlanc (Trahan). Shirley led a life...
Mary K. Williams Brinkley
Jul 5, 2024
Mary K. Williams Brinkley
Mary K. Williams Brinkley, 89, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 5, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Old Shiloh Cemetery in Mt. Enterprise, Texas.
Visitation will be...
Kathy Ann Lanier
Jul 4, 2024
Kathy Ann Lanier, 67, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 4, 2024, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jeff Bell. An inurnment will take place at a later date at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange.
Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m....
Clayton Lynn Harrison
Jul 3, 2024
Clayton Lynn Harrison
Clayton Lynn Harrison, 46, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on July 3, 2024, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, July 8, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Newley Hunt. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July...
Hilda Roberta Diehl
Jul 2, 2024
Hilda Roberta Diehl passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on July 2, 2024, in Lumberton, Texas.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Claybar Keley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Phil Burnaman of First Baptist Church Vidor in Vidor, Texas. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont.
Visitation...
Alicia Orta Blanchard
Jul 1, 2024
Alicia Orta Blanchard
Alicia Orta Blanchard, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 1, 2024, peacefully at home.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, July 5, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Antony Paulose. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange.
Visitation will begin prior to the service at 9:00 a.m.,...
Terry Lawler Early
Jun 27, 2024
Terry Lawler Early
1/12/54 – 6/27/24
Psalm 73:26 “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Terry Ann Early was born in Bethesda Maryland, on 1/12/1954. Terry left this life on 6/27/2024, to join her parents David Raymond Lawler, Janet Berniece Clark, and her brother Michael James Lawler, in their heavenly home;...
Joseph August Murphy
Jun 27, 2024
Joseph “Joe” August Murphy, 79, of Orange, Texas, climbed his last and highest mountain peak on June 27, 2024, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. Surrounded by his loving family.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Jim Sichko, Papal...
Doris Ann Land
Jun 27, 2024
Doris Ann Land, 76, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on June 27, 2024, at UTMB in Galveston.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 30, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Jason Burden of First Baptist Church in Nederland. A private family burial will follow services.
Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00...
Robert Louis Troxell
Jun 26, 2024
June 2nd, 1928 — June 26th, 2024
Bob Troxell, 96, of Beaumont, formerly of Port Arthur, passed away peacefully surrounded by family June 26, 2024. He was born in Milliken, Colorado to Mabel and Robert Troxell. During his childhood in Longmont, Colorado, Bob was very interested in aviation and started building and flying model airplanes. He also enjoyed skiing and fishing...
Steven Lee Stafford
Jun 26, 2024
Steven Lee Stafford, 47, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 26, 2024, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.
Born in Tylertown, Mississippi, on July 30, 1976, he was the son of Cathie Duhon and stepfather Wilbert Duhon. Steven was widely known as a dedicated Truck Driver for Clark Transportation, a job he held close to his heart. His passion for...
Charles Ray "Chuck" Russell
Jun 24, 2024
Charles Ray “Chuck” Russell, 77, of Hemphill, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by loved ones on June 24, 2024.
Born in Orange County, Texas, on February 12, 1947. Chuck's career as a welder was not just a profession but a passion that defined him. He will be remembered as someone who was a character - always bringing laughter...
Cheyenne Nicole Eads
Jul 14, 2024
Cheyenne Nicole Eads
Cheyenne Nicole Eads, 29, of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and loved ones on July 14, 2024, at her home in Orange after a two-year battle with cervical cancer.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Scot Shaffer. Burial will follow at Orange...
Martha Evans Crosby
Jul 11, 2024
Martha Evans Crosby, 85, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 11, 2024.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, 2024, at First Baptist Church in Deweyville. Officiating will be Reverend Damon Bickham.
Born in Celeste, Texas, on March 3, 1939, she was the daughter of Junius Jennings Evans, Jr. and Bertha Mae McQueary Norton. Martha led...
Dave Leslie Chesson, Sr.
Jul 10, 2024
Dave Leslie Chesson, Sr., 75, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2024, at Baptist Hospital, in Beaumont, Texas. He was born April 16, 1949, in Orange, Texas, to Gloria Mae Roberts Chesson and Clyde Mitchell Chesson.
He was a proud resident of Orangefield, Texas, and was a 1968 graduate of Bridge City High School. He married Charolette Morrow on October 25, 1968,...
Joseph Laday III
Jul 9, 2024
Joseph Laday III, 69, of Kirbyville, Texas, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2024, in Jasper, Texas.
Funeral services with military honors will be held a 6:00 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2024, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas.
Visitation will be from prior to the service, beginning at 4:00 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2024, at Claybar Kelley- Watkins Funeral Home...
Jo Cindy Cloy
Jul 9, 2024
Jo Cindy Cloy, 69, of Orange, passed away on July 9, 2024, at Focused Care in Orange surrounded by her loved ones.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 12, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon David Bonneaux, of St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will be at 3:00 p.m. at Ford...
Daniel Roy "Jim Nasium" Simar
Jul 9, 2024
Danny Simar, 69, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 9 after a thirty-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis.
He was born to Wanda and Roy Simar in Orange, Texas, where he spent the majority of his time stirring up “wholesome trouble” with his lifelong friends, Louis Blanda, John Blanda, Jim Edgerton, Gerald Reidmueller, and the late David Green....
Jefferson Alvoid Garrison
Jul 8, 2024
Jefferson Alvoid Garrison
Jefferson Alvoid Garrison, 71, passed away on July 8, 2024, in his lifelong hometown of Orangefield, Texas.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Visitation will be from 1pm until the ceremony starts at 2pm. Officiating the service will be Dr. Doak Burke D.C. of Orangefield, Texas, and...
Sylvia Ann Mires
Jul 8, 2024
Sylvia Ann Mires, 84, passed away on July 8, 2024, at The Delaney at Southshore in League City, Texas.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 15, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange beside the plot of her beloved J.R.
Visitation will be from 5:00...
Shirley Jo Ausherman
Jul 6, 2024
Shirley Jo Ausherman
Shirley Jo Ausherman, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 6, 2024, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 12, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born in Orange, Texas, on July 29, 1944, she was the daughter of Columbus LeBlanc and Ola LeBlanc (Trahan). Shirley led a life...
Mary K. Williams Brinkley
Jul 5, 2024
Mary K. Williams Brinkley
Mary K. Williams Brinkley, 89, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 5, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Old Shiloh Cemetery in Mt. Enterprise, Texas.
Visitation will be...
Kathy Ann Lanier
Jul 4, 2024
Kathy Ann Lanier, 67, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 4, 2024, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jeff Bell. An inurnment will take place at a later date at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange.
Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m....
Clayton Lynn Harrison
Jul 3, 2024
Clayton Lynn Harrison
Clayton Lynn Harrison, 46, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on July 3, 2024, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, July 8, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Newley Hunt. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July...
Hilda Roberta Diehl
Jul 2, 2024
Hilda Roberta Diehl passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on July 2, 2024, in Lumberton, Texas.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Claybar Keley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Phil Burnaman of First Baptist Church Vidor in Vidor, Texas. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont.
Visitation...
Alicia Orta Blanchard
Jul 1, 2024
Alicia Orta Blanchard
Alicia Orta Blanchard, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 1, 2024, peacefully at home.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, July 5, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Antony Paulose. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange.
Visitation will begin prior to the service at 9:00 a.m.,...
Terry Lawler Early
Jun 27, 2024
Terry Lawler Early
1/12/54 – 6/27/24
Psalm 73:26 “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Terry Ann Early was born in Bethesda Maryland, on 1/12/1954. Terry left this life on 6/27/2024, to join her parents David Raymond Lawler, Janet Berniece Clark, and her brother Michael James Lawler, in their heavenly home;...
Joseph August Murphy
Jun 27, 2024
Joseph “Joe” August Murphy, 79, of Orange, Texas, climbed his last and highest mountain peak on June 27, 2024, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. Surrounded by his loving family.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Jim Sichko, Papal...
Doris Ann Land
Jun 27, 2024
Doris Ann Land, 76, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on June 27, 2024, at UTMB in Galveston.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 30, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Jason Burden of First Baptist Church in Nederland. A private family burial will follow services.
Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00...
Robert Louis Troxell
Jun 26, 2024
June 2nd, 1928 — June 26th, 2024
Bob Troxell, 96, of Beaumont, formerly of Port Arthur, passed away peacefully surrounded by family June 26, 2024. He was born in Milliken, Colorado to Mabel and Robert Troxell. During his childhood in Longmont, Colorado, Bob was very interested in aviation and started building and flying model airplanes. He also enjoyed skiing and fishing...
Steven Lee Stafford
Jun 26, 2024
Steven Lee Stafford, 47, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 26, 2024, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.
Born in Tylertown, Mississippi, on July 30, 1976, he was the son of Cathie Duhon and stepfather Wilbert Duhon. Steven was widely known as a dedicated Truck Driver for Clark Transportation, a job he held close to his heart. His passion for...
Charles Ray "Chuck" Russell
Jun 24, 2024
Charles Ray “Chuck” Russell, 77, of Hemphill, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by loved ones on June 24, 2024.
Born in Orange County, Texas, on February 12, 1947. Chuck's career as a welder was not just a profession but a passion that defined him. He will be remembered as someone who was a character - always bringing laughter...