Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Bobbie Minette Lemons True
Aug 17, 2018
Bobbie Minette Lemons True, passed away on August 17, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas. Bobbie touched the life of every person who knew her. In addition, she enjoyed the engagement with friends not only within the church but in the many communities in which she lived. Bobbie’s friends were dear to her, and she would be the first to provide meals...
Stafford "Stack" Peveto
Aug 15, 2018
Stafford (Stack) Odom Peveto, Jr., of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 15, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home, on 5th Street, in Orange, Texas. Graveside service to follow at Bland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Claybar Funeral...
Steve Skinner
Aug 15, 2018
Steve Skinner Steve Skinner, 61, of Anacoco, Louisiana, passed away on August 15, 2018, in Leesville, Louisiana. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 19, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with Pastor Bill Russell officiating. A graveside service will be at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, at Magnolia Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Carolyn Marie Carter
Aug 14, 2018
Carolyn Marie Carter, 49, of Vidor was born November 11, 1968 in Fort Polk, Louisiana to Eugene and Mary Ellen Louviere and passed away August 14, 2018 in Beaumont. She was a homemaker, wife and mother. Carolyn loved helping people. She always put everyone else first and always saw the good in people. She enjoyed fishing and boat riding. She...
Lillian Ruth "Cookie" Holliday
Aug 13, 2018
Cookie Holliday passed away Monday, August 13, 2018, at the age of 97. She was born December 28, 1920, in Winder, GA, the daughter of Clifford Cook and Gertrude Ross. A country girl determined to become a city nurse, she graduated first in her class from nursing school at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, then enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Blondine Becker
Aug 13, 2018
Blondine Becker, 78, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 13, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 17, 2018, at Grace Lutheran Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Haas and Pastor Merrit. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in Orange. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to...
Lillian "Cookie" Holliday
Aug 13, 2018
Cookie Holliday passed away Monday, August 13, 2018, at the age of 97. She was born December 28, 1920, in Winder, GA, the daughter of Clifford Cook and Gertrude Ross. A country girl determined to become a city nurse, she graduated first in her class from nursing school at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, then enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Priscilla Alameda
Aug 13, 2018
Priscilla Alameda, 85, of China, Texas was born November 28, 1932 in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana and passed away August 13, 2018 in Beaumont, Texas. A celebration of her life and faith will be held on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Reverend Bill Fabriquze officiating. Interment will follow in the China Cemetery. Visitation...
Buddy Ralph Street
Aug 12, 2018
Buddy Ralph Street Buddy Ralph Street, 78, of Orange, passed away on Sunday August 12 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, August 17 at First Church of the Nazarene, 3810 Martin Luther King Drive, Orange, Texas, 77632. Reverend K. Ray McDowell will officiate. Burial will follow...
Virginia Prejean Langley
Aug 10, 2018
Virginia Prejean Langley Virginia Prejean Langley, 72, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 10, 2018, in Orange. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley. A memorial visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 17, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Jackie Mozelle Bowman
Aug 8, 2018
Jackie Mozelle Bowman, 76, of West Orange, passed away on August 8, 2018, at her home in West Orange. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Morse Cemetery in Buna, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on January...
Jerry Franklin Turner
Aug 8, 2018
Jerry Franklin Turner Jerry Franklin Turner, 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 8, 2018, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Dalphine Meeks of St. Maurice Catholic Church in Mauriceville, Texas. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at...
Ross Martin Vrooman III
Aug 8, 2018
Ross Martin Vrooman III, 57, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 8, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with cremation to follow. Born in China Lake, California, on August 25, 1960, he was the son of Ross Martin Vrooman, Jr. and Joyce...
Rena Mendoza Veillon
Aug 7, 2018
Rena Mendoza Veillon, 89, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 7, 2018, at her home in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 10, 2018, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Daleo. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m., Thursday, August 9, 2018, with a Rosary...
Billy Wayne Jones
Aug 7, 2018
Billy Wayne Jones, 72, a lifelong resident of Orange, TX passed from this life on Tuesday August 7, 2018 after an extended battle with heart disease at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, TX Born on April 23, 1946 Billy was the youngest son of Sybil Louis Sanford Jones and Floyd McCreight Jones. He was an exceptional high school athlete, graduating...
Bill Edd Dixon, Sr.
Aug 6, 2018
Bill Edd Dixon, Sr. of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 6, 2018, at his home surrounded by friends and family. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, August 7, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be held Wednesday August 8, 2:00 p.m., at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church in West Orange. Born in Rosston, Arkansas on September...
Clarence Loren Gayle
Aug 5, 2018
Clarence Loren Gayle was born to James R. Gayle and Sarrah Edgin Gayle on June 26, 1920 in Yuma, Arizona. He moved with his family to Texas in 1929 and died in Beaumont, Texas on August 5, 2018. Loren married Velma “Snooks” Kennedy on August 6, 1938. They moved to Yoakum County, Texas where Loren farmed for 46 years. “Snooks”...
Gerald Duane Thompson
Aug 4, 2018
Gerald “Jabber” Duane Thompson, 78, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 4, 2018, at his home surrounded by loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Mr. Scott McIntosh, Lead Chaplain TPWD Law Enforcement Division. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial...
Jimmy Russell Welch
Aug 2, 2018
Jimmy Russell Welch, born in Minden, Texas on July 17, 1939 to W. J. & Verdie M. Welch. Married to his soul-mate, Sheila (Andress) for 57 good and blessed years. He has been a faithful follower of Jesus Christ for all of his adult life, being a deacon since 1984 until his passing; was so willing to help anyone who...
Preston "Nick" Warren Nichols
Aug 1, 2018
Preston “Nick” Warren Nichols, 83, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 1, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 4, 2018, at Trinity Baptist Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Dr. Bob Webb and Pastor Ryan Chandler. Burial will follow at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in San Augustine, Texas. Visitation...
Bobbie Minette Lemons True
Aug 17, 2018
Bobbie Minette Lemons True, passed away on August 17, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas. Bobbie touched the life of every person who knew her. In addition, she enjoyed the engagement with friends not only within the church but in the many communities in which she lived. Bobbie’s friends were dear to her, and she would be the first to provide meals...
Stafford "Stack" Peveto
Aug 15, 2018
Stafford (Stack) Odom Peveto, Jr., of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 15, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home, on 5th Street, in Orange, Texas. Graveside service to follow at Bland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Claybar Funeral...
Steve Skinner
Aug 15, 2018
Steve Skinner Steve Skinner, 61, of Anacoco, Louisiana, passed away on August 15, 2018, in Leesville, Louisiana. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 19, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with Pastor Bill Russell officiating. A graveside service will be at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, at Magnolia Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Carolyn Marie Carter
Aug 14, 2018
Carolyn Marie Carter, 49, of Vidor was born November 11, 1968 in Fort Polk, Louisiana to Eugene and Mary Ellen Louviere and passed away August 14, 2018 in Beaumont. She was a homemaker, wife and mother. Carolyn loved helping people. She always put everyone else first and always saw the good in people. She enjoyed fishing and boat riding. She...
Lillian Ruth "Cookie" Holliday
Aug 13, 2018
Cookie Holliday passed away Monday, August 13, 2018, at the age of 97. She was born December 28, 1920, in Winder, GA, the daughter of Clifford Cook and Gertrude Ross. A country girl determined to become a city nurse, she graduated first in her class from nursing school at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, then enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Blondine Becker
Aug 13, 2018
Blondine Becker, 78, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 13, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 17, 2018, at Grace Lutheran Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Haas and Pastor Merrit. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in Orange. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to...
Lillian "Cookie" Holliday
Aug 13, 2018
Cookie Holliday passed away Monday, August 13, 2018, at the age of 97. She was born December 28, 1920, in Winder, GA, the daughter of Clifford Cook and Gertrude Ross. A country girl determined to become a city nurse, she graduated first in her class from nursing school at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, then enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Priscilla Alameda
Aug 13, 2018
Priscilla Alameda, 85, of China, Texas was born November 28, 1932 in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana and passed away August 13, 2018 in Beaumont, Texas. A celebration of her life and faith will be held on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Reverend Bill Fabriquze officiating. Interment will follow in the China Cemetery. Visitation...
Buddy Ralph Street
Aug 12, 2018
Buddy Ralph Street Buddy Ralph Street, 78, of Orange, passed away on Sunday August 12 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, August 17 at First Church of the Nazarene, 3810 Martin Luther King Drive, Orange, Texas, 77632. Reverend K. Ray McDowell will officiate. Burial will follow...
Virginia Prejean Langley
Aug 10, 2018
Virginia Prejean Langley Virginia Prejean Langley, 72, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 10, 2018, in Orange. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley. A memorial visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 17, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Jackie Mozelle Bowman
Aug 8, 2018
Jackie Mozelle Bowman, 76, of West Orange, passed away on August 8, 2018, at her home in West Orange. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Morse Cemetery in Buna, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on January...
Jerry Franklin Turner
Aug 8, 2018
Jerry Franklin Turner Jerry Franklin Turner, 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 8, 2018, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Dalphine Meeks of St. Maurice Catholic Church in Mauriceville, Texas. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at...
Ross Martin Vrooman III
Aug 8, 2018
Ross Martin Vrooman III, 57, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 8, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with cremation to follow. Born in China Lake, California, on August 25, 1960, he was the son of Ross Martin Vrooman, Jr. and Joyce...
Rena Mendoza Veillon
Aug 7, 2018
Rena Mendoza Veillon, 89, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 7, 2018, at her home in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 10, 2018, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Daleo. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m., Thursday, August 9, 2018, with a Rosary...
Billy Wayne Jones
Aug 7, 2018
Billy Wayne Jones, 72, a lifelong resident of Orange, TX passed from this life on Tuesday August 7, 2018 after an extended battle with heart disease at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, TX Born on April 23, 1946 Billy was the youngest son of Sybil Louis Sanford Jones and Floyd McCreight Jones. He was an exceptional high school athlete, graduating...
Bill Edd Dixon, Sr.
Aug 6, 2018
Bill Edd Dixon, Sr. of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 6, 2018, at his home surrounded by friends and family. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, August 7, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be held Wednesday August 8, 2:00 p.m., at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church in West Orange. Born in Rosston, Arkansas on September...
Clarence Loren Gayle
Aug 5, 2018
Clarence Loren Gayle was born to James R. Gayle and Sarrah Edgin Gayle on June 26, 1920 in Yuma, Arizona. He moved with his family to Texas in 1929 and died in Beaumont, Texas on August 5, 2018. Loren married Velma “Snooks” Kennedy on August 6, 1938. They moved to Yoakum County, Texas where Loren farmed for 46 years. “Snooks”...
Gerald Duane Thompson
Aug 4, 2018
Gerald “Jabber” Duane Thompson, 78, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 4, 2018, at his home surrounded by loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Mr. Scott McIntosh, Lead Chaplain TPWD Law Enforcement Division. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial...
Jimmy Russell Welch
Aug 2, 2018
Jimmy Russell Welch, born in Minden, Texas on July 17, 1939 to W. J. & Verdie M. Welch. Married to his soul-mate, Sheila (Andress) for 57 good and blessed years. He has been a faithful follower of Jesus Christ for all of his adult life, being a deacon since 1984 until his passing; was so willing to help anyone who...
Preston "Nick" Warren Nichols
Aug 1, 2018
Preston “Nick” Warren Nichols, 83, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 1, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 4, 2018, at Trinity Baptist Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Dr. Bob Webb and Pastor Ryan Chandler. Burial will follow at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in San Augustine, Texas. Visitation...