Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
James Allen Brown Sr.
Aug 27, 2016
James Allen Brown, 56, of Orange, passed away on August 27, 2016, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with Reverend David Millner of Calvary Baptist...
Michael Anthony Carrier, III
Aug 27, 2016
Michael Anthony Carrier, III, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on August 27, 2016, in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A. M., Friday, September 2, 2016, at Ruach Ministries International at 1700 Imhoff Ave, Port Arthur, Texas, 77642. Officiating will be Apostle Glenn Alexander and Pastor Yoshi Alexander. Burial will follow at Live Oak Cemetery in...
Doris Mary Hebert Denmon
Aug 25, 2016
Doris Mary Hebert Denmon, age 89 of Orange, TX passed away peacefully on August 25, 2016 in Lake Jackson, TX. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 29, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Father Joseph Daleo, of St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Entombment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will...
Faye Cox Sherwood
Aug 25, 2016
Faye Cox Sherwood, 83, of Bridge City, passed away on August 25, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m., Sunday, August 28, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Mark Bunch. Visitation will be from 5:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m., Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in...
Sharon Anne Davis
Aug 25, 2016
Sharon Bilowich Davis, 68, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 25, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas after a long battle with MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome.) A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. Burial will follow at a...
Johnny Eugene Harrison
Aug 24, 2016
Johnny Harrison, 64, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 24, 2016, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with a graveside service held at 1:00 p.m., at Ferrell Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Debbie Elmore Procell
Aug 21, 2016
Debbie Elmore Procell Debbie Elmore Procell, 61, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 21, 2016, in Port Arthur, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home....
Alvin Paul DeRoche
Aug 20, 2016
Alvin Paul DeRoche Alvin Paul DeRoche, 92, of Orange and a former resident of Bridge City, passed away on August 20, 2016, at his home. Graveside services will be at 3:00 p. m. Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Officiating will be Father Steven Leger, pastor of St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Bridge City. Serving as...
Patricia Ann Lane
Aug 18, 2016
Patty Lane Patricia “Patty” Ann Lane, 67, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, August 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Stephen Gault, of Bridgepoint Church in Bridge City. A graveside service will...
Avise Vaudean "Deana" Smith
Aug 17, 2016
Avise Vaudean “Deana” Smith Avise Vaudean “Deana” Smith was born on July 16, 1926, in Camp Worth, a small sawmill town in in East Texas. She passed away in her sleep on August 17, 2016, at her son and daughter-in-law’s home in Town Bluff, Texas. Deana was formerly a resident of Orangefield, Texas for many years. Preceded in death by...
Shirley Ann Aldredge Hall
Aug 17, 2016
Shirley Ann Aldredge Hall Ann Hall was born September 3, 1935 near Many, Louisiana to Frankie Hopkins and Isaac Buell Hickman ("Barney") Aldredge. She grew up in Orange, and graduated early from Lutcher-Stark High School, where she excelled in science. After marrying Miles Hall, Jr. in 1954 and starting a family, she moved to Bridge City and began working for...
Martin Marion Sneed, Sr.
Aug 17, 2016
Martin Marion Sneed, Sr., 79, of Bridge City, Texas, entered his heavenly home to be with Jesus, on August 17, 2016, surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Bishop Boudreaux, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Port Arthur....
Raymond Michael "Mike" Blessitt
Aug 12, 2016
Raymond Michael “Mike” Blessitt Raymond Michael “Mike” Blessitt, 77, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on August 12, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Officiating will be Brother James Kinman of Central Baptist Church in Kirbyville. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Marcia Ware
Aug 11, 2016
Marcia Ware, 65, of Mauriceville, Texas, passed away on August 11, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 15, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Alan Weishampel, of East Ridge Baptist Church in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Horace Marion Peveto
Aug 11, 2016
Horace Marion Peveto, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 11, 2016, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 14, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Aaron Little, of First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00...
David "Dave" Vardaman
Aug 8, 2016
David “Dave” Vardaman, 87, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 8, 2016, at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Sinclair Oubre. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m.,...
Samuel Truett Anderson
Aug 5, 2016
Samuel T. Anderson Samuel Truett Anderson, Sr., 87, of Orange, passed away on August 5, 2016, at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on January 28, 1929, he was the son of Samuel Wallace Anderson and Nellie (Maddox) Anderson. He was a musician and his passion was playing the guitar. He was a tug boat captain...
Carroll "Chuck" Clark Allbright
Aug 5, 2016
Chuck Allbright Carroll Clark “Chuck” Allbright, 70, of Wimberley, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at Deer Creek Nursing Home in Wimberley. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner, pastor of Little Cypress Baptist Church in Orange. Visitation will be held prior to...
Billie Jean Brown
Aug 5, 2016
Billie Jean Williams Brown Billie Jean Williams Brown, 88, of Tucson, Arizona, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at her residence. The family will receive friends for visitation at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. A eulogy will be given by her grandsons, Nicholas and Ryan Brown, at 11:30 a.m. at the...
Richard Carl Bodin
Aug 3, 2016
Richard Carl Bodin was born in Port Arthur, TX on August 28, 1948 to Lloyd and Zoe Bodin. He passed away on August 3, 2016. Carl had a career with Gulf Oil that became Chevron in Port Arthur. He was a bulk oil supervisor. He coached Little League and Pony Colt baseball in Port Arthur. He enjoyed playing cards with...
James Allen Brown Sr.
Aug 27, 2016
James Allen Brown, 56, of Orange, passed away on August 27, 2016, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with Reverend David Millner of Calvary Baptist...
Michael Anthony Carrier, III
Aug 27, 2016
Michael Anthony Carrier, III, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on August 27, 2016, in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A. M., Friday, September 2, 2016, at Ruach Ministries International at 1700 Imhoff Ave, Port Arthur, Texas, 77642. Officiating will be Apostle Glenn Alexander and Pastor Yoshi Alexander. Burial will follow at Live Oak Cemetery in...
Doris Mary Hebert Denmon
Aug 25, 2016
Doris Mary Hebert Denmon, age 89 of Orange, TX passed away peacefully on August 25, 2016 in Lake Jackson, TX. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 29, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Father Joseph Daleo, of St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Entombment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will...
Faye Cox Sherwood
Aug 25, 2016
Faye Cox Sherwood, 83, of Bridge City, passed away on August 25, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m., Sunday, August 28, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Mark Bunch. Visitation will be from 5:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m., Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in...
Sharon Anne Davis
Aug 25, 2016
Sharon Bilowich Davis, 68, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 25, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas after a long battle with MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome.) A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. Burial will follow at a...
Johnny Eugene Harrison
Aug 24, 2016
Johnny Harrison, 64, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 24, 2016, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with a graveside service held at 1:00 p.m., at Ferrell Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Debbie Elmore Procell
Aug 21, 2016
Debbie Elmore Procell Debbie Elmore Procell, 61, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 21, 2016, in Port Arthur, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home....
Alvin Paul DeRoche
Aug 20, 2016
Alvin Paul DeRoche Alvin Paul DeRoche, 92, of Orange and a former resident of Bridge City, passed away on August 20, 2016, at his home. Graveside services will be at 3:00 p. m. Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Officiating will be Father Steven Leger, pastor of St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Bridge City. Serving as...
Patricia Ann Lane
Aug 18, 2016
Patty Lane Patricia “Patty” Ann Lane, 67, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, August 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Stephen Gault, of Bridgepoint Church in Bridge City. A graveside service will...
Avise Vaudean "Deana" Smith
Aug 17, 2016
Avise Vaudean “Deana” Smith Avise Vaudean “Deana” Smith was born on July 16, 1926, in Camp Worth, a small sawmill town in in East Texas. She passed away in her sleep on August 17, 2016, at her son and daughter-in-law’s home in Town Bluff, Texas. Deana was formerly a resident of Orangefield, Texas for many years. Preceded in death by...
Shirley Ann Aldredge Hall
Aug 17, 2016
Shirley Ann Aldredge Hall Ann Hall was born September 3, 1935 near Many, Louisiana to Frankie Hopkins and Isaac Buell Hickman ("Barney") Aldredge. She grew up in Orange, and graduated early from Lutcher-Stark High School, where she excelled in science. After marrying Miles Hall, Jr. in 1954 and starting a family, she moved to Bridge City and began working for...
Martin Marion Sneed, Sr.
Aug 17, 2016
Martin Marion Sneed, Sr., 79, of Bridge City, Texas, entered his heavenly home to be with Jesus, on August 17, 2016, surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Bishop Boudreaux, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Port Arthur....
Raymond Michael "Mike" Blessitt
Aug 12, 2016
Raymond Michael “Mike” Blessitt Raymond Michael “Mike” Blessitt, 77, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on August 12, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Officiating will be Brother James Kinman of Central Baptist Church in Kirbyville. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Marcia Ware
Aug 11, 2016
Marcia Ware, 65, of Mauriceville, Texas, passed away on August 11, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 15, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Alan Weishampel, of East Ridge Baptist Church in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Horace Marion Peveto
Aug 11, 2016
Horace Marion Peveto, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 11, 2016, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 14, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Aaron Little, of First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00...
David "Dave" Vardaman
Aug 8, 2016
David “Dave” Vardaman, 87, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 8, 2016, at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Sinclair Oubre. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m.,...
Samuel Truett Anderson
Aug 5, 2016
Samuel T. Anderson Samuel Truett Anderson, Sr., 87, of Orange, passed away on August 5, 2016, at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on January 28, 1929, he was the son of Samuel Wallace Anderson and Nellie (Maddox) Anderson. He was a musician and his passion was playing the guitar. He was a tug boat captain...
Carroll "Chuck" Clark Allbright
Aug 5, 2016
Chuck Allbright Carroll Clark “Chuck” Allbright, 70, of Wimberley, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at Deer Creek Nursing Home in Wimberley. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner, pastor of Little Cypress Baptist Church in Orange. Visitation will be held prior to...
Billie Jean Brown
Aug 5, 2016
Billie Jean Williams Brown Billie Jean Williams Brown, 88, of Tucson, Arizona, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at her residence. The family will receive friends for visitation at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. A eulogy will be given by her grandsons, Nicholas and Ryan Brown, at 11:30 a.m. at the...
Richard Carl Bodin
Aug 3, 2016
Richard Carl Bodin was born in Port Arthur, TX on August 28, 1948 to Lloyd and Zoe Bodin. He passed away on August 3, 2016. Carl had a career with Gulf Oil that became Chevron in Port Arthur. He was a bulk oil supervisor. He coached Little League and Pony Colt baseball in Port Arthur. He enjoyed playing cards with...



