Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Derick Lynn Quibodeaux
Nov 19, 2017
Derick Lynn Quibodeaux, 30, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on November 19, 2017, in Orange. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Mark Bunch, of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial...
Walter Douglas "Tuny" Bland Jr.
Nov 18, 2017
Walter Douglas “Tuny” Bland, Jr., 88, of Mauriceville, died, Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Center in Vidor. A private graveside service will be held at Bland Cemetery in Orange with Reverend Bo Owens officiating. Military honors will be provided by the U.S. Army and Southeast Texas Veteran’s Service Group. Born in Mauriceville on November 27, 1928, Tuny...
Thomas "Tommy" Benton Nugier
Nov 18, 2017
Thomas “Tommy” Benton Nugier Thomas “Tommy” Benton Nugier, 60, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away in Galveston, Texas, on November 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Kenny Miller, of Cowboy Church on the Rock. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Edward Hansel Gregory
Nov 18, 2017
Edward Hansel Gregory, 65, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 18, 2017, at his home in Orange, Texas. A direct cremation will be held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Homes. Born in Bakersfield, California, on November 16, 1952, he was the son of Hansel Gregory and Thelma (Cloyd) Richardson. Edward was a very spiritual man, and a devout...
Eudacia "Lily" Moore
Nov 17, 2017
Eudacia “Lily” Moore, 82, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 17, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Lily was born in...
Ray Allen Stelly
Nov 16, 2017
Ray Allen Stelly With great sorrow, yet confidence in the Lord, the family of Ray Allen Stelly bear his death. Ray was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and served as County Auditor in three East Texas Counties, retiring in 2013 to Bridge City. Prior to his government accounting, Ray was an accountant in Houston’s petrochemical industry having worked at Tenneco...
Molly Mountjoy Burleigh
Nov 16, 2017
Molly Mountjoy Burleigh, 67, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 16, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 20, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Mike Umbenhaur. Burial will follow the service at Dorman Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday,...
Beatrice Alviar
Nov 15, 2017
Beatrice Alviar, 82, of Rose City was born March 26, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late, Feliciano and Maria Gonzalez Lopez and passed away November 15, 2017 in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Beaumont. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery....
Mary Beatrice Peveto
Nov 15, 2017
Mary Beatrice Peveto, 80, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 15, 2017, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverends Jay Thomas, of MacArthur Heights Baptist Church in Orange and W. W. Smith, of Pinehurst Pentecostal Church. Burial will follow at Winfree Cemetery...
Neva Jean Braswell
Nov 14, 2017
Neva Jean Braswell, 71, of Buna was born December 13, 1945 in Jasper, Texas to the late James Louis and Neva Lee (Howell) Braswell and passed away November 14, 2017 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was a homemaker and a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Regina Randall...
John Alexander Gilbert
Nov 11, 2017
John Alexander Gilbert, 81, of Orange, TX, passed away on November 11, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend John Fortenberry of Calvary Baptist Church in Deweyville and Reverend Harold Nazworth. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will precede...
Carl Bradey Snipes
Nov 11, 2017
Carl Bradey Snipes, 57, of Orange, passed away on November 11, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. A visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Pauline Louise Cable Hilsman
Nov 10, 2017
Pauline Louise Cable Hilsman, 93, a long-time resident of Orange, Texas and much-loved aunt to many nieces and nephews, died Friday the 10th of November in The Woodlands, Texas. Pauline was born July 10, 1924 to Joseph Mary Cable and Matilda Richardson Cable in Houston, Texas. She attended Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, Texas. After schooling, she worked...
Ruth Marilynn Hodge Coffey
Nov 9, 2017
Early November 9, 2017, at age 96, Marilynn passed into Eternity with God. Marilynn was the oldest of five children born to Harry Heard Hodge, Sr. and Adelena “Sug” Brown Hodge in Houston, Texas, 15 April 1921. She spent the first nine years of her life amidst extended family and the next two (during the Great Depression) living with relatives...
Malcolm Hernandez
Nov 9, 2017
Malcolm Hernandez, 71, of Beaumont, passed away on November 9, 2017, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00am, Monday, November 13, 2017, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00p.m with the rosary recited at 6:00p.m., on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins, Beaumont. Born in Cloutierville, Louisiana, on May 22, 1946, he...
Elmer Thomas Wismer Jr.
Nov 9, 2017
Elmer Thomas Wismer, Jr. went home to be with the Lord on November 9, 2017 at Kountze Nursing Center. Elmer was born in Beaumont on October 24, 1932 to Willie Alice Murphy. After graduating from high school, Elmer served in the U.S. Army. Elmer’s wife, Wanda Green Wismer preceded him in death. Elmer is survived by twins born on his...
Lawrence Andrew Wiggins Jr.
Nov 8, 2017
Lawrence Andrew Wiggins, Jr. Lawrence Andrew Wiggins, Jr., 68, of Orange, Texas, passed from this life on November 8, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family in Mauriceville, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Monday, November 13, 2017, at Cowboy Church of Orange County, in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Dale Lee with a eulogy delivered...
Brenda Gail Kelley
Nov 8, 2017
Brenda Gail Kelley, 61, of Orange, Texas passed away on November 8, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Cove Baptist Church in Orange with Reverend Travis Hood officiating. Born in Orange, Texas, on December 21, 1955, Brenda was the daughter of Douglas Theodore Morris and Dorothy Ann (Hebert)...
Wiley Frederick Pierce
Nov 6, 2017
Wiley Frederick Pierce Wiley Frederick Pierce, 76, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on November 6, 2017, in Port Arthur, Texas. Born in Tylertown, Mississippi, on October 1, 1941, he was the son of Woodrow Pierce and Melba Jenkins Pierce. Wiley was a member of Second Baptist Church in Bridge City and worked as a truck driver for Central Freight...
Hiram Knox Clark, Sr.
Nov 6, 2017
Hiram Knox Clark, Sr. was born in Fairmont, Texas on February 16, 1928. He was the son of N.E. Clark and Bertie (Fullen) Clark. After serving his country in the United States Army, Knox went to work as a carpenter. He later established his own custom building business, H.K. Clark and Sons, Inc. An ordained Deacon since September 17, 1968,...
Derick Lynn Quibodeaux
Nov 19, 2017
Derick Lynn Quibodeaux, 30, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on November 19, 2017, in Orange. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Mark Bunch, of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial...
Walter Douglas "Tuny" Bland Jr.
Nov 18, 2017
Walter Douglas “Tuny” Bland, Jr., 88, of Mauriceville, died, Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Center in Vidor. A private graveside service will be held at Bland Cemetery in Orange with Reverend Bo Owens officiating. Military honors will be provided by the U.S. Army and Southeast Texas Veteran’s Service Group. Born in Mauriceville on November 27, 1928, Tuny...
Thomas "Tommy" Benton Nugier
Nov 18, 2017
Thomas “Tommy” Benton Nugier Thomas “Tommy” Benton Nugier, 60, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away in Galveston, Texas, on November 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Kenny Miller, of Cowboy Church on the Rock. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Edward Hansel Gregory
Nov 18, 2017
Edward Hansel Gregory, 65, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 18, 2017, at his home in Orange, Texas. A direct cremation will be held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Homes. Born in Bakersfield, California, on November 16, 1952, he was the son of Hansel Gregory and Thelma (Cloyd) Richardson. Edward was a very spiritual man, and a devout...
Eudacia "Lily" Moore
Nov 17, 2017
Eudacia “Lily” Moore, 82, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 17, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Lily was born in...
Ray Allen Stelly
Nov 16, 2017
Ray Allen Stelly With great sorrow, yet confidence in the Lord, the family of Ray Allen Stelly bear his death. Ray was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and served as County Auditor in three East Texas Counties, retiring in 2013 to Bridge City. Prior to his government accounting, Ray was an accountant in Houston’s petrochemical industry having worked at Tenneco...
Molly Mountjoy Burleigh
Nov 16, 2017
Molly Mountjoy Burleigh, 67, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 16, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 20, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Mike Umbenhaur. Burial will follow the service at Dorman Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday,...
Beatrice Alviar
Nov 15, 2017
Beatrice Alviar, 82, of Rose City was born March 26, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late, Feliciano and Maria Gonzalez Lopez and passed away November 15, 2017 in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Beaumont. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery....
Mary Beatrice Peveto
Nov 15, 2017
Mary Beatrice Peveto, 80, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 15, 2017, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverends Jay Thomas, of MacArthur Heights Baptist Church in Orange and W. W. Smith, of Pinehurst Pentecostal Church. Burial will follow at Winfree Cemetery...
Neva Jean Braswell
Nov 14, 2017
Neva Jean Braswell, 71, of Buna was born December 13, 1945 in Jasper, Texas to the late James Louis and Neva Lee (Howell) Braswell and passed away November 14, 2017 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was a homemaker and a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Regina Randall...
John Alexander Gilbert
Nov 11, 2017
John Alexander Gilbert, 81, of Orange, TX, passed away on November 11, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend John Fortenberry of Calvary Baptist Church in Deweyville and Reverend Harold Nazworth. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will precede...
Carl Bradey Snipes
Nov 11, 2017
Carl Bradey Snipes, 57, of Orange, passed away on November 11, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. A visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Pauline Louise Cable Hilsman
Nov 10, 2017
Pauline Louise Cable Hilsman, 93, a long-time resident of Orange, Texas and much-loved aunt to many nieces and nephews, died Friday the 10th of November in The Woodlands, Texas. Pauline was born July 10, 1924 to Joseph Mary Cable and Matilda Richardson Cable in Houston, Texas. She attended Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, Texas. After schooling, she worked...
Ruth Marilynn Hodge Coffey
Nov 9, 2017
Early November 9, 2017, at age 96, Marilynn passed into Eternity with God. Marilynn was the oldest of five children born to Harry Heard Hodge, Sr. and Adelena “Sug” Brown Hodge in Houston, Texas, 15 April 1921. She spent the first nine years of her life amidst extended family and the next two (during the Great Depression) living with relatives...
Malcolm Hernandez
Nov 9, 2017
Malcolm Hernandez, 71, of Beaumont, passed away on November 9, 2017, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00am, Monday, November 13, 2017, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00p.m with the rosary recited at 6:00p.m., on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins, Beaumont. Born in Cloutierville, Louisiana, on May 22, 1946, he...
Elmer Thomas Wismer Jr.
Nov 9, 2017
Elmer Thomas Wismer, Jr. went home to be with the Lord on November 9, 2017 at Kountze Nursing Center. Elmer was born in Beaumont on October 24, 1932 to Willie Alice Murphy. After graduating from high school, Elmer served in the U.S. Army. Elmer’s wife, Wanda Green Wismer preceded him in death. Elmer is survived by twins born on his...
Lawrence Andrew Wiggins Jr.
Nov 8, 2017
Lawrence Andrew Wiggins, Jr. Lawrence Andrew Wiggins, Jr., 68, of Orange, Texas, passed from this life on November 8, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family in Mauriceville, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Monday, November 13, 2017, at Cowboy Church of Orange County, in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Dale Lee with a eulogy delivered...
Brenda Gail Kelley
Nov 8, 2017
Brenda Gail Kelley, 61, of Orange, Texas passed away on November 8, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Cove Baptist Church in Orange with Reverend Travis Hood officiating. Born in Orange, Texas, on December 21, 1955, Brenda was the daughter of Douglas Theodore Morris and Dorothy Ann (Hebert)...
Wiley Frederick Pierce
Nov 6, 2017
Wiley Frederick Pierce Wiley Frederick Pierce, 76, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on November 6, 2017, in Port Arthur, Texas. Born in Tylertown, Mississippi, on October 1, 1941, he was the son of Woodrow Pierce and Melba Jenkins Pierce. Wiley was a member of Second Baptist Church in Bridge City and worked as a truck driver for Central Freight...
Hiram Knox Clark, Sr.
Nov 6, 2017
Hiram Knox Clark, Sr. was born in Fairmont, Texas on February 16, 1928. He was the son of N.E. Clark and Bertie (Fullen) Clark. After serving his country in the United States Army, Knox went to work as a carpenter. He later established his own custom building business, H.K. Clark and Sons, Inc. An ordained Deacon since September 17, 1968,...