Obituaries for

Claybar Funeral Home

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.

Johnny Lee Shelton Jr.

Johnny Lee Shelton Jr.

Jun 12, 2017

Johnny Lee Shelton, Jr. Johnny Lee Shelton, Jr., 58, of Orange, passed away on June 12, 2017, in Orange. A memorial gathering will be held 3:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Just One More Tavern on Simmons Drive in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on January 25, 1959, he was the son of Johnny Lee Shelton, Sr. and Jackie...

Stuart Allen Sherrill

Stuart Allen Sherrill

Jun 11, 2017

Stuart Allen Sherrill Stuart Allen Sherrill, 60, of Orange, Texas, went home to be with our Lord, Sunday, June 11, 2017. He passed away at home, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Stuart was a beloved husband, father, brother, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, Myrtle and Marvin; and his brother, William, all of Orange....

Randall Eugene Huff

Randall Eugene Huff

Jun 11, 2017

Randy Huff Randy Eugene Huff, 59, of Orange, passed away on June 11, 2017. A graveside services will be at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 7, 1957, he was the son of Hollis Huff and Yvonne Marze. Randy is a 1976 graduate of West Orange High...

John Richard Goddard Sr.

John Richard Goddard Sr.

Jun 10, 2017

John Richard Goddard, Sr. John Richard Goddard, Sr., 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 10, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services are pending at Carson-McLane Funeral Home in Valdosta, Georgia (1-877-242-5544). Burial will be at Riverview Memorial Gardens in Valdosta, Georgia. Born in Amory, Mississippi, on February 13, 1936, he was the son of Robert Allen Goddard and...

Sondra Rebecca Knott

Sondra Rebecca Knott

Jun 8, 2017

Sondra Rebecca Knott, known to most as “Becky”, age 69, of Orange, passed away in Port Arthur, TX on June 8, 2017. Becky was born in Gadsden, AL on February 6, 1948 to parents Walter Preston Beck and Mary Jo Maddix Beck. She resided most of her life in Orange. Becky had a brilliant mind for working with numbers and...

Gary Finley Vaughn

Gary Finley Vaughn

Jun 8, 2017

Gary Finley Vaughn, 80, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 8, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Tilley. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00...

Robert "Davy" Dearing

Robert "Davy" Dearing

Jun 6, 2017

Davy Dearing, born December 7, 1970, in Houston, Texas, entered into eternity on June 6, 2017 at his home in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, in the loving arms of his wife, Shannon. Davy is survived by two sons, Phineas, 11, and Brock, 9. He is the beloved son of his mother and step-father, Linda and Curtis Koonce of Frisco, Texas; and brother...

Pete Wynkoop

Pete Wynkoop

Jun 6, 2017

Pete Wynkoop, 60, of Beaumont, passed away on June 6, 2017, in Beaumont. A memorial service will be 4:00p.m., Sunday, June 11, 2017, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Beaumont with a gathering of family and friends following the service. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on May 6, 1957, he was the son of Cornealius Wynkoop and Judith (Thorpe) Wynkoop. Pete...

Willard Ray Washington

Willard Ray Washington

Jun 5, 2017

Willard Ray Washington Willard Ray Washington, 76, of Orange, passed away on June 5, 2017. A celebration of life for Willard Washington, also known as “Unc” or “George”, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 10, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Magnolia Springs Cemetery in Kirbyville. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to...

Sidney W. Ross, Jr.

Sidney W. Ross, Jr.

Jun 5, 2017

Sidney W. Ross, Jr. Sidney W. Ross, Jr, age 92, died on Monday June 5th, 2017 in Tucson Arizona. He was born on June 11, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of the late Sidney Wiley Ross, Sr. and Thelma Molpus. Sid's education was interrupted in December 1942 when he enlisted for service in the Army during WW II. He...

Tommie Wayne McCarver

Tommie Wayne McCarver

Jun 5, 2017

Tommie Wayne McCarver Tommie Wayne McCarver, 62, of Orange, passed away on June 5, 2017. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Danny Bentsen of Vision Outreach Full Gospel Church in Kirbyville. Burial will follow at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00...

Donald Eugene Louviere

Donald Eugene Louviere

Jun 5, 2017

A graveside service for Donald Eugene Louviere will be held Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Restlawn Cemetery Vidor, Texas.

Annette Marie Willey Lormand

Annette Marie Willey Lormand

Jun 4, 2017

Annette Marie Willey Lormand, 87 years old, entered her heavenly home Sunday June 4, 2017. She was a native of Jasper County Texas and lived most of her life in Nederland Texas and Orange. She was a resident of Cypress Glen Nursing home in Groves, Texas and Compassion Hospice at the time of her death. She was the daughter of...

Bessie Ann Durke

Bessie Ann Durke

Jun 3, 2017

Bessie Ann Durke, 86, a former resident of Orange and Broaddus, Texas, passed away on June 3, 2017, in San Antonio. Bessie was born September 4, 1930 in Orange, Texas to Levie Bourgeois. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Vernon W. Durke Jr., and her siblings Margaret, Earl, Lula, Hilda, and Lilly. She is survived by her...

Samuel Brown

Samuel Brown

Jun 3, 2017

Samuel E. Brown, 90, passed away on June 3, 2017 in Tucson, AZ Graveside services will be held Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 10:30 A.M., at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Monsignor Greig. Sam was born in Kansas City, Missouri on December 3, 1926 to Victor V. and Sadie R. Brown. He attended the University of...

Evelyn Brinson Strickland

Evelyn Brinson Strickland

Jun 1, 2017

Evelyn Brinson Strickland, 66, of Beaumont was born Dec. 30, 1950 in Port Arthur, Texas and passed away June 1, 2017 in Beaumont. A celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, June 6 at 12:00 P.M. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday...

Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows

Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows

Jun 1, 2017

Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows, forever surrounded by the love of her family, went to be with our Lord on June 1, 2017 following a brief illness. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 9, 2017, at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Orange, Texas. A burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange, Texas....

Pearl Myers Burgess

Pearl Myers Burgess

May 31, 2017

Pearl Myers Burgess, 96, went to be with her heavenly Father on May 31, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 4, 2017, at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Tommy Anthony officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 2:00 p.m. Pearl was born...

J. Renee Klein

J. Renee Klein

May 30, 2017

J. Reneé Klein J. Reneé Klein, 46, of Orange, Texas, passed away on May 30, 2017, at her home surrounded by loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Brother Bill Collier. Burial will follow at Mose Granger Cemetery in Orangefield. Visitation will...

Robert Ener

Robert Ener

May 28, 2017

Robert Ener, 59, of Beaumont, passed away on May 28, 2017, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be 1:00p.m., Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00p.m., Friday, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on...

Johnny Lee Shelton Jr.

Johnny Lee Shelton Jr.

Jun 12, 2017

Johnny Lee Shelton, Jr. Johnny Lee Shelton, Jr., 58, of Orange, passed away on June 12, 2017, in Orange. A memorial gathering will be held 3:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Just One More Tavern on Simmons Drive in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on January 25, 1959, he was the son of Johnny Lee Shelton, Sr. and Jackie...

Stuart Allen Sherrill

Stuart Allen Sherrill

Jun 11, 2017

Stuart Allen Sherrill Stuart Allen Sherrill, 60, of Orange, Texas, went home to be with our Lord, Sunday, June 11, 2017. He passed away at home, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Stuart was a beloved husband, father, brother, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, Myrtle and Marvin; and his brother, William, all of Orange....

Randall Eugene Huff

Randall Eugene Huff

Jun 11, 2017

Randy Huff Randy Eugene Huff, 59, of Orange, passed away on June 11, 2017. A graveside services will be at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 7, 1957, he was the son of Hollis Huff and Yvonne Marze. Randy is a 1976 graduate of West Orange High...

John Richard Goddard Sr.

John Richard Goddard Sr.

Jun 10, 2017

John Richard Goddard, Sr. John Richard Goddard, Sr., 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 10, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services are pending at Carson-McLane Funeral Home in Valdosta, Georgia (1-877-242-5544). Burial will be at Riverview Memorial Gardens in Valdosta, Georgia. Born in Amory, Mississippi, on February 13, 1936, he was the son of Robert Allen Goddard and...

Sondra Rebecca Knott

Sondra Rebecca Knott

Jun 8, 2017

Sondra Rebecca Knott, known to most as “Becky”, age 69, of Orange, passed away in Port Arthur, TX on June 8, 2017. Becky was born in Gadsden, AL on February 6, 1948 to parents Walter Preston Beck and Mary Jo Maddix Beck. She resided most of her life in Orange. Becky had a brilliant mind for working with numbers and...

Gary Finley Vaughn

Gary Finley Vaughn

Jun 8, 2017

Gary Finley Vaughn, 80, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 8, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Tilley. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00...

Robert "Davy" Dearing

Robert "Davy" Dearing

Jun 6, 2017

Davy Dearing, born December 7, 1970, in Houston, Texas, entered into eternity on June 6, 2017 at his home in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, in the loving arms of his wife, Shannon. Davy is survived by two sons, Phineas, 11, and Brock, 9. He is the beloved son of his mother and step-father, Linda and Curtis Koonce of Frisco, Texas; and brother...

Pete Wynkoop

Pete Wynkoop

Jun 6, 2017

Pete Wynkoop, 60, of Beaumont, passed away on June 6, 2017, in Beaumont. A memorial service will be 4:00p.m., Sunday, June 11, 2017, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Beaumont with a gathering of family and friends following the service. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on May 6, 1957, he was the son of Cornealius Wynkoop and Judith (Thorpe) Wynkoop. Pete...

Willard Ray Washington

Willard Ray Washington

Jun 5, 2017

Willard Ray Washington Willard Ray Washington, 76, of Orange, passed away on June 5, 2017. A celebration of life for Willard Washington, also known as “Unc” or “George”, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 10, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Magnolia Springs Cemetery in Kirbyville. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to...

Sidney W. Ross, Jr.

Sidney W. Ross, Jr.

Jun 5, 2017

Sidney W. Ross, Jr. Sidney W. Ross, Jr, age 92, died on Monday June 5th, 2017 in Tucson Arizona. He was born on June 11, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of the late Sidney Wiley Ross, Sr. and Thelma Molpus. Sid's education was interrupted in December 1942 when he enlisted for service in the Army during WW II. He...

Tommie Wayne McCarver

Tommie Wayne McCarver

Jun 5, 2017

Tommie Wayne McCarver Tommie Wayne McCarver, 62, of Orange, passed away on June 5, 2017. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Danny Bentsen of Vision Outreach Full Gospel Church in Kirbyville. Burial will follow at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00...

Donald Eugene Louviere

Donald Eugene Louviere

Jun 5, 2017

A graveside service for Donald Eugene Louviere will be held Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Restlawn Cemetery Vidor, Texas.

Annette Marie Willey Lormand

Annette Marie Willey Lormand

Jun 4, 2017

Annette Marie Willey Lormand, 87 years old, entered her heavenly home Sunday June 4, 2017. She was a native of Jasper County Texas and lived most of her life in Nederland Texas and Orange. She was a resident of Cypress Glen Nursing home in Groves, Texas and Compassion Hospice at the time of her death. She was the daughter of...

Bessie Ann Durke

Bessie Ann Durke

Jun 3, 2017

Bessie Ann Durke, 86, a former resident of Orange and Broaddus, Texas, passed away on June 3, 2017, in San Antonio. Bessie was born September 4, 1930 in Orange, Texas to Levie Bourgeois. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Vernon W. Durke Jr., and her siblings Margaret, Earl, Lula, Hilda, and Lilly. She is survived by her...

Samuel Brown

Samuel Brown

Jun 3, 2017

Samuel E. Brown, 90, passed away on June 3, 2017 in Tucson, AZ Graveside services will be held Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 10:30 A.M., at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Monsignor Greig. Sam was born in Kansas City, Missouri on December 3, 1926 to Victor V. and Sadie R. Brown. He attended the University of...

Evelyn Brinson Strickland

Evelyn Brinson Strickland

Jun 1, 2017

Evelyn Brinson Strickland, 66, of Beaumont was born Dec. 30, 1950 in Port Arthur, Texas and passed away June 1, 2017 in Beaumont. A celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, June 6 at 12:00 P.M. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday...

Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows

Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows

Jun 1, 2017

Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows Dorothy Lee Linscomb Meadows, forever surrounded by the love of her family, went to be with our Lord on June 1, 2017 following a brief illness. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 9, 2017, at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Orange, Texas. A burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange, Texas....

Pearl Myers Burgess

Pearl Myers Burgess

May 31, 2017

Pearl Myers Burgess, 96, went to be with her heavenly Father on May 31, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 4, 2017, at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Tommy Anthony officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 2:00 p.m. Pearl was born...

J. Renee Klein

J. Renee Klein

May 30, 2017

J. Reneé Klein J. Reneé Klein, 46, of Orange, Texas, passed away on May 30, 2017, at her home surrounded by loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Brother Bill Collier. Burial will follow at Mose Granger Cemetery in Orangefield. Visitation will...

Robert Ener

Robert Ener

May 28, 2017

Robert Ener, 59, of Beaumont, passed away on May 28, 2017, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be 1:00p.m., Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00p.m., Friday, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on...

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