Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
David B. Eatman
Feb 4, 2017
David Benson Eatman, 71, of Orange, passed away on February 4, 2017, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bobby Hoffpauir of Second Baptist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will...
Mary Lou Wheeler Prichard
Feb 3, 2017
Mrs. Mary Lou Wheeler Prichard passed away February 3, 2017 at her home in Hillister, Texas. She was born February 11, 1935 in Glen Flora, Texas to James Fredrick and Willie Mae Wheeler. When Mary Lou and her husband, Alfred, moved to Hillister 36 years ago she began working as the secretary at Hillister Baptist Church. Mrs. Prichard was preceded...
Charles Leslie Broussard, Sr.
Feb 2, 2017
Charles Leslie Broussard, Sr., 81, of Orangefield, Texas, passed away on February 2, 2017, at The Meadows in Orange with his son Bill by his side. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at First Baptist Church in Orangefield, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Cody Hogden. Burial will follow at Mary Williams Cemetery in Orange....
Rebecca "Becky" Lange
Feb 1, 2017
Rebecca “Becky” Lange Rebecca Lee Lange, 58, of Orange, Texas, passed away on February 1, 2017, in Port Arthur, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 4, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Cazzy Francis, of Pathway Church in Port Neches. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning...
Jerry W. Hummel Sr.
Jan 31, 2017
Jerry W. Hummel, 79, of Orange, passed away on January 31, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. A graveside service will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Highland Park Cemetery in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Visitation will precede the funeral...
Emil Weaver
Jan 31, 2017
Emil L. Weaver Emil L. Weaver, 87, passed away on January 31, 2017, at Calder Woods Senior Living. Emil, son of Elsie Elner and Elnora Dell Harmon Weaver, was born on April 2, 1929, in the front bedroom of their home in Hankamer, Texas. Emil moved to Beaumont when he was 14 and it wasn’t long before he met the...
Alicia S. "Suzy" Pelloat
Jan 30, 2017
Alicia S. “Suzy” Pelloat, 78, of Vidor was born August 27, 1938 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and passed away January 30, 2017 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was retired from the Orange County Treasurer’s office where she worked as a Treasurer Clerk. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor and a loving and...
Verna Delores Skipper
Jan 29, 2017
Verna Delores Skipper Verna Delores Skipper, 82, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on January 29, 2017, in Orange, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 2, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., at Shiloh Cemetery in Kipling, Louisiana....
Aileen Golmon Hoggatt
Jan 28, 2017
Aileen Golmon Hoggatt, 94, of Orange, passed away on January 28, 2017, in Cedar Park, TX. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Bob Boone. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will precede the service, starting at 12:00 p.m. Born in Eddiceton, Mississippi,...
Nell McCormick
Jan 26, 2017
Nell McCormick, 98 years of age, went to be with her Lord and her loved ones on January 26, 2018 at Calder Woods Assisted Living. She was born December 22, 1917 in Bude Mississippi to Fannie Mae and Floyd McManus. The family later moved to Beaumont and built one of the first homes on Lucas Drive. Nell was a woman...
Gabriel Joseph Meineke
Jan 26, 2017
A memorial service for Infant Gabriel Joseph Meineke, 6 weeks old, of Vidor will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Gabriel came into our world on December 15, 2017 in Beaumont, Texas and left us January 26, 2017. Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. Sunday prior to the service. During the...
Curtis Mitch Menefee
Jan 25, 2017
Curtis Mitch Menefee was born on October 9, 1958, in Beaumont, Texas and passed away on January 25, 2017, at MD Anderson hospital with his wife and his parents at his side. He was raised in Nederland, Texas and attended and graduated from Nederland Independent School District. He worked at the Goodyear Chemical Plant in Beaumont for almost 40 years....
Marie C. Sichko
Jan 25, 2017
SICHKO, Marie Ceraso. Age 88, of Orange, Texas died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 with her daughter Thereze, son Jim, and beloved dog, Noel at her side. She was born on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1928, in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1951. In 1971 she moved to Orange,...
Darrell Eugene Bradford
Jan 24, 2017
Darrell Eugene Bradford Darrell Eugene Bradford, 58, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Old First Orange Baptist Church, Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Keith Meyer, Pastor John Boutte, and Will Cotton. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be...
Emil D. "Pete" Wade
Jan 23, 2017
Emil D. "Pete” Wade, 91, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017. Pete was born April 6, 1925 in Texas City where he lived until graduating high school in 1941. He entered the Air Force, attended Navigation school and served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as a navigator aboard a B29. He and his crew flew over...
Robbie Singletary McKay
Jan 23, 2017
Robbie Singletary McKay, 88, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January, 23, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Orange First Church of the Nazarene, in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor K. Ray McDowell. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Ralph Jesters
Jan 22, 2017
The Scripture says—“In all things give thanks” and I stand here tonight to give thanks for the life of Ralph Leroy Jester, who died on the 22nd of January in our city. He would have been 75 next month, but coronary arteries blocked by plaque took his life. He died alone, but not without people who cared—Yolanda Vanapalli was one...
Jennie Mae Huskey Mills
Jan 20, 2017
Jennie Huskey Mills March 29, 1932 – January 20, 2017 Jennie Mae Huskey Mills passed away on January 20, 2017. She was born in Ravensford, NC, and was preceded in death by her husband Harold Wayne Mills in 1994, and her parents William Anderson and Verna B. Huskey. Jennie graduated from Bethel High School, Canton, NC, and from Crandall Business...
Freddy Lee Merritt
Jan 18, 2017
Freddy Lee Merritt Freddy Lee Merritt, 83, of Vidor, passed away on January 18, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2017, at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. There will not be a visitation held prior to services. Born in Orange, Texas,...
Genevieve Marie Miller
Jan 18, 2017
Genevieve Marie Miller Genevieve Marie Miller, 82, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on January 18, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2016, at Turning Point Church in Vidor, Texas. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 11, 1934, Genevieve was the daughter of William and Dorothy Quirk. She enjoyed spending...
David B. Eatman
Feb 4, 2017
David Benson Eatman, 71, of Orange, passed away on February 4, 2017, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bobby Hoffpauir of Second Baptist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will...
Mary Lou Wheeler Prichard
Feb 3, 2017
Mrs. Mary Lou Wheeler Prichard passed away February 3, 2017 at her home in Hillister, Texas. She was born February 11, 1935 in Glen Flora, Texas to James Fredrick and Willie Mae Wheeler. When Mary Lou and her husband, Alfred, moved to Hillister 36 years ago she began working as the secretary at Hillister Baptist Church. Mrs. Prichard was preceded...
Charles Leslie Broussard, Sr.
Feb 2, 2017
Charles Leslie Broussard, Sr., 81, of Orangefield, Texas, passed away on February 2, 2017, at The Meadows in Orange with his son Bill by his side. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at First Baptist Church in Orangefield, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Cody Hogden. Burial will follow at Mary Williams Cemetery in Orange....
Rebecca "Becky" Lange
Feb 1, 2017
Rebecca “Becky” Lange Rebecca Lee Lange, 58, of Orange, Texas, passed away on February 1, 2017, in Port Arthur, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 4, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Cazzy Francis, of Pathway Church in Port Neches. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning...
Jerry W. Hummel Sr.
Jan 31, 2017
Jerry W. Hummel, 79, of Orange, passed away on January 31, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. A graveside service will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Highland Park Cemetery in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Visitation will precede the funeral...
Emil Weaver
Jan 31, 2017
Emil L. Weaver Emil L. Weaver, 87, passed away on January 31, 2017, at Calder Woods Senior Living. Emil, son of Elsie Elner and Elnora Dell Harmon Weaver, was born on April 2, 1929, in the front bedroom of their home in Hankamer, Texas. Emil moved to Beaumont when he was 14 and it wasn’t long before he met the...
Alicia S. "Suzy" Pelloat
Jan 30, 2017
Alicia S. “Suzy” Pelloat, 78, of Vidor was born August 27, 1938 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and passed away January 30, 2017 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was retired from the Orange County Treasurer’s office where she worked as a Treasurer Clerk. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor and a loving and...
Verna Delores Skipper
Jan 29, 2017
Verna Delores Skipper Verna Delores Skipper, 82, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on January 29, 2017, in Orange, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 2, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., at Shiloh Cemetery in Kipling, Louisiana....
Aileen Golmon Hoggatt
Jan 28, 2017
Aileen Golmon Hoggatt, 94, of Orange, passed away on January 28, 2017, in Cedar Park, TX. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Bob Boone. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will precede the service, starting at 12:00 p.m. Born in Eddiceton, Mississippi,...
Nell McCormick
Jan 26, 2017
Nell McCormick, 98 years of age, went to be with her Lord and her loved ones on January 26, 2018 at Calder Woods Assisted Living. She was born December 22, 1917 in Bude Mississippi to Fannie Mae and Floyd McManus. The family later moved to Beaumont and built one of the first homes on Lucas Drive. Nell was a woman...
Gabriel Joseph Meineke
Jan 26, 2017
A memorial service for Infant Gabriel Joseph Meineke, 6 weeks old, of Vidor will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Gabriel came into our world on December 15, 2017 in Beaumont, Texas and left us January 26, 2017. Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. Sunday prior to the service. During the...
Curtis Mitch Menefee
Jan 25, 2017
Curtis Mitch Menefee was born on October 9, 1958, in Beaumont, Texas and passed away on January 25, 2017, at MD Anderson hospital with his wife and his parents at his side. He was raised in Nederland, Texas and attended and graduated from Nederland Independent School District. He worked at the Goodyear Chemical Plant in Beaumont for almost 40 years....
Marie C. Sichko
Jan 25, 2017
SICHKO, Marie Ceraso. Age 88, of Orange, Texas died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 with her daughter Thereze, son Jim, and beloved dog, Noel at her side. She was born on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1928, in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1951. In 1971 she moved to Orange,...
Darrell Eugene Bradford
Jan 24, 2017
Darrell Eugene Bradford Darrell Eugene Bradford, 58, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Old First Orange Baptist Church, Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Keith Meyer, Pastor John Boutte, and Will Cotton. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be...
Emil D. "Pete" Wade
Jan 23, 2017
Emil D. "Pete” Wade, 91, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017. Pete was born April 6, 1925 in Texas City where he lived until graduating high school in 1941. He entered the Air Force, attended Navigation school and served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as a navigator aboard a B29. He and his crew flew over...
Robbie Singletary McKay
Jan 23, 2017
Robbie Singletary McKay, 88, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January, 23, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Orange First Church of the Nazarene, in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor K. Ray McDowell. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Ralph Jesters
Jan 22, 2017
The Scripture says—“In all things give thanks” and I stand here tonight to give thanks for the life of Ralph Leroy Jester, who died on the 22nd of January in our city. He would have been 75 next month, but coronary arteries blocked by plaque took his life. He died alone, but not without people who cared—Yolanda Vanapalli was one...
Jennie Mae Huskey Mills
Jan 20, 2017
Jennie Huskey Mills March 29, 1932 – January 20, 2017 Jennie Mae Huskey Mills passed away on January 20, 2017. She was born in Ravensford, NC, and was preceded in death by her husband Harold Wayne Mills in 1994, and her parents William Anderson and Verna B. Huskey. Jennie graduated from Bethel High School, Canton, NC, and from Crandall Business...
Freddy Lee Merritt
Jan 18, 2017
Freddy Lee Merritt Freddy Lee Merritt, 83, of Vidor, passed away on January 18, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2017, at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. There will not be a visitation held prior to services. Born in Orange, Texas,...
Genevieve Marie Miller
Jan 18, 2017
Genevieve Marie Miller Genevieve Marie Miller, 82, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on January 18, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2016, at Turning Point Church in Vidor, Texas. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 11, 1934, Genevieve was the daughter of William and Dorothy Quirk. She enjoyed spending...