Obituaries for

Claybar Funeral Home

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

Barbara Gale Rhoades

Barbara Gale Rhoades

Jul 7, 2016

Barbara Gale Rhoades, 57, of Orange, Texas, went to be with her Heavenly Father on July 7, 2016, in Port Arthur, Texas, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, July 11, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Bobby Granger and Rudy Elizondo. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial...

Vera Tracy Brister Hughes

Vera Tracy Brister Hughes

Jul 7, 2016

Vera Tracy Brister Hughes, 73, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 7, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Robert Edwards, of True Faith Tabernacle in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m....

R.L. "Tonker" Hoosier

R.L. "Tonker" Hoosier

Jul 5, 2016

R. L. “Tonker” Hoosier, 81, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on July 5, 2016. A memorial gathering will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 16, at the KC Hall in Bridge City. (770 Ave. A Bridge City, TX 77611) Born in Orange, Texas, on August 30, 1934, he was the son of David M. Hoosier...

Virginia "Gina" Blanton

Virginia "Gina" Blanton

Jul 4, 2016

Virginia “Gina” Blanton, 74, of Silsbee passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 in Beaumont after a courageous fight with Breast Cancer. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm in Silsbee, TX at the Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall. Prior to the memorial service there will be a gathering of family and friends beginning at 12:00...

Olivia Cantu Dillow

Olivia Cantu Dillow

Jul 4, 2016

Olivia Cantu Dillow Olivia Cantu Dillow, 38, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on July 4, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM, Friday, July 8, 2016, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Father Jim McClintock of St. Mary Catholic Church in Fannett....

Lewanda June Thompson

Lewanda June Thompson

Jul 4, 2016

Lewanda June Thompson 1931-2016 Lewanda June Thompson, 84, of Vidor, died July 4, 2016. She was born on July 16, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas, to Elah Hughes Daw and Bronson Cooper Daw. June grew up in Nederland, graduated from Nederland High School, and Abilene Christian College. She married the love of her life Jack Thompson on June 22, 1951,...

Barbara Ann Copes

Barbara Ann Copes

Jul 4, 2016

Another Voice Has Been Added to Heavens Choir. Barbara Ann Copes (nee Peterson, & formerly Craig) left us to enter the Embrace of her Lord Jesus the Christ. It was appropriate that she gained her freedom from her battle with Alzheimer's on Independence Day. She made her passing surrounded by family and loving caregivers. Funeral services will be held at...

Dr. Homer Stuntz, MD

Dr. Homer Stuntz, MD

Jul 3, 2016

Dr. Homer, Stuntz, M.D., 93, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 3, 2016, in College Station, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....

Barbara Cases Galvan

Barbara Cases Galvan

Jun 30, 2016

A memorial service for Barbara Lynn Casses Galvan, 51, of Beaumont will be held on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Barbara was born August 8, 1964 in Beaumont, Texas to Edward and Rebecca (Rushing) Casses and passed away at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas. Barbara was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother....

Anthony "Tony" Sullivan

Anthony "Tony" Sullivan

Jun 29, 2016

Tony Sullivan passed away on June 29, 2016 at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. A memorial service will be 7:00p.m. with a visitation beginning at 5:00p.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Born in London, England, on May 28, 1970, he was the son of Ed and Marion Sullivan. Tony graduated high school in...

Jack Roland Etheridge

Jack Roland Etheridge

Jun 28, 2016

Jack Roland Etheridge Jack Roland Etheridge, 90, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on June 28, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, July 1, 2016, at Second Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Nicholas Coleman of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from...

Lorraine Gossett Derouen

Lorraine Gossett Derouen

Jun 27, 2016

Lorraine Gossett Derouen Lorraine Gossett Derouen, 95, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 27, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch, of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Lazaya Lynn Longmire

Lazaya Lynn Longmire

Jun 26, 2016

Lazaya Lynn Longmire Heaven’s gain was our loss when our angel, Lazaya Lynn Longmire, was called home on June 26, 2016. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on June 26, 2016, she was the daughter of Chase Longmire and Tiffani Alexander. Too perfect for this world, those she left to cherish her memory include her parents; grandparents, Roger Longmire and wife...

Lessie Mayes Sterns

Lessie Mayes Sterns

Jun 25, 2016

Lessie Mayes Sterns Lessie Mayes Sterns born June 23, 1913, In Urania, Louisiana, to Wesley S. Mayes and Dora Vee Hatten, passed away on June 25, 2016, at the age of 103 years old. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 2:00 PM at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Kenneth...

Rosalie Cole Durio

Rosalie Cole Durio

Jun 24, 2016

Rosalie Cole Durio Rosalie Cole Durio, 91, of Orange, passed away on June 24, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will precede the service starting at 1:00 PM. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 5, 1925,...

Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr.

Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr.

Jun 24, 2016

Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr. Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr, 72, went to be with his Heavenly Father on June 24, 2016. He was born on March 28, 1944 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and he was a lifelong resident of Orange County. Gerald graduated from Bridge City High School and married the love of his life, Ethel Breaux, June 7, 1964. Gerald...

John Edward Cooper

John Edward Cooper

Jun 23, 2016

John E. Cooper, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 23, 2016, at his home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 27, 2016, at Slade Chapel of First United Methodist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from...

Carolyn Sue Jackson

Carolyn Sue Jackson

Jun 22, 2016

Carolyn Jackson Carolyn Jackson, 65, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on June 22, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Laurie Smith, of Church Without Walls in Lumberton, Texas. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

Pat Becker, Sr.

Pat Becker, Sr.

Jun 21, 2016

Pat Becker, Sr., 86, of Bridge City, passed away on June 21, 2016, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, June 24, 2016, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Doug Shows. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches under the direction...

Marie Therese Browning

Marie Therese Browning

Jun 20, 2016

Marie Therese Browning, 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 20, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 23, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....

Barbara Gale Rhoades

Barbara Gale Rhoades

Jul 7, 2016

Barbara Gale Rhoades, 57, of Orange, Texas, went to be with her Heavenly Father on July 7, 2016, in Port Arthur, Texas, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, July 11, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Bobby Granger and Rudy Elizondo. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial...

Vera Tracy Brister Hughes

Vera Tracy Brister Hughes

Jul 7, 2016

Vera Tracy Brister Hughes, 73, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 7, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Robert Edwards, of True Faith Tabernacle in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m....

R.L. "Tonker" Hoosier

R.L. "Tonker" Hoosier

Jul 5, 2016

R. L. “Tonker” Hoosier, 81, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on July 5, 2016. A memorial gathering will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 16, at the KC Hall in Bridge City. (770 Ave. A Bridge City, TX 77611) Born in Orange, Texas, on August 30, 1934, he was the son of David M. Hoosier...

Virginia "Gina" Blanton

Virginia "Gina" Blanton

Jul 4, 2016

Virginia “Gina” Blanton, 74, of Silsbee passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 in Beaumont after a courageous fight with Breast Cancer. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm in Silsbee, TX at the Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall. Prior to the memorial service there will be a gathering of family and friends beginning at 12:00...

Olivia Cantu Dillow

Olivia Cantu Dillow

Jul 4, 2016

Olivia Cantu Dillow Olivia Cantu Dillow, 38, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on July 4, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM, Friday, July 8, 2016, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Father Jim McClintock of St. Mary Catholic Church in Fannett....

Lewanda June Thompson

Lewanda June Thompson

Jul 4, 2016

Lewanda June Thompson 1931-2016 Lewanda June Thompson, 84, of Vidor, died July 4, 2016. She was born on July 16, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas, to Elah Hughes Daw and Bronson Cooper Daw. June grew up in Nederland, graduated from Nederland High School, and Abilene Christian College. She married the love of her life Jack Thompson on June 22, 1951,...

Barbara Ann Copes

Barbara Ann Copes

Jul 4, 2016

Another Voice Has Been Added to Heavens Choir. Barbara Ann Copes (nee Peterson, & formerly Craig) left us to enter the Embrace of her Lord Jesus the Christ. It was appropriate that she gained her freedom from her battle with Alzheimer's on Independence Day. She made her passing surrounded by family and loving caregivers. Funeral services will be held at...

Dr. Homer Stuntz, MD

Dr. Homer Stuntz, MD

Jul 3, 2016

Dr. Homer, Stuntz, M.D., 93, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 3, 2016, in College Station, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....

Barbara Cases Galvan

Barbara Cases Galvan

Jun 30, 2016

A memorial service for Barbara Lynn Casses Galvan, 51, of Beaumont will be held on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Barbara was born August 8, 1964 in Beaumont, Texas to Edward and Rebecca (Rushing) Casses and passed away at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas. Barbara was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother....

Anthony "Tony" Sullivan

Anthony "Tony" Sullivan

Jun 29, 2016

Tony Sullivan passed away on June 29, 2016 at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. A memorial service will be 7:00p.m. with a visitation beginning at 5:00p.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Born in London, England, on May 28, 1970, he was the son of Ed and Marion Sullivan. Tony graduated high school in...

Jack Roland Etheridge

Jack Roland Etheridge

Jun 28, 2016

Jack Roland Etheridge Jack Roland Etheridge, 90, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on June 28, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, July 1, 2016, at Second Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Nicholas Coleman of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from...

Lorraine Gossett Derouen

Lorraine Gossett Derouen

Jun 27, 2016

Lorraine Gossett Derouen Lorraine Gossett Derouen, 95, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 27, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch, of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Lazaya Lynn Longmire

Lazaya Lynn Longmire

Jun 26, 2016

Lazaya Lynn Longmire Heaven’s gain was our loss when our angel, Lazaya Lynn Longmire, was called home on June 26, 2016. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on June 26, 2016, she was the daughter of Chase Longmire and Tiffani Alexander. Too perfect for this world, those she left to cherish her memory include her parents; grandparents, Roger Longmire and wife...

Lessie Mayes Sterns

Lessie Mayes Sterns

Jun 25, 2016

Lessie Mayes Sterns Lessie Mayes Sterns born June 23, 1913, In Urania, Louisiana, to Wesley S. Mayes and Dora Vee Hatten, passed away on June 25, 2016, at the age of 103 years old. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 2:00 PM at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Kenneth...

Rosalie Cole Durio

Rosalie Cole Durio

Jun 24, 2016

Rosalie Cole Durio Rosalie Cole Durio, 91, of Orange, passed away on June 24, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will precede the service starting at 1:00 PM. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 5, 1925,...

Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr.

Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr.

Jun 24, 2016

Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr. Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr, 72, went to be with his Heavenly Father on June 24, 2016. He was born on March 28, 1944 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and he was a lifelong resident of Orange County. Gerald graduated from Bridge City High School and married the love of his life, Ethel Breaux, June 7, 1964. Gerald...

John Edward Cooper

John Edward Cooper

Jun 23, 2016

John E. Cooper, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 23, 2016, at his home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 27, 2016, at Slade Chapel of First United Methodist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from...

Carolyn Sue Jackson

Carolyn Sue Jackson

Jun 22, 2016

Carolyn Jackson Carolyn Jackson, 65, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on June 22, 2016, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Laurie Smith, of Church Without Walls in Lumberton, Texas. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

Pat Becker, Sr.

Pat Becker, Sr.

Jun 21, 2016

Pat Becker, Sr., 86, of Bridge City, passed away on June 21, 2016, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, June 24, 2016, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Doug Shows. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches under the direction...

Marie Therese Browning

Marie Therese Browning

Jun 20, 2016

Marie Therese Browning, 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 20, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 23, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....

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