Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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....