Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Samuel Michael Fulkerson
Mar 25, 2016
Samuel “Mike” Michael Fulkerson It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the death of Samuel Michael Fulkerson on March 25, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Mike was born in Alton, Illinois on August 20, 1948 to Emily and Sam Fulkerson who preceded him in death. He was employed and retired from Laclede...
Shane Austin Cooper
Mar 24, 2016
Shane Austin Cooper Shane Austin Cooper, 39, of Orange, passed away on March 24, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 4:00p.m., Tuesday, March 29, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will follow at Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be at 3:00p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 29, 1976,...
Albert Edward McBroom
Mar 23, 2016
A memorial gathering honoring the life of Albert Edward McBroom, 90, of Beaumont will be held on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 2-4:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Edward was born August 28, 1925 in Standard, Louisiana to Albert and Lela Susan (Wise) McBroom and passed away March 23, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A graduate...
Charles Allen Pomeroy
Mar 23, 2016
Charles Allen Pomeroy, 72, of Bridge City, passed away on March 23, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Parson, Kansas, on June 4, 1943, he was the son of Howard Charles Pomeroy and Irene Musgrove Pomeroy. Charles served in the United...
Nolan Guidroz, Sr.
Mar 22, 2016
Nolan Guidroz, Sr., 77, of Orange, passed away on March 22, 2016, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre of St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St....
Lorenza Camargo
Mar 19, 2016
Mrs. Lorenza Camargo, 79, of Beaumont, TX passed away March 19, 2016. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont. There will be a gathering of family and friends from 11 am to 1 pm. with the service beginning at 1 pm. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery...
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
James A. Parkhurst
Mar 17, 2016
Captain James A. Parkhurst, 89, lifelong resident of Orange passed away at his home Thursday, March 17, 2016. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. A visitation will be Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m....
Lottie Leona Gentry McLaughlin Dodson
Mar 15, 2016
Lottie Leona Gentry McLaughlin Dodson Lottie Leona Gentry McLaughlin Dodson, 95, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 15, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday March 26, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 11:00 a.m., Saturday...
Selma E. Nelson
Mar 15, 2016
Beaumont native Selma E. Nelson died peacefully at Calder Woods on March 15, 2016. She was 97. Selma graduated from Beaumont High School and received an Associates Degree from Lamar Junior College. Upon graduation she worked in a dentist’s office, then later took a shorthand and typing course and secured employment with the Kirby Lumber Company in Silsbee. After several...
Michael Kent
Mar 13, 2016
SERVICE CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER Michael R. Kent, 67, of Orange passed away at his home surrounded by family on Sunday, March 13, 2016. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, March 18, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. A gathering for visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m....
Oma Jean Hubbard
Mar 11, 2016
Oma Jean Hubbard Oma Jean Hubbard, 58, of Orange, passed away on March 11, 2016, at her home in Deweyville. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell and Reverend John Fortenberry. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from...
Rito Sanchez "PoPo" Flores, Sr.
Mar 11, 2016
Funeral services for Rito Sanchez “PoPo” Flores, Sr., 94, of Beaumont will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday evening from 5-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Rito “PoPo” was born March 12, 1921 in Stamford, TX and passed away...
Anna Mae (Richards) Knabeschuh
Mar 10, 2016
Anna Mae (Richards) Knabeschuh passed away March 10, 2016 in Beaumont, Texas. A service celebrating her life will be held Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont with a reception to follow. A gathering of family and friends will precede the service at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Knabeschuh was born June 20, 1928...
Timothy Andrew Parish
Mar 10, 2016
Timothy Andrew Parish, 57, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 10, 2016. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.
Dale Edward Stark
Mar 10, 2016
Dale Edward Stark, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 10, 2016. A Military Honor graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Officiating will be his nephew, Reverend Ricky VanPay. Born in Lisbon, Ohio, on May 30, 1929, he was the son of Fred Stark and Lydia McCorkhill...
Alice Irene Thomason Theriot
Mar 9, 2016
Alice Irene Thomason Theriot, 97, passed to eternal life on March 9, 2016. She was born on April 7, 1918 in Brayden, Oklahoma to Alta Mae Gibson Thomason and Walter James Thomason. Her father died three months before her birth in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918. Alice and her family moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas where she lived until the...
Herbert Edgar Ballance, IV
Mar 5, 2016
Services celebrating the life of Herbert Edgar Ballance IV will be held Saturday March 12, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will precede the service from 1:00 p.m. to service time. Herbert was born July 27, 1993 in Beaumont to Herbert Ballance III and Gabrielle Womack and died...
Samuel Michael Fulkerson
Mar 25, 2016
Samuel “Mike” Michael Fulkerson It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the death of Samuel Michael Fulkerson on March 25, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Mike was born in Alton, Illinois on August 20, 1948 to Emily and Sam Fulkerson who preceded him in death. He was employed and retired from Laclede...
Shane Austin Cooper
Mar 24, 2016
Shane Austin Cooper Shane Austin Cooper, 39, of Orange, passed away on March 24, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 4:00p.m., Tuesday, March 29, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will follow at Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be at 3:00p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 29, 1976,...
Albert Edward McBroom
Mar 23, 2016
A memorial gathering honoring the life of Albert Edward McBroom, 90, of Beaumont will be held on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 2-4:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Edward was born August 28, 1925 in Standard, Louisiana to Albert and Lela Susan (Wise) McBroom and passed away March 23, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A graduate...
Charles Allen Pomeroy
Mar 23, 2016
Charles Allen Pomeroy, 72, of Bridge City, passed away on March 23, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Parson, Kansas, on June 4, 1943, he was the son of Howard Charles Pomeroy and Irene Musgrove Pomeroy. Charles served in the United...
Nolan Guidroz, Sr.
Mar 22, 2016
Nolan Guidroz, Sr., 77, of Orange, passed away on March 22, 2016, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre of St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St....
Lorenza Camargo
Mar 19, 2016
Mrs. Lorenza Camargo, 79, of Beaumont, TX passed away March 19, 2016. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont. There will be a gathering of family and friends from 11 am to 1 pm. with the service beginning at 1 pm. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery...
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
James A. Parkhurst
Mar 17, 2016
Captain James A. Parkhurst, 89, lifelong resident of Orange passed away at his home Thursday, March 17, 2016. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. A visitation will be Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m....
Lottie Leona Gentry McLaughlin Dodson
Mar 15, 2016
Lottie Leona Gentry McLaughlin Dodson Lottie Leona Gentry McLaughlin Dodson, 95, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 15, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday March 26, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 11:00 a.m., Saturday...
Selma E. Nelson
Mar 15, 2016
Beaumont native Selma E. Nelson died peacefully at Calder Woods on March 15, 2016. She was 97. Selma graduated from Beaumont High School and received an Associates Degree from Lamar Junior College. Upon graduation she worked in a dentist’s office, then later took a shorthand and typing course and secured employment with the Kirby Lumber Company in Silsbee. After several...
Michael Kent
Mar 13, 2016
SERVICE CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER Michael R. Kent, 67, of Orange passed away at his home surrounded by family on Sunday, March 13, 2016. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, March 18, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. A gathering for visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m....
Oma Jean Hubbard
Mar 11, 2016
Oma Jean Hubbard Oma Jean Hubbard, 58, of Orange, passed away on March 11, 2016, at her home in Deweyville. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell and Reverend John Fortenberry. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from...
Rito Sanchez "PoPo" Flores, Sr.
Mar 11, 2016
Funeral services for Rito Sanchez “PoPo” Flores, Sr., 94, of Beaumont will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday evening from 5-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Rito “PoPo” was born March 12, 1921 in Stamford, TX and passed away...
Anna Mae (Richards) Knabeschuh
Mar 10, 2016
Anna Mae (Richards) Knabeschuh passed away March 10, 2016 in Beaumont, Texas. A service celebrating her life will be held Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont with a reception to follow. A gathering of family and friends will precede the service at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Knabeschuh was born June 20, 1928...
Timothy Andrew Parish
Mar 10, 2016
Timothy Andrew Parish, 57, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 10, 2016. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.
Dale Edward Stark
Mar 10, 2016
Dale Edward Stark, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 10, 2016. A Military Honor graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Officiating will be his nephew, Reverend Ricky VanPay. Born in Lisbon, Ohio, on May 30, 1929, he was the son of Fred Stark and Lydia McCorkhill...
Alice Irene Thomason Theriot
Mar 9, 2016
Alice Irene Thomason Theriot, 97, passed to eternal life on March 9, 2016. She was born on April 7, 1918 in Brayden, Oklahoma to Alta Mae Gibson Thomason and Walter James Thomason. Her father died three months before her birth in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918. Alice and her family moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas where she lived until the...
Herbert Edgar Ballance, IV
Mar 5, 2016
Services celebrating the life of Herbert Edgar Ballance IV will be held Saturday March 12, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will precede the service from 1:00 p.m. to service time. Herbert was born July 27, 1993 in Beaumont to Herbert Ballance III and Gabrielle Womack and died...