Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Aubrey Gordon O'Neal
Feb 27, 2015
Aubrey Gordon O’Neal Aubrey Gordon O’Neal, 83, of Beaumont, passed away on February 27, 2015, at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft of Orange, Texas and Dr. Raymond McHenry of Beaumont. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial...
Charlene Rue Wallace
Feb 27, 2015
Charlene Rue Wallace, 76, of Orange, passed away on February 27, 2015, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 2, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch and Reverend J.B. Prouse. Burial will follow at Wilkinson Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home....
Kay Annette Lynd
Feb 23, 2015
Kay Annette Lynd, 68, died peacefully, with blessed assurance, on Monday, February 23, 2015. Born on September 30, 1946, to her beloved parents Mary Catherine (Verble) Dillard and Bob Dillard, she was a lifelong resident of Beaumont, Texas. She was a 1965 graduate of South Park High School. In 1967, she married the love of her life, Bernard Lynd, and...
Ruth Stevens Fournier
Feb 23, 2015
Ruth Stevens Fournier, 94, of Bridge City, passed away on February 23, 2015, at Sabine House in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 26, 2015, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Mark Bunch, Reverend Stephanie Hughes, and Brother Adam Nimitz. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West...
Laura Alice Hughes Clary
Feb 23, 2015
Laura Alice Hughes Clary, 93, died at home in Orange, TX. February 23, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born in Taylor, AR July 21, 1921. She was preceded in death by her parents George H. Hughes and Celia Elizabeth Boyette Hughes, her husband of 62 years Robert M. “Bob” Clary, her son George Brian Clary, and 10 brothers...
Gerald Miller
Feb 20, 2015
Gerald Miller, 63, of Orange, died Friday, February 20, 2015, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 23, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City with Father Kevin Badeaux officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home....
Laura Sue Donnaud
Feb 20, 2015
Laura Sue Donnaud, 85, of Little Cypress, died Friday, February 20, 2015, at Mid Jeff Extended Care in Nederland. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 25, 2015, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow in Wilkinson Cemetery in Little Cypress. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at...
Robert Leonard Bruno
Feb 19, 2015
Robert Leonard Bruno, 78, of Sour Lake, Texas passed away at his home February 19, 2015. Mr. Bruno was a retired jeweler, an avid golfer and a United States Army Veteran. A service celebrating his life was held February 23, 2015 at Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont with interment at Haven of Rest Cemetery. Mr. Bruno was born August 11, 1936...
Janice M. Wilkinson
Feb 19, 2015
Janice M. Wilkinson, 78, of Orangefield, passed away on February 19, 2015, at Oakwood Manor in Vidor. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 22, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Orangefield with Bro. Cody Hogden, pastor, officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Born in Hermitage, Arkansas, on May 10, 1936,...
Sheryl Lynn Rowe
Feb 18, 2015
Sheryl Lynn Rowe, 64, of Bridge City, passed away on February 18, 2015, at Christus St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Reverend Harry Davis will be officiating. Inurnment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Born in Nacogdoches, Texas, on October 8, 1950, she...
Capitola "Cap" Ball
Feb 17, 2015
Capitola “Cap” Ball, 94, of Orange, died February 17, 2015, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend K. Ray McDowell, pastor of Orange First Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation...
James Allen Freeman
Feb 17, 2015
James Allen Freeman, 44, of Orange, passed away on February 17, 2015 at his home. A graveside service and interment will be 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Deweyville Cemetery. Officiating will be Brother Damon Bickham. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on April 4,...
Joseph Louis Hollier
Feb 17, 2015
Joseph Louis Hollier, 55, of Vidor, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at his home. Memorial services will be on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Friendship Bible Baptist Church in Vidor. He was preceded in death by his mother, Katherine Alleman and his father, Joseph Hollier. He is survived by his wife, Tina Hollier; daughter, Tracy...
David N. O'Neal
Feb 17, 2015
David N. O’Neal, 92, of Orange, passed away on February 17, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Friday, February 20th at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Old Fort, Tennessee, on October 13, 1922, he was the son...
J.W. Flannery
Feb 16, 2015
J. W. Flannery, 79, of Bridge City, passed away on February 16, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Randall “Flipper” Doolittle of Outlaw Bible Church in Bridge City. Cremation will follow care of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Mary Sue Allen
Feb 15, 2015
Mary Sue Allen, 66, of Orange, passed away on February 15, 2015, at her home. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at Haven of Rest Cemetery near China, TX. She is survived by her boyfriend, Barry Wiggins; daughter, Tammy Sue Schwartz; and her grandchildren, Taylor Schwartz, Chris Schwartz and Thomas Schwartz.
Elaine Smith Shell Williamson
Feb 15, 2015
Elaine Smith Shell Williamson was born May 27, 1917 in Tishomingo, Mississippi and passed away February 15, 2015 in Beaumont. She was the youngest of seven children born to Calvin and Evie Smith. As a young woman she worked at Douglas Aircraft Corporation. She moved to Beaumont in the early fifties and married her first husband, Jack McKinney. Upon moving...
Mary Eloise Dufrene
Feb 15, 2015
Mary Eloise Dufrene, 63, of Vidor died Sunday February 15, 2015 in Beaumont. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Beaumont. Visitation will begin 7:00 p.m. prior to the service. Mary was born December 10, 1952 in Newton Texas to Thomas Copeland and Ana Bell Copeland. She was...
Joe Edd Warren
Feb 15, 2015
Joe Edd Warren, 57, of Vidor, passed away on February 15, 2015, at his home. Born in Kirbyville, Texas, on October 27, 1957, he was the son of Raymond Lee Moore, Sr. and Barbara Jean Roff Warren Moore. Joe was a simple country boy who loved the simple country life. He graduated from Orangefield High School in 1977. Joe was...
Patsy Ann Cook
Feb 13, 2015
Patsy Ann Cook, 79, of Orange, passed away on February 13, 2015, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 3:00p.m., Sunday, February 15, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be her nephew, Reverend Tim Ennis of Pursuit Church in Houston. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.-8:00...
Aubrey Gordon O'Neal
Feb 27, 2015
Aubrey Gordon O’Neal Aubrey Gordon O’Neal, 83, of Beaumont, passed away on February 27, 2015, at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft of Orange, Texas and Dr. Raymond McHenry of Beaumont. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial...
Charlene Rue Wallace
Feb 27, 2015
Charlene Rue Wallace, 76, of Orange, passed away on February 27, 2015, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 2, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch and Reverend J.B. Prouse. Burial will follow at Wilkinson Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home....
Kay Annette Lynd
Feb 23, 2015
Kay Annette Lynd, 68, died peacefully, with blessed assurance, on Monday, February 23, 2015. Born on September 30, 1946, to her beloved parents Mary Catherine (Verble) Dillard and Bob Dillard, she was a lifelong resident of Beaumont, Texas. She was a 1965 graduate of South Park High School. In 1967, she married the love of her life, Bernard Lynd, and...
Ruth Stevens Fournier
Feb 23, 2015
Ruth Stevens Fournier, 94, of Bridge City, passed away on February 23, 2015, at Sabine House in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 26, 2015, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Mark Bunch, Reverend Stephanie Hughes, and Brother Adam Nimitz. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West...
Laura Alice Hughes Clary
Feb 23, 2015
Laura Alice Hughes Clary, 93, died at home in Orange, TX. February 23, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born in Taylor, AR July 21, 1921. She was preceded in death by her parents George H. Hughes and Celia Elizabeth Boyette Hughes, her husband of 62 years Robert M. “Bob” Clary, her son George Brian Clary, and 10 brothers...
Gerald Miller
Feb 20, 2015
Gerald Miller, 63, of Orange, died Friday, February 20, 2015, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 23, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City with Father Kevin Badeaux officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home....
Laura Sue Donnaud
Feb 20, 2015
Laura Sue Donnaud, 85, of Little Cypress, died Friday, February 20, 2015, at Mid Jeff Extended Care in Nederland. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 25, 2015, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow in Wilkinson Cemetery in Little Cypress. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at...
Robert Leonard Bruno
Feb 19, 2015
Robert Leonard Bruno, 78, of Sour Lake, Texas passed away at his home February 19, 2015. Mr. Bruno was a retired jeweler, an avid golfer and a United States Army Veteran. A service celebrating his life was held February 23, 2015 at Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont with interment at Haven of Rest Cemetery. Mr. Bruno was born August 11, 1936...
Janice M. Wilkinson
Feb 19, 2015
Janice M. Wilkinson, 78, of Orangefield, passed away on February 19, 2015, at Oakwood Manor in Vidor. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 22, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Orangefield with Bro. Cody Hogden, pastor, officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Born in Hermitage, Arkansas, on May 10, 1936,...
Sheryl Lynn Rowe
Feb 18, 2015
Sheryl Lynn Rowe, 64, of Bridge City, passed away on February 18, 2015, at Christus St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Reverend Harry Davis will be officiating. Inurnment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Born in Nacogdoches, Texas, on October 8, 1950, she...
Capitola "Cap" Ball
Feb 17, 2015
Capitola “Cap” Ball, 94, of Orange, died February 17, 2015, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend K. Ray McDowell, pastor of Orange First Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation...
James Allen Freeman
Feb 17, 2015
James Allen Freeman, 44, of Orange, passed away on February 17, 2015 at his home. A graveside service and interment will be 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Deweyville Cemetery. Officiating will be Brother Damon Bickham. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on April 4,...
Joseph Louis Hollier
Feb 17, 2015
Joseph Louis Hollier, 55, of Vidor, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at his home. Memorial services will be on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Friendship Bible Baptist Church in Vidor. He was preceded in death by his mother, Katherine Alleman and his father, Joseph Hollier. He is survived by his wife, Tina Hollier; daughter, Tracy...
David N. O'Neal
Feb 17, 2015
David N. O’Neal, 92, of Orange, passed away on February 17, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Friday, February 20th at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Old Fort, Tennessee, on October 13, 1922, he was the son...
J.W. Flannery
Feb 16, 2015
J. W. Flannery, 79, of Bridge City, passed away on February 16, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Randall “Flipper” Doolittle of Outlaw Bible Church in Bridge City. Cremation will follow care of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Mary Sue Allen
Feb 15, 2015
Mary Sue Allen, 66, of Orange, passed away on February 15, 2015, at her home. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at Haven of Rest Cemetery near China, TX. She is survived by her boyfriend, Barry Wiggins; daughter, Tammy Sue Schwartz; and her grandchildren, Taylor Schwartz, Chris Schwartz and Thomas Schwartz.
Elaine Smith Shell Williamson
Feb 15, 2015
Elaine Smith Shell Williamson was born May 27, 1917 in Tishomingo, Mississippi and passed away February 15, 2015 in Beaumont. She was the youngest of seven children born to Calvin and Evie Smith. As a young woman she worked at Douglas Aircraft Corporation. She moved to Beaumont in the early fifties and married her first husband, Jack McKinney. Upon moving...
Mary Eloise Dufrene
Feb 15, 2015
Mary Eloise Dufrene, 63, of Vidor died Sunday February 15, 2015 in Beaumont. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Beaumont. Visitation will begin 7:00 p.m. prior to the service. Mary was born December 10, 1952 in Newton Texas to Thomas Copeland and Ana Bell Copeland. She was...
Joe Edd Warren
Feb 15, 2015
Joe Edd Warren, 57, of Vidor, passed away on February 15, 2015, at his home. Born in Kirbyville, Texas, on October 27, 1957, he was the son of Raymond Lee Moore, Sr. and Barbara Jean Roff Warren Moore. Joe was a simple country boy who loved the simple country life. He graduated from Orangefield High School in 1977. Joe was...
Patsy Ann Cook
Feb 13, 2015
Patsy Ann Cook, 79, of Orange, passed away on February 13, 2015, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 3:00p.m., Sunday, February 15, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be her nephew, Reverend Tim Ennis of Pursuit Church in Houston. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.-8:00...