Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Mr. Jimmie Sterling Sr.
Nov 27, 2014
Jimmie Lee Sterling, Sr. passed away November 27, 2014 at his home in Milam, TX. He was born November 3, 1938 in Beaumont to Jerry and Mary Matteson Sterling. After retiring he moved to God’s country – the lake where he could hunt and fish to his heart’s delight. Jimmy was preceded in death by 2 grand-daughters and 1 unborn...
Billy Carl Hebert
Nov 27, 2014
Billy Carl Hebert, 82, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor with his grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30th at Claybar Funeral Home...
William (Bill) Ogg
Nov 25, 2014
William (Bill) Ogg, 74, of Orange, passed away on November 25, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00am, November 29, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls of Silver Oaks Baptist Church, Reverend Les Jacobson, and Reverend Harold Nazworth. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation...
Alix Broussard
Nov 24, 2014
Alix Broussard, 93, of Bridge City, passed away on November 24, 2014, at Summer Place Nursing Home in Beaumont. A graveside service will be 10:00 am, Friday, November 28, 2014, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
James Joseph Molley Sr.
Nov 24, 2014
James Joseph (Jim) Molley Sr., 94 or Orange, Texas passed away Monday, November 24, 2014, at the Meadows Nursing home in Orange. He has fought the good fight and is now with his heavenly Father, in the company of the many friends and family that have preceded him. Jim was born February 25, 1920 in Orange, Texas to Joseph James...
Patricia Staggs
Nov 23, 2014
Patricia Staggs, 74, of Vidor, passed away on November 23, 2014 at Vidor Health and Rehab. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, December 4, at 2:00pm at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Burns City, Indiana on April 24, 1940, she was the daughter of Hubert Dove and Lucy Walls Dove. She is preceded in death by her...
Robert Marshall "Bob" Wells
Nov 23, 2014
A memorial service for Robert Marshall “Bob” Wells, 81, of Beaumont will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. A reception will precede the service at 10:00 a.m. Bob was born Dec. 26, 1932 in North Wilkesboro, NC and passed away Nov. 23, 2014 in Houston, TX. He was U.S. Navy Veteran of...
Juanita Marthene Milholland King
Nov 22, 2014
Juanita Marthene Milholland King went to be with her Lord on November 22, 2014. She was born March 4, 1924 to Edgar and Drucie McDowell Milholland in Wenatchee, Washington. Juanita had three brothers-Harry, Roy and Eddie and one sister-Jean. She had two step sisters – Corita and Bonita and one stepbrother – Murry. During her younger years she lived in...
Emma Olivia Cross
Nov 21, 2014
Funeral services for Emma Olivia Cross, 90 of Beaumont will be held Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at Woodland Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of friends and family will be on Sunday from 5-7:00 p.m. at Woodland Baptist Church. Mrs. Cross was born July 8, 1924 in Deville, Louisiana to the...
Thomas "Tom" "Papaw" Ray Gilcrease
Nov 21, 2014
Thomas Ray Gilcrease, 73, of Orange, passed away on November 21, 2014 at his home in Orange Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A final viewing will be at 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 24, 2014 with funeral services to follow at 10:00 a.m.at North...
Rodley Joseph Faulk
Nov 21, 2014
Rodley Joseph Faulk, 77, of Bridge City, passed away on November 21, 2014, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at St. Henry Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m,...
Normandine (Gunter) Vann
Nov 20, 2014
Normandine Gunter Vann, 88, of Orange, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2014. Visitation will be from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00pm, Monday, November 24, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Chaplain Kevin Trinkle. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in...
Jo Kathryn "Kitty" Howell
Nov 20, 2014
Jo Kathryn “Kitty” Howell, 95, of Beaumont, passed away peacefully November 20, 2014 at the age of 95. Kitty was born August 20, 1919 in Beaumont, Texas to Joe and Kathryn Wall, and was a graduate of Beaumont High. She retired from Jefferson County where she worked in the county clerk’s office as a title clerk. She was a member...
Curtis L. Armstrong
Nov 19, 2014
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” -Winston Churchhill Curtis Lavergne Armstrong was born in Orange, Texas on May 9, 1921 to Curtis Lamar Armstrong and Mary Ethel Hatton Armstrong. A grandson of early Orange pioneer John Moses Hatton, Curtis grew up in a time when horses were an acceptable (and...
Robert "Bobby" Daniel Burroughs
Nov 19, 2014
Robert “Bobby” Daniel Burroughs, 61, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on November 19, 2014, at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont. A memorial service will be 11:00 am, Monday, November 24, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Sherman West of The Anchor Church in Beaumont. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 3, 1953, Robert was the son...
Dorothy Hebert Burks
Nov 19, 2014
Dorothy Hebert Burks passed away peacefully on November 19, 2014 in Richmond, TX. She was born on February 8, 1923 in Cow Island, Louisiana to Jerome and Lillian Hebert. She retired from the City of Orange after working for many years in the Water & Sewer Department. She lived in Orange for 48 years before moving to the Houston area...
Mary June Land
Nov 18, 2014
Mary June Land Mary June Land, 90, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on November 18, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00pm, Friday, November 21, 2014, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City....
Ruth "Bootsie" Mae Walker
Nov 15, 2014
Ruth “Bootsie” Mae Walker, 88, of Bridge City, passed away on November 15, 2014, surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Mark Bunch of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at...
Keith Slaughter
Nov 15, 2014
Keith Slaughter, 60, of Orange, passed away on November 15, 2014, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A graveside service will be 1:00pm, Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Autumn Oaks Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be his nephew Wesley Smith. Visitation will be at 5:00pm, Tuesday, November 18th, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on November...
Pauline Little Soape
Nov 15, 2014
Pauline Little Soape, 74, a long time Vinton resident, passed away peacefully on November 15, after a gradual decline in health. A native of Hackberry, Pauline attended various schools throughout the South and Southwest United States as her family moved for her father’s work in the oilfield before graduating from LaGrange High School in Lake Charles. Pauline participated in high...
Mr. Jimmie Sterling Sr.
Nov 27, 2014
Jimmie Lee Sterling, Sr. passed away November 27, 2014 at his home in Milam, TX. He was born November 3, 1938 in Beaumont to Jerry and Mary Matteson Sterling. After retiring he moved to God’s country – the lake where he could hunt and fish to his heart’s delight. Jimmy was preceded in death by 2 grand-daughters and 1 unborn...
Billy Carl Hebert
Nov 27, 2014
Billy Carl Hebert, 82, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor with his grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30th at Claybar Funeral Home...
William (Bill) Ogg
Nov 25, 2014
William (Bill) Ogg, 74, of Orange, passed away on November 25, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00am, November 29, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls of Silver Oaks Baptist Church, Reverend Les Jacobson, and Reverend Harold Nazworth. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation...
Alix Broussard
Nov 24, 2014
Alix Broussard, 93, of Bridge City, passed away on November 24, 2014, at Summer Place Nursing Home in Beaumont. A graveside service will be 10:00 am, Friday, November 28, 2014, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
James Joseph Molley Sr.
Nov 24, 2014
James Joseph (Jim) Molley Sr., 94 or Orange, Texas passed away Monday, November 24, 2014, at the Meadows Nursing home in Orange. He has fought the good fight and is now with his heavenly Father, in the company of the many friends and family that have preceded him. Jim was born February 25, 1920 in Orange, Texas to Joseph James...
Patricia Staggs
Nov 23, 2014
Patricia Staggs, 74, of Vidor, passed away on November 23, 2014 at Vidor Health and Rehab. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, December 4, at 2:00pm at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Burns City, Indiana on April 24, 1940, she was the daughter of Hubert Dove and Lucy Walls Dove. She is preceded in death by her...
Robert Marshall "Bob" Wells
Nov 23, 2014
A memorial service for Robert Marshall “Bob” Wells, 81, of Beaumont will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. A reception will precede the service at 10:00 a.m. Bob was born Dec. 26, 1932 in North Wilkesboro, NC and passed away Nov. 23, 2014 in Houston, TX. He was U.S. Navy Veteran of...
Juanita Marthene Milholland King
Nov 22, 2014
Juanita Marthene Milholland King went to be with her Lord on November 22, 2014. She was born March 4, 1924 to Edgar and Drucie McDowell Milholland in Wenatchee, Washington. Juanita had three brothers-Harry, Roy and Eddie and one sister-Jean. She had two step sisters – Corita and Bonita and one stepbrother – Murry. During her younger years she lived in...
Emma Olivia Cross
Nov 21, 2014
Funeral services for Emma Olivia Cross, 90 of Beaumont will be held Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at Woodland Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of friends and family will be on Sunday from 5-7:00 p.m. at Woodland Baptist Church. Mrs. Cross was born July 8, 1924 in Deville, Louisiana to the...
Thomas "Tom" "Papaw" Ray Gilcrease
Nov 21, 2014
Thomas Ray Gilcrease, 73, of Orange, passed away on November 21, 2014 at his home in Orange Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A final viewing will be at 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 24, 2014 with funeral services to follow at 10:00 a.m.at North...
Rodley Joseph Faulk
Nov 21, 2014
Rodley Joseph Faulk, 77, of Bridge City, passed away on November 21, 2014, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at St. Henry Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m,...
Normandine (Gunter) Vann
Nov 20, 2014
Normandine Gunter Vann, 88, of Orange, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2014. Visitation will be from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00pm, Monday, November 24, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Chaplain Kevin Trinkle. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in...
Jo Kathryn "Kitty" Howell
Nov 20, 2014
Jo Kathryn “Kitty” Howell, 95, of Beaumont, passed away peacefully November 20, 2014 at the age of 95. Kitty was born August 20, 1919 in Beaumont, Texas to Joe and Kathryn Wall, and was a graduate of Beaumont High. She retired from Jefferson County where she worked in the county clerk’s office as a title clerk. She was a member...
Curtis L. Armstrong
Nov 19, 2014
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” -Winston Churchhill Curtis Lavergne Armstrong was born in Orange, Texas on May 9, 1921 to Curtis Lamar Armstrong and Mary Ethel Hatton Armstrong. A grandson of early Orange pioneer John Moses Hatton, Curtis grew up in a time when horses were an acceptable (and...
Robert "Bobby" Daniel Burroughs
Nov 19, 2014
Robert “Bobby” Daniel Burroughs, 61, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on November 19, 2014, at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont. A memorial service will be 11:00 am, Monday, November 24, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Sherman West of The Anchor Church in Beaumont. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 3, 1953, Robert was the son...
Dorothy Hebert Burks
Nov 19, 2014
Dorothy Hebert Burks passed away peacefully on November 19, 2014 in Richmond, TX. She was born on February 8, 1923 in Cow Island, Louisiana to Jerome and Lillian Hebert. She retired from the City of Orange after working for many years in the Water & Sewer Department. She lived in Orange for 48 years before moving to the Houston area...
Mary June Land
Nov 18, 2014
Mary June Land Mary June Land, 90, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on November 18, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00pm, Friday, November 21, 2014, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City....
Ruth "Bootsie" Mae Walker
Nov 15, 2014
Ruth “Bootsie” Mae Walker, 88, of Bridge City, passed away on November 15, 2014, surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Mark Bunch of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at...
Keith Slaughter
Nov 15, 2014
Keith Slaughter, 60, of Orange, passed away on November 15, 2014, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A graveside service will be 1:00pm, Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Autumn Oaks Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be his nephew Wesley Smith. Visitation will be at 5:00pm, Tuesday, November 18th, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on November...
Pauline Little Soape
Nov 15, 2014
Pauline Little Soape, 74, a long time Vinton resident, passed away peacefully on November 15, after a gradual decline in health. A native of Hackberry, Pauline attended various schools throughout the South and Southwest United States as her family moved for her father’s work in the oilfield before graduating from LaGrange High School in Lake Charles. Pauline participated in high...