Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Maria Sanchez
Nov 29, 2014
Maria Luisa Sanchez peacefully united with Our Lord on November 28, 2014 at the age of 91 in Beaumont, Texas where she resided. She was one of 5 children born to the late Marciano Guerrero and Refujio Lerma. She was born on September 2, 1923 in Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was the beloved wife of Lorenzo Perez Sanchez, Sr. for...
Nedeene Nell Harris
Nov 28, 2014
Nedeene Nell Harris, 88, of Beaumont, Texas passed away November 28, 2014. She was born August 24, 1926 to Edward and Julia McAuley Jones. Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by two nephews, Rheubin Farrar, Jr and Leslie Jones. She is survived by her sister, Pauline Farrar; brother Charles Jones and his wife Xena; nieces and nephews, George and Karen...
Susan Ann Cruz Davis
Nov 27, 2014
Susan Ann Cruz Davis, 58, was born May 29, 1956 to W.W. "Bob" and Velma Simmons in Crosby, TX and left to be with her Lord and Savior on Nov. 27, 2014. Susan worked in a managerial role for AT&T for 17 years. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church where she dedicated countless hours praising the Lord...
Dora Cooley Ogden
Nov 27, 2014
Dora Cooley Ogden, 98, of Winnie, Texas passed away on November 27, 2014, at Harbor Hospice. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Born in Ragley, Louisiana, on April 12, 1916, she was the daughter of Sterling...
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...
Maria Sanchez
Nov 29, 2014
Maria Luisa Sanchez peacefully united with Our Lord on November 28, 2014 at the age of 91 in Beaumont, Texas where she resided. She was one of 5 children born to the late Marciano Guerrero and Refujio Lerma. She was born on September 2, 1923 in Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was the beloved wife of Lorenzo Perez Sanchez, Sr. for...
Nedeene Nell Harris
Nov 28, 2014
Nedeene Nell Harris, 88, of Beaumont, Texas passed away November 28, 2014. She was born August 24, 1926 to Edward and Julia McAuley Jones. Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by two nephews, Rheubin Farrar, Jr and Leslie Jones. She is survived by her sister, Pauline Farrar; brother Charles Jones and his wife Xena; nieces and nephews, George and Karen...
Susan Ann Cruz Davis
Nov 27, 2014
Susan Ann Cruz Davis, 58, was born May 29, 1956 to W.W. "Bob" and Velma Simmons in Crosby, TX and left to be with her Lord and Savior on Nov. 27, 2014. Susan worked in a managerial role for AT&T for 17 years. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church where she dedicated countless hours praising the Lord...
Dora Cooley Ogden
Nov 27, 2014
Dora Cooley Ogden, 98, of Winnie, Texas passed away on November 27, 2014, at Harbor Hospice. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Born in Ragley, Louisiana, on April 12, 1916, she was the daughter of Sterling...
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...