Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Gussie Margaret Matthews
Dec 21, 2013
Margaret Matthews, 89, of Vinton, Louisiana, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2013, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Monday, December 23, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Raymond McHenry of Westgate Baptist Church in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Lawrence Gilmore
Dec 20, 2013
Lawrence Gilmore, 52, of Orange, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013, at his home. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Saturday, at the church. Born in Orange on July 13, 1961, Lawrence...
Robert Wayne Brock
Dec 20, 2013
Funeral services for Robert Wayne Brock, 80, of Beaumont will be held on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church. Dr. Karen Dorris and Reverend Ben Burnside will officiate. Interment will follow in Haven of Rest Cemetery on Hwy 90 in Beaumont. Robert was a native and lifelong resident of Beaumont. He...
Georgia Gunter Jackson
Dec 18, 2013
Georgia Gunter Jackson, 89, of Orange, died Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 Friday, December 20, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls of Silver Oaks Baptist Church, and Reverend Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West...
Norma E. Cummings
Dec 18, 2013
Norma E. Cummings, 86, of Bridge City, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at her home. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Sunday, December 22, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Zoch, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City. A Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 22, 2013,...
Mary Wylene Blackburn
Dec 18, 2013
Mary Wylene Blackburn, 81, of Lumberton, TX passed away December 18, 2013 after a brief illness. She was born February 15, 1932 in Silsbee, TX to Calvin and Mary Belle Releford. Surviving Mrs. Blackburn are her sons, Philip David Blackburn, Jr. of Kountze, TX, Robert Earl Blackburn and his wife, Pamela, of Lumberton, TX, William Patrick Blackburn and his wife,...
Jimmy Franklin Welch
Dec 18, 2013
A Memorial Gathering for Jimmy Franklin Welch, 66, of Rye, TX will be held from 2-4:00 p.m. Sunday, December, 22 in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Jimmy was born, June 3, 1947 in Breckenridge, Texas to the late, Thomas Lee and Ella Clara (Schkade) Welch and had resided in Rye for the past 8 years. A former resident of Bridge...
John Franklin Moore
Dec 17, 2013
John Franklin Moore, 72, of West Orange, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at his residence. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in West Orange. A gathering of family and friends will be on Friday from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., at the...
Dana Leigh Dauterive van der Stucken
Dec 17, 2013
Dana Leigh Dauterive van der Stucken, 44, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Services will be 12:00 p.m. Friday, December 20, 2013, at Old First Orange Baptist Church with Brother Keith Meyer officiating. A private burial will follow. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Friday, at the church. Born in Orange on August...
Namon Denson
Dec 17, 2013
Namon Denson, Jr., 74, of Beaumont, passed away December 17, 2013 at Harbor Hospice after a brief illness. He was born October 10, 1939 in Beaumont to Namon Denson, Sr. and Retha Marie Scott Hayes. Mr. Denson is survived by his children; Ernest Denson, of Beaumont, Norman Denson, Sr. and his wife, Tarrer, of Augusta, Georgia, Michael Denson, of Beaumont,...
Bobbie Jo Hayes
Dec 16, 2013
Bobbie Jo Hayes of Lumberton, Texas passed away at St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, TX Monday, December 16, 2013. Visitation will be from 11:00 – 1:00 PM Thursday at Claybar Kelley Watkins Funeral Home with the funeral service to immediately follow at 1:00 PM. Rev. Robert Turnage and Rev. Charles Turnage will officiate. Born in Denison, Texas on December 2, 1933,...
Garlon Ray Ashmore
Dec 15, 2013
Garlon Ray Ashmore, 65, of Brookeland, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 4:54 a.m., at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Matt King, preacher of Pineland Church of Christ. A Graveside Service will be 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Evergreen Cemetery...
Rickie De Leon
Dec 15, 2013
Rickie De Leon, 54, of El Paso, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at his home. A Memorial Gathering will be from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Orange on April 22, 1959, Rickie was the son of Atilano and Dolly (Murakami) De Leon. He graduated from Bridge...
Janice Kennedy Ewing
Dec 15, 2013
Janice Kennedy Ewing, 78, of Orange passed away at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend Lynn Ashcraft officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be on Wednesday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Born...
Joseph Gus Cormier, Sr.
Dec 15, 2013
Joseph Gus Cormier, Sr., 85, of Orange and former resident of Orangefield, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at his residence. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend John Harrell, pastor of United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City and Reverend Jeffrey Pitman, pastor of United Pentecostal...
Edith (Grady) Jonas
Dec 15, 2013
Edith (Grady) Jonas, 92, of Bridge City, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 21, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Bob Boone officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Buna. Serving as Pallbearers will be Chris Briggs, Justin Briggs, Bruce Stewart, Daniel Frazier,...
Berniece M. Johnson
Dec 14, 2013
Berniece McCarroll Johnson, nee Ethel Berniece McCarroll, died December 14, 2013, her 99th birthday, in Denver, Colorado. Born December 14, 1914 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas to Dr. Horace Rudolph and Pearl Henry McCarroll, she was the youngest of their six children. At the age of sixteen, Berniece entered Ouachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia, AR, where she was graduated in 1935...
Daniel Benton McNeel
Dec 14, 2013
Daniel B. McNeel, 97, was born September 21, 1916 in Beaumont, TX to Jerry Mills and Shirley Morris McNeel and passed away December 14, 2013 in Woodville. Mr. McNeel worked as an electrician from Local 479 in construction for over 45 years. He honorably served his country in the US Navy as a Seaman 2nd Class from October 1940 until...
Dr. John Edward Coratti
Dec 14, 2013
Dr. John Edward Coratti, 63, of Orange, died Saturday, December 14, 2013, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 17, 2013, with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the funeral home, with Father Susil Fernando officiating. Born in...
Gertrude H. "Trudy" Peveto
Dec 14, 2013
Gertrude H. “Trudy” Peveto was born January 13, 1930, in York, Maine, to Robert and Eva Silsby. She passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013, in Beaumont, Texas. Trudy grew up in Kittery, Maine, where her father was a commercial fisherman. During World War II she met Wayne Peveto while he was stationed at the nearby Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. They married,...
Gussie Margaret Matthews
Dec 21, 2013
Margaret Matthews, 89, of Vinton, Louisiana, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2013, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Monday, December 23, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Raymond McHenry of Westgate Baptist Church in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Lawrence Gilmore
Dec 20, 2013
Lawrence Gilmore, 52, of Orange, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013, at his home. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Saturday, at the church. Born in Orange on July 13, 1961, Lawrence...
Robert Wayne Brock
Dec 20, 2013
Funeral services for Robert Wayne Brock, 80, of Beaumont will be held on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church. Dr. Karen Dorris and Reverend Ben Burnside will officiate. Interment will follow in Haven of Rest Cemetery on Hwy 90 in Beaumont. Robert was a native and lifelong resident of Beaumont. He...
Georgia Gunter Jackson
Dec 18, 2013
Georgia Gunter Jackson, 89, of Orange, died Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 Friday, December 20, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls of Silver Oaks Baptist Church, and Reverend Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West...
Norma E. Cummings
Dec 18, 2013
Norma E. Cummings, 86, of Bridge City, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at her home. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Sunday, December 22, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Zoch, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City. A Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 22, 2013,...
Mary Wylene Blackburn
Dec 18, 2013
Mary Wylene Blackburn, 81, of Lumberton, TX passed away December 18, 2013 after a brief illness. She was born February 15, 1932 in Silsbee, TX to Calvin and Mary Belle Releford. Surviving Mrs. Blackburn are her sons, Philip David Blackburn, Jr. of Kountze, TX, Robert Earl Blackburn and his wife, Pamela, of Lumberton, TX, William Patrick Blackburn and his wife,...
Jimmy Franklin Welch
Dec 18, 2013
A Memorial Gathering for Jimmy Franklin Welch, 66, of Rye, TX will be held from 2-4:00 p.m. Sunday, December, 22 in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Jimmy was born, June 3, 1947 in Breckenridge, Texas to the late, Thomas Lee and Ella Clara (Schkade) Welch and had resided in Rye for the past 8 years. A former resident of Bridge...
John Franklin Moore
Dec 17, 2013
John Franklin Moore, 72, of West Orange, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at his residence. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in West Orange. A gathering of family and friends will be on Friday from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., at the...
Dana Leigh Dauterive van der Stucken
Dec 17, 2013
Dana Leigh Dauterive van der Stucken, 44, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Services will be 12:00 p.m. Friday, December 20, 2013, at Old First Orange Baptist Church with Brother Keith Meyer officiating. A private burial will follow. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Friday, at the church. Born in Orange on August...
Namon Denson
Dec 17, 2013
Namon Denson, Jr., 74, of Beaumont, passed away December 17, 2013 at Harbor Hospice after a brief illness. He was born October 10, 1939 in Beaumont to Namon Denson, Sr. and Retha Marie Scott Hayes. Mr. Denson is survived by his children; Ernest Denson, of Beaumont, Norman Denson, Sr. and his wife, Tarrer, of Augusta, Georgia, Michael Denson, of Beaumont,...
Bobbie Jo Hayes
Dec 16, 2013
Bobbie Jo Hayes of Lumberton, Texas passed away at St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, TX Monday, December 16, 2013. Visitation will be from 11:00 – 1:00 PM Thursday at Claybar Kelley Watkins Funeral Home with the funeral service to immediately follow at 1:00 PM. Rev. Robert Turnage and Rev. Charles Turnage will officiate. Born in Denison, Texas on December 2, 1933,...
Garlon Ray Ashmore
Dec 15, 2013
Garlon Ray Ashmore, 65, of Brookeland, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 4:54 a.m., at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Matt King, preacher of Pineland Church of Christ. A Graveside Service will be 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Evergreen Cemetery...
Rickie De Leon
Dec 15, 2013
Rickie De Leon, 54, of El Paso, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at his home. A Memorial Gathering will be from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Orange on April 22, 1959, Rickie was the son of Atilano and Dolly (Murakami) De Leon. He graduated from Bridge...
Janice Kennedy Ewing
Dec 15, 2013
Janice Kennedy Ewing, 78, of Orange passed away at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend Lynn Ashcraft officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be on Wednesday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Born...
Joseph Gus Cormier, Sr.
Dec 15, 2013
Joseph Gus Cormier, Sr., 85, of Orange and former resident of Orangefield, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at his residence. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend John Harrell, pastor of United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City and Reverend Jeffrey Pitman, pastor of United Pentecostal...
Edith (Grady) Jonas
Dec 15, 2013
Edith (Grady) Jonas, 92, of Bridge City, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 21, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Bob Boone officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Buna. Serving as Pallbearers will be Chris Briggs, Justin Briggs, Bruce Stewart, Daniel Frazier,...
Berniece M. Johnson
Dec 14, 2013
Berniece McCarroll Johnson, nee Ethel Berniece McCarroll, died December 14, 2013, her 99th birthday, in Denver, Colorado. Born December 14, 1914 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas to Dr. Horace Rudolph and Pearl Henry McCarroll, she was the youngest of their six children. At the age of sixteen, Berniece entered Ouachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia, AR, where she was graduated in 1935...
Daniel Benton McNeel
Dec 14, 2013
Daniel B. McNeel, 97, was born September 21, 1916 in Beaumont, TX to Jerry Mills and Shirley Morris McNeel and passed away December 14, 2013 in Woodville. Mr. McNeel worked as an electrician from Local 479 in construction for over 45 years. He honorably served his country in the US Navy as a Seaman 2nd Class from October 1940 until...
Dr. John Edward Coratti
Dec 14, 2013
Dr. John Edward Coratti, 63, of Orange, died Saturday, December 14, 2013, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 17, 2013, with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the funeral home, with Father Susil Fernando officiating. Born in...
Gertrude H. "Trudy" Peveto
Dec 14, 2013
Gertrude H. “Trudy” Peveto was born January 13, 1930, in York, Maine, to Robert and Eva Silsby. She passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013, in Beaumont, Texas. Trudy grew up in Kittery, Maine, where her father was a commercial fisherman. During World War II she met Wayne Peveto while he was stationed at the nearby Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. They married,...