Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Dagmar L. Allen
Oct 3, 2013
Dagmar L. Allen, 73, of Bridge City passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Born in Kolberg, Germany on April 25, 1940, Dagmar was the daughter of Lothar and Edith (Schmeichel) Moritz. She was a homemaker and...
Evelyn C. "Jay" Steiner
Oct 3, 2013
Evelyn C. “Jay” Steiner died October 3, 2013 at The Meadows in Orange, Texas. She was born February 9, 1922 in Bellevue, Louisiana. She is preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Jessica (Aiken) Cullum; husband, Terrell M. Steiner; and son, Larry Steiner. She is survived by her son, Glen Steiner and wife, Sandy of Orange; daughter-in-law, Eileen Koenig...
Helen Gloria Morgan
Oct 3, 2013
Helen Gloria Morgan, 85, passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013, at Harbor Hospice Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City with Reverend John Harrell officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Serving as pallbearers will be Josh Campbell, Justin Campbell, Brandon Bell, Kevin...
Jack Price Jr.
Oct 2, 2013
Jack Price, Jr., 84, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at Baptist Beaumont Hospital. Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend J.B. Prouse and Reverend Dutch Price officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Serving as Pallbearers will be Charlie Adams, Michael...
E. Darlene Brown
Oct 1, 2013
E. Darlene Brown, 69, of Bridge City, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend E. Dale Lee, pastor of Cowboy Church of Orange County. Burial will follow at...
Charlotte Ann Langham
Sep 30, 2013
Graveside services for Charlotte Ann Langham, 61, of Beaumont will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Haven of Rest Cemetery located on Hwy 90 at Greens Pond Road, five miles past the Major Drive. Pastor Brenda Finnel, Chaplain of Harbor Hospice will officiate. Charoltte was born February 4, 1952 in Portales, New Mexico and passed...
Melvin E. Schell
Sep 30, 2013
Melvin E. Schell, 88, of Orange, passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 in Orange. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 11, 2013 at First United Pentecostal Church of Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Gary P. Wheeler. A gathering of family and friends will be Thursday from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Juanita Moreno
Sep 28, 2013
Juanita Moreno, 88, of Bridge City, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013, at the Southeast Texas Medical Center in Port Arthur. A funeral service will be held at 11am, Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at the Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City with Reverend Steve Leger of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City officiating. Visitation will be from 5pm to...
Velma Rae Brunell
Sep 27, 2013
Velma Rae Brunell, 86, of Groves and a former longtime resident of Bridge City, passed away Friday, September 27, 2013, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Funeral services will be 2pm, Monday, September 30, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Phil Croft. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Elizabeth Reese Greeves
Sep 25, 2013
Elizabeth Reese Greeves passed away on September 25, 2013 at the Hampton at Tanglewood in Houston, Texas. She was born to Jeptha and Elma Connell Reese in Henderson, Texas on October 16, 1910. A service of worship remembering her life will be held Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of First Baptist Church, 900 Calder, Beaumont,...
Claude Webb, Jr.
Sep 24, 2013
Claude Webb, Jr., 90, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at Avalon Nursing Home in Kirbyville. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Freddy Burden, pastor of First Baptist Church of Baden and Reverend Herb Thompson, pastor of First Baptist Church of West Orange....
Richard Corder
Sep 22, 2013
Richard Corder Long time KOGT radio announcer Richard “BBRC” Corder, age 79, died Sunday, September 22, 2013, at his home, following a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2013, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend John Fortenberry, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Deweyville. Eulogies...
Bonnie Anita Holbrook
Sep 21, 2013
Bonnie Anita Holbrook, 66, of Orange passed away at her home Saturday, September 21, 2013. A graveside service will be 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Immediately following the Graveside service will be a dinner at the OutLaw Church on Hwy 408 in Bridge City for all Family and Friends. And anyone...
Jane Robbins Brown
Sep 20, 2013
Jane Robbins Brown, 91, of Orange passed away Friday, September 20, 2013, at her home. Born in Wichita Falls on March 15, 1922, she was the daughter of Walter Long and Mary Gilchrist (Blanks) Robbins. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and their choir and also served 20 years on the disaster committee with the Red Cross....
Orys C. "Gunny" Gunstream, Jr.
Sep 20, 2013
On September 20, 2013, the world lost a gentleman and a friend to all. Orys Gunstream slipped the bonds of earth after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Orange, Texas, born August 8, 1926. Orys was known as a family man who loved family gatherings, was a master machinist, was one of the Great Generation of WWII and...
Doris Weisiger Kelley
Sep 19, 2013
Doris Weisiger Kelley, 91, mother of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley and Dorothy Kelley Patterson, wife of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson, died Sept. 19 at her home in New Orleans. Mrs. Kelley was born in San Antonio, Texas, on April 25, 1922, to Hood Daniel Weisiger and Emily Julia Pancoast English Weisiger. After she...
Eileen Kuhl Gronning
Sep 18, 2013
Eileen Gronning, 81 was born February 22, 1932 in Beaumont, TX to Ellen Tanner Kuhl and Walter Kuhl and passed away September 18, 2013 in Silsbee, TX. Mrs. Gronning was a long-time resident of Beaumont prior to relocating for a brief period of time in Silsbee. She was employed as a draftsman with Dollinger Steel prior to her retirement. A...
Katie Vee LaBry
Sep 16, 2013
Katie Vee LaBry, 64, lifelong resident of Orange passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday, September 18, 2013 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will be held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. Born in Orange on October 14, 1948, she...
Robert H. Wallace
Sep 14, 2013
Robert H. Wallace, 91, of Bridge City, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Baptist Orange Hospital. Funeral services will be 10am, Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Allen Wallace and Chuck Osborne. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5pm to 8pm, Tuesday...
Goldie Maudean Johnson
Sep 14, 2013
Goldie M. Johnson, age 89, passed away Saturday surrounded by her family. She was born October 12th, 1923 to Mamie and Charlie Trammel of Mittie, LA. She was raised in Mittie and graduated from Fairview High School in Grant, LA. She married A.C. Johnson on March 1st, 1942. They had three children. Goldie is preceded in death by her husband...
Dagmar L. Allen
Oct 3, 2013
Dagmar L. Allen, 73, of Bridge City passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Born in Kolberg, Germany on April 25, 1940, Dagmar was the daughter of Lothar and Edith (Schmeichel) Moritz. She was a homemaker and...
Evelyn C. "Jay" Steiner
Oct 3, 2013
Evelyn C. “Jay” Steiner died October 3, 2013 at The Meadows in Orange, Texas. She was born February 9, 1922 in Bellevue, Louisiana. She is preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Jessica (Aiken) Cullum; husband, Terrell M. Steiner; and son, Larry Steiner. She is survived by her son, Glen Steiner and wife, Sandy of Orange; daughter-in-law, Eileen Koenig...
Helen Gloria Morgan
Oct 3, 2013
Helen Gloria Morgan, 85, passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013, at Harbor Hospice Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City with Reverend John Harrell officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Serving as pallbearers will be Josh Campbell, Justin Campbell, Brandon Bell, Kevin...
Jack Price Jr.
Oct 2, 2013
Jack Price, Jr., 84, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at Baptist Beaumont Hospital. Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend J.B. Prouse and Reverend Dutch Price officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Serving as Pallbearers will be Charlie Adams, Michael...
E. Darlene Brown
Oct 1, 2013
E. Darlene Brown, 69, of Bridge City, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend E. Dale Lee, pastor of Cowboy Church of Orange County. Burial will follow at...
Charlotte Ann Langham
Sep 30, 2013
Graveside services for Charlotte Ann Langham, 61, of Beaumont will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Haven of Rest Cemetery located on Hwy 90 at Greens Pond Road, five miles past the Major Drive. Pastor Brenda Finnel, Chaplain of Harbor Hospice will officiate. Charoltte was born February 4, 1952 in Portales, New Mexico and passed...
Melvin E. Schell
Sep 30, 2013
Melvin E. Schell, 88, of Orange, passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 in Orange. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 11, 2013 at First United Pentecostal Church of Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Gary P. Wheeler. A gathering of family and friends will be Thursday from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Juanita Moreno
Sep 28, 2013
Juanita Moreno, 88, of Bridge City, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013, at the Southeast Texas Medical Center in Port Arthur. A funeral service will be held at 11am, Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at the Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City with Reverend Steve Leger of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City officiating. Visitation will be from 5pm to...
Velma Rae Brunell
Sep 27, 2013
Velma Rae Brunell, 86, of Groves and a former longtime resident of Bridge City, passed away Friday, September 27, 2013, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Funeral services will be 2pm, Monday, September 30, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Phil Croft. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Elizabeth Reese Greeves
Sep 25, 2013
Elizabeth Reese Greeves passed away on September 25, 2013 at the Hampton at Tanglewood in Houston, Texas. She was born to Jeptha and Elma Connell Reese in Henderson, Texas on October 16, 1910. A service of worship remembering her life will be held Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of First Baptist Church, 900 Calder, Beaumont,...
Claude Webb, Jr.
Sep 24, 2013
Claude Webb, Jr., 90, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at Avalon Nursing Home in Kirbyville. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Freddy Burden, pastor of First Baptist Church of Baden and Reverend Herb Thompson, pastor of First Baptist Church of West Orange....
Richard Corder
Sep 22, 2013
Richard Corder Long time KOGT radio announcer Richard “BBRC” Corder, age 79, died Sunday, September 22, 2013, at his home, following a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2013, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend John Fortenberry, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Deweyville. Eulogies...
Bonnie Anita Holbrook
Sep 21, 2013
Bonnie Anita Holbrook, 66, of Orange passed away at her home Saturday, September 21, 2013. A graveside service will be 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Immediately following the Graveside service will be a dinner at the OutLaw Church on Hwy 408 in Bridge City for all Family and Friends. And anyone...
Jane Robbins Brown
Sep 20, 2013
Jane Robbins Brown, 91, of Orange passed away Friday, September 20, 2013, at her home. Born in Wichita Falls on March 15, 1922, she was the daughter of Walter Long and Mary Gilchrist (Blanks) Robbins. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and their choir and also served 20 years on the disaster committee with the Red Cross....
Orys C. "Gunny" Gunstream, Jr.
Sep 20, 2013
On September 20, 2013, the world lost a gentleman and a friend to all. Orys Gunstream slipped the bonds of earth after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Orange, Texas, born August 8, 1926. Orys was known as a family man who loved family gatherings, was a master machinist, was one of the Great Generation of WWII and...
Doris Weisiger Kelley
Sep 19, 2013
Doris Weisiger Kelley, 91, mother of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley and Dorothy Kelley Patterson, wife of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson, died Sept. 19 at her home in New Orleans. Mrs. Kelley was born in San Antonio, Texas, on April 25, 1922, to Hood Daniel Weisiger and Emily Julia Pancoast English Weisiger. After she...
Eileen Kuhl Gronning
Sep 18, 2013
Eileen Gronning, 81 was born February 22, 1932 in Beaumont, TX to Ellen Tanner Kuhl and Walter Kuhl and passed away September 18, 2013 in Silsbee, TX. Mrs. Gronning was a long-time resident of Beaumont prior to relocating for a brief period of time in Silsbee. She was employed as a draftsman with Dollinger Steel prior to her retirement. A...
Katie Vee LaBry
Sep 16, 2013
Katie Vee LaBry, 64, lifelong resident of Orange passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday, September 18, 2013 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will be held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. Born in Orange on October 14, 1948, she...
Robert H. Wallace
Sep 14, 2013
Robert H. Wallace, 91, of Bridge City, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Baptist Orange Hospital. Funeral services will be 10am, Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Allen Wallace and Chuck Osborne. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5pm to 8pm, Tuesday...
Goldie Maudean Johnson
Sep 14, 2013
Goldie M. Johnson, age 89, passed away Saturday surrounded by her family. She was born October 12th, 1923 to Mamie and Charlie Trammel of Mittie, LA. She was raised in Mittie and graduated from Fairview High School in Grant, LA. She married A.C. Johnson on March 1st, 1942. They had three children. Goldie is preceded in death by her husband...