Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Jeanna Pat Biddle Collins
Feb 26, 2011
Jeanna ?Pat? Biddle Collins, 62, of Bridge City, died Saturday, February 26, 2011, at St. Luke?s Hospital in Houston. A Memorial Service will be held 6:00 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2011, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Brad Morgan, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be held...
Dorothy Starwalt Manley
Feb 25, 2011
Dorothy Starwalt Manley was born in Orange, Texas, on February 4, 1910 to Alan Eugene and Velma Moore Starwalt. She graduated from Orange High School and attended Spence School in New York City. Dorothy graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago where she was a Delta Gamma. She returned to Orange to teach school then married her high school sweetheart, Rufus...
Rita Caro Ochs
Feb 25, 2011
Rita Caro Ochs, 88 ¾, of Orange, passed away February 25, 2011 at home while under the care of Mike and Tammy with much assistance from Odyssey Hospice. She attended Trinity Lutheran Church and loved the Lord. Rita lived the majority of her life in Orange and loved this town. She is already missed by her children Mike and Tammy...
James Otha Crumpler
Feb 25, 2011
James Otha Crumpler, 84, of Port Arthur, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Judge Dennis Powell and Reverend Troy L. Hopkins. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Saturday at...
Johnnie McClure Turner
Feb 24, 2011
Johnnie McClure Turner, 83, of Orange, went to be with his Heavenly Father on February 24, 2011. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Autumn Oaks Cemetery with Pastor Herbert Thompson officiating. Family will receive friends from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Johnnie was born to Onnie...
Roy Roger Brown, Sr.
Feb 24, 2011
Roy Roger Brown, Sr., 62, of Bridge City, died Thursday, February 24, 2011, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 12:00-2:00 p.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas on October 17,...
Annie Maria Lucia Giarratano
Feb 22, 2011
Annie Marie Giarratano, 95, died while sleeping at her home in Maine, on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. She was a native of Orange, Texas, the wife of the late Joseph Giarratano and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lucia, pioneer Orange grocers. She had five brothers, the late Mike, John, Sam, Joe, and Anthony Lucia; and one...
Dixie Lee Clinton Brint
Feb 22, 2011
Dixie Lee Clinton Brint, 91, of Orange passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday February 26, 2011 at St. Paul?s United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Brad Morgan. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6:00 to 9:00...
Selman Clark
Feb 22, 2011
Selman Bo Clark, 80 passed away on February 22, 2011 in Beaumont. He was born October 4, 1930 to Levi Hulon and Willie Fern Selman Clark in Camp Nancy, Angelina County, TX. A gathering of friends and family will take place from 5:00 ? 8:00 pm Thursday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am at...
Eunice Cormier Youngblood
Feb 22, 2011
Eunice Marie Cormier Youngblood, 89, of Beaumont, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Born June 4, 1921 to Jacques and Evelyna Cormier in Toomey, Louisiana, she was a graduate of Vinton High School. Soon after high school, she moved to Beaumont to attend Chenier Business College. After graduating, she began working in Beaumont and met Bennie Bud Youngblood. The two married...
Alma F. Robins
Feb 21, 2011
Alma F. Robins, 87, of Orange, passed away Monday, February 21, 2011, at The Meadows in Orange. Mrs. Robins was born in Charleston, West Virginia on March 27, 1923, the daughter of Charles Stonewall Barnett and Ada Partlow Barnett. She was a homemaker and an active member of St. Paul?s Episcopal Church in Orange. For many years, she wrote Story...
Lucille Lucy Light
Feb 20, 2011
Lucille ?Lucy? Light, 91, of Orange, went home to the Lord on February 20, 2011, at Golden Years Assisted Living, surrounded by her family. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 26, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Dr. Douglas Caldwell of First United Methodist Church in Mauriceville. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m....
Pauline Bryan
Feb 19, 2011
Pauline Bryan, 95, of Orange, died Saturday, February 19, 2011, in Cypress, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Barry Jones of Ninth and Elm Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 p.m....
Jackson Lee J.L. Mathews
Feb 18, 2011
Jackson Lee J.L. Mathews, 88, of Orange, went to be with his heavenly father on February 18, 2011. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 21, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend Kevin Trinkle will be officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3:00 p.m. at McMahan?s Chapel Cemetery in San Augustine, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00...
Ella Mae Wood
Feb 17, 2011
Ella Mae Wood, 97, of Orange, died Thursday, February 17, 2011, in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 21, 2011, at Cove Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend T.J. Bordelon of Cove Baptist Church and Reverend Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. A Graveside Service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Wood...
William Bill T. Nugent
Feb 17, 2011
William ?Bill? T. Nugent, 58, of Orangefield, died Thursday, February 17, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, after a 7 month battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 21, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jim Hardwick of First Christian Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Wilkerson...
Martin Kent McDaniel
Feb 16, 2011
Martin Kent McDaniel, 45, of New Braunfels, went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. Funeral Services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy J. Blanton of Kyle, Texas. Graveside service will be 4:00 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Hemphill....
Evelyn Northcutt Hustmyre
Feb 16, 2011
Evelyn Northcutt Hustmyre was born on October 20, 1914, in Mineola, Texas and died peacefully on February 16, 2011, in Dallas, Texas. A private family service is planned.
George Oliver Talbert
Feb 15, 2011
George Oliver Talbert went home to be with the Lord on February 15, 2011. The family will receive friends from 4:00 ? 7:00 pm, Friday, February 18, 2011 at Claybar Kelly-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church, 6220 Westgate Drive, Beaumont at 12:00 pm on Saturday, February 19, 2011 with Rev. Raymond...
Richard James Billiot
Feb 15, 2011
Richard James Billiot, 63, of Orange, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Christus St. Mary?s Hospital in Port Arthur. A Military Graveside Service will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Richard was born in Port Arthur on March 21, 1947. He served in the U.S. Army where he was deployed twice...
Jeanna Pat Biddle Collins
Feb 26, 2011
Jeanna ?Pat? Biddle Collins, 62, of Bridge City, died Saturday, February 26, 2011, at St. Luke?s Hospital in Houston. A Memorial Service will be held 6:00 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2011, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Brad Morgan, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be held...
Dorothy Starwalt Manley
Feb 25, 2011
Dorothy Starwalt Manley was born in Orange, Texas, on February 4, 1910 to Alan Eugene and Velma Moore Starwalt. She graduated from Orange High School and attended Spence School in New York City. Dorothy graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago where she was a Delta Gamma. She returned to Orange to teach school then married her high school sweetheart, Rufus...
Rita Caro Ochs
Feb 25, 2011
Rita Caro Ochs, 88 ¾, of Orange, passed away February 25, 2011 at home while under the care of Mike and Tammy with much assistance from Odyssey Hospice. She attended Trinity Lutheran Church and loved the Lord. Rita lived the majority of her life in Orange and loved this town. She is already missed by her children Mike and Tammy...
James Otha Crumpler
Feb 25, 2011
James Otha Crumpler, 84, of Port Arthur, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Judge Dennis Powell and Reverend Troy L. Hopkins. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Saturday at...
Johnnie McClure Turner
Feb 24, 2011
Johnnie McClure Turner, 83, of Orange, went to be with his Heavenly Father on February 24, 2011. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Autumn Oaks Cemetery with Pastor Herbert Thompson officiating. Family will receive friends from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Johnnie was born to Onnie...
Roy Roger Brown, Sr.
Feb 24, 2011
Roy Roger Brown, Sr., 62, of Bridge City, died Thursday, February 24, 2011, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 12:00-2:00 p.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas on October 17,...
Annie Maria Lucia Giarratano
Feb 22, 2011
Annie Marie Giarratano, 95, died while sleeping at her home in Maine, on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. She was a native of Orange, Texas, the wife of the late Joseph Giarratano and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lucia, pioneer Orange grocers. She had five brothers, the late Mike, John, Sam, Joe, and Anthony Lucia; and one...
Dixie Lee Clinton Brint
Feb 22, 2011
Dixie Lee Clinton Brint, 91, of Orange passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday February 26, 2011 at St. Paul?s United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Brad Morgan. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6:00 to 9:00...
Selman Clark
Feb 22, 2011
Selman Bo Clark, 80 passed away on February 22, 2011 in Beaumont. He was born October 4, 1930 to Levi Hulon and Willie Fern Selman Clark in Camp Nancy, Angelina County, TX. A gathering of friends and family will take place from 5:00 ? 8:00 pm Thursday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am at...
Eunice Cormier Youngblood
Feb 22, 2011
Eunice Marie Cormier Youngblood, 89, of Beaumont, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Born June 4, 1921 to Jacques and Evelyna Cormier in Toomey, Louisiana, she was a graduate of Vinton High School. Soon after high school, she moved to Beaumont to attend Chenier Business College. After graduating, she began working in Beaumont and met Bennie Bud Youngblood. The two married...
Alma F. Robins
Feb 21, 2011
Alma F. Robins, 87, of Orange, passed away Monday, February 21, 2011, at The Meadows in Orange. Mrs. Robins was born in Charleston, West Virginia on March 27, 1923, the daughter of Charles Stonewall Barnett and Ada Partlow Barnett. She was a homemaker and an active member of St. Paul?s Episcopal Church in Orange. For many years, she wrote Story...
Lucille Lucy Light
Feb 20, 2011
Lucille ?Lucy? Light, 91, of Orange, went home to the Lord on February 20, 2011, at Golden Years Assisted Living, surrounded by her family. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 26, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Dr. Douglas Caldwell of First United Methodist Church in Mauriceville. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m....
Pauline Bryan
Feb 19, 2011
Pauline Bryan, 95, of Orange, died Saturday, February 19, 2011, in Cypress, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Barry Jones of Ninth and Elm Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 p.m....
Jackson Lee J.L. Mathews
Feb 18, 2011
Jackson Lee J.L. Mathews, 88, of Orange, went to be with his heavenly father on February 18, 2011. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 21, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend Kevin Trinkle will be officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3:00 p.m. at McMahan?s Chapel Cemetery in San Augustine, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00...
Ella Mae Wood
Feb 17, 2011
Ella Mae Wood, 97, of Orange, died Thursday, February 17, 2011, in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 21, 2011, at Cove Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend T.J. Bordelon of Cove Baptist Church and Reverend Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. A Graveside Service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Wood...
William Bill T. Nugent
Feb 17, 2011
William ?Bill? T. Nugent, 58, of Orangefield, died Thursday, February 17, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, after a 7 month battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 21, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jim Hardwick of First Christian Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Wilkerson...
Martin Kent McDaniel
Feb 16, 2011
Martin Kent McDaniel, 45, of New Braunfels, went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. Funeral Services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy J. Blanton of Kyle, Texas. Graveside service will be 4:00 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Hemphill....
Evelyn Northcutt Hustmyre
Feb 16, 2011
Evelyn Northcutt Hustmyre was born on October 20, 1914, in Mineola, Texas and died peacefully on February 16, 2011, in Dallas, Texas. A private family service is planned.
George Oliver Talbert
Feb 15, 2011
George Oliver Talbert went home to be with the Lord on February 15, 2011. The family will receive friends from 4:00 ? 7:00 pm, Friday, February 18, 2011 at Claybar Kelly-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church, 6220 Westgate Drive, Beaumont at 12:00 pm on Saturday, February 19, 2011 with Rev. Raymond...
Richard James Billiot
Feb 15, 2011
Richard James Billiot, 63, of Orange, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Christus St. Mary?s Hospital in Port Arthur. A Military Graveside Service will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Richard was born in Port Arthur on March 21, 1947. He served in the U.S. Army where he was deployed twice...