Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Alice Marie (Snow) Stephens
Aug 21, 2023
Our loving mother and amazing granny, Alice Marie (Snow) Stephens, 86, of Orange, Texas, left this Earth for her Heavenly home on August 21, 2023, in Port Arthur, Texas. We have no doubt that she was met at the gate by the love of her life. Born in Danville, Kentucky on October 6, 1936, she was the daughter of Boyd...
Kenneth Carl Oliver
Aug 19, 2023
Kenneth Carl Oliver Kenneth Oliver, 94, of New Braunfels, Texas, passed away on August 19, 2023 Funeral services will be 2:00pm, Thursday, August 24, 2023, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Charles Johnson of Greater Life Church in New Braunfels Texas and Reverend Nathan Keating of Parkway Life Church in Lumberton Texas. Private burial...
Raymond Walter "PeeWee" Henderson
Aug 19, 2023
Raymond Walter “PeeWee” Henderson, 76, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 19, 2023, at his home in Orange. A memorial service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26 ,2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26 ,2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Nederland,...
Robert Louis Burton Jr.
Aug 18, 2023
Robert Louis Burton, Jr., 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2023, peacefully at home. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 25, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 9:30 a.m., Friday, August 25, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Wayne Lee Gordon, Sr.
Aug 18, 2023
Wayne Lee Gordon, Sr. Wayne Lee Gordon, Sr., 76, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Born in Orange, Texas, on September 30, 1946, he was the son of William Earl Gordon and Jimmie Pearl (Thomas) Gordon. Wayne proudly served in the United States Marine Corp and later went to work as a letter...
Joseph J. Kazmar
Aug 17, 2023
Joseph J. Kazmar Joseph J. Kazmar, 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 17, 2023, peacefully at home. Memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will begin prior at 1:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Schenectady, New York, on October...
Shannon "Bruce" Self
Aug 16, 2023
Shannon “Bruce” Self Shannon “Bruce” Self, of Orangefield, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on August 16, 2023. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Harland Strother of Cowboy Church of Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange....
J. Merritt Ayers
Aug 13, 2023
J. Merritt Ayers, 89, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 13, 2023, surrounded by loved ones in Orange, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be held prior to the service...
Cora "Sue" Collins
Aug 12, 2023
Cora “Sue” Collins, 88, of Bridge City, Texas, passed peacefully into the glory of Heaven on August 12, 2023, after a nearly 6-week long struggle to recover from numerous complications of a broken hip. She was born in Southside, TN on October 17, 1934, to Hattie Sue Groves Wall and Herman Burney Wall into a large farming family. She was...
Dr. Leonides “Nene” Ponce Medrano-Hababag
Aug 12, 2023
Dr. Leonides “Nene” Ponce Medrano-Hababag Dr. Leonides “Nene” Ponce Medrano-Hababag, 70, of Orange, passed away on August 12, 2023, after a brief battle with brain cancer at Houston Methodist Hospital. A Mass of Christian Remembrance will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 31, 2023, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ernie Carpio. Visitation will be from...
David McPherson
Aug 12, 2023
David “Pipaw” McPherson, 59, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 12, 2023, in Beaumont, Texas. A celebration of life will be held at 4:00 pm., Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Ronnie and Kathy’s home: 4800 Candlewick Dr. Orange, Texas 77630. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 1, 1964, he was the son of Fenton McPherson and Betty (Fontenot) McPherson....
Glenda Loe Dixon
Aug 11, 2023
Glenda Loe Dixon, 88, passed peacefully from this world on August 11, 2023 at her home surrounded by family and friends. Visitation and funeral services will take place Friday, August 18, 2023 at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church in West Orange. Visitation will begin at 9:30am with funeral at 11am. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.: Glenda...
Gary Dean Phillips Sr.
Aug 11, 2023
Gary Dean Phillips Sr., 75, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 11th, 2023, at home surrounded by his family after a 7-month battle with cancer. Gary was born on January 21st, 1948, in Norman, Oklahoma, and later moved to Texas with his mother. After graduating from Allen Military Academy, Gary enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1966....
Hayden "Tank" Moore
Aug 11, 2023
Hayden “Tank” Moore, 17, of Mauriceville, Texas, passed away on August 11, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 19, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Kevin Brown, of First Baptist Church in Mauriceville. Burial will follow the service at Wilkinson Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m....
T.C. Jacobs Jr
Aug 11, 2023
Terry Columbus Jacobs, Jr., 88 of Orange, Texas passed away on August 11, 2023, in Orange, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10 AM on Friday, August 18, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be his grandsons, Reverend Jeremy Jacobs and Reverend Timothy Jacobs. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from...
Paul Adam Caillier
Aug 10, 2023
Paul Adam Caillier, 46, of Orange, passed away on August 10, 2023, in Baytown. Celebration of life will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 24,2023, at One City Church in Beaumont, Texas. Born in Nederland, Texas, on January 3, 1977, he was the son of Dudley Paul Caillier and Annie Laura Dixon. Paul was a loving man who adored his wife...
Lithe Mae Kluk
Aug 9, 2023
Lithe Mae Kluk, 96, of Seabrook, Texas and former longtime resident of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on August 9, 2023, in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 12, 2023, at Claybar Kelley - Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be prior to the...
Beverly Elizabeth Ellis
Aug 9, 2023
Beverly Elizabeth Ellis passed away August 9, 2023, at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas, surrounded by her family. A memorial gathering will be from 1:00-4:00 pm Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. She was born January 17, 1962, in Valdosta, Georgia. Beverly was a graduate of Little Cypress-Mauriceville class of 1980. She was an avid reader...
Colton & Corbin Hussey
Aug 8, 2023
Colton Jay Hussey and Corbin Joseph Hussey, passed peacefully on August 8, 2023. A memorial service in their honor will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Richard Dougharty. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. Colton and Corbin were born in...
Alice Marie (Snow) Stephens
Aug 21, 2023
Our loving mother and amazing granny, Alice Marie (Snow) Stephens, 86, of Orange, Texas, left this Earth for her Heavenly home on August 21, 2023, in Port Arthur, Texas. We have no doubt that she was met at the gate by the love of her life. Born in Danville, Kentucky on October 6, 1936, she was the daughter of Boyd...
Kenneth Carl Oliver
Aug 19, 2023
Kenneth Carl Oliver Kenneth Oliver, 94, of New Braunfels, Texas, passed away on August 19, 2023 Funeral services will be 2:00pm, Thursday, August 24, 2023, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Charles Johnson of Greater Life Church in New Braunfels Texas and Reverend Nathan Keating of Parkway Life Church in Lumberton Texas. Private burial...
Raymond Walter "PeeWee" Henderson
Aug 19, 2023
Raymond Walter “PeeWee” Henderson, 76, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 19, 2023, at his home in Orange. A memorial service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26 ,2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26 ,2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Nederland,...
Robert Louis Burton Jr.
Aug 18, 2023
Robert Louis Burton, Jr., 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2023, peacefully at home. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 25, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 9:30 a.m., Friday, August 25, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Wayne Lee Gordon, Sr.
Aug 18, 2023
Wayne Lee Gordon, Sr. Wayne Lee Gordon, Sr., 76, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Born in Orange, Texas, on September 30, 1946, he was the son of William Earl Gordon and Jimmie Pearl (Thomas) Gordon. Wayne proudly served in the United States Marine Corp and later went to work as a letter...
Joseph J. Kazmar
Aug 17, 2023
Joseph J. Kazmar Joseph J. Kazmar, 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 17, 2023, peacefully at home. Memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will begin prior at 1:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Schenectady, New York, on October...
Shannon "Bruce" Self
Aug 16, 2023
Shannon “Bruce” Self Shannon “Bruce” Self, of Orangefield, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on August 16, 2023. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Harland Strother of Cowboy Church of Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange....
J. Merritt Ayers
Aug 13, 2023
J. Merritt Ayers, 89, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 13, 2023, surrounded by loved ones in Orange, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be held prior to the service...
Cora "Sue" Collins
Aug 12, 2023
Cora “Sue” Collins, 88, of Bridge City, Texas, passed peacefully into the glory of Heaven on August 12, 2023, after a nearly 6-week long struggle to recover from numerous complications of a broken hip. She was born in Southside, TN on October 17, 1934, to Hattie Sue Groves Wall and Herman Burney Wall into a large farming family. She was...
Dr. Leonides “Nene” Ponce Medrano-Hababag
Aug 12, 2023
Dr. Leonides “Nene” Ponce Medrano-Hababag Dr. Leonides “Nene” Ponce Medrano-Hababag, 70, of Orange, passed away on August 12, 2023, after a brief battle with brain cancer at Houston Methodist Hospital. A Mass of Christian Remembrance will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 31, 2023, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ernie Carpio. Visitation will be from...
David McPherson
Aug 12, 2023
David “Pipaw” McPherson, 59, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 12, 2023, in Beaumont, Texas. A celebration of life will be held at 4:00 pm., Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Ronnie and Kathy’s home: 4800 Candlewick Dr. Orange, Texas 77630. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 1, 1964, he was the son of Fenton McPherson and Betty (Fontenot) McPherson....
Glenda Loe Dixon
Aug 11, 2023
Glenda Loe Dixon, 88, passed peacefully from this world on August 11, 2023 at her home surrounded by family and friends. Visitation and funeral services will take place Friday, August 18, 2023 at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church in West Orange. Visitation will begin at 9:30am with funeral at 11am. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.: Glenda...
Gary Dean Phillips Sr.
Aug 11, 2023
Gary Dean Phillips Sr., 75, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 11th, 2023, at home surrounded by his family after a 7-month battle with cancer. Gary was born on January 21st, 1948, in Norman, Oklahoma, and later moved to Texas with his mother. After graduating from Allen Military Academy, Gary enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1966....
Hayden "Tank" Moore
Aug 11, 2023
Hayden “Tank” Moore, 17, of Mauriceville, Texas, passed away on August 11, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 19, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Kevin Brown, of First Baptist Church in Mauriceville. Burial will follow the service at Wilkinson Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m....
T.C. Jacobs Jr
Aug 11, 2023
Terry Columbus Jacobs, Jr., 88 of Orange, Texas passed away on August 11, 2023, in Orange, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10 AM on Friday, August 18, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be his grandsons, Reverend Jeremy Jacobs and Reverend Timothy Jacobs. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from...
Paul Adam Caillier
Aug 10, 2023
Paul Adam Caillier, 46, of Orange, passed away on August 10, 2023, in Baytown. Celebration of life will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 24,2023, at One City Church in Beaumont, Texas. Born in Nederland, Texas, on January 3, 1977, he was the son of Dudley Paul Caillier and Annie Laura Dixon. Paul was a loving man who adored his wife...
Lithe Mae Kluk
Aug 9, 2023
Lithe Mae Kluk, 96, of Seabrook, Texas and former longtime resident of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on August 9, 2023, in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 12, 2023, at Claybar Kelley - Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be prior to the...
Beverly Elizabeth Ellis
Aug 9, 2023
Beverly Elizabeth Ellis passed away August 9, 2023, at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas, surrounded by her family. A memorial gathering will be from 1:00-4:00 pm Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. She was born January 17, 1962, in Valdosta, Georgia. Beverly was a graduate of Little Cypress-Mauriceville class of 1980. She was an avid reader...
Colton & Corbin Hussey
Aug 8, 2023
Colton Jay Hussey and Corbin Joseph Hussey, passed peacefully on August 8, 2023. A memorial service in their honor will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Richard Dougharty. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. Colton and Corbin were born in...