Obituaries for

Claybar Funeral Home

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.

Jake Wallace, Jr.

Jake Wallace, Jr.

Mar 10, 2011

Jake Wallace, Jr., 59 of Bridge City passed away March 10, 2011 in Beaumont. A memorial service will be at 6:00 p.m. Monday, March 14, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Delphyn Meeks of St. Maurice Catholic Church. A gathering of family and friends will be Sunday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m....

Hazel Margueritte Margie de Bie

Hazel Margueritte Margie de Bie

Mar 10, 2011

Hazel Margueritte Margie de Bie, 83, of Orange & Rockport, Texas, passed away March 10, 2011 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on April 12, 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Margie is the daughter of Abraham Allen Abe and Hazel Margueritte Jordan Kemble. Margie had been active in the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Orange. Margie was preceded...

Mark Cady

Mark Cady

Mar 9, 2011

Mark Cady, 53, of Bridge City passed away March 9, 2011 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Bob Boone of First Baptist Church of Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. The family will receive friends...

Shirley Broussard Arceneaux

Shirley Broussard Arceneaux

Mar 8, 2011

Shirley ?Nannaw? Broussard Arceneaux, 75, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from...

Kendall A. McKay

Kendall A. McKay

Mar 7, 2011

Kendall A. McKay, 57, of Orange, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011 at First Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Ray McDowell, officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 ? 9:00 p.m. Thursday, at Claybar...

Kyae Soon Edwards

Kyae Soon Edwards

Mar 7, 2011

Kyae Soon Edwards was born April 13, 1934 in Pusan, South Korea to Inmoon and Seungnam Lee Choi and passed away in Beaumont on March 7, 2011. Memorial service will take place on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Kyae was a long time resident of...

Robert Eugene Costen

Robert Eugene Costen

Mar 6, 2011

Robert Eugene Costen, 83, of Bridge City, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas after a brief illness. Born in Red Level, Alabama on May 26, 1927, Robert was the son of Aubrey and Evie Lee Costen. He and his wife, Peggy, moved to Texas in...

Joey Martin

Joey Martin

Mar 5, 2011

Joey Martin, 49, of Orange, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Renaissance Hospital in Groves. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, at First Baptist Church in Mauriceville. Officiating will be Reverend Wesley Blanton, Reverend Lyndon Longoria, and Reverend Kevin Brown. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m.,...

Randy Wilkerson

Randy Wilkerson

Mar 4, 2011

Randy Wilkerson, 53, of Orange, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Dubuis St. Mary?s Hospital in Port Arthur. A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011, at Calvary Baptist Church on Western Avenue in Orange with Chaplain Mike Anderson, officiating. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange and Claybar Haven of Rest...

Dorothy Tupper Wriborg

Dorothy Tupper Wriborg

Mar 3, 2011

Dorothy Tupper Wriborg, 97, was born July 23, 1913 in Elton, Louisiana to Lydia Ewing Tupper and Ansel Perry Tupper and died on March 3, 2011 at Harbor Hospice surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 73 years, Stephen J. Wriborg, and brothers, Edward Tupper and Henry Tupper. She moved to Port Arthur...

Jackie Lee Moore

Jackie Lee Moore

Mar 1, 2011

Jackie Lee Moore, 65, of Orange, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Born on December 20, 1945, Jackie was the son of George and Hazel Hogan Moore. He was a Vietnam Veteran and proudly served his country in the Marine Corps. He was a lifelong resident of Orange and was a retired iron worker out of Local 125. Jackie...

A.R. Red Hall

A.R. Red Hall

Feb 28, 2011

A.R. ?Red? Hall, 78, lifelong resident of Orange passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 at his home. Mr. Hall was born October 2, 1932, in Hope, AR, to Denver B. and Ethel Grissom Hall. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and later worked and retired as a Quality Control Welder Inspector and a member of Pipefitters...

Jeanna Pat Biddle Collins

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...







Jake Wallace, Jr.

Jake Wallace, Jr.

Mar 10, 2011

Jake Wallace, Jr., 59 of Bridge City passed away March 10, 2011 in Beaumont. A memorial service will be at 6:00 p.m. Monday, March 14, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Delphyn Meeks of St. Maurice Catholic Church. A gathering of family and friends will be Sunday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m....

Hazel Margueritte Margie de Bie

Hazel Margueritte Margie de Bie

Mar 10, 2011

Hazel Margueritte Margie de Bie, 83, of Orange & Rockport, Texas, passed away March 10, 2011 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on April 12, 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Margie is the daughter of Abraham Allen Abe and Hazel Margueritte Jordan Kemble. Margie had been active in the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Orange. Margie was preceded...

Mark Cady

Mark Cady

Mar 9, 2011

Mark Cady, 53, of Bridge City passed away March 9, 2011 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Bob Boone of First Baptist Church of Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. The family will receive friends...

Shirley Broussard Arceneaux

Shirley Broussard Arceneaux

Mar 8, 2011

Shirley ?Nannaw? Broussard Arceneaux, 75, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from...

Kendall A. McKay

Kendall A. McKay

Mar 7, 2011

Kendall A. McKay, 57, of Orange, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011 at First Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Ray McDowell, officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 ? 9:00 p.m. Thursday, at Claybar...

Kyae Soon Edwards

Kyae Soon Edwards

Mar 7, 2011

Kyae Soon Edwards was born April 13, 1934 in Pusan, South Korea to Inmoon and Seungnam Lee Choi and passed away in Beaumont on March 7, 2011. Memorial service will take place on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Kyae was a long time resident of...

Robert Eugene Costen

Robert Eugene Costen

Mar 6, 2011

Robert Eugene Costen, 83, of Bridge City, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas after a brief illness. Born in Red Level, Alabama on May 26, 1927, Robert was the son of Aubrey and Evie Lee Costen. He and his wife, Peggy, moved to Texas in...

Joey Martin

Joey Martin

Mar 5, 2011

Joey Martin, 49, of Orange, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Renaissance Hospital in Groves. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, at First Baptist Church in Mauriceville. Officiating will be Reverend Wesley Blanton, Reverend Lyndon Longoria, and Reverend Kevin Brown. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m.,...

Randy Wilkerson

Randy Wilkerson

Mar 4, 2011

Randy Wilkerson, 53, of Orange, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Dubuis St. Mary?s Hospital in Port Arthur. A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011, at Calvary Baptist Church on Western Avenue in Orange with Chaplain Mike Anderson, officiating. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange and Claybar Haven of Rest...

Dorothy Tupper Wriborg

Dorothy Tupper Wriborg

Mar 3, 2011

Dorothy Tupper Wriborg, 97, was born July 23, 1913 in Elton, Louisiana to Lydia Ewing Tupper and Ansel Perry Tupper and died on March 3, 2011 at Harbor Hospice surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 73 years, Stephen J. Wriborg, and brothers, Edward Tupper and Henry Tupper. She moved to Port Arthur...

Jackie Lee Moore

Jackie Lee Moore

Mar 1, 2011

Jackie Lee Moore, 65, of Orange, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Born on December 20, 1945, Jackie was the son of George and Hazel Hogan Moore. He was a Vietnam Veteran and proudly served his country in the Marine Corps. He was a lifelong resident of Orange and was a retired iron worker out of Local 125. Jackie...

A.R. Red Hall

A.R. Red Hall

Feb 28, 2011

A.R. ?Red? Hall, 78, lifelong resident of Orange passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 at his home. Mr. Hall was born October 2, 1932, in Hope, AR, to Denver B. and Ethel Grissom Hall. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and later worked and retired as a Quality Control Welder Inspector and a member of Pipefitters...

Jeanna Pat Biddle Collins

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...




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