Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Buford M. Turner
Jan 17, 2011
Buford M. Turner, 67, of Vinton, died Monday, January 17, 2011, at his residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 21, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Don Johnson of Magnolia Baptist Church in Vinton, and assisting will be Brother Dale Tatum, U.S. Naval Chaplin Retired and current chaplain of the American...
Nancy Sue Venable
Jan 16, 2011
Nancy "Sue" Venable, 72, of Orange, passed from this life and made her "home coming" debut Sunday morning, January 16, 2011, after battling an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Deacon Eddie Blankenstein officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will...
Jackie Trahan
Jan 16, 2011
Jackie Trahan, 46, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011 in Beaumont. Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in the chapel at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Jackie was born April 16,...
Billie Glover
Jan 14, 2011
Billie Glover, 82, of Orange, died Friday, January 14, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with the Reverend Kevin Trinkle, chaplain at Baptist Hospital in Orange, officiating. A private burial will follow. The family will receive friends from...
Verdie Fuselier
Jan 13, 2011
Verdie Fuselier, 79, of Orange, died Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 17, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Born in Basile, Louisiana on June 15, 1931,...
Loyce Eskew Frusha
Jan 12, 2011
Loyce Eskew frusha, 87, passed away January 12, 2011 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 15, 2011 at The First Baptist Church in Silsbee. A graveside service will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at The Bastrop Cemetery in Bastrop, TX. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5-8 p.m., Friday at Claybar...
Mark Gentry
Jan 12, 2011
Mark Gentry, 48, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at his home. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, January 17, 2011 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.
Mary E. Bearden Collier
Jan 12, 2011
Mary E. Bearden Collier, 75, of West Orange, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at her home. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City, will Mr. Bill Moore officiating. Born in Normangee, Texas on August 3, 1935, Mary was the daughter of Edward Frank and Huldie Ann LeRoy Bearden. She was...
Cecil Van Willey
Jan 11, 2011
Cecil Van Willey, 88, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in Houston. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mr. Willey was born May 23, 1922 in Pinehurst to Archie O. and Grace Peveto Willey. He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and later...
Betty Berry
Jan 10, 2011
Elizabeth Anne Berry, 80, of Orange, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. No funeral services are planned, but following cremation, her remains will be scattered in Alaska beside one of her favorite lakes. Born in Electric Mills, Mississippi on March 30, 1930, Betty was the daughter of Leland Caldwell and Annie Belle Holder Poole. She...
Judith Judi Ann Hidalgo
Jan 10, 2011
Judi Ann Hidalgo, 67, passed away Monday, January 10, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be with Reverend Paul Zoch of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas...
Sylvia Eloide Dunn
Jan 10, 2011
Sylvia Eloide Dunn, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on January 10, 2011 in Orange, TX, from a highly resistant staph infection that later resulted in renal failure. Eloide was born on October 5, 1921, to Andrew A.J. Linscomb and Ada Willey, both descendants of families who were early settlers in Orange County. She spent most of her childhood...
Helen Haunschild
Jan 9, 2011
Helen Haunschild, 94, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011. She was born January 20, 1916 in Groveton, Texas and had resided in Orange for 65 years. A loving mother and wife, she was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Otho Haunschild. She is survived by her son Harold Haunschild and wife Ginnie, of Fort Worth; daughter Ann...
Joseph J.D. Richard
Jan 9, 2011
Joseph "J.D." Richard, 78, of Orange, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, at Vidor Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00...
Jim Bull
Jan 8, 2011
Jim Bull, 86, of Orange, died Saturday, January 8, 2011, at Promise Hospital in Nederland. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at North Orange Baptist Church with Reverend Lynn Ashcraft officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Elizabeth Theresia Hommel
Jan 6, 2011
Elizabeth Theresia Hommel, 81, of Orange, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Baptist Orange Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 10, 2011, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Reverend Tom Phelan officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:30-6:00 p.m., Sunday with a...
Edgar Lavant Proctor
Jan 6, 2011
Edgar Lavant Proctor, 89, of Bevil Oaks passed away January 6, 2011 at his home. He was born June 1, 1921 in Stilson, Georgia to Ezekiel Lavant and Leona McElveen Proctor. A veteran of WWII, Edgar served in Belgium, Germany and France during the European Theater. He was an employee of South Western Bell Telephone for 38 years before retiring....
Billy Edward Bishop
Jan 6, 2011
Billy Edward Bishop, 69, of Orange, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Cremation will follow at Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory in Bridge City. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. Saturday prior to the service. Born in Jefferson City, Missouri...
Thomas W Sprott
Jan 4, 2011
Thomas W. Sprott, 59, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Mr. Sprott was born February 25, 1951 to Dr. Edward Daniel Sprott III and Ernestine Clark Sprott. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel officiated by Pastor Durward Minor. Those serving as pallbearers will be Ed Watson, Ronald Williams, Dexter Green,...
Floyd Collins
Jan 3, 2011
Floyd Collins, 84, of Orange, died Monday, January 3, 2011, at Pinehurst Nursing and Rehab. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Herb Thompson of First Baptist Church in West Orange. Floyd was born in San Augustine, Texas on September 18, 1926. He worked as...
Buford M. Turner
Jan 17, 2011
Buford M. Turner, 67, of Vinton, died Monday, January 17, 2011, at his residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 21, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Don Johnson of Magnolia Baptist Church in Vinton, and assisting will be Brother Dale Tatum, U.S. Naval Chaplin Retired and current chaplain of the American...
Nancy Sue Venable
Jan 16, 2011
Nancy "Sue" Venable, 72, of Orange, passed from this life and made her "home coming" debut Sunday morning, January 16, 2011, after battling an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Deacon Eddie Blankenstein officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will...
Jackie Trahan
Jan 16, 2011
Jackie Trahan, 46, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011 in Beaumont. Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in the chapel at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Jackie was born April 16,...
Billie Glover
Jan 14, 2011
Billie Glover, 82, of Orange, died Friday, January 14, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with the Reverend Kevin Trinkle, chaplain at Baptist Hospital in Orange, officiating. A private burial will follow. The family will receive friends from...
Verdie Fuselier
Jan 13, 2011
Verdie Fuselier, 79, of Orange, died Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 17, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Born in Basile, Louisiana on June 15, 1931,...
Loyce Eskew Frusha
Jan 12, 2011
Loyce Eskew frusha, 87, passed away January 12, 2011 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 15, 2011 at The First Baptist Church in Silsbee. A graveside service will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at The Bastrop Cemetery in Bastrop, TX. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5-8 p.m., Friday at Claybar...
Mark Gentry
Jan 12, 2011
Mark Gentry, 48, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at his home. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, January 17, 2011 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.
Mary E. Bearden Collier
Jan 12, 2011
Mary E. Bearden Collier, 75, of West Orange, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at her home. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City, will Mr. Bill Moore officiating. Born in Normangee, Texas on August 3, 1935, Mary was the daughter of Edward Frank and Huldie Ann LeRoy Bearden. She was...
Cecil Van Willey
Jan 11, 2011
Cecil Van Willey, 88, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in Houston. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mr. Willey was born May 23, 1922 in Pinehurst to Archie O. and Grace Peveto Willey. He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and later...
Betty Berry
Jan 10, 2011
Elizabeth Anne Berry, 80, of Orange, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. No funeral services are planned, but following cremation, her remains will be scattered in Alaska beside one of her favorite lakes. Born in Electric Mills, Mississippi on March 30, 1930, Betty was the daughter of Leland Caldwell and Annie Belle Holder Poole. She...
Judith Judi Ann Hidalgo
Jan 10, 2011
Judi Ann Hidalgo, 67, passed away Monday, January 10, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be with Reverend Paul Zoch of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas...
Sylvia Eloide Dunn
Jan 10, 2011
Sylvia Eloide Dunn, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on January 10, 2011 in Orange, TX, from a highly resistant staph infection that later resulted in renal failure. Eloide was born on October 5, 1921, to Andrew A.J. Linscomb and Ada Willey, both descendants of families who were early settlers in Orange County. She spent most of her childhood...
Helen Haunschild
Jan 9, 2011
Helen Haunschild, 94, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011. She was born January 20, 1916 in Groveton, Texas and had resided in Orange for 65 years. A loving mother and wife, she was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Otho Haunschild. She is survived by her son Harold Haunschild and wife Ginnie, of Fort Worth; daughter Ann...
Joseph J.D. Richard
Jan 9, 2011
Joseph "J.D." Richard, 78, of Orange, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, at Vidor Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00...
Jim Bull
Jan 8, 2011
Jim Bull, 86, of Orange, died Saturday, January 8, 2011, at Promise Hospital in Nederland. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at North Orange Baptist Church with Reverend Lynn Ashcraft officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Elizabeth Theresia Hommel
Jan 6, 2011
Elizabeth Theresia Hommel, 81, of Orange, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Baptist Orange Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 10, 2011, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Reverend Tom Phelan officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:30-6:00 p.m., Sunday with a...
Edgar Lavant Proctor
Jan 6, 2011
Edgar Lavant Proctor, 89, of Bevil Oaks passed away January 6, 2011 at his home. He was born June 1, 1921 in Stilson, Georgia to Ezekiel Lavant and Leona McElveen Proctor. A veteran of WWII, Edgar served in Belgium, Germany and France during the European Theater. He was an employee of South Western Bell Telephone for 38 years before retiring....
Billy Edward Bishop
Jan 6, 2011
Billy Edward Bishop, 69, of Orange, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Cremation will follow at Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory in Bridge City. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. Saturday prior to the service. Born in Jefferson City, Missouri...
Thomas W Sprott
Jan 4, 2011
Thomas W. Sprott, 59, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Mr. Sprott was born February 25, 1951 to Dr. Edward Daniel Sprott III and Ernestine Clark Sprott. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel officiated by Pastor Durward Minor. Those serving as pallbearers will be Ed Watson, Ronald Williams, Dexter Green,...
Floyd Collins
Jan 3, 2011
Floyd Collins, 84, of Orange, died Monday, January 3, 2011, at Pinehurst Nursing and Rehab. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Herb Thompson of First Baptist Church in West Orange. Floyd was born in San Augustine, Texas on September 18, 1926. He worked as...