Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Therese Shannon Clark
Jan 13, 2010
THERESE "TERRI" JEAN SHANNON CLARK passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2010 in Houston, Texas. She was born February 29, 1952 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia to Col. William Earl Shannon and Elizabeth Jean Pruden Shannon. As the daughter of an Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross veteran and Staff Judge Advocate Europe, Terri spent her childhood in several places, including Germany and...
J.C. Dorrell
Jan 12, 2010
J.C. Dorrell, 85, passed away January 12, 2010 in Beaumont, Texas. Those left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 64 years, Mollie E. Dorrell; son, Jay Dorrell and his wife, Ginger; son, Larry Dorrell; daughter, Kathi Hill and her husband, Glen; and son, Randy Dorrell and his wife, Sharon. He is also survived by his precious grandchildren,...
Ava L. Peggy Anderson
Jan 12, 2010
Ava L. "Peggy" Anderson, 81, of Orange, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 15, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Harold Nazareth. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home. Peggy was born...
Lennart William Carlson
Jan 8, 2010
Lennart "Carl" William Carlson, 80, of Orange, died Friday, January 8, 2010, in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Officiating will be Reverend Timothy Norris. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Madison Lodge will conduct a Masonic Service at 8:00 p.m. Carl was born...
Lt. Col. Amy Louise McConnell
Jan 8, 2010
Amy Louise McConnell passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010, at Memorial Hermann Baptist-Beaumont in Beaumont, TX. Aunt Amy, as she was known to her many nieces and nephews, was born in Winnsboro, TX , April 4, 1923. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Laura McConnell of Beaumont, of Winnsboro, brothers, Garner, Otis and Huie McConnell;...
Brenda Kay Lawson LeBlanc
Jan 8, 2010
Brenda Kay Lawson LeBlanc, 52, of Orange, died Friday, January 8, 2010, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Flipper Doolittle. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Heaven of Rest Crematory Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home in...
John Arthur Coody
Jan 7, 2010
After a long illness, John Arthur Coody, 48, went to be with the Lord on January 7, 2010. Funeral services will be held, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of family and friends will be held Friday, January 8 from 5:00...
William Truman Bill Seals
Jan 7, 2010
Bill Seals of Orange passed away at home on January 7, 2010, at 80 years of age. The son of Dan and Gertrude Seals, Bill was born October 6, 1929, in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma and spent his childhood years in Seiling, Oklahoma. Following High School graduation, Bill joined the United States Navy and served his country with pride and honor...
Morris Desmond Ramsey, Jr.
Jan 6, 2010
Morris Desmond Ramsey, Jr., 72, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at Baptist Orange Hospital. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 10, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend Kevin Kissel of Faith United Methodist Church and Reverend Mary Beth McDuff, officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
Melvin Mel E. King
Jan 5, 2010
Melvin Mel E. King Melvin Mel E. King, 79, departed this life to go to his heavenly home on January 5, 2010, at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. He was born on June 18, 1930, in Tulsa, OK. He graduated from Oklahoma University with a degree in petroleum engineering. While in college he met his loving wife of 56 years, Jan...
Richard S. Smith
Jan 4, 2010
Richard S. Smith, 70, of Bridge City, died Monday, January 4, 2010, at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at the United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City with the Reverend J.W. Harrell, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in the McLewis Community. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday,...
James H. Swearengin
Jan 4, 2010
James H. "Jim" Swearengin, 94, of Sour Lake, went to be with the Lord on January 4, 2010. Jim was born May 13, 1015 in Malvern, AR to Isom Terrell and Johnnie Anna Swearengin. He was married to his childhood sweetheart and loving wife of 69 years, Frances June Swearengin. Jim retired from Sun Oil Company and was also the...
Anne Materne
Jan 3, 2010
Anne Materne, 97, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010 in Sugar Land, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 am, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at St. Mary Catholic Church. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Friday, January 8, 2010...
Elaine Hammerly
Jan 2, 2010
Elaine Stanfield Hammerly, was born February 11, 1943 and died January 2, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Hammerly, Sr.; parents, Lonnie and Ruth Stanfield; brother, Langston Stanfield; sister, Fern Stanfield; grandson, Micah Hammerly and son-in-law, Donald McCray. She has four children; son, Virgil Hammerly, Jr. and wife, Mary, Rodney Dale "Chief" Hammerly and wife, Michelle;...
Chanie Broussard
Jan 1, 2010
Chanie E. Broussard, 50, of Vidor, died Friday, January 1, 2010, at Christus St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, January 4, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory in Beaumont. Chanie was born on February 5, 1959, in Port Arthur. She...
Ella Mae Mason
Jan 1, 2010
Ella Mae "Trahan" Mason, 80, of Bridge City, died Friday, January 1, 2010, at Southeast Texas Medical Center. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 4, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Mr. Robby Holland of First Assembly of God Bridge City. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens in Nederland. Visitation will be...
Terry Lee Wright
Dec 31, 2009
Terry Lee Wright, 50, of Orange, died Thursday, December 31, 2009, at Baptist Orange Hospital. Funeral services will be 12:00 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2010, at Family Worship Center in Orange with Reverend Tony Story, officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday, at the church under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange on December...
Juanita Dell Baxter Allen
Dec 30, 2009
Funeral services for Juanita Dell Baxter Allen will be Saturday, January 2, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Officiating will be Reverend James Boykin. Interment will follow at Rosedale cemetery in Sour Lake. A gathering of family and friends will be Friday from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home. Juanita was born on October 21, 1925 in Franklin,...
Mike Trahan
Dec 30, 2009
Mike Trahan, 49, of Orange, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A wake service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon Harvey Dubois. Following the service cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will...
Joseph Joe Huie David
Dec 29, 2009
Joseph Huie David died on December 29, 2009 at the age of 21. Visitation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange beginning Friday January 1, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. with Rosary/Vigil at 7:00 p.m. officiated by Reverend Mr. Melvin Payne. A funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange celebrated by Reverend Joseph Daleo...
Therese Shannon Clark
Jan 13, 2010
THERESE "TERRI" JEAN SHANNON CLARK passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2010 in Houston, Texas. She was born February 29, 1952 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia to Col. William Earl Shannon and Elizabeth Jean Pruden Shannon. As the daughter of an Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross veteran and Staff Judge Advocate Europe, Terri spent her childhood in several places, including Germany and...
J.C. Dorrell
Jan 12, 2010
J.C. Dorrell, 85, passed away January 12, 2010 in Beaumont, Texas. Those left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 64 years, Mollie E. Dorrell; son, Jay Dorrell and his wife, Ginger; son, Larry Dorrell; daughter, Kathi Hill and her husband, Glen; and son, Randy Dorrell and his wife, Sharon. He is also survived by his precious grandchildren,...
Ava L. Peggy Anderson
Jan 12, 2010
Ava L. "Peggy" Anderson, 81, of Orange, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 15, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Harold Nazareth. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home. Peggy was born...
Lennart William Carlson
Jan 8, 2010
Lennart "Carl" William Carlson, 80, of Orange, died Friday, January 8, 2010, in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Officiating will be Reverend Timothy Norris. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Madison Lodge will conduct a Masonic Service at 8:00 p.m. Carl was born...
Lt. Col. Amy Louise McConnell
Jan 8, 2010
Amy Louise McConnell passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010, at Memorial Hermann Baptist-Beaumont in Beaumont, TX. Aunt Amy, as she was known to her many nieces and nephews, was born in Winnsboro, TX , April 4, 1923. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Laura McConnell of Beaumont, of Winnsboro, brothers, Garner, Otis and Huie McConnell;...
Brenda Kay Lawson LeBlanc
Jan 8, 2010
Brenda Kay Lawson LeBlanc, 52, of Orange, died Friday, January 8, 2010, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Flipper Doolittle. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Heaven of Rest Crematory Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home in...
John Arthur Coody
Jan 7, 2010
After a long illness, John Arthur Coody, 48, went to be with the Lord on January 7, 2010. Funeral services will be held, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of family and friends will be held Friday, January 8 from 5:00...
William Truman Bill Seals
Jan 7, 2010
Bill Seals of Orange passed away at home on January 7, 2010, at 80 years of age. The son of Dan and Gertrude Seals, Bill was born October 6, 1929, in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma and spent his childhood years in Seiling, Oklahoma. Following High School graduation, Bill joined the United States Navy and served his country with pride and honor...
Morris Desmond Ramsey, Jr.
Jan 6, 2010
Morris Desmond Ramsey, Jr., 72, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at Baptist Orange Hospital. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 10, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend Kevin Kissel of Faith United Methodist Church and Reverend Mary Beth McDuff, officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
Melvin Mel E. King
Jan 5, 2010
Melvin Mel E. King Melvin Mel E. King, 79, departed this life to go to his heavenly home on January 5, 2010, at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. He was born on June 18, 1930, in Tulsa, OK. He graduated from Oklahoma University with a degree in petroleum engineering. While in college he met his loving wife of 56 years, Jan...
Richard S. Smith
Jan 4, 2010
Richard S. Smith, 70, of Bridge City, died Monday, January 4, 2010, at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at the United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City with the Reverend J.W. Harrell, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in the McLewis Community. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday,...
James H. Swearengin
Jan 4, 2010
James H. "Jim" Swearengin, 94, of Sour Lake, went to be with the Lord on January 4, 2010. Jim was born May 13, 1015 in Malvern, AR to Isom Terrell and Johnnie Anna Swearengin. He was married to his childhood sweetheart and loving wife of 69 years, Frances June Swearengin. Jim retired from Sun Oil Company and was also the...
Anne Materne
Jan 3, 2010
Anne Materne, 97, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010 in Sugar Land, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 am, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at St. Mary Catholic Church. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Friday, January 8, 2010...
Elaine Hammerly
Jan 2, 2010
Elaine Stanfield Hammerly, was born February 11, 1943 and died January 2, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Hammerly, Sr.; parents, Lonnie and Ruth Stanfield; brother, Langston Stanfield; sister, Fern Stanfield; grandson, Micah Hammerly and son-in-law, Donald McCray. She has four children; son, Virgil Hammerly, Jr. and wife, Mary, Rodney Dale "Chief" Hammerly and wife, Michelle;...
Chanie Broussard
Jan 1, 2010
Chanie E. Broussard, 50, of Vidor, died Friday, January 1, 2010, at Christus St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, January 4, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory in Beaumont. Chanie was born on February 5, 1959, in Port Arthur. She...
Ella Mae Mason
Jan 1, 2010
Ella Mae "Trahan" Mason, 80, of Bridge City, died Friday, January 1, 2010, at Southeast Texas Medical Center. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 4, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Mr. Robby Holland of First Assembly of God Bridge City. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens in Nederland. Visitation will be...
Terry Lee Wright
Dec 31, 2009
Terry Lee Wright, 50, of Orange, died Thursday, December 31, 2009, at Baptist Orange Hospital. Funeral services will be 12:00 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2010, at Family Worship Center in Orange with Reverend Tony Story, officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday, at the church under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange on December...
Juanita Dell Baxter Allen
Dec 30, 2009
Funeral services for Juanita Dell Baxter Allen will be Saturday, January 2, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Officiating will be Reverend James Boykin. Interment will follow at Rosedale cemetery in Sour Lake. A gathering of family and friends will be Friday from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home. Juanita was born on October 21, 1925 in Franklin,...
Mike Trahan
Dec 30, 2009
Mike Trahan, 49, of Orange, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A wake service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon Harvey Dubois. Following the service cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will...
Joseph Joe Huie David
Dec 29, 2009
Joseph Huie David died on December 29, 2009 at the age of 21. Visitation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange beginning Friday January 1, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. with Rosary/Vigil at 7:00 p.m. officiated by Reverend Mr. Melvin Payne. A funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange celebrated by Reverend Joseph Daleo...