Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Nelda Elliott Calfee
Jun 21, 2009
Nelda Elliott Calfee Nelda Elliott Calfee, 83, of Orange, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Pinehurst Nursing Center. Friends are invited to join the family for a graveside service at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Leading the service will be Eugene Darwin and members of Harvest Chapel. They ministered to Mrs....
Mary Rose Roblin
Jun 20, 2009
Mary Rose Roblin, 82, of Beaumont passed away at her home Saturday, June 20, 2009. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from 5-7 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. There will be a service at 11:00 a.m., Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Roblin was born October 10, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to...
John Marcus Gautreaux
Jun 20, 2009
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. for John M. Gautreaux, Sr. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins funeral home with Rev. Kevin McClusky of First Baptist Church of Lumberton officiating. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. for family and friends at the funeral home. Mr. Gautreaux was born to...
Aaron Joseph Lesmeister
Jun 20, 2009
Aaron Joseph "Bird" Lesmeister Aaron Joseph "Bird" Lesmeister, 22, of Orange, died Saturday, June 20, 2009. Friends are invited to a visitation with the family from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, also at the funeral home. A memorial gathering will be held...
Christine Merrell
Jun 20, 2009
Christine Merrell, 79, of Orange, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston. Graveside services will be 1:00 pm Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Frank Davis. Visitation will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Christine was born on May 21,...
Patricia Ann Taggart
Jun 19, 2009
Patricia Ann Taggart, 63, of Orange, died Friday, June 19, 2009 at her home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Patricia was born on January 3, 1946, in Orange and was the daughter of Jessie Irving...
Mary Lee Soffes
Jun 18, 2009
Mary Lee Holland Soffes, 74, of Port Arthur, TX passed away on June 18, 2009 in Beaumont. She was born on August 30, 1934 in Beaumont, to William Arthur and Maggie Lee Holland. Mrs. Soffes was a member of West End Baptist church; owned her own beauty shop and also, worked as a waitress. She always had a beautiful home...
Lennie Paul Dauphine
Jun 18, 2009
Lennie Paul Dauphine Lennie Paul Dauphine passed away on June 18, 2009, at Christus St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, Texas surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 21, 1940, in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Bishop Bryne High School and then received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Government and History from Lamar University in 1965. He...
Vicenta Laguna
Jun 17, 2009
Vicenta Laguna, 88, of Beaumont passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Harbor Hospice in Orange. She was born January 17, 1921 in San Julian, Mexico to Pascual and Isabel Huerta Plasencia. Those left to cherish her memory are her brother, Johnny Plasencia, Jr.; nephews, Jimmy Plasencia and Jerry Plasencia and wife Jera; niece, Sandra Corneilson; sister-in-law, Ampelia Plasencia; great...
Mary Frances Yarbrough
Jun 17, 2009
Mary Frances Yarbrough, 77, of Vidor, passed away at Christus Hospital -St. Elizabeth on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 after a brief illness. She was born in Kirbyville, TX and was a 50 year resident of Vidor, TX. Mrs. Yarbrough was preceded in death by her beloved daughter, F. Darlene Sutton and grandson, Will Wilson. She is survived by Bill, her...
Anna Belle Decuir
Jun 17, 2009
Funeral services for Anna Belle Decuir, 92, of Beaumont, will be held on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Deacon Harry Davis will officiate and interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Pt. Arthur, TX. On Saturday, there will be a visitation from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. with a 6:00 p.m. rosary conducted by...
Ethel Marie
Jun 16, 2009
Ethel Hemmenway Marie, 77, lifelong resident of Vidor passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at her home. Services will be Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Faith Assembly of God in Vidor. Interment will follow at Marie Cemetery in Vidor. Visitation will be Friday from 6-9 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Marie was born December 25,...
Jeannette Griffith
Jun 16, 2009
Jeannette Griffith, 83, of Bridge City, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at The Meadows. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 19, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Orange. Born in Iowa, Louisia na on April...
Mildred Lucille McMahon
Jun 16, 2009
Funeral services for Mildred Lucille McMahon will be held Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. There will be a gathering of family and friends at the funeral home from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 19. Mrs. McMahon was born March 8, 1911 in...
Shelton Willard Hill
Jun 16, 2009
Shelton Willard Hill, 71, of Devil's Pocket, Texas, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with the Reverend Sid Thorne of First Church of God in Orange, officiating. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar...
Bryant Burr
Jun 16, 2009
Funeral services for Bryant Burr, 84, of Vidor, will be held on Friday, June 19, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in the Apostolic Church with Rev. Marvin Cole, Rev. Mike LaBrie, and Rev. L.F. Long officiating. Interment will follow at Davis Cemetery. There will be a gathering of friends and family on Thursday, June 18, from 6:00 to 9:00 at Claybar...
George E. Henry
Jun 16, 2009
George E. Henry, 57, of Orange, died June 16, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday, June 19, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Pastor E. Dale Lee of Cowboy Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday...
Irma Jean Hons
Jun 15, 2009
Irma Jean Hons Irma Jean Hons, 74, of Bridge City, died Monday, June 15, 2009, at her home. Graveside services will be 9:00 a.m., Friday, June 19, 2009, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Bobby Hoffpauir of Second Baptist Church in Bridge City. Irma was born on October 12, 1934 in Orange, Texas. She was...
Samuel E. Wingate
Jun 15, 2009
Samuel E. "Sam" Wingate, 86, a resident of West Orange for the past 70 years, died Monday, June 15, 2009, at Baptist Orange Hospital. His family invites his friends to gather with them to honor and celebrate his life at 2:00 pm Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Brad Morgan of...
Doris Folsom Jernigan
Jun 14, 2009
Doris Folsom Jernigan, 87, of Bridge City, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, in her home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ in Shelby County, Texas. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 pm, Wednesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Nelda Elliott Calfee
Jun 21, 2009
Nelda Elliott Calfee Nelda Elliott Calfee, 83, of Orange, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Pinehurst Nursing Center. Friends are invited to join the family for a graveside service at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Leading the service will be Eugene Darwin and members of Harvest Chapel. They ministered to Mrs....
Mary Rose Roblin
Jun 20, 2009
Mary Rose Roblin, 82, of Beaumont passed away at her home Saturday, June 20, 2009. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from 5-7 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. There will be a service at 11:00 a.m., Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Roblin was born October 10, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to...
John Marcus Gautreaux
Jun 20, 2009
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. for John M. Gautreaux, Sr. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins funeral home with Rev. Kevin McClusky of First Baptist Church of Lumberton officiating. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. for family and friends at the funeral home. Mr. Gautreaux was born to...
Aaron Joseph Lesmeister
Jun 20, 2009
Aaron Joseph "Bird" Lesmeister Aaron Joseph "Bird" Lesmeister, 22, of Orange, died Saturday, June 20, 2009. Friends are invited to a visitation with the family from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, also at the funeral home. A memorial gathering will be held...
Christine Merrell
Jun 20, 2009
Christine Merrell, 79, of Orange, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston. Graveside services will be 1:00 pm Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Frank Davis. Visitation will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Christine was born on May 21,...
Patricia Ann Taggart
Jun 19, 2009
Patricia Ann Taggart, 63, of Orange, died Friday, June 19, 2009 at her home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Patricia was born on January 3, 1946, in Orange and was the daughter of Jessie Irving...
Mary Lee Soffes
Jun 18, 2009
Mary Lee Holland Soffes, 74, of Port Arthur, TX passed away on June 18, 2009 in Beaumont. She was born on August 30, 1934 in Beaumont, to William Arthur and Maggie Lee Holland. Mrs. Soffes was a member of West End Baptist church; owned her own beauty shop and also, worked as a waitress. She always had a beautiful home...
Lennie Paul Dauphine
Jun 18, 2009
Lennie Paul Dauphine Lennie Paul Dauphine passed away on June 18, 2009, at Christus St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, Texas surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 21, 1940, in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Bishop Bryne High School and then received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Government and History from Lamar University in 1965. He...
Vicenta Laguna
Jun 17, 2009
Vicenta Laguna, 88, of Beaumont passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Harbor Hospice in Orange. She was born January 17, 1921 in San Julian, Mexico to Pascual and Isabel Huerta Plasencia. Those left to cherish her memory are her brother, Johnny Plasencia, Jr.; nephews, Jimmy Plasencia and Jerry Plasencia and wife Jera; niece, Sandra Corneilson; sister-in-law, Ampelia Plasencia; great...
Mary Frances Yarbrough
Jun 17, 2009
Mary Frances Yarbrough, 77, of Vidor, passed away at Christus Hospital -St. Elizabeth on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 after a brief illness. She was born in Kirbyville, TX and was a 50 year resident of Vidor, TX. Mrs. Yarbrough was preceded in death by her beloved daughter, F. Darlene Sutton and grandson, Will Wilson. She is survived by Bill, her...
Anna Belle Decuir
Jun 17, 2009
Funeral services for Anna Belle Decuir, 92, of Beaumont, will be held on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Deacon Harry Davis will officiate and interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Pt. Arthur, TX. On Saturday, there will be a visitation from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. with a 6:00 p.m. rosary conducted by...
Ethel Marie
Jun 16, 2009
Ethel Hemmenway Marie, 77, lifelong resident of Vidor passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at her home. Services will be Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Faith Assembly of God in Vidor. Interment will follow at Marie Cemetery in Vidor. Visitation will be Friday from 6-9 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Marie was born December 25,...
Jeannette Griffith
Jun 16, 2009
Jeannette Griffith, 83, of Bridge City, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at The Meadows. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 19, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Orange. Born in Iowa, Louisia na on April...
Mildred Lucille McMahon
Jun 16, 2009
Funeral services for Mildred Lucille McMahon will be held Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. There will be a gathering of family and friends at the funeral home from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 19. Mrs. McMahon was born March 8, 1911 in...
Shelton Willard Hill
Jun 16, 2009
Shelton Willard Hill, 71, of Devil's Pocket, Texas, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with the Reverend Sid Thorne of First Church of God in Orange, officiating. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar...
Bryant Burr
Jun 16, 2009
Funeral services for Bryant Burr, 84, of Vidor, will be held on Friday, June 19, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in the Apostolic Church with Rev. Marvin Cole, Rev. Mike LaBrie, and Rev. L.F. Long officiating. Interment will follow at Davis Cemetery. There will be a gathering of friends and family on Thursday, June 18, from 6:00 to 9:00 at Claybar...
George E. Henry
Jun 16, 2009
George E. Henry, 57, of Orange, died June 16, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday, June 19, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Pastor E. Dale Lee of Cowboy Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday...
Irma Jean Hons
Jun 15, 2009
Irma Jean Hons Irma Jean Hons, 74, of Bridge City, died Monday, June 15, 2009, at her home. Graveside services will be 9:00 a.m., Friday, June 19, 2009, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Bobby Hoffpauir of Second Baptist Church in Bridge City. Irma was born on October 12, 1934 in Orange, Texas. She was...
Samuel E. Wingate
Jun 15, 2009
Samuel E. "Sam" Wingate, 86, a resident of West Orange for the past 70 years, died Monday, June 15, 2009, at Baptist Orange Hospital. His family invites his friends to gather with them to honor and celebrate his life at 2:00 pm Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Brad Morgan of...
Doris Folsom Jernigan
Jun 14, 2009
Doris Folsom Jernigan, 87, of Bridge City, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, in her home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ in Shelby County, Texas. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 pm, Wednesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....