Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Robert Bob Neely
Mar 20, 2009
Robert Bob Neely, 66, of Silsbee, died Friday, March 20, 2009 at the Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 23, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Bob was born July 2, 1942 in Center, TX....
Norman Riley Harris
Mar 19, 2009
Norman Riley Harris, 63, of Orange, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 23, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Millner of Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m.,...
Dorothy Cornell Dragulski
Mar 19, 2009
Dorothy Cornell Dragulski, 87, of Orange, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at the Family Care Center. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Andy Pate. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in Orange. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home....
Drucilla "Dru" Harvey
Mar 18, 2009
Drucilla "Dru" Harvey, 70, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Orange. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at First Assembly of God in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Robby Holland. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday at the church. Drucilla...
Judy Gail Pepper
Mar 17, 2009
Judy Gail Pepper, 63, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 20, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Green of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...
Maxie Mier
Mar 17, 2009
Maxie Mier, 71, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
Mier Maxie
Mar 17, 2009
Maxie Mier, 71, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
JoAnn Mier
Mar 17, 2009
JoAnn Mier, 64, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in her home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
JoAnn Mier
Mar 17, 2009
JoAnn Mier, 64, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in her home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
Madeline Rose Kirby
Mar 16, 2009
Madeline Rose Kirby, 86, of Wylie, formerly of Bridge City, peacefully ended her journey through life on March 16, 2009. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., March 21, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Zoch of St. Mark Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. Visitation will be from...
Jesse Leon Parish
Mar 14, 2009
Jesse Leon Parish, 90, of Orange, died Saturday, March 14, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Marv Howland. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 pm, Monday, at the funeral home. Leon was born...
Willa Dean Norris
Mar 14, 2009
Willa Dean Norris, 77 of Beaumont passed away Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. at her residence after an extended illness. She was born to Will A. Hall and Mallissie Strickland Hall in Westbrook Township, Sampson County, NC on October 23, 1931. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment...
Cynthia Wright
Mar 14, 2009
Cynthia "Cindy" K. Wright, 43, of Beaumont, previously of Lumberton passed away at her home in Beaumont on March 14, 2009 and was born August 10, 1965 in Beaumont to James Everett Wright and Carolyn Raye Fox. A memorial service will be today, March 17, 2009 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel at 6:00 p.m. Cindy is preceded in death by her...
Roy E. Reeves
Mar 13, 2009
Roy Earl Reeves, 68, of Orangefield, died Friday, March 13, 2009, in a Houston hospital. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Hebron Cemetery near Pineland. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Monday and 5-9 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Charlie Brown
Mar 13, 2009
Charlie "Buckshot" Brown, 79, passed away Friday, March 13, 2009 at Harbor Hospice. He was born July 6, 1929 in Lufkin to Dr. Charles and Eunice Brown. He worked and retired from Standard Alloy, was a foreman at the Foundry and worked for 9 years at M&D supply. He was an all American man who loved fishing and had many...
June Rose Ackermann
Mar 13, 2009
June Rose Ackermann, of Lancaster, Texas, passed away peacefully in her home on March 13, 2009. Memorial service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 21, 2009, at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Orange. Reverend Bill Phillips will officiate. Visitation will be from 6:00–9:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. June was born on June 28, 1930, in Vidor,...
Daily Don
Mar 13, 2009
Don Daily, 62, a former executive of the Georgetown steel mill died Friday, March 13 in Kentucky. A Graveside Service was held on March 19, 2009 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Daily who was working as president of Gallatin Steel at the time of his death, was formerly executive vice president of the Georgetown mill. He had worked...
Jack Marion Lawrence
Mar 13, 2009
Jack Marion Lawrence, 78, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2009 at Dubuis Hospital of Port Arthur. Funeral Service will be 2:00 pm, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bob Simmons of Maranatha Christian Center. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be...
Jim David
Mar 12, 2009
James Hustmyre David, born in Orange, Texas on September 12, 1958 was called home by his heavenly Father on March 12, 2009. Visitation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange beginning Sunday, March 15th, at 5:00 p.m., with Rosary/Vigil at 6:00 p.m., with Reverend Mr. Harvey Dubois officiating. A funeral mass will be held at St. Anne Catholic...
Betty Venhaus
Mar 12, 2009
Betty Venhaus, 83 of Louisville Boulder County, Colorado, formerly a long time resident of Beaumont, passed away on March 12, 2009. Betty was born to Louis W. and Bessie Jones Taylor on June 26, 1925 in Concord, Louisiana. Funeral services will take place at Claybar Kelley Watkins Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 17 at 2:30 p.m. The family is inviting...
Robert Bob Neely
Mar 20, 2009
Robert Bob Neely, 66, of Silsbee, died Friday, March 20, 2009 at the Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 23, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Bob was born July 2, 1942 in Center, TX....
Norman Riley Harris
Mar 19, 2009
Norman Riley Harris, 63, of Orange, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 23, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Millner of Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m.,...
Dorothy Cornell Dragulski
Mar 19, 2009
Dorothy Cornell Dragulski, 87, of Orange, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at the Family Care Center. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Andy Pate. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in Orange. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home....
Drucilla "Dru" Harvey
Mar 18, 2009
Drucilla "Dru" Harvey, 70, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Orange. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at First Assembly of God in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Robby Holland. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday at the church. Drucilla...
Judy Gail Pepper
Mar 17, 2009
Judy Gail Pepper, 63, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 20, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Green of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...
Maxie Mier
Mar 17, 2009
Maxie Mier, 71, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
Mier Maxie
Mar 17, 2009
Maxie Mier, 71, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
JoAnn Mier
Mar 17, 2009
JoAnn Mier, 64, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in her home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
JoAnn Mier
Mar 17, 2009
JoAnn Mier, 64, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in her home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Kelley Burch of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Burial will follow at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday...
Madeline Rose Kirby
Mar 16, 2009
Madeline Rose Kirby, 86, of Wylie, formerly of Bridge City, peacefully ended her journey through life on March 16, 2009. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., March 21, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Zoch of St. Mark Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. Visitation will be from...
Jesse Leon Parish
Mar 14, 2009
Jesse Leon Parish, 90, of Orange, died Saturday, March 14, 2009, in his home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Marv Howland. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 pm, Monday, at the funeral home. Leon was born...
Willa Dean Norris
Mar 14, 2009
Willa Dean Norris, 77 of Beaumont passed away Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. at her residence after an extended illness. She was born to Will A. Hall and Mallissie Strickland Hall in Westbrook Township, Sampson County, NC on October 23, 1931. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment...
Cynthia Wright
Mar 14, 2009
Cynthia "Cindy" K. Wright, 43, of Beaumont, previously of Lumberton passed away at her home in Beaumont on March 14, 2009 and was born August 10, 1965 in Beaumont to James Everett Wright and Carolyn Raye Fox. A memorial service will be today, March 17, 2009 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel at 6:00 p.m. Cindy is preceded in death by her...
Roy E. Reeves
Mar 13, 2009
Roy Earl Reeves, 68, of Orangefield, died Friday, March 13, 2009, in a Houston hospital. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Hebron Cemetery near Pineland. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Monday and 5-9 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Charlie Brown
Mar 13, 2009
Charlie "Buckshot" Brown, 79, passed away Friday, March 13, 2009 at Harbor Hospice. He was born July 6, 1929 in Lufkin to Dr. Charles and Eunice Brown. He worked and retired from Standard Alloy, was a foreman at the Foundry and worked for 9 years at M&D supply. He was an all American man who loved fishing and had many...
June Rose Ackermann
Mar 13, 2009
June Rose Ackermann, of Lancaster, Texas, passed away peacefully in her home on March 13, 2009. Memorial service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 21, 2009, at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Orange. Reverend Bill Phillips will officiate. Visitation will be from 6:00–9:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. June was born on June 28, 1930, in Vidor,...
Daily Don
Mar 13, 2009
Don Daily, 62, a former executive of the Georgetown steel mill died Friday, March 13 in Kentucky. A Graveside Service was held on March 19, 2009 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Daily who was working as president of Gallatin Steel at the time of his death, was formerly executive vice president of the Georgetown mill. He had worked...
Jack Marion Lawrence
Mar 13, 2009
Jack Marion Lawrence, 78, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2009 at Dubuis Hospital of Port Arthur. Funeral Service will be 2:00 pm, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bob Simmons of Maranatha Christian Center. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be...
Jim David
Mar 12, 2009
James Hustmyre David, born in Orange, Texas on September 12, 1958 was called home by his heavenly Father on March 12, 2009. Visitation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange beginning Sunday, March 15th, at 5:00 p.m., with Rosary/Vigil at 6:00 p.m., with Reverend Mr. Harvey Dubois officiating. A funeral mass will be held at St. Anne Catholic...
Betty Venhaus
Mar 12, 2009
Betty Venhaus, 83 of Louisville Boulder County, Colorado, formerly a long time resident of Beaumont, passed away on March 12, 2009. Betty was born to Louis W. and Bessie Jones Taylor on June 26, 1925 in Concord, Louisiana. Funeral services will take place at Claybar Kelley Watkins Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 17 at 2:30 p.m. The family is inviting...