Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Ouida Olene Goodman
Jun 21, 2008
Ouida Olene Goodman, 86, long time resident of Beaumont passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Christus Hospital-St. Elizabeth. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Claybar Kelley Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Officiating will be Pastor Carla Shield of Forest Park United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be...
Burton Simar
Jun 21, 2008
Harold Burton Simar, 86, of Orange, passed away on June 21, 2008 in Lafayette, LA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:00 a.m., Monday, June 23, 2008 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo. Interment will follow at St. Mary's cemetery. Visitation will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday at...
Trudie Gross
Jun 21, 2008
Trudie Gross, 65, of Orange, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Houston. Family and friends are invited to celebrate her life on Friday, July 4, 2008, at the home of her son, G.W. Modisette, 7725 Hwy. 62 North in Orange. The celebration will begin at noon and continue into the night. Trudie was born in Dunkirk, New York on...
Doris Mosier Mouton
Jun 21, 2008
Doris M. Mouton, 73, of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Doris was born July 8, 1934 in Orange, Texas and worked until retirement from Firestone/Bridgestone. She leaves behind a wonderful husband of 30 years, James Mouton;...
Lucille Bowers Daniel
Jun 21, 2008
Lucille Bowers Daniel was born September 11, 1916 in Beaumont. The Lord took her in his arms on June 21, 2008. Lucille grew up on a dairy farm and married R. D. Bowers and had twin sons, R. D. Bowers and J. D. Bowers. She worked in the admitting office at St. Elizabeth Hospital for ten years. They moved to...
Kitty Hudson
Jun 20, 2008
Kathleen "Kitty" Hudson, 87, of Orange, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at her daughter's residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with the Reverend Barry Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orange, officiating. Private interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday at...
Elton Holmes, Sr.
Jun 19, 2008
Elton T. Holmes, Sr., our beloved husband and father, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Longview. Funeral services will be 9:00 a.m. Monday, June 23, 2008, in the chapel of Welch Funeral Home in Longview. Graveside services will follow at 4:00 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Born in Amite County, Mississippi on February 2, 1927, Mr....
Edwina Royall Chapman Walton
Jun 17, 2008
Funeral services for Edwina Royall Chapman Walton, 78, of Spurger will be held Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Spurger United Methodist Church with Reverend Vickie Simons and Chaplain Rocky Guerrero officiating. Interment will be in the Turner Branch Cemetery in Spurger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs....
Kitty Elizabeth Hankins
Jun 16, 2008
Kitty Elizabeth Hankins Kitty, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away Monday, June 16, 2008 at Savoy Medical Center in Mamou, Louisiana. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 20th, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bruce McGraw of First Church of The Nazarene. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-9...
Truman R. Crane, Sr.
Jun 15, 2008
Memorial services for Truman R. Crane, Sr., 74, of Beaumont, will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Mr. Crane was born October 9, 1933 in Beaumont to Albert and Chattie Crane and passed away June 15, 2008 in Beaumont. He was a very outgoing and giving man who was very close...
Ernest Joseph Bonura
Jun 14, 2008
Ernest Joseph Bonura, 82 of Beaumont was born January 4, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas to Mario and Antoinette Bonura and passed away June 14, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A resident of Beaumont for 50 years, he was a former resident of Port Arthur and a member of Assumption Catholic Church. Mr. Bonura and his brother,...
Maggie Cooley
Jun 14, 2008
Maggie Cooley Funeral services for Maggie Cooley, 84, of Beaumont will be held Monday, June 16, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Brother Crain officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Cooley was born February 7, 1924 in LaBelle, Texas to Charles...
Alice Helen Kinnear
Jun 13, 2008
Alice Helen Mergele Kinnear, 92, of Beaumont went to be with the Lord on June 13, 2008 at The Clairmont in Beaumont. She was born August 1, 1915, in New Braunfels, Texas, raised in Austin, TX and has lived in Beaumont since 1943. She is survived by her husband of 69 years Robert C. Kinnear, Sr. of Beaumont, a daughter...
B.W. Parks, Jr.
Jun 13, 2008
B.W. Parks, Jr. age 82, went to be with his heavenly father from The Meadows in Orange, Texas on June 13, 2008. Visitation at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, June 16, with services at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, at First United Methodist Church in Orange. B.W. was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on March...
Elaine Reed Jacobs
Jun 13, 2008
Elaine Reed Jacobs, 82, of Bridge City, died Friday, June 13, 2008 in Houston. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Delbert Milstead of Centeral Baptist Church in Buna. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar...
Joyce Lanette Hammock
Jun 13, 2008
Joyce Lanette Hammock, 67, of Beaumont, died Friday, June 13, 2008, at her residence. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, the 16th at First Pentecostal Church in Starks, LA. Reverend Greg Frazier officiating. Interment will follow at Doyle Cemetery in Starks. Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Joyce was born March 7,...
Forrest Bankston Moody
Jun 12, 2008
Forrest Bankston Moody, Jr., 78, of Orange, died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at Harbor Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Saturday at Claybar Funeral Home. Forrest was...
Lashay Tatiana Sillers
Jun 12, 2008
Lashay Tatiana Sillers, of Orange, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at UTMB in Galveston. Graveside service will be 3:30 p.m., Sunday, June 15, 2008 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2:00-3:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Lashay was born on June 12, 2008 in Galveston. She was the daughter...
Vina Irene Mallory
Jun 11, 2008
Vina Irene Mallory, 88, of Orange, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at Hermann Memorial Baptist Hospital. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tim Norris of Trinity Lutheran. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Vina...
Harold Eugene Richardson
Jun 10, 2008
Harold Eugene Richardson, 67, passed to the other side on June 10, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 12 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. The funeral service will be Friday, June 13, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Sabine Tabernacle, 1065 Hazel St., Beaumont with interment to follow at...
Ouida Olene Goodman
Jun 21, 2008
Ouida Olene Goodman, 86, long time resident of Beaumont passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Christus Hospital-St. Elizabeth. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Claybar Kelley Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Officiating will be Pastor Carla Shield of Forest Park United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be...
Burton Simar
Jun 21, 2008
Harold Burton Simar, 86, of Orange, passed away on June 21, 2008 in Lafayette, LA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:00 a.m., Monday, June 23, 2008 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo. Interment will follow at St. Mary's cemetery. Visitation will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday at...
Trudie Gross
Jun 21, 2008
Trudie Gross, 65, of Orange, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Houston. Family and friends are invited to celebrate her life on Friday, July 4, 2008, at the home of her son, G.W. Modisette, 7725 Hwy. 62 North in Orange. The celebration will begin at noon and continue into the night. Trudie was born in Dunkirk, New York on...
Doris Mosier Mouton
Jun 21, 2008
Doris M. Mouton, 73, of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Doris was born July 8, 1934 in Orange, Texas and worked until retirement from Firestone/Bridgestone. She leaves behind a wonderful husband of 30 years, James Mouton;...
Lucille Bowers Daniel
Jun 21, 2008
Lucille Bowers Daniel was born September 11, 1916 in Beaumont. The Lord took her in his arms on June 21, 2008. Lucille grew up on a dairy farm and married R. D. Bowers and had twin sons, R. D. Bowers and J. D. Bowers. She worked in the admitting office at St. Elizabeth Hospital for ten years. They moved to...
Kitty Hudson
Jun 20, 2008
Kathleen "Kitty" Hudson, 87, of Orange, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at her daughter's residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with the Reverend Barry Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orange, officiating. Private interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday at...
Elton Holmes, Sr.
Jun 19, 2008
Elton T. Holmes, Sr., our beloved husband and father, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Longview. Funeral services will be 9:00 a.m. Monday, June 23, 2008, in the chapel of Welch Funeral Home in Longview. Graveside services will follow at 4:00 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Born in Amite County, Mississippi on February 2, 1927, Mr....
Edwina Royall Chapman Walton
Jun 17, 2008
Funeral services for Edwina Royall Chapman Walton, 78, of Spurger will be held Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Spurger United Methodist Church with Reverend Vickie Simons and Chaplain Rocky Guerrero officiating. Interment will be in the Turner Branch Cemetery in Spurger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs....
Kitty Elizabeth Hankins
Jun 16, 2008
Kitty Elizabeth Hankins Kitty, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away Monday, June 16, 2008 at Savoy Medical Center in Mamou, Louisiana. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 20th, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bruce McGraw of First Church of The Nazarene. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-9...
Truman R. Crane, Sr.
Jun 15, 2008
Memorial services for Truman R. Crane, Sr., 74, of Beaumont, will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Mr. Crane was born October 9, 1933 in Beaumont to Albert and Chattie Crane and passed away June 15, 2008 in Beaumont. He was a very outgoing and giving man who was very close...
Ernest Joseph Bonura
Jun 14, 2008
Ernest Joseph Bonura, 82 of Beaumont was born January 4, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas to Mario and Antoinette Bonura and passed away June 14, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A resident of Beaumont for 50 years, he was a former resident of Port Arthur and a member of Assumption Catholic Church. Mr. Bonura and his brother,...
Maggie Cooley
Jun 14, 2008
Maggie Cooley Funeral services for Maggie Cooley, 84, of Beaumont will be held Monday, June 16, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Brother Crain officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Cooley was born February 7, 1924 in LaBelle, Texas to Charles...
Alice Helen Kinnear
Jun 13, 2008
Alice Helen Mergele Kinnear, 92, of Beaumont went to be with the Lord on June 13, 2008 at The Clairmont in Beaumont. She was born August 1, 1915, in New Braunfels, Texas, raised in Austin, TX and has lived in Beaumont since 1943. She is survived by her husband of 69 years Robert C. Kinnear, Sr. of Beaumont, a daughter...
B.W. Parks, Jr.
Jun 13, 2008
B.W. Parks, Jr. age 82, went to be with his heavenly father from The Meadows in Orange, Texas on June 13, 2008. Visitation at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, June 16, with services at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, at First United Methodist Church in Orange. B.W. was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on March...
Elaine Reed Jacobs
Jun 13, 2008
Elaine Reed Jacobs, 82, of Bridge City, died Friday, June 13, 2008 in Houston. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Delbert Milstead of Centeral Baptist Church in Buna. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar...
Joyce Lanette Hammock
Jun 13, 2008
Joyce Lanette Hammock, 67, of Beaumont, died Friday, June 13, 2008, at her residence. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, the 16th at First Pentecostal Church in Starks, LA. Reverend Greg Frazier officiating. Interment will follow at Doyle Cemetery in Starks. Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Joyce was born March 7,...
Forrest Bankston Moody
Jun 12, 2008
Forrest Bankston Moody, Jr., 78, of Orange, died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at Harbor Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Saturday at Claybar Funeral Home. Forrest was...
Lashay Tatiana Sillers
Jun 12, 2008
Lashay Tatiana Sillers, of Orange, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at UTMB in Galveston. Graveside service will be 3:30 p.m., Sunday, June 15, 2008 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2:00-3:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Lashay was born on June 12, 2008 in Galveston. She was the daughter...
Vina Irene Mallory
Jun 11, 2008
Vina Irene Mallory, 88, of Orange, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at Hermann Memorial Baptist Hospital. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tim Norris of Trinity Lutheran. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Vina...
Harold Eugene Richardson
Jun 10, 2008
Harold Eugene Richardson, 67, passed to the other side on June 10, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 12 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. The funeral service will be Friday, June 13, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Sabine Tabernacle, 1065 Hazel St., Beaumont with interment to follow at...