Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Darryl Richard Levingston
Jun 10, 2008
Darryl Richard Levingston, of Kountze, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 13, 2008 at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Officiating will be Reverend W.W. Smith of Pinehurst Pentecostal Church. Darryl was born August 20, 1951, in Orange, Texas. He was the son of Melvin and Jean Perkins...
Lena Elkins
Jun 9, 2008
A graveside service for Lena Elkins, 90, of Beaumont, TX, will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Kol Israel Cemetery. Ms. Elkins was born in Beaumont on April 14, 1918 to Harris and Toby Elkins and passed away in Beaumont on June 9, 2008. Many will remember her as a long-time buyer for The...
Anthony Phillips
Jun 8, 2008
Anthony Phillips, 59 of Beaumont was born April 25, 1949 in McKeesport, PA and passed away June 8, 2008 at Christus- St. Elizabeth Hospital. He had resided in Beaumont for three years and was a former resident of Dayton, TX and Pennsylvania. Anthony was a retired manager with Quest Asset Management and a U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam. He is...
William Maxwell Hooker
Jun 7, 2008
William Maxwell "Bill" Hooker, 38, son of James E. and Nancy Hooker, died at his home in Mauriceville, on Saturday, June 7, 2008. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday June 10, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Sid Thorne of First Church of God in Orange. Interment will follow at Orange...
John Kelly, Jr.
Jun 7, 2008
John H. Kelly, Jr. John H. Kelly, Jr., age 79, died at home on June 7, 2008 in Orange, Texas. Memorial Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Orange on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. followed by a military service at the church columbarium. Visitation and reception will be held in the Church Fellowship Hall afterward....
Viola Faye Verdine
Jun 7, 2008
Viola Faye Verdine of Beaumont, 78, passed away June 7, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital. She was born May 2, 1930 in Coleman, Texas to Richard and Dora Crenshaw. She is survived by sons and their wives, Clyde and Carla, David and June and Richard and Glenda Verdine all of Beaumont. Grandchildren surviving her are David Verdine, Jr.,...
Mary Jon Wells
Jun 7, 2008
Mary Jon Wells, 72, of Beaumont died Saturday, June 7, 2008 at her residence. She lived in Beaumont thirty years and was the Business Manager of First Baptist Church, Beaumont. Besides her Church, one of her great loves and joy was working in the Lions Club. She was a member of Beaumont Founders Lions Club where she was a past...
Gary Kolb
Jun 3, 2008
Funeral services for Gary Kolb, 60, of Beaumont, TX, will be on Friday, June 6, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with Lloyd Austin officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Cemetery. There will be a gathering of friends on Thursday, June 5, at the funeral home from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Gary was born...
Josie Sherville Lucia
Jun 2, 2008
Josie Sherville Lucia, 80, of Orange, passed away, Monday, June 2, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo officiating. Entombment will follow at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Orange. A visitation was held 5:00-9:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange...
Lessie M. Dupuy
Jun 2, 2008
Lessie M. Dupuy, 92, of Corpus Christi, died Monday, June 2, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 6, 2008, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, with Reverend Jim McClintock, pastor, serving as celebrant. The Rite of Committal will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City, under the direction of...
Eddie Marshall Farris
May 31, 2008
Eddie Marshall Farris, 87, of Orange, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. On Wednesday there will be another visitation in Glenmora, LA...
Daniel Fred Ognoskie
May 31, 2008
Daniel Fred Ognoskie, Sr., 81, of Orange, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Groves. Officiating will be Reverend Richard Turner. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Marjorie Stewart Shirey Sutton
May 29, 2008
Marjorie Shirey Sutton, 93, went to meet her Heavenly Father Thursday, May 29, 2008 at her home in Glenaire Continuing Care Community in Cary, North Carolina. She had a long and full life. "Tootsie" was born on February 16, 1915 in Bedias, Texas, the 3rd of seven siblings, and she grew up in nearby Anderson and Navasota. After sneaking off...
Kenneth D. Rieck
May 29, 2008
Kenneth D. Rieck, 83, of Orange, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2008, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 1, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Timothy Dinger. Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 2, 2008, at Grandview Memorial Park in LaPorte, TX. Officiating...
Benjamin Harry Toenges
May 29, 2008
Benjamin Harry Toenges, 87, passed away at Orange Villa at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was the son of the well known mining engineer Albert Louis Toenges and his wife Maggy Mae Williams, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Williams of Flat River, MO. Ben was the husband of Rosella B. Epps Toenges of 612 Quincy St., Orange, TX, where...
Lydie A. Echols
May 28, 2008
Lydie A. Echols, 81, of Bridge City, Texas, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at her home. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 31, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Reverend David Way of First Assembly of God in Port Arthur. Visitation will be Saturday, 3 p.m. at Bridge City Funeral Home. Lydie was born...
Dennis Lee Reed
May 28, 2008
Dennis Lee Reed, 61, current resident of Jasper, TX and former resident of Ashley, Ohio, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Harbor Hospice Baptist Hospital in Orange, TX. Visitation will be held at Bennett Brown Rodman Funeral Home in Ashley, Ohio, Monday, June 2, 2008 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held at...
Jerry Newman
May 27, 2008
Funeral services for Jerry, Newman, 74, of Beaumont, will be held on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, between the 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Mr. Newman was born March 31, 1934 in Pennington,...
Jack Brittain
May 25, 2008
Jack Brittain, of Crockett, TX and formerly of Martinsville, IN, passed away on May 25, 2008. Mr. Brittain was born in Shelby County, Center, TX, on December 21, 1922 to Norvin Lester and Thelma Doggett Brittain. Mr. Brittain graduated from Lamar College and was employed by Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. In retirement,...
Darryl Richard Levingston
Jun 10, 2008
Darryl Richard Levingston, of Kountze, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 13, 2008 at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Officiating will be Reverend W.W. Smith of Pinehurst Pentecostal Church. Darryl was born August 20, 1951, in Orange, Texas. He was the son of Melvin and Jean Perkins...
Lena Elkins
Jun 9, 2008
A graveside service for Lena Elkins, 90, of Beaumont, TX, will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Kol Israel Cemetery. Ms. Elkins was born in Beaumont on April 14, 1918 to Harris and Toby Elkins and passed away in Beaumont on June 9, 2008. Many will remember her as a long-time buyer for The...
Anthony Phillips
Jun 8, 2008
Anthony Phillips, 59 of Beaumont was born April 25, 1949 in McKeesport, PA and passed away June 8, 2008 at Christus- St. Elizabeth Hospital. He had resided in Beaumont for three years and was a former resident of Dayton, TX and Pennsylvania. Anthony was a retired manager with Quest Asset Management and a U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam. He is...
William Maxwell Hooker
Jun 7, 2008
William Maxwell "Bill" Hooker, 38, son of James E. and Nancy Hooker, died at his home in Mauriceville, on Saturday, June 7, 2008. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday June 10, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Sid Thorne of First Church of God in Orange. Interment will follow at Orange...
John Kelly, Jr.
Jun 7, 2008
John H. Kelly, Jr. John H. Kelly, Jr., age 79, died at home on June 7, 2008 in Orange, Texas. Memorial Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Orange on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. followed by a military service at the church columbarium. Visitation and reception will be held in the Church Fellowship Hall afterward....
Viola Faye Verdine
Jun 7, 2008
Viola Faye Verdine of Beaumont, 78, passed away June 7, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital. She was born May 2, 1930 in Coleman, Texas to Richard and Dora Crenshaw. She is survived by sons and their wives, Clyde and Carla, David and June and Richard and Glenda Verdine all of Beaumont. Grandchildren surviving her are David Verdine, Jr.,...
Mary Jon Wells
Jun 7, 2008
Mary Jon Wells, 72, of Beaumont died Saturday, June 7, 2008 at her residence. She lived in Beaumont thirty years and was the Business Manager of First Baptist Church, Beaumont. Besides her Church, one of her great loves and joy was working in the Lions Club. She was a member of Beaumont Founders Lions Club where she was a past...
Gary Kolb
Jun 3, 2008
Funeral services for Gary Kolb, 60, of Beaumont, TX, will be on Friday, June 6, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with Lloyd Austin officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Cemetery. There will be a gathering of friends on Thursday, June 5, at the funeral home from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Gary was born...
Josie Sherville Lucia
Jun 2, 2008
Josie Sherville Lucia, 80, of Orange, passed away, Monday, June 2, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo officiating. Entombment will follow at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Orange. A visitation was held 5:00-9:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange...
Lessie M. Dupuy
Jun 2, 2008
Lessie M. Dupuy, 92, of Corpus Christi, died Monday, June 2, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 6, 2008, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, with Reverend Jim McClintock, pastor, serving as celebrant. The Rite of Committal will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City, under the direction of...
Eddie Marshall Farris
May 31, 2008
Eddie Marshall Farris, 87, of Orange, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. On Wednesday there will be another visitation in Glenmora, LA...
Daniel Fred Ognoskie
May 31, 2008
Daniel Fred Ognoskie, Sr., 81, of Orange, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Groves. Officiating will be Reverend Richard Turner. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Marjorie Stewart Shirey Sutton
May 29, 2008
Marjorie Shirey Sutton, 93, went to meet her Heavenly Father Thursday, May 29, 2008 at her home in Glenaire Continuing Care Community in Cary, North Carolina. She had a long and full life. "Tootsie" was born on February 16, 1915 in Bedias, Texas, the 3rd of seven siblings, and she grew up in nearby Anderson and Navasota. After sneaking off...
Kenneth D. Rieck
May 29, 2008
Kenneth D. Rieck, 83, of Orange, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2008, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 1, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Timothy Dinger. Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 2, 2008, at Grandview Memorial Park in LaPorte, TX. Officiating...
Benjamin Harry Toenges
May 29, 2008
Benjamin Harry Toenges, 87, passed away at Orange Villa at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was the son of the well known mining engineer Albert Louis Toenges and his wife Maggy Mae Williams, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Williams of Flat River, MO. Ben was the husband of Rosella B. Epps Toenges of 612 Quincy St., Orange, TX, where...
Lydie A. Echols
May 28, 2008
Lydie A. Echols, 81, of Bridge City, Texas, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at her home. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 31, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Reverend David Way of First Assembly of God in Port Arthur. Visitation will be Saturday, 3 p.m. at Bridge City Funeral Home. Lydie was born...
Dennis Lee Reed
May 28, 2008
Dennis Lee Reed, 61, current resident of Jasper, TX and former resident of Ashley, Ohio, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Harbor Hospice Baptist Hospital in Orange, TX. Visitation will be held at Bennett Brown Rodman Funeral Home in Ashley, Ohio, Monday, June 2, 2008 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held at...
Jerry Newman
May 27, 2008
Funeral services for Jerry, Newman, 74, of Beaumont, will be held on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, between the 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Mr. Newman was born March 31, 1934 in Pennington,...
Jack Brittain
May 25, 2008
Jack Brittain, of Crockett, TX and formerly of Martinsville, IN, passed away on May 25, 2008. Mr. Brittain was born in Shelby County, Center, TX, on December 21, 1922 to Norvin Lester and Thelma Doggett Brittain. Mr. Brittain graduated from Lamar College and was employed by Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. In retirement,...
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