Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Bertin A. Gondron
Oct 28, 2007
Bertin A Gondron, Sr., 87, of Bridge City, died, Sunday, October 28, 2007 in Groves. Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jim McClintock of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Entombment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A visitation...
Elizabeth Peveto Clewis
Oct 27, 2007
Elizabeth Peveto Clewis, 98, a native and lifelong resident of the Winfree Community, died Saturday, October 27, 2007, at Orange Villa Nursing Center. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 29, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with burial following at Winfree Cemetery in the Winfree Community. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home....
Richard P. Dick Robinson
Oct 26, 2007
Richard P. ?Dick? Robinson A memorial service celebrating the life of Richard P. ?Dick? Robinson, 76, of Beaumont will be held Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Reverend John Bedingfield, of St John?s Episcopal Church in Silsbee, officiating. Dick was born August 13, 1931 in Biddeford, MN and died October 26, 2007 at...
Eugene R. Wall
Oct 26, 2007
Eugene R. Wall, Sr., 72, of Orange, died Friday, October 26, 2007, in Pinehurst. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Eugene was born March 3, 1935, in Lubbock, TX, the son of Iva Ray Wall, Sr. and Rosalee Dunbar. Eugene was a retired U.S. Air Force Veteran after 21 years of service. He also...
Arvid Jackson
Oct 26, 2007
A.R.L. ?Ray? Jackson, Jr., 83, of Vidor, died, Friday, October 26, 2007 in Vidor. Graveside service and Interment will be held, 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 29, 2007 at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor. Officiating will be Pastor John Boutte of First Christian Church of Vidor. Ray was born March, 17, 1924 in Greenville, TX to Arvid Ray Lloyd and Gladys...
Juliana Cole Johnson
Oct 25, 2007
Juliana Cole Johnson Juli, 53, of Orange, TX, passed away on October 25, 2007, at Houston Hospice in Houston, TX. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Mickey McNamara Elder of 9th and Elm Church of Christ. Entombment will follow will follow at Orange Forest Lawn...
Marian LaVerne Pendergast
Oct 24, 2007
Marian LaVerne Pendergast, 97, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange, TX. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 26, 2007. Burial with a graveside service will be at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Watonga, OK, at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 29, 2007. LaVerne was born...
Willie Kate McMullen McDonald
Oct 23, 2007
Willie Kate McMullen McDonald, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the age of 98. Kate was born in Jackson, Alabama on December 29, 1908, to William Agee McMullen and Minnie Lee Presnell McMullen. She was raised in Jackson, marrying her sweetheart Jesse McDonald in Jackson on July 24, 1927. They lived...
Jean Johnston Harrower
Oct 22, 2007
Funeral services for Dorothy Jean Johnston Harrower, 85, of Beaumont will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007 in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial following in Magnolia Cemetery. Her family will receive guests from 12:00 p.m. until service time on Thursday. Mrs. Harrower was born January 25, 1922 in Jennings,...
J.B. LaFitte
Oct 21, 2007
J.B. LaFitte, 76, of Splendora, Texas died, Sunday, October 21, 2007, in Humble, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. A visitation will be held Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home....
Francis Guth
Oct 20, 2007
Francis Guth, age 82, of Orange, died after a long illness October 20, 2007 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
Andrew LeDoux
Oct 19, 2007
Andrew ?A.C.? LeDoux, 83, of Orange, died Friday, October 19, 2007. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 22, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Gary Wheeler of First United Pentecostal Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 4:00-9:00 p.m. Sunday, at Claybar...
Thomas Douglas Kennedy
Oct 19, 2007
Thomas ?Tom? Douglas Kennedy II, 61, of Orange, died October 19, 2007. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend Michael Strother of St. Francis of Assisi will officiate. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday at Claybar Funeral Home....
Lillie Klekar Clark
Oct 19, 2007
Lillie Theresa Klekar Clark, 85, of Orange, died Friday, October 19, 2007 at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at St. Mary Catholic Church. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo of St. Mary Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will begin at...
Dale H. Stone
Oct 18, 2007
Funeral services for Dale H. Stone will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7:00 p.m. on Friday. Dale Howth Stone was born September 14, 1917 in Beaumont, Texas to David and Geneva Stone and passed away October 18, 2007 in Beaumont....
Mary Inez Carson
Oct 18, 2007
Funeral services for Inez Carson, 88, of Beaumont will be held at Claybar Kelly Watkins on Wednesday October 24, 2007 at 12:00 PM. Viewing also available on Tuesday, 5:00PM - 8:00 PM. Inez was born in Mabank, Texas and graduated from Texas Women?s University. She taught elementary school in the Beaumont Independent School District for 35 years at Caldwood, Amelia,...
Henry Elton McClusky
Oct 16, 2007
Funeral services for Henry Elton ?Mac? McClusky will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 18, 2007 in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with Reverend Wyatt Bradbury of Dawndale Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His family will receive guests from 6-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. ?Mac?...
Dorothy Jean Ellis
Oct 14, 2007
Dorothy Jean McCurley Ellis, 79, of Bridge City, died, Sunday, October 14, 2007, at Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Dorothy was born January 4, 1928, in Port Arthur, the...
Cynthia Kay Bayliss
Oct 13, 2007
Cynthia Kay Womack Bayliss, 45, of Crosby, Texas was born July 11, 1962 in Orange and went to be with her Lord on Saturday, October 13, 2007, in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown, Texas. Cindi grew up in Orange, graduated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, attended Lamar University and graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch with a...
Curtis Jess "Porkie" Parker
Oct 13, 2007
Curtis Jess Parker, 57, of Orange, died, Saturday, October 13, 2007, at his son?s residence in Spring, TX, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, at First Christian Church in Orangefield. Brother Jim Hardwick will officiate, and Mr. W. A. Taylor will be speaking at the service. Additional graveside service and interment...
Bertin A. Gondron
Oct 28, 2007
Bertin A Gondron, Sr., 87, of Bridge City, died, Sunday, October 28, 2007 in Groves. Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jim McClintock of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Entombment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A visitation...
Elizabeth Peveto Clewis
Oct 27, 2007
Elizabeth Peveto Clewis, 98, a native and lifelong resident of the Winfree Community, died Saturday, October 27, 2007, at Orange Villa Nursing Center. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 29, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with burial following at Winfree Cemetery in the Winfree Community. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home....
Richard P. Dick Robinson
Oct 26, 2007
Richard P. ?Dick? Robinson A memorial service celebrating the life of Richard P. ?Dick? Robinson, 76, of Beaumont will be held Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Reverend John Bedingfield, of St John?s Episcopal Church in Silsbee, officiating. Dick was born August 13, 1931 in Biddeford, MN and died October 26, 2007 at...
Eugene R. Wall
Oct 26, 2007
Eugene R. Wall, Sr., 72, of Orange, died Friday, October 26, 2007, in Pinehurst. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Eugene was born March 3, 1935, in Lubbock, TX, the son of Iva Ray Wall, Sr. and Rosalee Dunbar. Eugene was a retired U.S. Air Force Veteran after 21 years of service. He also...
Arvid Jackson
Oct 26, 2007
A.R.L. ?Ray? Jackson, Jr., 83, of Vidor, died, Friday, October 26, 2007 in Vidor. Graveside service and Interment will be held, 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 29, 2007 at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor. Officiating will be Pastor John Boutte of First Christian Church of Vidor. Ray was born March, 17, 1924 in Greenville, TX to Arvid Ray Lloyd and Gladys...
Juliana Cole Johnson
Oct 25, 2007
Juliana Cole Johnson Juli, 53, of Orange, TX, passed away on October 25, 2007, at Houston Hospice in Houston, TX. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Mickey McNamara Elder of 9th and Elm Church of Christ. Entombment will follow will follow at Orange Forest Lawn...
Marian LaVerne Pendergast
Oct 24, 2007
Marian LaVerne Pendergast, 97, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange, TX. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 26, 2007. Burial with a graveside service will be at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Watonga, OK, at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 29, 2007. LaVerne was born...
Willie Kate McMullen McDonald
Oct 23, 2007
Willie Kate McMullen McDonald, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the age of 98. Kate was born in Jackson, Alabama on December 29, 1908, to William Agee McMullen and Minnie Lee Presnell McMullen. She was raised in Jackson, marrying her sweetheart Jesse McDonald in Jackson on July 24, 1927. They lived...
Jean Johnston Harrower
Oct 22, 2007
Funeral services for Dorothy Jean Johnston Harrower, 85, of Beaumont will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007 in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial following in Magnolia Cemetery. Her family will receive guests from 12:00 p.m. until service time on Thursday. Mrs. Harrower was born January 25, 1922 in Jennings,...
J.B. LaFitte
Oct 21, 2007
J.B. LaFitte, 76, of Splendora, Texas died, Sunday, October 21, 2007, in Humble, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. A visitation will be held Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home....
Francis Guth
Oct 20, 2007
Francis Guth, age 82, of Orange, died after a long illness October 20, 2007 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
Andrew LeDoux
Oct 19, 2007
Andrew ?A.C.? LeDoux, 83, of Orange, died Friday, October 19, 2007. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 22, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Gary Wheeler of First United Pentecostal Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 4:00-9:00 p.m. Sunday, at Claybar...
Thomas Douglas Kennedy
Oct 19, 2007
Thomas ?Tom? Douglas Kennedy II, 61, of Orange, died October 19, 2007. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend Michael Strother of St. Francis of Assisi will officiate. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday at Claybar Funeral Home....
Lillie Klekar Clark
Oct 19, 2007
Lillie Theresa Klekar Clark, 85, of Orange, died Friday, October 19, 2007 at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at St. Mary Catholic Church. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo of St. Mary Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will begin at...
Dale H. Stone
Oct 18, 2007
Funeral services for Dale H. Stone will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7:00 p.m. on Friday. Dale Howth Stone was born September 14, 1917 in Beaumont, Texas to David and Geneva Stone and passed away October 18, 2007 in Beaumont....
Mary Inez Carson
Oct 18, 2007
Funeral services for Inez Carson, 88, of Beaumont will be held at Claybar Kelly Watkins on Wednesday October 24, 2007 at 12:00 PM. Viewing also available on Tuesday, 5:00PM - 8:00 PM. Inez was born in Mabank, Texas and graduated from Texas Women?s University. She taught elementary school in the Beaumont Independent School District for 35 years at Caldwood, Amelia,...
Henry Elton McClusky
Oct 16, 2007
Funeral services for Henry Elton ?Mac? McClusky will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 18, 2007 in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with Reverend Wyatt Bradbury of Dawndale Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His family will receive guests from 6-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. ?Mac?...
Dorothy Jean Ellis
Oct 14, 2007
Dorothy Jean McCurley Ellis, 79, of Bridge City, died, Sunday, October 14, 2007, at Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Dorothy was born January 4, 1928, in Port Arthur, the...
Cynthia Kay Bayliss
Oct 13, 2007
Cynthia Kay Womack Bayliss, 45, of Crosby, Texas was born July 11, 1962 in Orange and went to be with her Lord on Saturday, October 13, 2007, in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown, Texas. Cindi grew up in Orange, graduated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, attended Lamar University and graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch with a...
Curtis Jess "Porkie" Parker
Oct 13, 2007
Curtis Jess Parker, 57, of Orange, died, Saturday, October 13, 2007, at his son?s residence in Spring, TX, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, at First Christian Church in Orangefield. Brother Jim Hardwick will officiate, and Mr. W. A. Taylor will be speaking at the service. Additional graveside service and interment...