Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Patricia Jo Wilson Fairchild
Oct 12, 2007
Ardsley, NY: Patricia Jo Wilson Fairchild, 70, formerly of Amarillo, Texas, died in New York Friday, October 12. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Louise Wilson of Orange, Texas. She is survived by her husband Louis Fairchild and daughters Amy Fairchild Carrino and husband Gerard; Susan Fairchild; and Mia Elliott and husband Benjamin. She is also...
Mary Alice Martin
Oct 12, 2007
Mary Alice Martin went to be with the Lord at 1:35 a.m. on Friday, October 12, 2007, at the age of 80. Funeral service will be at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange on Monday, October 15, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at Autumn Oaks Cemetery following the service. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home from 2:00-5:00...
Artie Reed
Oct 12, 2007
Artie Reed, 75, of Bridge City, died Friday, October 12, 2007, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2007, at Second Baptist Church in Bridge City, with the Reverend Mel Ervin, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home...
Fay Scott
Oct 10, 2007
Naomi Fay Scott, 84, of Orange, Texas, died October 10, 2007. Mrs. Scott was born in DeRidder, Louisiana January 8, 1923 and was a life long homemaker. She was a member of The First Assembly of God Church and an avid quilter, having quilted many quilts for her sons and grandchildren. Her quilts shared the warmth and love that was...
Wilda Dennison Briggs
Oct 9, 2007
Wilda Dennison Briggs, life long resident of Nome, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at the age of 88. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Oscar and Birdie Dennison, and her husband of 55 years, James David Briggs. She is survived by two sons, David Briggs of Benton City, WA and Pill Briggs of Nome, Texas; one...
Ruth Johnson
Oct 8, 2007
Funeral services for Ruth Johnson, 60, of Vidor, will be held, Saturday, October 13, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at 3:00 p.m. in the Hayman Cemetery in Coldspring, TX. A gathering of friends and family will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 12. Mrs. Johnson was born July 31,...
Clifford Ray Hyman
Oct 8, 2007
Clifford ?Ray? Hyman, 67, of Orange, died, Monday, October 8, 2007, at DuBuis Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 11, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Berkheimer of Community Church in Orange will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday at...
Peggy Jo Foreman
Oct 8, 2007
Peggy Jo Foreman, 59, of Orange, died, Sunday, October 7, 2007, at her residence. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Interment will follow at Jett Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Peggy Jo was born October 26, 1947, in Orange, the daughter of Clora...
Frances T. Bullard
Oct 8, 2007
Frances T. ?Fran? Bullard, 86, of Bridge City, passed away, Monday, October 8, 2007 at her home. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend David Green of St. Paul?s United Methodist Church and Dr. Jim Williams of Morning Star Church in Port Neches....
Jodie Darren Smith
Oct 7, 2007
Jodie Darren ?Bubba? Smith, Sr., 47, of Orange, died, Sunday, October 7, 2007 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, October 11, 2007 at First United Methodist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Terry Brown. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, October...
Billy Cox
Oct 6, 2007
Funeral services for Billy ?Joe? Cox, 66, of Beaumont will be Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m. on Monday. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 11, 2007 in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Center, Texas Additional...
Keith Brian Daniel
Oct 6, 2007
Memorial services for Keith Brian Daniel, 40, of Vidor will be held Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Pastor Luther Maddoux of Gospel Center Church officiating. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 6:00 p.m. Keith was born August 31, 1967 in Beaumont, Texas and died Saturday, October 6 at his residence...
Rose Marie Clum
Oct 6, 2007
Rose Marie Clum, 73, died Saturday, October 6, 2007, in Beaumont, Texas. Marie grew up near Mayfield, Kansas. She worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, including at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, and Chandler Hospital in Chandler, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her parents Henry Roth and Rose Bachura Roth;...
Harold Joseph Prejean
Oct 4, 2007
Harold Joseph Prejean, 88, entered into eternal rest Thursday, October 4, 2007. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 8, 2007, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tom Phelan, with burial to follow at St. Mary?s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Sunday, with a Wake Service at 6:30...
William Elmer Hipsley
Oct 4, 2007
William Elmer Hipsley, 60, of Orange, died Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Christus St. Elizabeth?s Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 6, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Followed by burial at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mr. Hipsley was born...
Floyd M. Goodyear
Oct 4, 2007
Floyd M. Goodyear, 92, of Orange, died, Thursday, October 4, 2007. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 6, 2007, at First United Pentecostal Church in Orange. Reverend Gary Wheeler will be officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home Mr. Goodyear was born...
Rezie M Atkinson
Oct 3, 2007
Rezie M. Atkinson, 92, of Lumberton, passed away at Harbor Hospice on Wednesday, October 3, 2007. Mrs. Atkinson was a native of Jamestown, TX and had lived in Lumberton for 42 years. She was employed at the White House Department Store for 42 years. She is survived by her husband James C. Atkinson of Lumberton; son, Carter E. Atkinson of...
Mary Drees
Oct 3, 2007
Mary Malissa Drees, age 92, passed into eternal rest on October 6, 2007. A celebration of her life will be held Tuesday at 10:00 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Pastor Matthew Richard of Spring Creek Baptist in Waco, her great-grandson, will officiate. Visitation will be Monday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Mary Nana was born February 21, 1915, in Fairbury,...
Joseph C Thibedeaux
Oct 1, 2007
Graveside services for Joseph Thibedeaux, 78, of Lumberton will be held Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. in the Fairview Cemetery in Winnie with Reverend Kevin McClusky officiating. Mr. Thibedeaux was born March 14, 1929 in Winnie and died on October 1, 2007 at Christus Hospital-St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. A resident of Lumberton for 40 years, he was a...
Mary Ruth Kellis
Oct 1, 2007
Mary Ruth Kellis, 80, of Orange, died, Monday, October 1, 2007 in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 5, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 4, 2007 at the funeral home. Mary...
Patricia Jo Wilson Fairchild
Oct 12, 2007
Ardsley, NY: Patricia Jo Wilson Fairchild, 70, formerly of Amarillo, Texas, died in New York Friday, October 12. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Louise Wilson of Orange, Texas. She is survived by her husband Louis Fairchild and daughters Amy Fairchild Carrino and husband Gerard; Susan Fairchild; and Mia Elliott and husband Benjamin. She is also...
Mary Alice Martin
Oct 12, 2007
Mary Alice Martin went to be with the Lord at 1:35 a.m. on Friday, October 12, 2007, at the age of 80. Funeral service will be at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange on Monday, October 15, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at Autumn Oaks Cemetery following the service. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home from 2:00-5:00...
Artie Reed
Oct 12, 2007
Artie Reed, 75, of Bridge City, died Friday, October 12, 2007, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2007, at Second Baptist Church in Bridge City, with the Reverend Mel Ervin, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home...
Fay Scott
Oct 10, 2007
Naomi Fay Scott, 84, of Orange, Texas, died October 10, 2007. Mrs. Scott was born in DeRidder, Louisiana January 8, 1923 and was a life long homemaker. She was a member of The First Assembly of God Church and an avid quilter, having quilted many quilts for her sons and grandchildren. Her quilts shared the warmth and love that was...
Wilda Dennison Briggs
Oct 9, 2007
Wilda Dennison Briggs, life long resident of Nome, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at the age of 88. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Oscar and Birdie Dennison, and her husband of 55 years, James David Briggs. She is survived by two sons, David Briggs of Benton City, WA and Pill Briggs of Nome, Texas; one...
Ruth Johnson
Oct 8, 2007
Funeral services for Ruth Johnson, 60, of Vidor, will be held, Saturday, October 13, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at 3:00 p.m. in the Hayman Cemetery in Coldspring, TX. A gathering of friends and family will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 12. Mrs. Johnson was born July 31,...
Clifford Ray Hyman
Oct 8, 2007
Clifford ?Ray? Hyman, 67, of Orange, died, Monday, October 8, 2007, at DuBuis Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 11, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Berkheimer of Community Church in Orange will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday at...
Peggy Jo Foreman
Oct 8, 2007
Peggy Jo Foreman, 59, of Orange, died, Sunday, October 7, 2007, at her residence. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Interment will follow at Jett Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Peggy Jo was born October 26, 1947, in Orange, the daughter of Clora...
Frances T. Bullard
Oct 8, 2007
Frances T. ?Fran? Bullard, 86, of Bridge City, passed away, Monday, October 8, 2007 at her home. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend David Green of St. Paul?s United Methodist Church and Dr. Jim Williams of Morning Star Church in Port Neches....
Jodie Darren Smith
Oct 7, 2007
Jodie Darren ?Bubba? Smith, Sr., 47, of Orange, died, Sunday, October 7, 2007 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, October 11, 2007 at First United Methodist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Terry Brown. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, October...
Billy Cox
Oct 6, 2007
Funeral services for Billy ?Joe? Cox, 66, of Beaumont will be Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m. on Monday. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 11, 2007 in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Center, Texas Additional...
Keith Brian Daniel
Oct 6, 2007
Memorial services for Keith Brian Daniel, 40, of Vidor will be held Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Pastor Luther Maddoux of Gospel Center Church officiating. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 6:00 p.m. Keith was born August 31, 1967 in Beaumont, Texas and died Saturday, October 6 at his residence...
Rose Marie Clum
Oct 6, 2007
Rose Marie Clum, 73, died Saturday, October 6, 2007, in Beaumont, Texas. Marie grew up near Mayfield, Kansas. She worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, including at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, and Chandler Hospital in Chandler, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her parents Henry Roth and Rose Bachura Roth;...
Harold Joseph Prejean
Oct 4, 2007
Harold Joseph Prejean, 88, entered into eternal rest Thursday, October 4, 2007. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 8, 2007, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tom Phelan, with burial to follow at St. Mary?s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Sunday, with a Wake Service at 6:30...
William Elmer Hipsley
Oct 4, 2007
William Elmer Hipsley, 60, of Orange, died Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Christus St. Elizabeth?s Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 6, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Followed by burial at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mr. Hipsley was born...
Floyd M. Goodyear
Oct 4, 2007
Floyd M. Goodyear, 92, of Orange, died, Thursday, October 4, 2007. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 6, 2007, at First United Pentecostal Church in Orange. Reverend Gary Wheeler will be officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home Mr. Goodyear was born...
Rezie M Atkinson
Oct 3, 2007
Rezie M. Atkinson, 92, of Lumberton, passed away at Harbor Hospice on Wednesday, October 3, 2007. Mrs. Atkinson was a native of Jamestown, TX and had lived in Lumberton for 42 years. She was employed at the White House Department Store for 42 years. She is survived by her husband James C. Atkinson of Lumberton; son, Carter E. Atkinson of...
Mary Drees
Oct 3, 2007
Mary Malissa Drees, age 92, passed into eternal rest on October 6, 2007. A celebration of her life will be held Tuesday at 10:00 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Pastor Matthew Richard of Spring Creek Baptist in Waco, her great-grandson, will officiate. Visitation will be Monday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Mary Nana was born February 21, 1915, in Fairbury,...
Joseph C Thibedeaux
Oct 1, 2007
Graveside services for Joseph Thibedeaux, 78, of Lumberton will be held Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. in the Fairview Cemetery in Winnie with Reverend Kevin McClusky officiating. Mr. Thibedeaux was born March 14, 1929 in Winnie and died on October 1, 2007 at Christus Hospital-St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. A resident of Lumberton for 40 years, he was a...
Mary Ruth Kellis
Oct 1, 2007
Mary Ruth Kellis, 80, of Orange, died, Monday, October 1, 2007 in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 5, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 4, 2007 at the funeral home. Mary...