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Mary Inez Carson

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

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

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

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

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...

Patricia Jo Wilson Fairchild

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Mary Inez Carson

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

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

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

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

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...

Patricia Jo Wilson Fairchild

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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