Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Montaray Trahan
Jul 27, 2007
Montaray Trahan Montaray Trahan, 61, of Vidor, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 27, 2007. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2007 in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont with Reverend David Logan of Word of Life Church in Groves, Texas officiating. Burial...
William Henry Smith
Jul 26, 2007
William Henry Smith, Jr., 83, of LaPorte died, Thursday, July 26, 2007, in Pasadena, TX. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., Monday at the funeral home. Mr. Smith was born October 1, 1923, in...
Dorothy Jean Morgan Horn
Jul 23, 2007
Dorothy Jean Morgan Horn Funeral services for Dorothy Horn, 69, of Beaumont will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. at the Woodland Baptist Church in Beaumont with Pastor Jim Sliger officiating. A private interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont. Visitation will be on Wednesday evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home....
Ashley Nicole Guillory
Jul 21, 2007
Ashley Nicole Bland Guillory, 18, of Orange, died Saturday, July 21, 2007. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Deacon Harvey Dubois will officiate. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be Wednesday from 12:00-3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Ashley was born July...
Ann Lee Lyons
Jul 21, 2007
Ann Lee Lyons, 75, of Bridge City, died Saturday, July 21, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 24, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City, with Judge Dennis Powell, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home in Bridge...
Emery Robert Vargo
Jul 21, 2007
Emery Robert ?Bob? Vargo Memorial services for Emery Robert ?Bob? Vargo, 81, of Bridge City will be held Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Bob was born October 30, 1925 in South Bend, Indiana to the late Emery F. and Elsa Hoffer Vargo and passed away July 21, 2007 at Christus Hospital-St....
Ralph Baier Fuselier
Jul 21, 2007
Ralph Baier Fuselier, 77, of Orange, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Harbor Hospital in Orange. He was born January 7, 1930 in Jennings, LA to Hannah Baier Fuselier and Tonice Fuselier. With his family, he moved to Beaumont during World War II. He was a 1947 graduate of South Park High School and attended Lamar. In 1948, at...
Othal Ray Price
Jul 20, 2007
Othal Ray Price, 78, of Orange, Texas, died Friday, July 20, 2007, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Texarkana, Texas. Officiating will be the Reverend Bob Neely, Associate...
Fred M. Steward, Jr.
Jul 19, 2007
Fred M. Steward, Jr. Bubba Fred M. Steward, Jr., Bubba, 42, of Beaumont, passed away July 19, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday July 22 at 2:00 p.m. at Eastgate Pentecostal Church. A gathering of friends and family will be held Saturday, July 21 between 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the church. He is survived...
Lily Lucille Blanda
Jul 18, 2007
Lily Lucille Blanda, born December 13, 1902, in Vinton, Louisiana, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Groves. She was 104 years old and is survived by many loving family members. Family and friends celebrated her life in December of 2002, when she turned 100. Her faith in God, caring nature, and willingness to help...
Mary Jo Lista
Jul 18, 2007
Mary Jo Lista, 79, of Orangefield, died Wednesday July 18, 2007. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Forrest Wood of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home. Mary Jo...
Alton Joseph Broussard
Jul 17, 2007
Alton Joseph ?AJ? Broussard, Jr., 70, of Orange, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at his residence. Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend David L. Logan will officiate. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. A.J. was born...
Lexlie Ann DeRyke
Jul 17, 2007
Lexlie ?Kojak? ?Aunt Ann? DeRyke A Memorial in honor of Lexlie A. DeRyke will be Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel located at 1155 N. 11th Street, Beaumont, TX Mrs. DeRyke departed from this life on July 17, 2007 after a long struggle with emphysema. She was born Lexlie Ann Greer on...
LaVerne Nelson Smelker
Jul 17, 2007
LaVerne Nelson Smelker LaVerne Nelson Smelker, 93, of Beaumont passed away July 15, 2007. Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at Magnolia Cemetery. Her family will receive guests from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Smelker was born August 4, 1913, in Chicago, IL to Anders and Vera Eklund...
Donna Vercher
Jul 17, 2007
Donna Vercher, 49, a lifelong resident of Orange, died, Tuesday, July, 17, 2007 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 2007 at Community Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Berkheimer and Reverend David Wagner. A visitation will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Aline C Gillett
Jul 16, 2007
Aline G. Gillett Funeral services for Aline G. Gillett, 83, of Beaumont, will be held Wednesday, July 18, at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. A gather of friends and family will be held on Tuesday, July 17, between 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home Mrs. Gillett, who...
Flora Charlene Gunn
Jul 16, 2007
Flora Charlene Gunn Memorial services for Flora Charlene Gunn, 79, of Vidor will be held Friday, July 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Visitation will begin at 11:30 a.m. prior to the service. Mrs. Gunn was born February 11, 1928 in Reed Point, Montana to the late Charles Albert and Florence Bertha Rife Wood and passed...
Elizabeth McBride
Jul 16, 2007
Elizabeth A. ?Tootie? McBride, 73, of Orange, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at her residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange, with clergy from the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont serving as celebrants. Burial will follow at St. Mary?s Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin Wednesday...
Lloyd Dixon
Jul 15, 2007
Lloyd L. Dixon, 86, of the McLewis community, went to meet his Lord and Savior on July 15, 2007. Services will be Friday, July 20, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas at 10 a.m. Pastor David Green of St. Paul?s United Methodist Church will be officiating at the service. The family will be accepting visitors at the funeral...
LaVerne Nathalie Smelker
Jul 15, 2007
LaVerne Nelson Smelker LaVerne Nelson Smelker, 93, of Beaumont passed away July 15, 2007. Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at Magnolia Cemetery. Her family will receive guests from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Smelker was born August 4, 1913, in Chicago, IL to Anders and Vera Eklund...
Montaray Trahan
Jul 27, 2007
Montaray Trahan Montaray Trahan, 61, of Vidor, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 27, 2007. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2007 in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont with Reverend David Logan of Word of Life Church in Groves, Texas officiating. Burial...
William Henry Smith
Jul 26, 2007
William Henry Smith, Jr., 83, of LaPorte died, Thursday, July 26, 2007, in Pasadena, TX. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., Monday at the funeral home. Mr. Smith was born October 1, 1923, in...
Dorothy Jean Morgan Horn
Jul 23, 2007
Dorothy Jean Morgan Horn Funeral services for Dorothy Horn, 69, of Beaumont will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. at the Woodland Baptist Church in Beaumont with Pastor Jim Sliger officiating. A private interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont. Visitation will be on Wednesday evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home....
Ashley Nicole Guillory
Jul 21, 2007
Ashley Nicole Bland Guillory, 18, of Orange, died Saturday, July 21, 2007. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Deacon Harvey Dubois will officiate. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be Wednesday from 12:00-3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Ashley was born July...
Ann Lee Lyons
Jul 21, 2007
Ann Lee Lyons, 75, of Bridge City, died Saturday, July 21, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 24, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City, with Judge Dennis Powell, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home in Bridge...
Emery Robert Vargo
Jul 21, 2007
Emery Robert ?Bob? Vargo Memorial services for Emery Robert ?Bob? Vargo, 81, of Bridge City will be held Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Bob was born October 30, 1925 in South Bend, Indiana to the late Emery F. and Elsa Hoffer Vargo and passed away July 21, 2007 at Christus Hospital-St....
Ralph Baier Fuselier
Jul 21, 2007
Ralph Baier Fuselier, 77, of Orange, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Harbor Hospital in Orange. He was born January 7, 1930 in Jennings, LA to Hannah Baier Fuselier and Tonice Fuselier. With his family, he moved to Beaumont during World War II. He was a 1947 graduate of South Park High School and attended Lamar. In 1948, at...
Othal Ray Price
Jul 20, 2007
Othal Ray Price, 78, of Orange, Texas, died Friday, July 20, 2007, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Texarkana, Texas. Officiating will be the Reverend Bob Neely, Associate...
Fred M. Steward, Jr.
Jul 19, 2007
Fred M. Steward, Jr. Bubba Fred M. Steward, Jr., Bubba, 42, of Beaumont, passed away July 19, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday July 22 at 2:00 p.m. at Eastgate Pentecostal Church. A gathering of friends and family will be held Saturday, July 21 between 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the church. He is survived...
Lily Lucille Blanda
Jul 18, 2007
Lily Lucille Blanda, born December 13, 1902, in Vinton, Louisiana, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Groves. She was 104 years old and is survived by many loving family members. Family and friends celebrated her life in December of 2002, when she turned 100. Her faith in God, caring nature, and willingness to help...
Mary Jo Lista
Jul 18, 2007
Mary Jo Lista, 79, of Orangefield, died Wednesday July 18, 2007. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Forrest Wood of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home. Mary Jo...
Alton Joseph Broussard
Jul 17, 2007
Alton Joseph ?AJ? Broussard, Jr., 70, of Orange, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at his residence. Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend David L. Logan will officiate. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. A.J. was born...
Lexlie Ann DeRyke
Jul 17, 2007
Lexlie ?Kojak? ?Aunt Ann? DeRyke A Memorial in honor of Lexlie A. DeRyke will be Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel located at 1155 N. 11th Street, Beaumont, TX Mrs. DeRyke departed from this life on July 17, 2007 after a long struggle with emphysema. She was born Lexlie Ann Greer on...
LaVerne Nelson Smelker
Jul 17, 2007
LaVerne Nelson Smelker LaVerne Nelson Smelker, 93, of Beaumont passed away July 15, 2007. Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at Magnolia Cemetery. Her family will receive guests from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Smelker was born August 4, 1913, in Chicago, IL to Anders and Vera Eklund...
Donna Vercher
Jul 17, 2007
Donna Vercher, 49, a lifelong resident of Orange, died, Tuesday, July, 17, 2007 in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 2007 at Community Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Berkheimer and Reverend David Wagner. A visitation will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Aline C Gillett
Jul 16, 2007
Aline G. Gillett Funeral services for Aline G. Gillett, 83, of Beaumont, will be held Wednesday, July 18, at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. A gather of friends and family will be held on Tuesday, July 17, between 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home Mrs. Gillett, who...
Flora Charlene Gunn
Jul 16, 2007
Flora Charlene Gunn Memorial services for Flora Charlene Gunn, 79, of Vidor will be held Friday, July 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Visitation will begin at 11:30 a.m. prior to the service. Mrs. Gunn was born February 11, 1928 in Reed Point, Montana to the late Charles Albert and Florence Bertha Rife Wood and passed...
Elizabeth McBride
Jul 16, 2007
Elizabeth A. ?Tootie? McBride, 73, of Orange, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at her residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange, with clergy from the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont serving as celebrants. Burial will follow at St. Mary?s Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin Wednesday...
Lloyd Dixon
Jul 15, 2007
Lloyd L. Dixon, 86, of the McLewis community, went to meet his Lord and Savior on July 15, 2007. Services will be Friday, July 20, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas at 10 a.m. Pastor David Green of St. Paul?s United Methodist Church will be officiating at the service. The family will be accepting visitors at the funeral...
LaVerne Nathalie Smelker
Jul 15, 2007
LaVerne Nelson Smelker LaVerne Nelson Smelker, 93, of Beaumont passed away July 15, 2007. Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at Magnolia Cemetery. Her family will receive guests from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Smelker was born August 4, 1913, in Chicago, IL to Anders and Vera Eklund...