Obituaries for

Claybar Funeral Home

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.

Margaret Evelyn Schlicher

Margaret Evelyn Schlicher

Sep 6, 2007

Margaret Evelyn Schlicher, 78, of Orange passed away Thursday, September 6, 2007 at the Renaissance Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 9, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Brother Jim Hardwick of First Christian Church in Orangefield will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be...

Betty Leach Glover

Betty Leach Glover

Sep 5, 2007

Betty Leach Glover, 77, of Orange, died Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at Harbor Hospital in Orange. A Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 7, 2007, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Reverend Danny Gilliam of McDonald Baptist Church will officiate. Mrs. Glover was born April 24, 1930, in Orange, the daughter of James A. and Ethel Thomas Leach. She...

Dorothy Hughes Pirtle

Dorothy Hughes Pirtle

Sep 5, 2007

Dorothy Hughes Pirtle, 73, of Orange, passed away, Wednesday, September 5, 2007, after a long illness. A Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 8, 2007, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Dorothy was born December 16, 1933, in...

Catherine Bayless

Catherine Bayless

Sep 4, 2007

Catherine Elaine Flowers Bayless left this earth to live with her Heavenly Father and her earthly father, William B. Flowers, on September 4, 2007, after fighting a courageous battle against lung cancer. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 8, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Brother Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church and Donald Toutcheque of...

Mildred Griffin

Mildred Griffin

Sep 4, 2007

Funeral services for Mildred Griffin, 91, a 37-year resident of Lumberton, will be held, Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. James Bradford will officiate and interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive guests at the funeral home on Wednesday, September 5 between 5:00 - 9:00...

Edward P. Frenzel

Edward P. Frenzel

Sep 3, 2007

Edward P. Frenzel, 93, of Orange, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2007, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be at Claybar Funeral Home on Monday, September 3rd, at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Barry Bradley, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Orange, officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be Sunday from 6:00...

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Sep 3, 2007

Hylton Lamar ?Butch? Jarvis, II, of Bridge City, died, September 3, 2007. A Memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Paul Hardin of Dominion Church International in Orange will officiate, assisting him will be Reverend Travis McKelvain of Triumph Church in Port Arthur. Family will receive friends...

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Sep 3, 2007

Hylton Lamar ?Butch? Jarvis, II, of Bridge City, died, September 3, 2007. A Memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Paul Hardin of Dominion Church International in Orange will officiate, assisting him will be Reverend Travis McKelvain of Triumph Church in Port Arthur. Family will receive friends...

Parker Thompson

Parker Thompson

Sep 2, 2007

Constable Parker ?P.T.? Thompson, 59, of Orange, died, Sunday, September 2, 2007, at DuBuis Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 6, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Pastor David Milner of Calvary Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday,...

Helen Grace Dumesnil

Helen Grace Dumesnil

Aug 31, 2007

Helen Grace Dumesnil, 81, a lifelong resident of Orange, died, Friday, August 31, 2007 at Harbor Hospital of South East Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 3, 2007 at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jim McClintock. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will...

Azie Lee Williams

Azie Lee Williams

Aug 30, 2007

Azie Lee Williams, 90, of Orange, died, Thursday, August 30, 2007 in Orange. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 1, 2007 at St. Paul?s Episcopal Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bill Phillips. Entombment will be held at St. Mary?s Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m., Friday, August 31, at Claybar...

Mary Ann Tumminello Blanda

Mary Ann Tumminello Blanda

Aug 30, 2007

Mary Ann Tumminello Blanda, 82, of Orange, passed away, Thursday, August 30, 2007, at The Meadows of Orange. Visitation will be 6:00 ?9:00 p.m. on Friday at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. led by Deacon Melvin Payne. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 1,...

Faye Blount Weston

Faye Blount Weston

Aug 29, 2007

Funeral services for Faye Blount Weston, 91, of Beaumont will be held Friday, August 31, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at Sabine Tabernacle. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 6-8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Weston was born, July 20, 1916 in Witts Spring, Arkansas to the late James R. and Mary...

Annie Lee Knox

Annie Lee Knox

Aug 28, 2007

Funeral services for Annie Lee Knox, 89, of Beaumont, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial following in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Miss Knox was born to Mr. And Mrs. R.E. Knox in Junction, Texas, on July 6, 1918. She has lived...

Raymond H. Edwards

Raymond H. Edwards

Aug 28, 2007

Funeral services for Raymond ?Ray? H. Edwards, 78, will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial following in Magnolia Cemetery. His family will receive guests from 5-8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ray was born January 13, 1929 in Beaumont to John and Maudebell Edwards and passed away August 28, 2007 at St. Elizabeth...

Margaret Morrell Lucia

Margaret Morrell Lucia

Aug 27, 2007

Margaret Morrell Lucia, 92, of Orange, died Monday, August 27, 2007, at her residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 30, 2007, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo assisted by Reverend Jim McClintock. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m.,...

Pamelia Susan Torres

Pamelia Susan Torres

Aug 27, 2007

Funeral services for Pamelia Susan Gandy Torres, 53 of Beaumont will be held Saturday, September 1, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive guests Friday, August 31, 2007, between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Torres was born November 22,...

William Ayres

William Ayres

Aug 24, 2007

William ?Bill? Ayres, 68, of Beaumont, passed away August 24, 2007 in Sugarland, Texas. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2007 at Claybar Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Friday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home.

Gustavo Garza

Gustavo Garza

Aug 24, 2007

Gustavo ?Gus? Garza, 89, a founding resident of Bridge City since 1946, died Friday, August 24, 2007 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 27, 2007 at St. Henry Catholic Church. Officiating will be Reverend Jim McClintock. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at...

Annette Taylor Die

Annette Taylor Die

Aug 23, 2007

Annette Taylor Die, 86, passed away of complications from a stroke on August 23, 2007, in Little Rock, Arkansas, after having recently moved to that city from Beaumont. Annette was born in Doucette, Texas, on February 22, 1921, to Anna Denson Taylor and Coleman Land Taylor. She graduated high school in High Island and then moved with her family to...

Margaret Evelyn Schlicher

Margaret Evelyn Schlicher

Sep 6, 2007

Margaret Evelyn Schlicher, 78, of Orange passed away Thursday, September 6, 2007 at the Renaissance Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 9, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Brother Jim Hardwick of First Christian Church in Orangefield will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be...

Betty Leach Glover

Betty Leach Glover

Sep 5, 2007

Betty Leach Glover, 77, of Orange, died Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at Harbor Hospital in Orange. A Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 7, 2007, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Reverend Danny Gilliam of McDonald Baptist Church will officiate. Mrs. Glover was born April 24, 1930, in Orange, the daughter of James A. and Ethel Thomas Leach. She...

Dorothy Hughes Pirtle

Dorothy Hughes Pirtle

Sep 5, 2007

Dorothy Hughes Pirtle, 73, of Orange, passed away, Wednesday, September 5, 2007, after a long illness. A Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 8, 2007, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Dorothy was born December 16, 1933, in...

Catherine Bayless

Catherine Bayless

Sep 4, 2007

Catherine Elaine Flowers Bayless left this earth to live with her Heavenly Father and her earthly father, William B. Flowers, on September 4, 2007, after fighting a courageous battle against lung cancer. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 8, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Brother Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church and Donald Toutcheque of...

Mildred Griffin

Mildred Griffin

Sep 4, 2007

Funeral services for Mildred Griffin, 91, a 37-year resident of Lumberton, will be held, Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. James Bradford will officiate and interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive guests at the funeral home on Wednesday, September 5 between 5:00 - 9:00...

Edward P. Frenzel

Edward P. Frenzel

Sep 3, 2007

Edward P. Frenzel, 93, of Orange, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2007, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be at Claybar Funeral Home on Monday, September 3rd, at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Barry Bradley, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Orange, officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be Sunday from 6:00...

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Sep 3, 2007

Hylton Lamar ?Butch? Jarvis, II, of Bridge City, died, September 3, 2007. A Memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Paul Hardin of Dominion Church International in Orange will officiate, assisting him will be Reverend Travis McKelvain of Triumph Church in Port Arthur. Family will receive friends...

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Hylton Lamar Jarvis

Sep 3, 2007

Hylton Lamar ?Butch? Jarvis, II, of Bridge City, died, September 3, 2007. A Memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Paul Hardin of Dominion Church International in Orange will officiate, assisting him will be Reverend Travis McKelvain of Triumph Church in Port Arthur. Family will receive friends...

Parker Thompson

Parker Thompson

Sep 2, 2007

Constable Parker ?P.T.? Thompson, 59, of Orange, died, Sunday, September 2, 2007, at DuBuis Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 6, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Pastor David Milner of Calvary Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday,...

Helen Grace Dumesnil

Helen Grace Dumesnil

Aug 31, 2007

Helen Grace Dumesnil, 81, a lifelong resident of Orange, died, Friday, August 31, 2007 at Harbor Hospital of South East Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 3, 2007 at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jim McClintock. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will...

Azie Lee Williams

Azie Lee Williams

Aug 30, 2007

Azie Lee Williams, 90, of Orange, died, Thursday, August 30, 2007 in Orange. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 1, 2007 at St. Paul?s Episcopal Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bill Phillips. Entombment will be held at St. Mary?s Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m., Friday, August 31, at Claybar...

Mary Ann Tumminello Blanda

Mary Ann Tumminello Blanda

Aug 30, 2007

Mary Ann Tumminello Blanda, 82, of Orange, passed away, Thursday, August 30, 2007, at The Meadows of Orange. Visitation will be 6:00 ?9:00 p.m. on Friday at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. led by Deacon Melvin Payne. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 1,...

Faye Blount Weston

Faye Blount Weston

Aug 29, 2007

Funeral services for Faye Blount Weston, 91, of Beaumont will be held Friday, August 31, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at Sabine Tabernacle. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 6-8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mrs. Weston was born, July 20, 1916 in Witts Spring, Arkansas to the late James R. and Mary...

Annie Lee Knox

Annie Lee Knox

Aug 28, 2007

Funeral services for Annie Lee Knox, 89, of Beaumont, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial following in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Miss Knox was born to Mr. And Mrs. R.E. Knox in Junction, Texas, on July 6, 1918. She has lived...

Raymond H. Edwards

Raymond H. Edwards

Aug 28, 2007

Funeral services for Raymond ?Ray? H. Edwards, 78, will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial following in Magnolia Cemetery. His family will receive guests from 5-8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ray was born January 13, 1929 in Beaumont to John and Maudebell Edwards and passed away August 28, 2007 at St. Elizabeth...

Margaret Morrell Lucia

Margaret Morrell Lucia

Aug 27, 2007

Margaret Morrell Lucia, 92, of Orange, died Monday, August 27, 2007, at her residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 30, 2007, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Joseph P. Daleo assisted by Reverend Jim McClintock. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m.,...

Pamelia Susan Torres

Pamelia Susan Torres

Aug 27, 2007

Funeral services for Pamelia Susan Gandy Torres, 53 of Beaumont will be held Saturday, September 1, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive guests Friday, August 31, 2007, between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Torres was born November 22,...

William Ayres

William Ayres

Aug 24, 2007

William ?Bill? Ayres, 68, of Beaumont, passed away August 24, 2007 in Sugarland, Texas. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2007 at Claybar Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Friday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home.

Gustavo Garza

Gustavo Garza

Aug 24, 2007

Gustavo ?Gus? Garza, 89, a founding resident of Bridge City since 1946, died Friday, August 24, 2007 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 27, 2007 at St. Henry Catholic Church. Officiating will be Reverend Jim McClintock. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at...

Annette Taylor Die

Annette Taylor Die

Aug 23, 2007

Annette Taylor Die, 86, passed away of complications from a stroke on August 23, 2007, in Little Rock, Arkansas, after having recently moved to that city from Beaumont. Annette was born in Doucette, Texas, on February 22, 1921, to Anna Denson Taylor and Coleman Land Taylor. She graduated high school in High Island and then moved with her family to...

Griefsteps
A Year of Grief Support

Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.

Please wait

Verifying your email address

Please wait

Unsubscribing your email address

You have been unsubscribed

You will no longer receive messages from our email mailing list.

You have been subscribed

Your email address has successfully been added to our mailing list.

Something went wrong

There was an error verifying your email address. Please try again later, or re-subscribe.

Subscribe

Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries

A Year of Grief Support

Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.

Please wait

Verifying your email address

Please wait

Unsubscribing your email address

You have been unsubscribed

You will no longer receive messages from our email mailing list.

You have been subscribed

Your email address has successfully been added to our mailing list.

Something went wrong

There was an error verifying your email address. Please try again later, or re-subscribe.