Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Robert Wesley Gephart
Jun 25, 2007
Robert Wesley Gephart, 77, of Bridge City, died Monday, June 25, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 30, 2007 at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Bridge City, with Pastor Paul Zoch officiating. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Groves. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m., Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Dorothy Lee Maggard
Jun 23, 2007
Dorothy Lee ?Dot? Maggard Dorothy Lee ?Dot? Maggard, 86, of Beaumont passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A Celebration of Life will be at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2007 at St. Andrew?s Presbyterian Church located at Gladys and 23rd Street in Beaumont with Dr. Harland Merriam officiating. A gathering of friends and...
Isabel Ritter Grounds
Jun 21, 2007
Isabel Ritter Grounds Funeral services for Isabel Ritter Grounds, 91, of Beaumont, will be held Monday, June 25, at 2:00 p.m. at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with cremation to follow. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be John Ritter, Larry Barbee, John Carpenter, Robert Ryan, Sean Ryan, and John Shary. A gathering of family and friends will be Sunday, June...
Joe Graham
Jun 20, 2007
Joe B. Graham The family of Joe B. Graham invite friends and relatives to join them in a celebration of his life to be held on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at the Claybar Kelly-Watkins Funeral Home on 11th St in Beaumont. The memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. with visitation and refreshments following. Joe was born in Hubbard,...
Cassandra Cook
Jun 18, 2007
Cassandra Cook Memorial services for Cassandra Cook, 34, of Channelview will be held Friday, June 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Gary Grantham officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, June 21 from 5-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Cassandra was born December 9, 1972 in Beaumont, Texas and died June 18, 2007 in Liberty...
George Big Dale Biddell
Jun 18, 2007
George ?Big Dale? Biddell Funeral services for George ?Big Dale? Biddell, 42, of Beaumont will be held Thursday, evening, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment will be Friday, June 22 at 12 noon in the Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday prior to the funeral service. ?Big Dale? was born August 5,...
Ruth Busbee Tindall
Jun 17, 2007
Ruth Busbee Tindall Ruth Busbee Tindall passed away June 17, 2007. Born to George and Lily Busbee in Beaumont, Texas, Ruth was their fourth and youngest child. All preceded her in death. She lived in Beaumont until 1945 when she married William Priestly Tindall and moved to Nome, where ?Bill? worked on the family farm, and where they began their...
Frances Hyett Brood
Jun 17, 2007
Frances Hyett Brood, 83, of Conroe, TX, longtime resident of Orange, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 17, 2007. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Green will officiate. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin 1:00 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral...
Dewey Wayne Ellis
Jun 16, 2007
Dewey Wayne Ellis Dewey Wayne Ellis, 55, of Brookeland, Texas passed away Saturday, June 16, 2007. He was born in Leesville, Louisiana, April 20, 1952 to Dewey H. and Helen M. Rose Ellis. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Visitation will begin Monday at 1:00 p.m. and continue on...
Gladys Bodenhamer Tuter
Jun 16, 2007
Gladys Grandma Bodenhamer Tuter, 90, of Orange, left this world to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 16, 2007. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday , at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Chaplain Kevin Trinkle. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Richard Ellis Jackson
Jun 16, 2007
Richard Ellis ?Dick? Jackson, 83, of Orange, died Friday, June 16, 2007 in Coto De Caza, CA. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 22, 2007, at First United Methodist Church in Orange, under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Friday at First United Methodist Church in Orange. Mr. Jackson...
Jimmy Wayne Goins
Jun 15, 2007
Jimmy W. Goins Jimmy W. Goins, 67, of Vidor peacefully stepped into the presence of his heavenly father on Friday, June 15, 2007 at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston. The celebration of his life will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at First Baptist Church in Vidor with burial following in Trout Creek Cemetery in Kirbyville. A gathering...
Terry Roberts Silkwood
Jun 15, 2007
Terry Roberts Silkwood, 65, resident of Bridge City passed away Friday, June 15, 2007. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Officiating will be The Reverend Cliff Rucker and assisting will be The Reverend Jack Leighton. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory....
Lois Smithson Nelson
Jun 15, 2007
Lois Smithson Nelson, 88, of Orange, went to be with her Lord, Friday, June 15, 2007, at The Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Damon Bickham of First Baptist Church Deweyville. Burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg. Visitation...
Roland LeBoeuf
Jun 12, 2007
Roland James LeBoeuf, 89, a 57 year resident of Orange, Texas and a 4 year resident of Beaumont; loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at Harbor Hospice after a lengthy hospital and rehabilitation stay. Roland, affectionately known as ?Joe? to his family and friends, was born on November 11,...
Juanita Thibodeaux
Jun 12, 2007
Juanita V. ?Nita? Thibodeaux, 82, died, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 in Orange. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 15, 2007 at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be Wayne McQuinn of Odyssey Hospice. A visitation will be held Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mrs....
Edna Hazel Loper Temple
Jun 11, 2007
Edna Hazel Loper Temple Graveside services for Edna Hazel Temple will be held Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Reese Cemetery on Hwy 175, in Jacksonville, Texas. A gathering of friends and family will be held Wednesday, June 13 at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont between 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Temple, 97, was born...
Clarence Russell Bell
Jun 11, 2007
Clarence Russell Bell Clarence Russell Bell, 98, was born in Pensacola, Florida to Eva Maud Eyers Bell and Clarence Rodolphus Bell on June 29, 1908 and passed away on Monday, June 11, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth?s Hospital. While working in Pensacola as a machinist for the L & N Railroad from 1926 through 1931, the Great Depression of 1929...
Jenny Sexton
Jun 10, 2007
Jenny King Sexton, 84, of Orange, died, Sunday, June 10, 2007, at her residence. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at Ninth & Elm Church of Christ in Orange. Barry Jones will be officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Crystal Vrooman
Jun 10, 2007
Crystal M. Vrooman, 20, died Sunday, June 10, 2007, in Orange. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. A burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. A visitation will be held Friday, June 15, 2007, at 5:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home. Crystal was born March 26,...
Robert Wesley Gephart
Jun 25, 2007
Robert Wesley Gephart, 77, of Bridge City, died Monday, June 25, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 30, 2007 at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Bridge City, with Pastor Paul Zoch officiating. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Groves. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m., Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Dorothy Lee Maggard
Jun 23, 2007
Dorothy Lee ?Dot? Maggard Dorothy Lee ?Dot? Maggard, 86, of Beaumont passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A Celebration of Life will be at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2007 at St. Andrew?s Presbyterian Church located at Gladys and 23rd Street in Beaumont with Dr. Harland Merriam officiating. A gathering of friends and...
Isabel Ritter Grounds
Jun 21, 2007
Isabel Ritter Grounds Funeral services for Isabel Ritter Grounds, 91, of Beaumont, will be held Monday, June 25, at 2:00 p.m. at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with cremation to follow. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be John Ritter, Larry Barbee, John Carpenter, Robert Ryan, Sean Ryan, and John Shary. A gathering of family and friends will be Sunday, June...
Joe Graham
Jun 20, 2007
Joe B. Graham The family of Joe B. Graham invite friends and relatives to join them in a celebration of his life to be held on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at the Claybar Kelly-Watkins Funeral Home on 11th St in Beaumont. The memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. with visitation and refreshments following. Joe was born in Hubbard,...
Cassandra Cook
Jun 18, 2007
Cassandra Cook Memorial services for Cassandra Cook, 34, of Channelview will be held Friday, June 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Gary Grantham officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, June 21 from 5-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Cassandra was born December 9, 1972 in Beaumont, Texas and died June 18, 2007 in Liberty...
George Big Dale Biddell
Jun 18, 2007
George ?Big Dale? Biddell Funeral services for George ?Big Dale? Biddell, 42, of Beaumont will be held Thursday, evening, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment will be Friday, June 22 at 12 noon in the Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday prior to the funeral service. ?Big Dale? was born August 5,...
Ruth Busbee Tindall
Jun 17, 2007
Ruth Busbee Tindall Ruth Busbee Tindall passed away June 17, 2007. Born to George and Lily Busbee in Beaumont, Texas, Ruth was their fourth and youngest child. All preceded her in death. She lived in Beaumont until 1945 when she married William Priestly Tindall and moved to Nome, where ?Bill? worked on the family farm, and where they began their...
Frances Hyett Brood
Jun 17, 2007
Frances Hyett Brood, 83, of Conroe, TX, longtime resident of Orange, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 17, 2007. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Green will officiate. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin 1:00 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral...
Dewey Wayne Ellis
Jun 16, 2007
Dewey Wayne Ellis Dewey Wayne Ellis, 55, of Brookeland, Texas passed away Saturday, June 16, 2007. He was born in Leesville, Louisiana, April 20, 1952 to Dewey H. and Helen M. Rose Ellis. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Visitation will begin Monday at 1:00 p.m. and continue on...
Gladys Bodenhamer Tuter
Jun 16, 2007
Gladys Grandma Bodenhamer Tuter, 90, of Orange, left this world to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 16, 2007. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday , at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Chaplain Kevin Trinkle. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Richard Ellis Jackson
Jun 16, 2007
Richard Ellis ?Dick? Jackson, 83, of Orange, died Friday, June 16, 2007 in Coto De Caza, CA. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 22, 2007, at First United Methodist Church in Orange, under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Friday at First United Methodist Church in Orange. Mr. Jackson...
Jimmy Wayne Goins
Jun 15, 2007
Jimmy W. Goins Jimmy W. Goins, 67, of Vidor peacefully stepped into the presence of his heavenly father on Friday, June 15, 2007 at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston. The celebration of his life will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at First Baptist Church in Vidor with burial following in Trout Creek Cemetery in Kirbyville. A gathering...
Terry Roberts Silkwood
Jun 15, 2007
Terry Roberts Silkwood, 65, resident of Bridge City passed away Friday, June 15, 2007. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Officiating will be The Reverend Cliff Rucker and assisting will be The Reverend Jack Leighton. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory....
Lois Smithson Nelson
Jun 15, 2007
Lois Smithson Nelson, 88, of Orange, went to be with her Lord, Friday, June 15, 2007, at The Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Damon Bickham of First Baptist Church Deweyville. Burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg. Visitation...
Roland LeBoeuf
Jun 12, 2007
Roland James LeBoeuf, 89, a 57 year resident of Orange, Texas and a 4 year resident of Beaumont; loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at Harbor Hospice after a lengthy hospital and rehabilitation stay. Roland, affectionately known as ?Joe? to his family and friends, was born on November 11,...
Juanita Thibodeaux
Jun 12, 2007
Juanita V. ?Nita? Thibodeaux, 82, died, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 in Orange. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 15, 2007 at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be Wayne McQuinn of Odyssey Hospice. A visitation will be held Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mrs....
Edna Hazel Loper Temple
Jun 11, 2007
Edna Hazel Loper Temple Graveside services for Edna Hazel Temple will be held Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Reese Cemetery on Hwy 175, in Jacksonville, Texas. A gathering of friends and family will be held Wednesday, June 13 at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont between 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Temple, 97, was born...
Clarence Russell Bell
Jun 11, 2007
Clarence Russell Bell Clarence Russell Bell, 98, was born in Pensacola, Florida to Eva Maud Eyers Bell and Clarence Rodolphus Bell on June 29, 1908 and passed away on Monday, June 11, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth?s Hospital. While working in Pensacola as a machinist for the L & N Railroad from 1926 through 1931, the Great Depression of 1929...
Jenny Sexton
Jun 10, 2007
Jenny King Sexton, 84, of Orange, died, Sunday, June 10, 2007, at her residence. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at Ninth & Elm Church of Christ in Orange. Barry Jones will be officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in...
Crystal Vrooman
Jun 10, 2007
Crystal M. Vrooman, 20, died Sunday, June 10, 2007, in Orange. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2007, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. A burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. A visitation will be held Friday, June 15, 2007, at 5:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home. Crystal was born March 26,...