Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Dominic Arevalo
May 11, 2022
Dominic Gatsby Arevalo passed peacefully on May 11, 2022. Funeral services will be held at St. Therese, The Little Flower of Jesus Christ, at 9:00a.m., Monday, May 16, 2022. Officiating will be Father Reggie. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Groves. Dominic was born in Houston, Texas on April 25, 2022. During his two short weeks here...
Doris Bolton Bohler
May 10, 2022
Doris Bolton Bohler, born in Jacksonville, Texas on June 7, 1929, departed us to be with her Heavenly Father on May 9, 2022. She was 92 years of age. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Bernice Bolton; twin brother, Morris (Bo) Bolton; brother, Joe Bolton; husband, John H. Bohler; and son, John A. Bohler. She is...
Clark Smith
May 9, 2022
Clark Barclay Smith of Sour Lake, formerly Kirbyville, passed away peacefully on May 9th. Clark was born on May 11th 1929 in Magnolia Springs, Texas to Elisha Washington and Mary Ethel Smith. He attended Kirbyville High School and graduated from Texas A&M in May 1951. Clark married Louise Ware from Bleakwood, Texas in December 1951. They shared almost 60 years...
Nina Bess
May 8, 2022
Nina Jean Murphy Bess, 62, of Orange, passed away on May 8, 2022, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A memorial gathering will be from 5:00 to 8:00p.m., Friday, May 13, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Nina was born in Orange, Texas, on October 15, 1959, she was the daughter of Dalton and Dorothy Farris Murphy. She was a...
Bruce Denham
May 8, 2022
Bruce Denham, 62, of Orange, passed away on May 8, 2022, in Orange. Bruce was born in Riverside, California, on January 31, 1960, he was the son of Bobby Bruce and Mary Dee Denham. He enjoyed fishing and building or fixing things, he liked being able to work with his hands. Bruce was known for being a good ol’ hard...
Stephanie Churms Blackstone
May 6, 2022
Stephanie Churms Blackstone, 71, of Beaumont, passed away on May 6, 2022, at her home. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 21 at Christian Fellowship at 3950 La Pointe Parkway, Beaumont, TX 77706. Stephanie Jean Churms was born in Blackburn, England, on February 18, 1951, the daughter of Wilfred Churms and Grace Simpkin. As a...
Mary Buzbee
May 3, 2022
Mary Buzbee, 98, of Beaumont, passed away on May 3, 2022, at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. Graveside service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Officiating will be Brother David Goolsby. She was the next to youngest child of seven born to Livonia Stewart Cromer and Earl Cromer on September 10,...
Mary Ann Broussard
May 3, 2022
Mary Ann Broussard (nee, Bailey) was born 10/17/1937, to Manning and Trudie Bailey in Groveton, TX. She passed from this life on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the age of 84. She was the youngest of nine children, all who predeceased her. Mary was always the life of the party wherever she was. She had a quick wit and never...
Cynthia Ballard
Apr 30, 2022
Cynthia Sadler Ballard, 84, of Orange, passed away on April 30, 2022, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Jason Ballard. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Scherry Becker
Apr 29, 2022
Scherry Becker, 74, of Orange, passed away on April 29, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 7, 2022, at North Orange Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Chip Anthony of North Orange Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 to...
Kathryn Stelly
Apr 29, 2022
Kathryn Lyn Stelly, 59, of Jasper and longtime resident of Orange County, passed away on April 29, 2022, at her home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at the Cowboy Church of Orange County. Officiating will be Reverend Dale Lee. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery in Jasper, Texas. Visitation will be from...
Walline Permenter
Apr 29, 2022
Walline Wynona Permenter, 86, of Mauriceville, passed away on April 29, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, May 15, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Sister Ruth Burch. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Walline was born in Gist, Texas, on...
Kenneth Romeis
Apr 28, 2022
Kenneth E. Romeis, 93, of Orange, passed away on April 28, 2022, at his home. Born in Kingsford, Michigan, on April 16, 1929, he was the son of Elmer and Edna Romeis. Kenneth left home at an early age, joining the Merchant Marines. He traveled the world’s waterways both domestically and internationally. He later served in the United States Army....
Andy Harvey, Sr.
Apr 27, 2022
Andy Fred Harvey, Sr., 87, of Orange, passed away on April 27, 2022, at the Medical Center of SETX in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday,...
Elaine McDaniel
Apr 25, 2022
Elaine Doucet McDaniel, born Febuary 1st, 1952, in Crowley, Louisiana, gained her wings on April 25th, 2022 in the comfort of her home. Visitation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas, Friday, April 29th, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. A rosary will be recited by Deacon Melvin Payne at 6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held by...
Barbara Ann Gillett
Apr 23, 2022
Barbara Ann Gillett, 73, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on April 23, 2022, at Silsbee Oaks Health Care in Silsbee, Texas. A Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 29, 2022, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fannett. Officiating will be Reverend Ethan Oaks. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 28, 2022,...
Timothy Hinson
Apr 23, 2022
Timothy Wayne Hinson, 59, of Orange, passed away on April 23, 2022, at St. Luke Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Michael Payne of Jasper, Reverend Will (Sarge) Cotton of Orangefield, and Tim Hinson. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, at Claybar...
Hunter Neeley
Apr 23, 2022
Hunter Neeley, 26, of Orange, passed away on April 23, 2022, at his home in Orange. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, on Feburary 25, 1996, he was the son of Charles Neeley and Jennifer Murphy. Hunter was a member of Indian Grace Baptist Church in Billingsley, Alabama. He was a big sports fan and always enjoyed cheering for Auburn University. Hunter...
Gerald Brown
Apr 21, 2022
Gerald H. Brown, 89, of Orange, Texas decided to go ahead on to Heaven the morning of April 21, 2022, surrounded by all of his children and quite a few of his grands and great-grands. Predeceased by his truest love and wife of 60 years Adley Ann Harrington Brown, his parents, John H. Brown and Edna Cook Hiibel, sister Sharon...
Phillip Beard
Apr 19, 2022
Phillip Wayne Beard, 69, of Vidor, passed away on April 19, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend James Burkart. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A rosary will begin at...
Dominic Arevalo
May 11, 2022
Dominic Gatsby Arevalo passed peacefully on May 11, 2022. Funeral services will be held at St. Therese, The Little Flower of Jesus Christ, at 9:00a.m., Monday, May 16, 2022. Officiating will be Father Reggie. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Groves. Dominic was born in Houston, Texas on April 25, 2022. During his two short weeks here...
Doris Bolton Bohler
May 10, 2022
Doris Bolton Bohler, born in Jacksonville, Texas on June 7, 1929, departed us to be with her Heavenly Father on May 9, 2022. She was 92 years of age. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Bernice Bolton; twin brother, Morris (Bo) Bolton; brother, Joe Bolton; husband, John H. Bohler; and son, John A. Bohler. She is...
Clark Smith
May 9, 2022
Clark Barclay Smith of Sour Lake, formerly Kirbyville, passed away peacefully on May 9th. Clark was born on May 11th 1929 in Magnolia Springs, Texas to Elisha Washington and Mary Ethel Smith. He attended Kirbyville High School and graduated from Texas A&M in May 1951. Clark married Louise Ware from Bleakwood, Texas in December 1951. They shared almost 60 years...
Nina Bess
May 8, 2022
Nina Jean Murphy Bess, 62, of Orange, passed away on May 8, 2022, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A memorial gathering will be from 5:00 to 8:00p.m., Friday, May 13, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Nina was born in Orange, Texas, on October 15, 1959, she was the daughter of Dalton and Dorothy Farris Murphy. She was a...
Bruce Denham
May 8, 2022
Bruce Denham, 62, of Orange, passed away on May 8, 2022, in Orange. Bruce was born in Riverside, California, on January 31, 1960, he was the son of Bobby Bruce and Mary Dee Denham. He enjoyed fishing and building or fixing things, he liked being able to work with his hands. Bruce was known for being a good ol’ hard...
Stephanie Churms Blackstone
May 6, 2022
Stephanie Churms Blackstone, 71, of Beaumont, passed away on May 6, 2022, at her home. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 21 at Christian Fellowship at 3950 La Pointe Parkway, Beaumont, TX 77706. Stephanie Jean Churms was born in Blackburn, England, on February 18, 1951, the daughter of Wilfred Churms and Grace Simpkin. As a...
Mary Buzbee
May 3, 2022
Mary Buzbee, 98, of Beaumont, passed away on May 3, 2022, at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. Graveside service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Officiating will be Brother David Goolsby. She was the next to youngest child of seven born to Livonia Stewart Cromer and Earl Cromer on September 10,...
Mary Ann Broussard
May 3, 2022
Mary Ann Broussard (nee, Bailey) was born 10/17/1937, to Manning and Trudie Bailey in Groveton, TX. She passed from this life on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the age of 84. She was the youngest of nine children, all who predeceased her. Mary was always the life of the party wherever she was. She had a quick wit and never...
Cynthia Ballard
Apr 30, 2022
Cynthia Sadler Ballard, 84, of Orange, passed away on April 30, 2022, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Jason Ballard. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Scherry Becker
Apr 29, 2022
Scherry Becker, 74, of Orange, passed away on April 29, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 7, 2022, at North Orange Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Chip Anthony of North Orange Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 to...
Kathryn Stelly
Apr 29, 2022
Kathryn Lyn Stelly, 59, of Jasper and longtime resident of Orange County, passed away on April 29, 2022, at her home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at the Cowboy Church of Orange County. Officiating will be Reverend Dale Lee. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery in Jasper, Texas. Visitation will be from...
Walline Permenter
Apr 29, 2022
Walline Wynona Permenter, 86, of Mauriceville, passed away on April 29, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, May 15, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Sister Ruth Burch. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Walline was born in Gist, Texas, on...
Kenneth Romeis
Apr 28, 2022
Kenneth E. Romeis, 93, of Orange, passed away on April 28, 2022, at his home. Born in Kingsford, Michigan, on April 16, 1929, he was the son of Elmer and Edna Romeis. Kenneth left home at an early age, joining the Merchant Marines. He traveled the world’s waterways both domestically and internationally. He later served in the United States Army....
Andy Harvey, Sr.
Apr 27, 2022
Andy Fred Harvey, Sr., 87, of Orange, passed away on April 27, 2022, at the Medical Center of SETX in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday,...
Elaine McDaniel
Apr 25, 2022
Elaine Doucet McDaniel, born Febuary 1st, 1952, in Crowley, Louisiana, gained her wings on April 25th, 2022 in the comfort of her home. Visitation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas, Friday, April 29th, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. A rosary will be recited by Deacon Melvin Payne at 6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held by...
Barbara Ann Gillett
Apr 23, 2022
Barbara Ann Gillett, 73, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on April 23, 2022, at Silsbee Oaks Health Care in Silsbee, Texas. A Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 29, 2022, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fannett. Officiating will be Reverend Ethan Oaks. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 28, 2022,...
Timothy Hinson
Apr 23, 2022
Timothy Wayne Hinson, 59, of Orange, passed away on April 23, 2022, at St. Luke Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Michael Payne of Jasper, Reverend Will (Sarge) Cotton of Orangefield, and Tim Hinson. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, at Claybar...
Hunter Neeley
Apr 23, 2022
Hunter Neeley, 26, of Orange, passed away on April 23, 2022, at his home in Orange. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, on Feburary 25, 1996, he was the son of Charles Neeley and Jennifer Murphy. Hunter was a member of Indian Grace Baptist Church in Billingsley, Alabama. He was a big sports fan and always enjoyed cheering for Auburn University. Hunter...
Gerald Brown
Apr 21, 2022
Gerald H. Brown, 89, of Orange, Texas decided to go ahead on to Heaven the morning of April 21, 2022, surrounded by all of his children and quite a few of his grands and great-grands. Predeceased by his truest love and wife of 60 years Adley Ann Harrington Brown, his parents, John H. Brown and Edna Cook Hiibel, sister Sharon...
Phillip Beard
Apr 19, 2022
Phillip Wayne Beard, 69, of Vidor, passed away on April 19, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend James Burkart. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A rosary will begin at...