Horace James Rost, 77, of Orange, died Monday, April 30, 2012, at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 4, 2012, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be David Wagner, associate minister with Community Church. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in the McLewis community.

Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday and 10:00 a.m. until service time Friday, at the funeral home.

Born in Kaplan, Louisiana on August 18, 1934, Mr. Rost was the son of Saul Rost and Clelie Mire Rost. He worked for James River Corp. for 29 years and retired as warehouse supervisor.

Mr. Rost was a member of the Little Cypress Volunteer Fire Department where he had served as Fire Chief and was on the Board of Directors of Orange County Fire District 3.

He loved hunting and fishing but mostly he loved being with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Saul Rost and Clelie Rost; brother, L.J. Rost; and step brothers, Rudy Guidry, J.V. Taylor and Roderick Taylor.

Mr. Rost is survived by his wife, Dorothy M. Rost; son, Ronald J. Rost, Sr. and his wife, Debbie Britnell Rost; daughter, Denise Block and her husband, Granvel; son, Timothy J. Rost; step mother, Mabel Rost, all of Orange; step children, Bruce A. Carr and his wife, Chadene of Villa Rica, Georgia, Daryl R. Carr and his wife, Sandy of Grand Cane, Louisiana, Bryan R. Carr and his wife, Susan of Gainesville, Florida, Shelia A. Cowan and Thomas Ingram of San Antonio, and Karen Dryden of Orange.

Also surviving are his brother, Gary Rost of Orange; step brother, Mackry Guidry of Louisiana; 17 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Chad Carr, Hunter Dryden, Matt Gregg, Clint Burch, Jimmy Stafford and Brad Britnell.

For those who wish, memorials may be directed to the Little Cypress Volunteer Firefighters, PO Box 1474, Orange, Texas 77631.