Ora Jean Powell-Bass

Ora Jean Powell-Bass

Jan 18, 2018

Ora Jean Powell- Bass, 87, of Lumberton, Texas, passed away on January 18, 2018, in Lumberton. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Claybar Kelley Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. A graveside service will be at 3:00 p.m., at Ferrell Cemetery in Colmesneil, Texas. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at...

William Nathan Hanson

William Nathan Hanson

Jan 11, 2018

William Nathan Hanson, 96, of Beaumont, passed away on January 11, 2018, at Brookdale in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00pm, Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Born in Goose Creek, Texas, on September...

Alva A. "Al" Richardson, Jr.

Alva A. "Al" Richardson, Jr.

Jan 9, 2018

Alva ‘Al’ A. Richardson, Jr., a longtime resident of Beaumont, Texas was born in 1930 in Sour Lake, Texas to Alva and Nancy Richardson and left this life for a better one on January 9, 2018. He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Eva Mae Winegeart. He was a graduate of Lamar University and served in the...

Mary Virginia Follmer

Mary Virginia Follmer

Jan 4, 2018

Mary Follmer, resident of Kingwood, died Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Kingwood Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 2:00pm on Monday, January 8, 2018 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4:00pm-6:00pm on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins, Beaumont. Born in 1946 in Texas City TX, she grew up Orange and was a longtime...

Clifford Marie Johnson Ener

Clifford Marie Johnson Ener

Jan 4, 2018

Clifford Marie Johnson Ener, 89, of Beaumont, passed away on January 4, 2018, at Jefferson Nursing and Rehab in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00am, Saturday, January 13, 2018, at First Baptist Church in Beaumont. Officiating will be Reverend Larry Walker. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will begin an hour prior to the start...

Thomas Leo Hasbrouck, Jr.

Thomas Leo Hasbrouck, Jr.

Jan 2, 2018

Thomas Leo Hasbrouck, Jr. was born in Silsbee, Texas, on August 28, 1984. He went to be with the Lord on January 2, 2018. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Breaux Family Cemetery in Sour Lake. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Kelley Watkins Funeral Home...

Virginia White

Virginia White

Dec 31, 2017

Virginia White, 86, of Sour Lake, Texas, passed away on December 31, 2017, in Spring, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 5, 2018, at First Baptist Church in Sour Lake with visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. Burial will follow the service at Pine Ridge Cemetery at Pine Ridge Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5:00...

Loretta Ruth Watson

Loretta Ruth Watson

Dec 29, 2017

Loretta Ruth Watson of Beaumont, Texas, went home to Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on December 29, 2017. She was 93 years old. Loretta was born in Port Neches, Texas to Ellis and Mirtie Jones. She was the youngest of the 6 children in the family. She grew up in Port Neches and Doucette, Texas, and graduated from Woodville High...

Peggy Darlene Butler

Peggy Darlene Butler

Dec 9, 2017

Peggy Darlene Butler, 83, of Vidor, passed away on December 9, 2017, in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Officiating will be Pastor Jim Fuller. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, December 11, 2017 at Claybar Kelley- Watkins Funeral Home in...

Glynn Lyons

Glynn Lyons

Dec 1, 2017

Mr. Glynn Lyons passed away on December 1, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 12:00 p.m. at Oak Bluff Cemetery at the Serenity Mausoleum on December 28, 2017. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on November 3, 1942, he was the son of Wanda Prejean and Walter A. Lyons. Glynn graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and went on...

Starr Baker Stout

Starr Baker Stout

Dec 1, 2017

Starr Baker Stout, 69, of Vidor was born October 25, 1948 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Grover August and Margaret Ella Starr “Peggy” Baker and passed away December 1, 2017 at her residence in Vidor. A celebration of her life will be held on Monday, December 4, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Turning Point Church in Vidor with dearest...

Martha Stell Foster

Martha Stell Foster

Nov 26, 2017

Martha Stell Foster, 91, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on November 26, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Martha Foster was born in Munger, Texas, on January 14, 1926. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Forrest “Jim Foster; brother, JC Scarborough; sisters, Minnie Lee Reeves and Rena Mae Bairrington; and her son, Jackie Wayne...

Mary Louise Landry Havens

Mary Louise Landry Havens

Nov 22, 2017

Mary Louise Havens, 93, of Lumberton, died Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at Village Creek Nursing and Rehab Center in Lumberton. The family will receive friends for visitation at noon on Monday, November 27, 2017 followed by the funeral service at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Interment will follow at Resthaven Cemetery in Silsbee. Born in Abbeville,...

Beatrice Alviar

Beatrice Alviar

Nov 15, 2017

Beatrice Alviar, 82, of Rose City was born March 26, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late, Feliciano and Maria Gonzalez Lopez and passed away November 15, 2017 in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Beaumont. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery....

Neva Jean Braswell

Neva Jean Braswell

Nov 14, 2017

Neva Jean Braswell, 71, of Buna was born December 13, 1945 in Jasper, Texas to the late James Louis and Neva Lee (Howell) Braswell and passed away November 14, 2017 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was a homemaker and a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Regina Randall...

Ruth Marilynn Hodge Coffey

Ruth Marilynn Hodge Coffey

Nov 9, 2017

Early November 9, 2017, at age 96, Marilynn passed into Eternity with God. Marilynn was the oldest of five children born to Harry Heard Hodge, Sr. and Adelena “Sug” Brown Hodge in Houston, Texas, 15 April 1921. She spent the first nine years of her life amidst extended family and the next two (during the Great Depression) living with relatives...

Malcolm Hernandez

Malcolm Hernandez

Nov 9, 2017

Malcolm Hernandez, 71, of Beaumont, passed away on November 9, 2017, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00am, Monday, November 13, 2017, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00p.m with the rosary recited at 6:00p.m., on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins, Beaumont. Born in Cloutierville, Louisiana, on May 22, 1946, he...

Elmer Thomas Wismer Jr.

Elmer Thomas Wismer Jr.

Nov 9, 2017

Elmer Thomas Wismer, Jr. went home to be with the Lord on November 9, 2017 at Kountze Nursing Center. Elmer was born in Beaumont on October 24, 1932 to Willie Alice Murphy. After graduating from high school, Elmer served in the U.S. Army. Elmer’s wife, Wanda Green Wismer preceded him in death. Elmer is survived by twins born on his...

Frances Marie Vincent

Frances Marie Vincent

Nov 3, 2017

Frances Marie Vincent, of Beaumont, passed away on Friday, November 3. She was born August 20, 1942. She is predeceased by her parents Al and Alice Rose Vincent and siblings Albert Baxter Vincent and Carol Linda Vincent Patton. A native of Beaumont, in her youth Franny was active in the Melody Maids and the Beaumont Community Theater. She was a...

Johnny Fay Richardson

Johnny Fay Richardson

Oct 30, 2017

Johnny Fay Richardson, 91, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on October 30, 2017 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Visitation will be held at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home on 11th St., Beaumont, TX on Friday, November 3, 2017 from 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m. Funeral services will take place at 11:00a.m. Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the funeral home with Pastor Terry...