Laelene Boudreaux, of Beaumont, TX, 79, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2017 at Houston Hospice, Houston, TX. She was born in Beaumont, TX to Frank and Mattybelle Lytle. She was a graduate of South Park High School in 1956 and later married Thomas Boudreaux in 1957. They celebrated 60 years of marriage and together had 3 children. She worked...
Betty Lou Barkley, 67, of Beaumont passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017 in Beaumont, Texas. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Betty was born to William...
Alberta Revia, 89, 0f Beaumont, died peacefully August 28, 2017. At her request, no services will be held. Mrs. Revia was born March 26, 1928, in Oakdale, LA to Andrew and Nancy Perkins. She came to Beaumont, TX as a child and grew up in the area of Voth. She worked many years for Pinkerton in various petro chemical facilities...
Richard Eugene McLaughlin, 90, of Beaumont was born October 28, 1926 in Buffalo, New York and passed away at his Collier Park residence in Beaumont. Mr. McLaughlin was a retired electrician and member of St. Stephens Episcopal Church. He was also a US Navy veteran and for over 20 years served as a volunteer at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital. He...
Funeral services for Marian Godwin, 93, of Beaumont will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Reverend Robert Besser, pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church, officiating. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Godwin was born in Beaumont,...
Opal Maxine Douville, 77, of Magnolia, Texas, passed away on August 19, 2017, at Kindred Hospital in Spring, Texas. A memorial service will be 1:00p.m., Thursday August 24, 2017, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Officiating will be Pastor Paul Stowell of Believers Christian Fellowship in Jasper, Texas. The family will accept friends an hour prior to the service....
Thomas H. Corley peacefully passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017 at the age of 84. Tom was born on February 20, 1933 in Normangee, TX. He put himself through college working in the oil fields and graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1954 with a degree in business. He met his wife Barbara Roll, at a St. Patrick’s Day...
Helena C. Duffy, 92, of Beaumont was born October 12, 1924 in Providence, Rhode Island and passed away in Beaumont. A memorial Mass will be celebrated on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church in Beaumont. Helena worked for Sam’s Western Wear for many years and also as a secretary for H&H Electric. She was...
Gwendolyn Jo Plemons, 68, of Beaumont was born December 27, 1948 in Corsicana, Texas and passed away August 8, 2017 in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held Friday, August 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Reverend Christopher Tatom officiating. She was preceded in death by her parents, Berniece and Weldon Plemons. Those left to...
Bessie Mae Staha, 90, of Vidor, Texas passed from this life on August 6, 2017. She was born on August 4, 1927 in Tanglewood, Texas, to Mamie Naomi (Shaver) and Ross Delton Baker. She is survived by a brother, Jimmy Baker; son, Dennis Weaver both of Beaumont; daughter, Beverly Kimball and husband, William of Vidor; son-in-law, George Shaw of Houston;...
Dorothy Carabin Bartlett, 91, of Beaumont passed away on August 6, 2017 in Beaumont. She was born on December 22, 1925 to George John and Pearl Carabin. She was a homemaker and member of Woodland Baptist Church. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, August 10, 2017, in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Beaumont....
Soledad Valdez was born July 9, 1922 in New Waverly, Texas and passed away July 28, 2017 in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, August 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall of St. Anne Catholic Church with Msgr. William Manger serving as Celebrant. A gathering of family and friends will be on...
Charles Willis Ireland, Jr. was born Dec. 9, 1925 in Houston, TX to Charles and Amanda Ireland. Charles was the youngest of 8 children. Charles graduated from San Jacinto High School in Houston. He met his wife, Mary, while they were both working at JC Penny in downtown Houston. They were married on April 11, 1948 and lived in Houston...
Charles Edward Westbrook was born September 16, 1942 in Village Mills, TX and passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017 in Beaumont where he was a long time resident with wife and family. Chuck, as he was fondly known to those close, was in the Navy and worked for Zapata offshore oil drilling, with both bringing him to faraway lands. A...
Sharon Evette Simon was born the youngest child of Rufus and Irma Simon, on March 1, 1967, in Beaumont, Texas. She was reared in a loving, Christian family as a member of Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church. She later attended and became a member of Church of the Redeemer. Sharon loved the Lord Jesus and made sure her children...
Kriste Sue Cook, 66, of Beaumont was born June 8, 1951 in Beaumont and passed away July 17, 2017 in Houston, Texas. A service celebrating her life will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Westgate Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday morning from 10-12:00 pm...
Thomas A Boudreaux departed this life, surrounded by family, to be with his Lord and Savior on July 12, 2017. He was a member of Sabine Tabernacle for eighty-seven years and leader of the Young Couples League for nearly forty of them. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an avid bird watcher. The only thing he loved more than...
Tania Lee Honeycutt, 46, of Carrollton, TX, died peacefully Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Carrollton, surrounded by family and friends. She was born on July 5, 1971, in Beaumont, TX, to Hazel Clayton Celestine and Charles B. Celestine of Kountze, TX. She graduated from Warren High School and proudly reigned as Tyler County Dogwood...
William Ray “Billie” Kimbrough, 89, of Beaumont was born November 28, 1927 and passed away July 8, 2017 in Beaumont. A service celebrating his life will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel in Beaumont with Reverend Bob Boone officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Southeast Texas Veterans’...
Larry Dale Allen, Sr., age 62, of Beaumont, TX (formerly of Lumberton) passed away on July 7, 2017. Born in Beaumont, Texas on May 6, 1955, Larry is the son of J.D. Allen, Sr. and Adelle Thompson Allen of Lumberton. He is preceded in death by his wife, Lisa Allen, and son, Chase Douglas Allen. Larry is survived by his...