Albert Padilla
Mar 10, 2017
Albert Padilla, 72, of Shawnee, OK, died March 10, 2017 Christus-St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Cremation will be handled by Claybar Funeral Home with services at a later date. Albert was born June 22, 1944 in Shawnee, OK to Jessie and Andrea Padilla. Following graduation from high school, he entered the Army where he served as an infantryman. Upon returning...
Kenneth L. Venable
Mar 10, 2017
A memorial service celebrating the life of Kenneth L. Venable, 66, of Vidor will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Harmony Baptist Church in Vidor with Pastor Doug Bray officiating. Ken was born June 24, 1950 in Lafayette, LA and passed away at his residence on March 10, 2017. A resident of Vidor for 40...
James Aaron Baisdon
Feb 20, 2017
Mr. James Aaron Baisdon, 89, of Beaumont, TX passed away at his home February 20, 2017. A service celebrating his life will be held Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont with burial to follow in Clines Prairie Cemetery in Huntsville, TX at 4 p.m. A gathering of family and friends will...
Cynthia L. (Peggy) Martin
Feb 5, 2017
Cynthia L. Martin (Peggy), passed away peacefully at the age of 74 on February 5th 2017 in Plano, TX from complications of a stroke. Cynthia was born to the late Eugene Davis and Rose Findleter on November 29th 1942, in Jamaica. Cynthia left Jamaica for England in her early twenties to pursue a nursing degree. She graduated from Ashford Hospital...
Mary Lou Wheeler Prichard
Feb 3, 2017
Mrs. Mary Lou Wheeler Prichard passed away February 3, 2017 at her home in Hillister, Texas. She was born February 11, 1935 in Glen Flora, Texas to James Fredrick and Willie Mae Wheeler. When Mary Lou and her husband, Alfred, moved to Hillister 36 years ago she began working as the secretary at Hillister Baptist Church. Mrs. Prichard was preceded...
Emil Weaver
Jan 31, 2017
Emil L. Weaver Emil L. Weaver, 87, passed away on January 31, 2017, at Calder Woods Senior Living. Emil, son of Elsie Elner and Elnora Dell Harmon Weaver, was born on April 2, 1929, in the front bedroom of their home in Hankamer, Texas. Emil moved to Beaumont when he was 14 and it wasn’t long before he met the...
Alicia S. "Suzy" Pelloat
Jan 30, 2017
Alicia S. “Suzy” Pelloat, 78, of Vidor was born August 27, 1938 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and passed away January 30, 2017 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was retired from the Orange County Treasurer’s office where she worked as a Treasurer Clerk. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor and a loving and...
Nell McCormick
Jan 26, 2017
Nell McCormick, 98 years of age, went to be with her Lord and her loved ones on January 26, 2018 at Calder Woods Assisted Living. She was born December 22, 1917 in Bude Mississippi to Fannie Mae and Floyd McManus. The family later moved to Beaumont and built one of the first homes on Lucas Drive. Nell was a woman...
Gabriel Joseph Meineke
Jan 26, 2017
A memorial service for Infant Gabriel Joseph Meineke, 6 weeks old, of Vidor will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Gabriel came into our world on December 15, 2017 in Beaumont, Texas and left us January 26, 2017. Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. Sunday prior to the service. During the...
Curtis Mitch Menefee
Jan 25, 2017
Curtis Mitch Menefee was born on October 9, 1958, in Beaumont, Texas and passed away on January 25, 2017, at MD Anderson hospital with his wife and his parents at his side. He was raised in Nederland, Texas and attended and graduated from Nederland Independent School District. He worked at the Goodyear Chemical Plant in Beaumont for almost 40 years....
Emil D. "Pete" Wade
Jan 23, 2017
Emil D. "Pete” Wade, 91, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017. Pete was born April 6, 1925 in Texas City where he lived until graduating high school in 1941. He entered the Air Force, attended Navigation school and served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as a navigator aboard a B29. He and his crew flew over...
Ralph Jesters
Jan 22, 2017
The Scripture says—“In all things give thanks” and I stand here tonight to give thanks for the life of Ralph Leroy Jester, who died on the 22nd of January in our city. He would have been 75 next month, but coronary arteries blocked by plaque took his life. He died alone, but not without people who cared—Yolanda Vanapalli was one...
Bill Smith
Jan 15, 2017
Bill Smith, 89, of Beaumont, passed away on January 15, 2017, at Village Creek Nursing Home in Lumberton. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 12:00p.m.-2:00p.m., Thursday prior to the service. Bill is survived by his daughter, Linda See; son, William “Mick” See; three grandchildren; two...
Beverly Jane Hinson
Jan 13, 2017
Beverly Jane Hinson, 80, of Beaumont was born December 9,1936 in Lufkin, Texas to Yancy L. and Katherine (Cruse) Hinson and went to be with her Lord January 13, 2017. A longtime resident of Beaumont, Beverly became a member of First Baptist Church when she was in the third grade and this relationship continued as an important foundation in her...
Janice Carol (Fielder) Lawson
Jan 12, 2017
Janice Carol (Fielder) Lawson, 58, of Beaumont was born February 5, 1958 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Thomas E. and Jan Ann Fielder and passed away January 12, 2017 at her residence in Beaumont. Janice was a retired paramedic who loved spending time on the bayou, dancing and listening to Cajun music. She loved her family and had a...
Charles Edward "CE" Patton Jr.
Dec 27, 2016
Charles “CE” Edward Patton, Jr., 82, of Vidor passed away peacefully at his home on December 27, 2016. A celebration of his life will be on Friday, December 30, 2016 at 2:00 pm in the Claybar Kelley Watkins Chapel. Interment will be on Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at 12:30p.m. at the US National Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends...
Alan Craig Chapman
Dec 26, 2016
Alan Craig Chapman, 66, was born on November 29, 1950 to Thomas Wayne and Josephine Chapman in Painesville, Ohio. He passed away on December 26, 2016 in Beaumont, Texas. He was a 1970 graduate of Riverside High School and lived and worked in the area most of his life. Al also resided in Phoenix, Arizona and last lived in southeast...
Valentin Zapata
Dec 26, 2016
Valentin Zapata, 72, of Beaumont, passed away on December 26, 2016, at Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be 10:00a.m., Friday, December 30, 2016, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00p.m.-8:00p.m., with a rosary at 6:00p.m., on Thursday, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral...
Ruby Lee Turner Ott
Dec 20, 2016
Funeral services for Ruby Lee Turner Ott, 90, of Beaumont, Texas will be held Friday, December 23, 2016, at 10:00am, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. There will be a meal after interment at Lamar Baptist Church 1003 Oregon, Beaumont, Texas. A desert bar will be provided by the Houston and Louisiana Cake...
Billie Craig Hodge
Dec 16, 2016
Funeral services for Billie Craig Hodge, 90, of Beaumont will be held Monday, December 19, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Sabine Tabernacle. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Hodge was born April 1, 1926 in Beaumont and went to be with her Lord December 16, 2016...