Faye Smith
Dec 22, 2013
Faye E. Smith, a native of Port Arthur, passed away December 22, 2013 at Cypress Glen East Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. A gathering of family and friends will celebrate her life at a graveside service to be held at 11:30 a.m., on December 26, 2013 at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur. Ms. Smith was a Real Estate...
Robert Wayne Brock
Dec 20, 2013
Funeral services for Robert Wayne Brock, 80, of Beaumont will be held on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church. Dr. Karen Dorris and Reverend Ben Burnside will officiate. Interment will follow in Haven of Rest Cemetery on Hwy 90 in Beaumont. Robert was a native and lifelong resident of Beaumont. He...
Mary Wylene Blackburn
Dec 18, 2013
Mary Wylene Blackburn, 81, of Lumberton, TX passed away December 18, 2013 after a brief illness. She was born February 15, 1932 in Silsbee, TX to Calvin and Mary Belle Releford. Surviving Mrs. Blackburn are her sons, Philip David Blackburn, Jr. of Kountze, TX, Robert Earl Blackburn and his wife, Pamela, of Lumberton, TX, William Patrick Blackburn and his wife,...
Jimmy Franklin Welch
Dec 18, 2013
A Memorial Gathering for Jimmy Franklin Welch, 66, of Rye, TX will be held from 2-4:00 p.m. Sunday, December, 22 in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Jimmy was born, June 3, 1947 in Breckenridge, Texas to the late, Thomas Lee and Ella Clara (Schkade) Welch and had resided in Rye for the past 8 years. A former resident of Bridge...
Namon Denson
Dec 17, 2013
Namon Denson, Jr., 74, of Beaumont, passed away December 17, 2013 at Harbor Hospice after a brief illness. He was born October 10, 1939 in Beaumont to Namon Denson, Sr. and Retha Marie Scott Hayes. Mr. Denson is survived by his children; Ernest Denson, of Beaumont, Norman Denson, Sr. and his wife, Tarrer, of Augusta, Georgia, Michael Denson, of Beaumont,...
Bobbie Jo Hayes
Dec 16, 2013
Bobbie Jo Hayes of Lumberton, Texas passed away at St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, TX Monday, December 16, 2013. Visitation will be from 11:00 – 1:00 PM Thursday at Claybar Kelley Watkins Funeral Home with the funeral service to immediately follow at 1:00 PM. Rev. Robert Turnage and Rev. Charles Turnage will officiate. Born in Denison, Texas on December 2, 1933,...
Daniel Benton McNeel
Dec 14, 2013
Daniel B. McNeel, 97, was born September 21, 1916 in Beaumont, TX to Jerry Mills and Shirley Morris McNeel and passed away December 14, 2013 in Woodville. Mr. McNeel worked as an electrician from Local 479 in construction for over 45 years. He honorably served his country in the US Navy as a Seaman 2nd Class from October 1940 until...
Evelyn Mae Quinn
Dec 11, 2013
Evelyn Mae Quinn, 83, of Winnie passed away at the Arboretum of Winnie on December 11, 2013. She was born December 1, 1930 in Woodbury, New Jersey to the late, Edward and Pearl Allen and was a longtime resident of Beaumont. Mrs. Quinn was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and proudly served as a volunteer at Christus Hospital-St....
Clyde E. Allen
Dec 10, 2013
Clyde Emery Allen, 81, was born October 11, 1932 in Dallas, TX to Cecil and Nona Dudley Allen and passed away December 10, 2013 in Beaumont, TX. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:30 – 7:30 PM, Thursday, December 12 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Funeral services, officiated by Reverend James Boykin and Reverend Clarence Day, will...
Kevin Dwayne Thompson
Dec 8, 2013
Kevin Dwayne Thompson, 47, was born September 21, 1966 in Houston, TX to Robert Thompson Sr. and Lillian "Tootsie" Thompson and passed away December 8, 2013 in Beaumont, TX. Kevin was a resident of Warren and was employed as a stylist at Studio 77 in Beaumont. Kevin is survived by his mother, Lillian Thompson; his partner, Patrick Perry; sisters, Elaine...
Morton A Curtice
Dec 4, 2013
Morton Curtice was born in Port Arthur, Texas to Morton Augusta Curtice and Sadie Curtice on December 29, 1938. He spent most of his childhood life in Port Arthur and Nederland. After graduating from Bishop Byrne High School in 1958, Morton soon met Mary Katherine Palique and they were married in 1959. He started his career as a barber at...
Lula Mae LeDoux
Dec 4, 2013
Lula Mae Nicholas LeDoux, 87, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Silsbee Oaks Nursing Home. A memorial gathering of friends and family will be held at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 13th. Lula was born in Calcasieu Parish, on May 26, 1926, and grew up in Saratoga, Texas as one of four children....
Miriam Lee Kay
Dec 1, 2013
Miriam Lee Kay, RN, age 75 was born May 12, 1938 in Anderson, SC to Harold and Ella Whitten Kay and passed away December 1, 2013 in Beaumont, TX. Ms. Kay was a long-time resident of Beaumont and retired from Baptist Hospital where she was a Registered Nurse. A memorial service, officiated by Chaplain David Cross, will take place 1:00...
Johanna Ann Bates
Nov 29, 2013
Johanna “Jo” Stevenson Bates went to be with her Lord at 6:05 AM, Friday, November 29, 2013 after a long stay at Baptist Hospital and Summer Place, Beaumont, TX. Jo was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Houston, Harris County, TX May 25, 1945, daughter of Vincent Avery and Josephine (Traina) Stevenson. Jo was a loving, caring and giving person, always...
Lois Emma Hellen
Nov 21, 2013
Lois W. Hellen passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the age of 97. Lois was born on December 14, 1915 to Hassie Walker Webb and Thomas S. Webb in the Rosedale Community, now North Beaumont. She attended Voth-Rosedale elementary school and graduated from Beaumont High School in 1933. In 1935 Lois received an Associate Degree from Lamar Junior college,...
Mary Margaret Mullen Dennis
Nov 19, 2013
Margaret was born in Stigler, OK on November 2, 1924, the first daughter of Harvey and Sylvia Agee Mullen. Her parents and two brothers treated her like a princess; this concept of herself remained with Margaret throughout her life. Inside she knew she was somebody special. Having been forged on the events of The Great Depression and World War II...
Florence Virginia Lalande
Nov 18, 2013
Virginia Lalande, 73, of Lumberton passed away Nov. 18, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. She was born August 15, 1940 to Clarence and Eloise Downs. There will be a gathering of family and friends Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. A celebration of her life will be Friday, Nov. 22,...
Morris Gordon "Red" Keene
Nov 14, 2013
Morris Gordon “Red” Keene, 91 of Beaumont, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013. A long- time resident of Beaumont, he was born in Lincoln County, Mississippi on March 10, 1922 to Odie and Annah Keene. After serving in the Army Air Corp in India in WWII, he went on to work for Halliburton Oilwell Cementing Company. Red retired after thirty-five...
Grace Mary Whitman
Nov 9, 2013
Grace Mary Whitman, 88, of Vidor passed away November 9, 2013 in Houston, TX. She was born May 11, 1925 in Slagle, LA to Joseph and Mary Leone Garcia. Grace’s life was devoted to making a home for her husband and children. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of...
Forrest "Goo" Mullins
Nov 9, 2013
Forrest "Goo" Mullins, 64, of Beaumont was born on July 2, 1949 in Orange, Texas to his parents Fred and Kathleen Mullins. Goo passed away on November 9, 2013 at Christus St.Elizabeth Hospital. Forrest is survived by his wife, LaTaine Buckner Mullins; a daughter and son-in-iaw, Kelsey and James Eshliman of Lumberton; his sisters, Carolyn Craig of Orange and Barbara...