LaMaurice DeWayne Walton, 63, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018 the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born September 28, 1954 in Lake Jackson, Texas to the late Warner Lafayette Walton, Jr. and Charlotte Juanita Knopp Walton.
LaMaurice is survived by his son, Carl Walton and his wife, Pamela of Erath, LA; his daughters, Jeanetta Loya and her husband, Ismael of Port Arthur, and Angelina Walton of Groves; 13 grandchildren; and his sisters, Linda Guy of Port Acres, Wanda Burrow of Groves, and Shirley Lauzon of Lansing, MI. He is preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Barbara Knopp; and his brother, Bobby Walton.
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Thursday, January 11, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. with a chapel service at 2:00 P.M. at Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland with interment to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland.