Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Helen Joy Gilbert
June 30, 2020
Helen Joy Gilbert, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2002 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, Texas. Helen was born November 18, 1934 in Havertown, Pennsylvania to Emil and Helen Keller. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 60 years. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband John E....
Lynda Joyce Dattalo Cardwell
June 29, 2020
Lynda Joyce Dattalo Cardwell, 74, of Port Neches, Texas passed away June 29, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 7, 1946 to the late Peter Dattalo and Lorenza Broussard Dattalo. She enjoyed decorating cakes and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Nederland. Those left to cherish Lynda’s memory are her husband of 54 years,...
Rose Marie Lapoint Reese
June 28, 2020
Rose Marie Lapoint Reese, 80, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her family. Rose was born October 9, 1939 in Beaumont, Texas to Harris Lapoint and Lovenia Theriot Lapoint. She was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. Rose retired after 33 years of service...
Richard Lee Marioneaux
June 27, 2020
Richard Lee Marioneaux, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at Heartfelt Assisting Living in Orange, Texas. Richard was born August 27, 1934 in Winnsboro, Louisiana to Alvin Louis Marioneaux and Mary Lee Tullier Marioneaux. He was a resident of Port Neches for over fifty years and a member of the Sertoma Club. Richard served his...
Vivian F. Broussard Gates
June 27, 2020
Vivian F. Broussard Gates, 97, of Port Arthur, Texas peacefully passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born November 17, 1922 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Armand Frederick and Suzanne LaVergne Frederick. Vivian had lived in this area for 67 years and was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Groves. She...
Joseph Ray "Trace" Clay III
June 27, 2020
Joseph Ray “Trace” Clay III, 51, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 27, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on August 3, 1968 to Joseph Ray Clay, Jr. and Brenda Kay Marshall Clay. Those left to cherish Trace’s memory are his mother, Brenda Kay Distefeno of Nederland; his brothers, Eric Clay and his wife Debra of Austin and...
Cesar Manuel Martinez-Barragan
June 25, 2020
Cesar Manuel Martinez-Barragan, of Houston, Texas passed away peacefully while he was sleeping on June 25, 2020 at the age of 54. Cesar was born April 23, 1966 in Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico to Tomas Martinez and Alicia Barragan de Martinez. He was a resident of Port Arthur, Texas and a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include his daughters Karen Martinez and Ashley...
Gerry "Cleve" Howard
June 24, 2020
Gerry "Cleve" Howard, 84, of Mauriceville, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at his home. Cleve was born August 25, 1935 in Hackberry, Louisiana to Luther Vincent Howard and Leora Vincent Howard. He was a resident of Mauriceville for 27 years and a member of the Catholic faith. Cleve was the Area Vice President of Austin Industrial and a...
Linda Elain Cobb
June 23, 2020
Linda Elain Cobb, 70, of Nederland, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Linda was born in Port Arthur on September 30, 1949 to the late Gordon Eastis and Inez Freeman Eastis. She retired from the Nederland Independent School in the History/English Department after thirty one years of service. She also was a member of the First United Methodist Church in...
Sheldon A. Arnaud
June 23, 2020
Sheldon Antoine Arnaud, 83, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Sheldon was born February 18, 1937 in Arnaudville, Louisiana to the late Samuel and Ezaure Arnaud. He graduated from Cecilia High School in Cecilia, Louisiana and attended Lamar University for Machine/Tools Science. Sheldon was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches, Texas for...
Dorothy Mae Champagne
June 22, 2020
Dorothy Mae Champagne, 90, of Nederland passed away Monday, June 22, 2020. Dorothy was born August 7, 1929 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to the late Desoto and Alita Breaux Richard. Dorothy was a very active member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland. She also worked for B.F. Goodrich as a secretary in the Lab. But she most enjoyed...
James Harrison Miles
June 22, 2020
James Harrison Miles, 56, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 22, 2020. He was born in Loraine, Texas on July 17, 1963 to John Harrison Miles and Shirley Soliani Miles. James was a mechanic for United Rental for 13 years. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Marine Corps. Those left to cherish James’s memory are his...
Bill Beresky
June 22, 2020
Bill Beresky, Sr., 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, June 22, 2020 in Porter, Texas. Bill was born October 24, 1934 in Rio Grande City, Texas to Charles Karol Beresky, Sr. and Lucrecia Moraida Beresky. He was a longtime area resident and furniture salesman for Port Arthur Furniture Store. Bill was a former member of St. Peters Catholic Church...
Margaret Juanita Johnson
June 21, 2020
Margaret Juanita Johnson, 91, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 21, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur on December 4, 1928 to the late Lawrence Earl White and Margaret Lorena Hendon. Those left to cherish Margaret’s memory are her daughters, Linda L. Nally and her husband Robert C., Kathryn G. Peters and her husband Richard , and Janice...
Abbitt Branham Jr.
June 20, 2020
Abbitt Branham, Jr., 65, of Port Arthur passed away June 20, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on November 11, 1954 to the late Abbitt Branham, Sr. and Sylvia Wilmer Branham. Abbitt was a proud member of the Monacan Indian Tribe of Lynchburg, Virginia. Those left to cherish Abbitt’s memory are his sons, Trae Branham, III of Austin,...
Michael J. Lalonde
June 19, 2020
Michael J. Lalonde, 70, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 19, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 16, 1950 to the late Leon Marion Lalonde Sr. and Louisa Schexnayder Lalonde. He worked as a carpenter for the Lynch Brother’s Construction Company. Those left to cherish Michael’s memory are his sons, Chris Lalonde and his wife...
Dixie Jane Casey
June 19, 2020
Dixie Jane Casey, 87, of Port Arthur, Texas died Friday, June 19, 2020 at home. She was born on December 6, 1932, to the late G.B May and Jessie Barnes in Whitehouse, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Jan Carol Davis; two brothers, Wendell May and Weldon May, and son-in-law Curtis Doucet. Survivors include her husband,...
Murlin Fortune Lough
June 18, 2020
Murlin Fortune Lough, 93, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Aprils House of Angels in Port Neches. He was born February 3, 1927 to parents, Franklin Joseph Lough and Leah Fortune Lough in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1945. Murlin got a draft notice, but decided to join the...
Leola Catherine Menchaca
June 15, 2020
Leola Catherine Menchaca, 96, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 15, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on April 8, 1924 to the late Narciso Castro and Inez Reschmann Castro. Leola was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland. Those left to cherish Leola’s memory are her daughters, Madeline Davalos (Louis) of Port Arthur and...
Patricia Ann Loeffler
June 14, 2020
Patricia Ann Loeffler, 89, of Denver, Colorado and formerly of Houston, Texas passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 in Lakewood, Colorado. Patricia was born February 15, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Arthur Lawrence Poynter and Annie Louise Drummond Poynter. She was a resident of Denver, Colorado and a former longtime resident of Houston, Texas where she was a member...
Helen Joy Gilbert
June 30, 2020
Helen Joy Gilbert, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2002 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, Texas. Helen was born November 18, 1934 in Havertown, Pennsylvania to Emil and Helen Keller. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 60 years. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband John E....
Lynda Joyce Dattalo Cardwell
June 29, 2020
Lynda Joyce Dattalo Cardwell, 74, of Port Neches, Texas passed away June 29, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 7, 1946 to the late Peter Dattalo and Lorenza Broussard Dattalo. She enjoyed decorating cakes and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Nederland. Those left to cherish Lynda’s memory are her husband of 54 years,...
Rose Marie Lapoint Reese
June 28, 2020
Rose Marie Lapoint Reese, 80, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her family. Rose was born October 9, 1939 in Beaumont, Texas to Harris Lapoint and Lovenia Theriot Lapoint. She was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. Rose retired after 33 years of service...
Richard Lee Marioneaux
June 27, 2020
Richard Lee Marioneaux, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at Heartfelt Assisting Living in Orange, Texas. Richard was born August 27, 1934 in Winnsboro, Louisiana to Alvin Louis Marioneaux and Mary Lee Tullier Marioneaux. He was a resident of Port Neches for over fifty years and a member of the Sertoma Club. Richard served his...
Vivian F. Broussard Gates
June 27, 2020
Vivian F. Broussard Gates, 97, of Port Arthur, Texas peacefully passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born November 17, 1922 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Armand Frederick and Suzanne LaVergne Frederick. Vivian had lived in this area for 67 years and was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Groves. She...
Joseph Ray "Trace" Clay III
June 27, 2020
Joseph Ray “Trace” Clay III, 51, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 27, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on August 3, 1968 to Joseph Ray Clay, Jr. and Brenda Kay Marshall Clay. Those left to cherish Trace’s memory are his mother, Brenda Kay Distefeno of Nederland; his brothers, Eric Clay and his wife Debra of Austin and...
Cesar Manuel Martinez-Barragan
June 25, 2020
Cesar Manuel Martinez-Barragan, of Houston, Texas passed away peacefully while he was sleeping on June 25, 2020 at the age of 54. Cesar was born April 23, 1966 in Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico to Tomas Martinez and Alicia Barragan de Martinez. He was a resident of Port Arthur, Texas and a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include his daughters Karen Martinez and Ashley...
Gerry "Cleve" Howard
June 24, 2020
Gerry "Cleve" Howard, 84, of Mauriceville, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at his home. Cleve was born August 25, 1935 in Hackberry, Louisiana to Luther Vincent Howard and Leora Vincent Howard. He was a resident of Mauriceville for 27 years and a member of the Catholic faith. Cleve was the Area Vice President of Austin Industrial and a...
Linda Elain Cobb
June 23, 2020
Linda Elain Cobb, 70, of Nederland, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Linda was born in Port Arthur on September 30, 1949 to the late Gordon Eastis and Inez Freeman Eastis. She retired from the Nederland Independent School in the History/English Department after thirty one years of service. She also was a member of the First United Methodist Church in...
Sheldon A. Arnaud
June 23, 2020
Sheldon Antoine Arnaud, 83, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Sheldon was born February 18, 1937 in Arnaudville, Louisiana to the late Samuel and Ezaure Arnaud. He graduated from Cecilia High School in Cecilia, Louisiana and attended Lamar University for Machine/Tools Science. Sheldon was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches, Texas for...
Dorothy Mae Champagne
June 22, 2020
Dorothy Mae Champagne, 90, of Nederland passed away Monday, June 22, 2020. Dorothy was born August 7, 1929 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to the late Desoto and Alita Breaux Richard. Dorothy was a very active member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland. She also worked for B.F. Goodrich as a secretary in the Lab. But she most enjoyed...
James Harrison Miles
June 22, 2020
James Harrison Miles, 56, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 22, 2020. He was born in Loraine, Texas on July 17, 1963 to John Harrison Miles and Shirley Soliani Miles. James was a mechanic for United Rental for 13 years. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Marine Corps. Those left to cherish James’s memory are his...
Bill Beresky
June 22, 2020
Bill Beresky, Sr., 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, June 22, 2020 in Porter, Texas. Bill was born October 24, 1934 in Rio Grande City, Texas to Charles Karol Beresky, Sr. and Lucrecia Moraida Beresky. He was a longtime area resident and furniture salesman for Port Arthur Furniture Store. Bill was a former member of St. Peters Catholic Church...
Margaret Juanita Johnson
June 21, 2020
Margaret Juanita Johnson, 91, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 21, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur on December 4, 1928 to the late Lawrence Earl White and Margaret Lorena Hendon. Those left to cherish Margaret’s memory are her daughters, Linda L. Nally and her husband Robert C., Kathryn G. Peters and her husband Richard , and Janice...
Abbitt Branham Jr.
June 20, 2020
Abbitt Branham, Jr., 65, of Port Arthur passed away June 20, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on November 11, 1954 to the late Abbitt Branham, Sr. and Sylvia Wilmer Branham. Abbitt was a proud member of the Monacan Indian Tribe of Lynchburg, Virginia. Those left to cherish Abbitt’s memory are his sons, Trae Branham, III of Austin,...
Michael J. Lalonde
June 19, 2020
Michael J. Lalonde, 70, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 19, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 16, 1950 to the late Leon Marion Lalonde Sr. and Louisa Schexnayder Lalonde. He worked as a carpenter for the Lynch Brother’s Construction Company. Those left to cherish Michael’s memory are his sons, Chris Lalonde and his wife...
Dixie Jane Casey
June 19, 2020
Dixie Jane Casey, 87, of Port Arthur, Texas died Friday, June 19, 2020 at home. She was born on December 6, 1932, to the late G.B May and Jessie Barnes in Whitehouse, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Jan Carol Davis; two brothers, Wendell May and Weldon May, and son-in-law Curtis Doucet. Survivors include her husband,...
Murlin Fortune Lough
June 18, 2020
Murlin Fortune Lough, 93, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Aprils House of Angels in Port Neches. He was born February 3, 1927 to parents, Franklin Joseph Lough and Leah Fortune Lough in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1945. Murlin got a draft notice, but decided to join the...
Leola Catherine Menchaca
June 15, 2020
Leola Catherine Menchaca, 96, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 15, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on April 8, 1924 to the late Narciso Castro and Inez Reschmann Castro. Leola was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland. Those left to cherish Leola’s memory are her daughters, Madeline Davalos (Louis) of Port Arthur and...
Patricia Ann Loeffler
June 14, 2020
Patricia Ann Loeffler, 89, of Denver, Colorado and formerly of Houston, Texas passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 in Lakewood, Colorado. Patricia was born February 15, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Arthur Lawrence Poynter and Annie Louise Drummond Poynter. She was a resident of Denver, Colorado and a former longtime resident of Houston, Texas where she was a member...