Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Constance "Connie" Landry
March 26, 2020
Constance "Connie" Landry, 95, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, March 26, 2020 in Groves, Texas. Connie was born November 20, 1924 in Port Neches, Texas to John Bernard and Nolia Hebert Bernard. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Connie was a retired PN-G ISD Bus Driver. In her...
Bundeen "Bunny" Martin
March 25, 2020
Bundeen "Bunny" Martin, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Bunny was born November 23, 1934 in Merkel, Texas to Arthur McNutt and Ethel Hawkins McNutt. She was a resident of Groves for 60 years and a member of First Baptist Church of Groves. She retired from the medical records department of Park Place Hospital after numerous...
Robert Frank Wimberly
March 25, 2020
Robert Frank Wimberly, 87, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 25, 2020. He was born in Weldon, Texas on December 7, 1932 to the late Charles K. Wimberly and Ethel M. DeBord Wimberly Broomfield. Robert served his country proudly in the U. S. Air Force and was a member of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. He retired after 36...
James Eugene Blackburn
March 23, 2020
James Eugene Blackburn, 85, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, March 23, 2020. James was born July 29, 1934 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Orlando Blackburn and Margaret Roe Blackburn. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 40 years and member of Memorial Church of Christ, formerly known as Stonegate Church of Christ. James was a retired French Professor...
Kenneth McClain Suiter
March 22, 2020
Kenneth McClain Suiter, 94, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away at his home, surrounded by family, on Sunday morning, March 22, 2020. Kenneth was born in Otis, Kansas, on January 24, 1926 to Clive Suiter and Mary Peters Suiter. He grew up in Otis and upon graduating high school, attended Kansas State University and graduated with a degree in Mechanical...
Lanette Meleton Lowe
March 22, 2020
Lanette Meleton Lowe, 60, of Groves passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020, at her residence. Lanette was born April 24, 1959 in Port Arthur, Texas to William and Loretta Meleton. Lanette retired from the State of Texas as a caseworker. She cared for others and loved her fur babies. Lanette was preceded in death by her father, William Meleton; grandparents,...
DC West
March 21, 2020
DC West was born on August 9, 1932 in Wiergate, Texas to Cecil Jacobs West and Dain Orvalee West. He died on March 21, 2020 in Port Arthur, Texas. DC attended Beaumont High School, graduated from Nederland High School, and attended Lamar Tech. Upon graduation from high school, he went to work at the Port Arthur Texaco Refinery, then served...
Anya Lee Gregory
March 21, 2020
Anya Lee Gregory, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, March 21, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 8, 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama to Kelsey Vincent and Nancy Herod Vincent. Anya had lived in Groves for over 60 years and was a member of Val Verde Baptist Church. The family will have services to...
Bessie Smith Hawthorne
March 19, 2020
Bessie Smith Hawthorne, 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away March 19, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 27, 1935 to the late William Holman and Cassie Hall Holman. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School as Valedictorian in 1954. Bessie was a member of the Alpha Pi Epsilon at Lamar University where she graduated...
Eric Charles "Peanut" Kimball
March 18, 2020
Eric Charles "Peanut" Kimball, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Peanut was born September 2, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas to Theodore A. Kimball and Isabelle Pietz Kimball. He was a lifelong area resident and 1956 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. Peanut was a lifelong self-employed commercial shrimper and served in the U. S. Army...
Andrew Russell Champagne
March 17, 2020
Andrew Russell Champagne, 77, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at the Port Arthur Community Retirement Home. Andrew was born December 31, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Andrew and Lena Champagne. Andrew was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Joseph Champagne and Lena Mulheron Champagne. Those left behind to cherish his memory...
Brenda Sue Kube
March 17, 2020
Brenda Sue Kube, 73, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. Brenda was born April 5, 1946 in Brenham, Texas to Odus Graham and LaVerne Lehde Graham. She was a resident of Port Neches for 36 years and a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Groves. Brenda was the secretary...
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz
March 16, 2020
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz, 95, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away, Monday, March 16, 2020 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Ursula was born December 6, 1924 in Germany to Fred and Jenny Roos. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 80 years and a member of Temple Emanuel in Beaumont. Ursula was retired after...
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr.
March 15, 2020
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr. beloved husband, son, brother, and friend, passed away on March 15, 2020 in Pasadena, Texas. Born on September 18, 1950, Butch lived a life filled with love, generosity, and a passion for his family.Butch was a hardworking individual who dedicated his career to serving various industries. He began his professional journey working alongside his father...
Amelia Lee Benson
March 15, 2020
Amelia Lee Benson, infant, of China, Texas passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A graveside service will be held Monday, March 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas under the direction of Levingston Funeral Home Port Neches. Surviving relatives include her parents, Tyeler and Delilah Benson of China,...
John Earl DeVillier
March 15, 2020
John Earl DeVillier peacefully passed away Sunday morning at the desk of his Capitol Blvd. home in Groves. A month short of his 91st birthday, John spent most of his life under the same pecan trees that also shaded his first home, built on Jefferson by his dad and granddad in 1926. John loved sports. He ran some on the...
Susan Pritchard Silmon
March 14, 2020
Susan Pritchard Silmon, 62, of Nederland, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020. Susan was born October 8, 1957, in Beaumont, Texas to Frankie Jean DeLage and John Weaver Pritchard. Susan was a 1975 graduate of Nederland High School. She was passionate about her children and grandchildren, of which she gave freely. Susan was a loving and kind person with a...
Claude Marcus Bodden
March 14, 2020
Claude Marcus Bodden, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 10, 1929 in Grand Cayman Island to Rayburn Bodden and Ellie Mae Thompson Bodden. Claude proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was retired from DuPont as...
Donald Wesley Stanfill Jr.
March 13, 2020
Donald Wesley "Bubba" Stanfill, Jr., 34, of Nederland, Texas passed away March 13, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 3, 1986 to Donald Wesley Stanfill, Sr. and Kathy Lynn Tolbert Stanfill. Those left to cherish Donald’s memory are his wife, Cynthia Johnson Stanfill of Nederland; his mother, Kathy Stanfill Whitley of Nederland; his son, Wesley Stanfill...
Constance "Connie" Landry
March 26, 2020
Constance "Connie" Landry, 95, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, March 26, 2020 in Groves, Texas. Connie was born November 20, 1924 in Port Neches, Texas to John Bernard and Nolia Hebert Bernard. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Connie was a retired PN-G ISD Bus Driver. In her...
Bundeen "Bunny" Martin
March 25, 2020
Bundeen "Bunny" Martin, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Bunny was born November 23, 1934 in Merkel, Texas to Arthur McNutt and Ethel Hawkins McNutt. She was a resident of Groves for 60 years and a member of First Baptist Church of Groves. She retired from the medical records department of Park Place Hospital after numerous...
Robert Frank Wimberly
March 25, 2020
Robert Frank Wimberly, 87, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 25, 2020. He was born in Weldon, Texas on December 7, 1932 to the late Charles K. Wimberly and Ethel M. DeBord Wimberly Broomfield. Robert served his country proudly in the U. S. Air Force and was a member of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. He retired after 36...
James Eugene Blackburn
March 23, 2020
James Eugene Blackburn, 85, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, March 23, 2020. James was born July 29, 1934 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Orlando Blackburn and Margaret Roe Blackburn. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 40 years and member of Memorial Church of Christ, formerly known as Stonegate Church of Christ. James was a retired French Professor...
Kenneth McClain Suiter
March 22, 2020
Kenneth McClain Suiter, 94, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away at his home, surrounded by family, on Sunday morning, March 22, 2020. Kenneth was born in Otis, Kansas, on January 24, 1926 to Clive Suiter and Mary Peters Suiter. He grew up in Otis and upon graduating high school, attended Kansas State University and graduated with a degree in Mechanical...
Lanette Meleton Lowe
March 22, 2020
Lanette Meleton Lowe, 60, of Groves passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020, at her residence. Lanette was born April 24, 1959 in Port Arthur, Texas to William and Loretta Meleton. Lanette retired from the State of Texas as a caseworker. She cared for others and loved her fur babies. Lanette was preceded in death by her father, William Meleton; grandparents,...
DC West
March 21, 2020
DC West was born on August 9, 1932 in Wiergate, Texas to Cecil Jacobs West and Dain Orvalee West. He died on March 21, 2020 in Port Arthur, Texas. DC attended Beaumont High School, graduated from Nederland High School, and attended Lamar Tech. Upon graduation from high school, he went to work at the Port Arthur Texaco Refinery, then served...
Anya Lee Gregory
March 21, 2020
Anya Lee Gregory, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, March 21, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 8, 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama to Kelsey Vincent and Nancy Herod Vincent. Anya had lived in Groves for over 60 years and was a member of Val Verde Baptist Church. The family will have services to...
Bessie Smith Hawthorne
March 19, 2020
Bessie Smith Hawthorne, 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away March 19, 2020. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 27, 1935 to the late William Holman and Cassie Hall Holman. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School as Valedictorian in 1954. Bessie was a member of the Alpha Pi Epsilon at Lamar University where she graduated...
Eric Charles "Peanut" Kimball
March 18, 2020
Eric Charles "Peanut" Kimball, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Peanut was born September 2, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas to Theodore A. Kimball and Isabelle Pietz Kimball. He was a lifelong area resident and 1956 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. Peanut was a lifelong self-employed commercial shrimper and served in the U. S. Army...
Andrew Russell Champagne
March 17, 2020
Andrew Russell Champagne, 77, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at the Port Arthur Community Retirement Home. Andrew was born December 31, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Andrew and Lena Champagne. Andrew was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Joseph Champagne and Lena Mulheron Champagne. Those left behind to cherish his memory...
Brenda Sue Kube
March 17, 2020
Brenda Sue Kube, 73, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. Brenda was born April 5, 1946 in Brenham, Texas to Odus Graham and LaVerne Lehde Graham. She was a resident of Port Neches for 36 years and a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Groves. Brenda was the secretary...
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz
March 16, 2020
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz, 95, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away, Monday, March 16, 2020 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Ursula was born December 6, 1924 in Germany to Fred and Jenny Roos. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 80 years and a member of Temple Emanuel in Beaumont. Ursula was retired after...
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr.
March 15, 2020
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr. beloved husband, son, brother, and friend, passed away on March 15, 2020 in Pasadena, Texas. Born on September 18, 1950, Butch lived a life filled with love, generosity, and a passion for his family.Butch was a hardworking individual who dedicated his career to serving various industries. He began his professional journey working alongside his father...
Amelia Lee Benson
March 15, 2020
Amelia Lee Benson, infant, of China, Texas passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A graveside service will be held Monday, March 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas under the direction of Levingston Funeral Home Port Neches. Surviving relatives include her parents, Tyeler and Delilah Benson of China,...
John Earl DeVillier
March 15, 2020
John Earl DeVillier peacefully passed away Sunday morning at the desk of his Capitol Blvd. home in Groves. A month short of his 91st birthday, John spent most of his life under the same pecan trees that also shaded his first home, built on Jefferson by his dad and granddad in 1926. John loved sports. He ran some on the...
Susan Pritchard Silmon
March 14, 2020
Susan Pritchard Silmon, 62, of Nederland, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020. Susan was born October 8, 1957, in Beaumont, Texas to Frankie Jean DeLage and John Weaver Pritchard. Susan was a 1975 graduate of Nederland High School. She was passionate about her children and grandchildren, of which she gave freely. Susan was a loving and kind person with a...
Claude Marcus Bodden
March 14, 2020
Claude Marcus Bodden, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 10, 1929 in Grand Cayman Island to Rayburn Bodden and Ellie Mae Thompson Bodden. Claude proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was retired from DuPont as...
Donald Wesley Stanfill Jr.
March 13, 2020
Donald Wesley "Bubba" Stanfill, Jr., 34, of Nederland, Texas passed away March 13, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 3, 1986 to Donald Wesley Stanfill, Sr. and Kathy Lynn Tolbert Stanfill. Those left to cherish Donald’s memory are his wife, Cynthia Johnson Stanfill of Nederland; his mother, Kathy Stanfill Whitley of Nederland; his son, Wesley Stanfill...