Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Shirley Mae Jones Havard
August 1, 2018
Shirley Mae Jones Havard, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Shirley was born September 17, 1933 in Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania to Lesley Jones and Marie Kiskadden Jones. She was a lifelong area resident and graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School, where she was an original Indianette. Shirley retired from the medical office of Dr. James Shepherd...
Margie Eickenhorst Kasper
July 31, 2018
Margie A. Eickenhorst Kasper, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Margie was born June 15, 1932 in Port Arthur, Texas to Walter H. Eickenhorst and Lena Schkade Eickenhorst. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Margie retired from J. C. Penney...
James Aubrey Cain
July 30, 2018
James Aubrey Cain, 64, of Silsbee, Texas passed away Monday, July 30, 2018. He was born in Fort Benning, Georgia on July 4, 1954 to the late Jeff Belus Cain and Melba Joyce Marshall Cain. Known as Aubrey to friends and family, he began his racing career in Ohio before he even had a driver’s license. He continued to race...
Therese Rowland
July 28, 2018
Therese LeBlanc Rowland, 89, of Nederland, passed away July 28, 2018 two days shy of her 90th birthday. She was preceded in death by Donald, her husband of 60 years. She was a proud graduate of St. James High School, Class of 1947. Therese “retired” several times after many years at Greenlawn Memorial Park. She was a Charter member of...
Claude M. Edwards
July 28, 2018
Claude M. Edwards, 82, of Port Acres, Texas passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018 in Port Arthur, Texas. Claude was born on December 11, 1935 in Denton, Texas to the late, Donald and Dora Edwards. Claude was a parishioner at St. Therese the Little Flower Catholic Church in Port Acres, attended Port Neches Groves High School and was a...
Betty Thibodeaux
July 27, 2018
Betty C. Thibodeaux a loving wife and mother, 83, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018. Betty was born on December 21, 1934 in Morgan City, Louisiana to the late Calise Torres and Lucille Gaudet Torres. After moving to Port Arthur in 1954, Betty became a licensed beautician. She also worked for Texaco for five years...
Bonnie Norton
July 25, 2018
Bonnie Norton, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Bonnie was born February 4, 1930 in Thomson, Georgia to Edgar Aldridge and Pauline Scully Aldridge. She was a resident of Port Neches for 70 years and a retired Certified Nurses Aide at Mid-Jefferson Hospital with...
Robert "Bobby" Sharpless
July 24, 2018
Robert "Bobby" H. Sharpless, 97, of Port Arthur passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Westminster Properties in Winter Park, Florida. He was born in Pensacola, Florida on October 13, 1920 to Harry Reid Sharpless and Loretta Hitchcock Sharpless. Bob had lived in Port Arthur since 1931 and was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and the University of...
Dianna Lofton Buethe
July 23, 2018
Dianna Lofton Buethe, 68, of Coldspring, Texas passed away Monday, July 23, 2018 at Conroe Regional Hospital in Conroe, Texas. Dianna was born August 9, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to John H. Lofton and Mary Branch Lofton. She grew up in Groves and graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School. Dianna lived in Pasadena before moving to Lake Livingston in...
Thomas M. Martin
July 22, 2018
Thomas M. Martin, 74, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at Heritage House in Groves, Texas. Thomas was born in Charleston, West Virginia on September 21, 1943 to Richard D. Martin, Sr. and Evelyn L. Riddle Martin. Thomas was a member of the Nederland Independent School District School Board for 22 years and served as Board...
Billy Ray Brown
July 22, 2018
Billy Ray Brown, 89, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018. He was born in Clarksville, Arkansas on January 9, 1929 to the late Philip Ames Brown and Bessie Johnson Brown. Billy served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and was a member of Nederland Avenue Church of Christ. Billy served as a self-employed cement mason...
Helen LeGrand Burleigh
July 21, 2018
Helen LeGrand Burleigh, 87, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Clarimont Nursing Home in Beaumont, Texas. Helen was born September 24, 1930 in Cecelia, Louisiana to Antoine LeGrand and Andrea Eddy LeGrand. Helen was a resident of Port Arthur for 70 years, a homemaker and member of the Catholic faith. She was preceded in death...
Clara Beatrice Westbrook
July 20, 2018
Clara Beatrice Westbrook, 76, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, July 20, 2018. Clara was born June 11, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ernest Edward Smith and Eula Allen Smith. She was a resident of Port Neches for 51 years and member of Central Baptist Church in Port Neches. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother,...
Sue Phillips
July 19, 2018
Sue Phillips, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Pelican Bay in Beaumont, Texas. Sue was born August 21, 1929 in Collins, Mississippi to Dennis Shoemake and Theola Sanderson Shoemake. She was a resident of this area for 67 years and a retired Bookkeeper with 16 years of service. A graveside service will be held...
Landon Joseph Davies
July 17, 2018
Landon Joseph Davies, 2, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. He was born on February 25, 2016 in Port Arthur, Texas to Christopher and Jolene Yvonne Davies. Landon is bigger than life and touched so many hearts. He is special in how he made each person smile. Landon is a gift truly from God as...
Johnny Oliver Dalby
July 17, 2018
The family of Mr. Johnny Dalby would like to sincerely thank everyone for the love, prayers, and overwhelming acts of kindness shown to us during this difficult time. Johnny Oliver Dalby, 87, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Johnny was born July 5, 1931 in...
Lisa Michelle Desormeaux
July 16, 2018
Mrs. Lisa Michelle “Missy” Desormeaux (née Allen) of LaBelle, Texas passed away Monday, July 16, 2018 at Houston Methodist Hospital. Michelle was born to Terry Allen and Mary Ann Bescher September 20, 1969 in Port Arthur, Texas and grew up the oldest of two children. She attended Silsbee High School and graduated from Lamar University in 1990. She dedicated 30...
Shirley Miguez Hawthorne
July 13, 2018
Shirley Miguez Hawthorne, 88, of Port Acres, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 at Collier Park in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on October 18, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to Israel Miguez, Sr. and Mabel Sanders Miguez. Shirley was a lifelong area resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. She retired from the Port Arthur Independent...
LaVonne Lenora Singleton
July 11, 2018
LaVonne Lenora Singleton, 92, of Port Arthur, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at her daughter's home in Orange. LaVonne was born October 30, 1925 in Harrah, Oklahoma to the late, Charles and Helen Kaplon Drew. She was retired as a Surgical Nurse at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur with 30 years of service. After the war, her...
David L. Gomez
July 11, 2018
David L. Gomez, 63, of Groves, Texas passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. David was born in Beaumont on April 22, 1955 to Paul Gomez and Henrietta. Those left to cherish David’s memory are his mother, Henrietta Hartman; sons, David Gomez and wife, Stacey of Port Neches, Texas and Stephen Ray Gomez of...
Shirley Mae Jones Havard
August 1, 2018
Shirley Mae Jones Havard, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Shirley was born September 17, 1933 in Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania to Lesley Jones and Marie Kiskadden Jones. She was a lifelong area resident and graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School, where she was an original Indianette. Shirley retired from the medical office of Dr. James Shepherd...
Margie Eickenhorst Kasper
July 31, 2018
Margie A. Eickenhorst Kasper, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Margie was born June 15, 1932 in Port Arthur, Texas to Walter H. Eickenhorst and Lena Schkade Eickenhorst. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Margie retired from J. C. Penney...
James Aubrey Cain
July 30, 2018
James Aubrey Cain, 64, of Silsbee, Texas passed away Monday, July 30, 2018. He was born in Fort Benning, Georgia on July 4, 1954 to the late Jeff Belus Cain and Melba Joyce Marshall Cain. Known as Aubrey to friends and family, he began his racing career in Ohio before he even had a driver’s license. He continued to race...
Therese Rowland
July 28, 2018
Therese LeBlanc Rowland, 89, of Nederland, passed away July 28, 2018 two days shy of her 90th birthday. She was preceded in death by Donald, her husband of 60 years. She was a proud graduate of St. James High School, Class of 1947. Therese “retired” several times after many years at Greenlawn Memorial Park. She was a Charter member of...
Claude M. Edwards
July 28, 2018
Claude M. Edwards, 82, of Port Acres, Texas passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018 in Port Arthur, Texas. Claude was born on December 11, 1935 in Denton, Texas to the late, Donald and Dora Edwards. Claude was a parishioner at St. Therese the Little Flower Catholic Church in Port Acres, attended Port Neches Groves High School and was a...
Betty Thibodeaux
July 27, 2018
Betty C. Thibodeaux a loving wife and mother, 83, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018. Betty was born on December 21, 1934 in Morgan City, Louisiana to the late Calise Torres and Lucille Gaudet Torres. After moving to Port Arthur in 1954, Betty became a licensed beautician. She also worked for Texaco for five years...
Bonnie Norton
July 25, 2018
Bonnie Norton, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Bonnie was born February 4, 1930 in Thomson, Georgia to Edgar Aldridge and Pauline Scully Aldridge. She was a resident of Port Neches for 70 years and a retired Certified Nurses Aide at Mid-Jefferson Hospital with...
Robert "Bobby" Sharpless
July 24, 2018
Robert "Bobby" H. Sharpless, 97, of Port Arthur passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Westminster Properties in Winter Park, Florida. He was born in Pensacola, Florida on October 13, 1920 to Harry Reid Sharpless and Loretta Hitchcock Sharpless. Bob had lived in Port Arthur since 1931 and was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and the University of...
Dianna Lofton Buethe
July 23, 2018
Dianna Lofton Buethe, 68, of Coldspring, Texas passed away Monday, July 23, 2018 at Conroe Regional Hospital in Conroe, Texas. Dianna was born August 9, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to John H. Lofton and Mary Branch Lofton. She grew up in Groves and graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School. Dianna lived in Pasadena before moving to Lake Livingston in...
Thomas M. Martin
July 22, 2018
Thomas M. Martin, 74, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at Heritage House in Groves, Texas. Thomas was born in Charleston, West Virginia on September 21, 1943 to Richard D. Martin, Sr. and Evelyn L. Riddle Martin. Thomas was a member of the Nederland Independent School District School Board for 22 years and served as Board...
Billy Ray Brown
July 22, 2018
Billy Ray Brown, 89, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018. He was born in Clarksville, Arkansas on January 9, 1929 to the late Philip Ames Brown and Bessie Johnson Brown. Billy served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and was a member of Nederland Avenue Church of Christ. Billy served as a self-employed cement mason...
Helen LeGrand Burleigh
July 21, 2018
Helen LeGrand Burleigh, 87, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Clarimont Nursing Home in Beaumont, Texas. Helen was born September 24, 1930 in Cecelia, Louisiana to Antoine LeGrand and Andrea Eddy LeGrand. Helen was a resident of Port Arthur for 70 years, a homemaker and member of the Catholic faith. She was preceded in death...
Clara Beatrice Westbrook
July 20, 2018
Clara Beatrice Westbrook, 76, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, July 20, 2018. Clara was born June 11, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ernest Edward Smith and Eula Allen Smith. She was a resident of Port Neches for 51 years and member of Central Baptist Church in Port Neches. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother,...
Sue Phillips
July 19, 2018
Sue Phillips, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Pelican Bay in Beaumont, Texas. Sue was born August 21, 1929 in Collins, Mississippi to Dennis Shoemake and Theola Sanderson Shoemake. She was a resident of this area for 67 years and a retired Bookkeeper with 16 years of service. A graveside service will be held...
Landon Joseph Davies
July 17, 2018
Landon Joseph Davies, 2, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. He was born on February 25, 2016 in Port Arthur, Texas to Christopher and Jolene Yvonne Davies. Landon is bigger than life and touched so many hearts. He is special in how he made each person smile. Landon is a gift truly from God as...
Johnny Oliver Dalby
July 17, 2018
The family of Mr. Johnny Dalby would like to sincerely thank everyone for the love, prayers, and overwhelming acts of kindness shown to us during this difficult time. Johnny Oliver Dalby, 87, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Johnny was born July 5, 1931 in...
Lisa Michelle Desormeaux
July 16, 2018
Mrs. Lisa Michelle “Missy” Desormeaux (née Allen) of LaBelle, Texas passed away Monday, July 16, 2018 at Houston Methodist Hospital. Michelle was born to Terry Allen and Mary Ann Bescher September 20, 1969 in Port Arthur, Texas and grew up the oldest of two children. She attended Silsbee High School and graduated from Lamar University in 1990. She dedicated 30...
Shirley Miguez Hawthorne
July 13, 2018
Shirley Miguez Hawthorne, 88, of Port Acres, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 at Collier Park in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on October 18, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to Israel Miguez, Sr. and Mabel Sanders Miguez. Shirley was a lifelong area resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. She retired from the Port Arthur Independent...
LaVonne Lenora Singleton
July 11, 2018
LaVonne Lenora Singleton, 92, of Port Arthur, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at her daughter's home in Orange. LaVonne was born October 30, 1925 in Harrah, Oklahoma to the late, Charles and Helen Kaplon Drew. She was retired as a Surgical Nurse at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur with 30 years of service. After the war, her...
David L. Gomez
July 11, 2018
David L. Gomez, 63, of Groves, Texas passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. David was born in Beaumont on April 22, 1955 to Paul Gomez and Henrietta. Those left to cherish David’s memory are his mother, Henrietta Hartman; sons, David Gomez and wife, Stacey of Port Neches, Texas and Stephen Ray Gomez of...
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