Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Louise Kathryn Crampton
December 20, 2017
Louise Kathryn Crampton, 97, of San Antonio, passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at her residence. Louise was born on October 31, 1920, in Joplin, Missouri, to the late Charles O. Johnson, Sr. and Florence Degginger Johnson. Louise is survived by her brother, Wayne Johnson and wife, Dorothy May of Galena, Kansas; grandchildren, Deanna Schaar and husband, Sergio of...
Evelyn Bonnin
December 19, 2017
Evelyn Bonnin, 88, of Port Neches, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, in Port Arthur. Evelyn was born on July 23, 1929, to the late George Hintze and Adele Knopf Hintze in Mowata, Louisiana. She was a beautician in the cosmetology industry. Evelyn has lived in this area since 1947. Those left to cherish her memories are her sisters,...
Joseph "Kent" Trahan
December 19, 2017
Joseph "Kent" Trahan, 59, of Seabrook, Texas formerly of Port Arthur passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at the Medical Center Port Arthur. Kent was born on February 6, 1958 in Port Arthur to the late Asa and Betty Comeaux Trahan. He was an Operator Lead Shift Supervisor for Petromax. Kent is survived by his daughter, Kara Ross and her...
Jerry Talbot Sr.
December 18, 2017
Jerry Talbot, Sr., 77, of Houston/formerly of Port Neches, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017, at his residence. Jerry was born on April 12, 1940, in Port Neches to the late, Stanley Pierre Talbot and Mary McBride Talbot. He served his country in the Air Force during the Bay of Pigs and retired from the Army National Guard. He...
John Dellan Provost, Sr.
December 18, 2017
John Dellan Provost, Sr., of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at Pelican Bay Assisted Living in Beaumont. John was born January 25, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas and was a lifelong area resident. He graduated from Lamar University with an accounting degree and was employed by Gulf Oil with 35 years of service in the accounting department....
Betty Jean Foret
December 16, 2017
Betty Jean Foret, 84, of Nederland, Texas., passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Betty was born on April 5, 1933 in Ville Platte, Louisiana to the late, Hillary O’Connor and Lezo Barron O’Connor. Betty was a seamstress in Nederland for fifty plus years. She served as Senior Vice President of the VFW Post 4820 in Port Neches. She had...
Stacy Elizabeth McCain
December 12, 2017
Stacy Elizabeth McCain, 57, of Port Neches, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at her residence. Stacy was born on September 17, 1960, in Houston, TX to the late Ellis Elbert Taylor and Gertrude Murial Aycock Taylor. She will be loved and missed by her family and many others that she has touched over the years. Those left to...
George Kent DuBose
December 8, 2017
George Kent DuBose, 71, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 8, 2017. Kent was born November 5, 1946 in Jasper, Texas to the late Lloyd G. and Mattie Marm Ellis DuBose. He was an accountant for Gulf States Utilities. Kent is survived by his wife, LaNell DuBose; sons, Ben DuBose and wife Lori; Clayton Tapp and wife Katherine; and...
Naomi Samara Par
December 8, 2017
Naomi Samara Par, 7 months old, of Orange, Texas passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, Texas. Naomi was born April 22, 2017 in Galveston, Texas to David and Sandy Par. Survivors include her parents, David and Sandy Par of Orange, Texas; sister, Genesis Sofia Par; brother, Marcos David Par; grandparents, Maria Rosario Guerra and...
Faye Buffington Lee
December 6, 2017
Faye Buffington Lee, 90, of Nederland/The Woodlands, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, in Spring, TX. Faye was born on January 26, 1927, to the late James R. Buffington and Lucy Fleming Buffington in Laurel, Mississippi. She was a beautician in the cosmetology industry. Those left to cherish her memories are her daughters, Debbie Davis and husband, Otis of...
Kathy Marie Wales
December 6, 2017
Kathy Marie Wales, 62, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Vidor Health and Rehab. Kathy was born September 30, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ronald "Buddy" King and Kathryn Holland King. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and was employed for 30 years at the Chevron Station on Nederland Avenue. Survivors include two...
Allen Joseph Robin
December 6, 2017
Allen Joseph Robin, 85, of Mauriceville, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 surrounded by his loving family at his home. Allen was born March 28, 1932 in Arnaudville, Louisiana to Gilbert Robin and Noeda Lonclos Robin. He was a resident of Mauriceville for thirty years and a member of St. Maurice Catholic Church in Mauriceville. Allen was an Operator...
Charles "Chuck" McCray Sr.
December 5, 2017
Charles “Chuck” McCray, 55, of Groves, passed away on Tuesday, December 05, 2017, in Port Arthur. Chuck was born on March 30, 1962 in Beaumont to Frank L. McCray, Sr. and Mary Morrison McCray. He was a Transmission Technician in the automotive repair industry. Chuck was a lifelong resident in this area. He loved hot rods, racing and everything to...
Mary "Kay" Talbot Thigpen
December 5, 2017
Mary “Kay” Talbot Thigpen, age 68, of LaBelle, died Tuesday, December 5, 2017. Kay was born August 16, 1949 in Port Neches, to the late Stanley and Mary McBride Talbot. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Fannett. Kay is survived by her husband, James Thigpen of LaBelle; her daughter, Maryanne LeBlanc and her...
David Shelton Johnson
December 4, 2017
David Shelton Johnson, 62, of Groves, Texas formerly of Port Acres passed away Monday, December 4, 2017. David was born on July 30, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to Shelton Johnson and Lillie Martin Johnson. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. David was formerly employed as a heavy equipment operator for...
Mary Estelle Lanclos
December 4, 2017
Mary Estelle Simonton Lanclos, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend died on December 04, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. She was born on Jan. 21, 1920 in Sabine, Texas to Annie and Captain Jackson Allison Simonton. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Port Arthur Business College. She married her childhood sweetheart, Chester Lanclos, on January 27, 1942, and...
J.C. Pope
December 3, 2017
J.C. Pope, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. J. C. was born May 20, 1936 in Laurel, Mississippi to James L. Pope and Viola Rabb Pope. He was a lifelong area resident and member of the Church of Christ. J. C. retired from Fina as...
Richard Edward Ryley, Jr.
December 2, 2017
Richard Edward Ryley, Jr., 78, of Beaumont, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017 in Beaumont. Richard was born on January 31, 1939 in Beaumont to the late Richard Edward Ryley, Sr. and May Love Jones Ryley. He was a Radio Engineer in the communication industry for a number of years, where he started at KVLU Lamar University. He was...
Rose Ann Fontenot
December 1, 2017
Rose Ann Fontenot, 84, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Friday, December 1, 2017. Rose Ann was born May 9, 1933 in Port Arthur, Texas to Otto Schenkewitz and Rose Mary Barta Schenkewitz. She was a lifelong resident of Port Acres and member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Otto Schenkewitz....
Betty Tanner Patterson
December 1, 2017
Betty Tanner Patterson, 97, of Groves passed away Friday December 1, 2017 at Brookdale Dowlen Oaks in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on October 19, 1920 in Walker County, Georgia to James Huey Tanner and Frances Tellulah Logan Tanner. Betty loved to travel and crochet. She also enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. Funeral services will be held at...
Louise Kathryn Crampton
December 20, 2017
Louise Kathryn Crampton, 97, of San Antonio, passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at her residence. Louise was born on October 31, 1920, in Joplin, Missouri, to the late Charles O. Johnson, Sr. and Florence Degginger Johnson. Louise is survived by her brother, Wayne Johnson and wife, Dorothy May of Galena, Kansas; grandchildren, Deanna Schaar and husband, Sergio of...
Evelyn Bonnin
December 19, 2017
Evelyn Bonnin, 88, of Port Neches, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, in Port Arthur. Evelyn was born on July 23, 1929, to the late George Hintze and Adele Knopf Hintze in Mowata, Louisiana. She was a beautician in the cosmetology industry. Evelyn has lived in this area since 1947. Those left to cherish her memories are her sisters,...
Joseph "Kent" Trahan
December 19, 2017
Joseph "Kent" Trahan, 59, of Seabrook, Texas formerly of Port Arthur passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at the Medical Center Port Arthur. Kent was born on February 6, 1958 in Port Arthur to the late Asa and Betty Comeaux Trahan. He was an Operator Lead Shift Supervisor for Petromax. Kent is survived by his daughter, Kara Ross and her...
Jerry Talbot Sr.
December 18, 2017
Jerry Talbot, Sr., 77, of Houston/formerly of Port Neches, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017, at his residence. Jerry was born on April 12, 1940, in Port Neches to the late, Stanley Pierre Talbot and Mary McBride Talbot. He served his country in the Air Force during the Bay of Pigs and retired from the Army National Guard. He...
John Dellan Provost, Sr.
December 18, 2017
John Dellan Provost, Sr., of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at Pelican Bay Assisted Living in Beaumont. John was born January 25, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas and was a lifelong area resident. He graduated from Lamar University with an accounting degree and was employed by Gulf Oil with 35 years of service in the accounting department....
Betty Jean Foret
December 16, 2017
Betty Jean Foret, 84, of Nederland, Texas., passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Betty was born on April 5, 1933 in Ville Platte, Louisiana to the late, Hillary O’Connor and Lezo Barron O’Connor. Betty was a seamstress in Nederland for fifty plus years. She served as Senior Vice President of the VFW Post 4820 in Port Neches. She had...
Stacy Elizabeth McCain
December 12, 2017
Stacy Elizabeth McCain, 57, of Port Neches, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at her residence. Stacy was born on September 17, 1960, in Houston, TX to the late Ellis Elbert Taylor and Gertrude Murial Aycock Taylor. She will be loved and missed by her family and many others that she has touched over the years. Those left to...
George Kent DuBose
December 8, 2017
George Kent DuBose, 71, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 8, 2017. Kent was born November 5, 1946 in Jasper, Texas to the late Lloyd G. and Mattie Marm Ellis DuBose. He was an accountant for Gulf States Utilities. Kent is survived by his wife, LaNell DuBose; sons, Ben DuBose and wife Lori; Clayton Tapp and wife Katherine; and...
Naomi Samara Par
December 8, 2017
Naomi Samara Par, 7 months old, of Orange, Texas passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, Texas. Naomi was born April 22, 2017 in Galveston, Texas to David and Sandy Par. Survivors include her parents, David and Sandy Par of Orange, Texas; sister, Genesis Sofia Par; brother, Marcos David Par; grandparents, Maria Rosario Guerra and...
Faye Buffington Lee
December 6, 2017
Faye Buffington Lee, 90, of Nederland/The Woodlands, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, in Spring, TX. Faye was born on January 26, 1927, to the late James R. Buffington and Lucy Fleming Buffington in Laurel, Mississippi. She was a beautician in the cosmetology industry. Those left to cherish her memories are her daughters, Debbie Davis and husband, Otis of...
Kathy Marie Wales
December 6, 2017
Kathy Marie Wales, 62, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Vidor Health and Rehab. Kathy was born September 30, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ronald "Buddy" King and Kathryn Holland King. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and was employed for 30 years at the Chevron Station on Nederland Avenue. Survivors include two...
Allen Joseph Robin
December 6, 2017
Allen Joseph Robin, 85, of Mauriceville, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 surrounded by his loving family at his home. Allen was born March 28, 1932 in Arnaudville, Louisiana to Gilbert Robin and Noeda Lonclos Robin. He was a resident of Mauriceville for thirty years and a member of St. Maurice Catholic Church in Mauriceville. Allen was an Operator...
Charles "Chuck" McCray Sr.
December 5, 2017
Charles “Chuck” McCray, 55, of Groves, passed away on Tuesday, December 05, 2017, in Port Arthur. Chuck was born on March 30, 1962 in Beaumont to Frank L. McCray, Sr. and Mary Morrison McCray. He was a Transmission Technician in the automotive repair industry. Chuck was a lifelong resident in this area. He loved hot rods, racing and everything to...
Mary "Kay" Talbot Thigpen
December 5, 2017
Mary “Kay” Talbot Thigpen, age 68, of LaBelle, died Tuesday, December 5, 2017. Kay was born August 16, 1949 in Port Neches, to the late Stanley and Mary McBride Talbot. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Fannett. Kay is survived by her husband, James Thigpen of LaBelle; her daughter, Maryanne LeBlanc and her...
David Shelton Johnson
December 4, 2017
David Shelton Johnson, 62, of Groves, Texas formerly of Port Acres passed away Monday, December 4, 2017. David was born on July 30, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to Shelton Johnson and Lillie Martin Johnson. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. David was formerly employed as a heavy equipment operator for...
Mary Estelle Lanclos
December 4, 2017
Mary Estelle Simonton Lanclos, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend died on December 04, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. She was born on Jan. 21, 1920 in Sabine, Texas to Annie and Captain Jackson Allison Simonton. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Port Arthur Business College. She married her childhood sweetheart, Chester Lanclos, on January 27, 1942, and...
J.C. Pope
December 3, 2017
J.C. Pope, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. J. C. was born May 20, 1936 in Laurel, Mississippi to James L. Pope and Viola Rabb Pope. He was a lifelong area resident and member of the Church of Christ. J. C. retired from Fina as...
Richard Edward Ryley, Jr.
December 2, 2017
Richard Edward Ryley, Jr., 78, of Beaumont, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017 in Beaumont. Richard was born on January 31, 1939 in Beaumont to the late Richard Edward Ryley, Sr. and May Love Jones Ryley. He was a Radio Engineer in the communication industry for a number of years, where he started at KVLU Lamar University. He was...
Rose Ann Fontenot
December 1, 2017
Rose Ann Fontenot, 84, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Friday, December 1, 2017. Rose Ann was born May 9, 1933 in Port Arthur, Texas to Otto Schenkewitz and Rose Mary Barta Schenkewitz. She was a lifelong resident of Port Acres and member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Otto Schenkewitz....
Betty Tanner Patterson
December 1, 2017
Betty Tanner Patterson, 97, of Groves passed away Friday December 1, 2017 at Brookdale Dowlen Oaks in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on October 19, 1920 in Walker County, Georgia to James Huey Tanner and Frances Tellulah Logan Tanner. Betty loved to travel and crochet. She also enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. Funeral services will be held at...