Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Steve A. Hawthorne
October 5, 2017
Steve A. Hawthorne, our beloved husband and father was called home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 5, 2017 while at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Steve was a lifelong area resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres where he taught Sunday school and served as a deacon. He graduated from...
Regina DeBlance
October 2, 2017
Regina DeBlance, 74, of Vidor, Texas passed away Monday, October 2, 2017 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Regina was born September 22, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to Clyde Wing and Eula Mae Osborne Wing. She was a lifelong area resident and was a member of Caney Creek Church. Survivors include her two daughters, Susie Avery and husband Fred...
Elsie Gray Frederick
October 2, 2017
Elsie Gray Frederick, 95, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, October 2, 2017 at Magnolia Manor. Elsie was born November 19, 1921 in Whitney, Texas to John Gray and Nettie Sevier Gray. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 60 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Angelus Frederick; two sons, Charles Frederick, and Roy Frederick;...
Dorothy Addie (Stelter) Smith
September 30, 2017
Dorothy Addie (Stelter) Smith, 89 passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at her daughter’s residence in Nederland. Dorothy was born on June 29, 1928 in Nashville Arkansas to the late Eskeridge Stelter and Allie Jeffers Stelter. She was retired from Nederland ISD with 25 years of service. Dorothy lived in this area for 60 years. Dorothy is survived by...
Matthew James Bodden
September 27, 2017
Matthew James Bodden, 31 of Houston formerly of Nederland, passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at his grandmother's residence. Matthew was born on July 1, 1986 in Galveston to the late Nelson Bodden, Jr. and Juanita Halbert Bodden. He was a lifelong resident of Nederland and he worked in the construction industry as a welder. Matthew is survived by...
Robert Lee Cook
September 27, 2017
Robert Lee Cook, 75, of Port Acres, passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at his residence. Robert was born on April 10, 1942 in El Dorado, Arkansas to the late Donald Lee Cook and Wanda Eula Tatum Cook. He graduated high school in 1960 and then joined the Air force where he served 8 years as an air policeman....
James Earl Green
September 27, 2017
James Earl Green, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. James was born August 23, 1938 in Malvern, Arkansas to Ernest E. and Opal A. Johnson Green. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur and Groves area. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church...
Ronnie Lee Jeanis
September 25, 2017
Ronnie Lee Jeanis, 73, passed away on Monday, September 25, 2017 at the Metro General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born March 24, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas, son of the late Ivan Joseph Jeanis and Nadine Agnes Theriot Jeanis. Ronnie served in the U.S. Army Reserves and had worked in the plastic refinery in Texas prior to moving...
Carl Avila
September 24, 2017
Carl Avila, 74, of Toledo Bend formerly of Groves, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at M. D. Anderson in Houston, TX. Carl was born on March 27, 1943 to the late Manuel Avila and Evelyn George Avila. He served our country in the United States Coast Guard Reserves. He retired as a maintenance supervisor from Lanxess in Orange...
Mattie Lou Huckabay
September 24, 2017
Mattie Lou Huckabay of Bridge City, Texas passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017 at The Meadows Nursing Home in Orange, Texas. Mattie Lou was born October 17, 1917 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Clayburn G. Baker and Myrtle I. Slaughter Baker. Mattie Lou graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1935 and then Port Arthur College where she met...
Kenneth Carter Ryan
September 23, 2017
Kenneth Carter Ryan, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017. Kenneth was born August 7, 1935 in Diboll, Texas to Collis Ryan and Nell Otis Ryan. He was a resident of this area for 66 years and was a member of the Methodist faith. He retired as a marine electrician after 39 years of service. Survivors include...
Kyle Ray Felps
September 22, 2017
Kyle Ray Felps, 56, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 at his home. He was born April 7, 1961 in Groves, Tx to Willard L. Felps and Juanita Hicks Felps. Kyle was a lifelong area resident and spent 35 years as a tradesmen in industrial construction. As he would say, he may have been the greatest boilermaker...
Mary Colby
September 21, 2017
Mary Colby, 92 of North Richland Hills, Texas passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at her residence. Mary was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 14, 1925 to the late Grady Poore and Willa Stanfield Poore. Mary is survived by her son, Brian Clark Colby and wife, Cindy of Dallas, Texas; sister, Maxine Ferrell of Orange, Texas; grandsons,...
Dr. Hugh Clarence Sheffield, Jr.
September 21, 2017
Dr. Hugh Clarence Sheffield, Jr., 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017. Hugh was born October 16, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas to Hugh Clarence Sheffield, Sr. and Gertrue Reese Sheffield. He graduated from the University of Houston in 1958 with a Pharmacy Degree and the University of Texas Galveston with a Medical Degree in 1962. He and...
Haden "Sam" Jones
September 20, 2017
Haden “Sam” Jones, 95, of Nederland, passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Pine Arbor in Silsbee, TX. Sam was born in Port Arthur, TX on April 9, 1922 to the late Gilbert Jones and Alpha Mae Ball Jones. Sam served our country in the United States Navy. He was a retired maintenance supervisor at Gulf Oil Refinery with...
Kerry Todd Linares
September 19, 2017
Kerry Todd Linares, 48, of Spring, Texas formerly of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Houston Northwest Medical Center. Kerry was born July 23, 1969 in Nederland, Texas to Eddie Linares and Neoma Helton Linares. A lifelong resident of this area, Kerry graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 1987 and went on to receive a...
Joyce "Lynn" Boudreaux
September 18, 2017
Joyce "Lynn" Boudreaux, 68, of Vinton, LA, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017 at her residence. Joyce was born on August 19, 1949 to the late Clarence McMullin and Joyce Causey McMullin. Lynn is survived by her boyfriend, Steven Vincent of Vinton, LA and his daughter, Stacy Bennett and granddaughter, Crystal Van of Sulphur, LA; her daughters, Stacey Lynn...
Henry Allen Pedigo
September 16, 2017
Henry Allen Pedigo, 87, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Henry was born December 21, 1929 in Woodville, Texas to Henry Clay Pedigo and Jewel Best Pedigo. He was a resident of Groves for 65 years and was a deacon at First Baptist Church of Groves, where...
Stella Mae Alford
September 15, 2017
Stella Mae Alford, 70, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at Senior Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Port Arthur, Texas. Stella was born November 22, 1946 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Olise Hulin and Lula Primeaux Hulin. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Groves. Stella was...
Dr. Randall Hampton Lofton
September 14, 2017
Dr. Randall Hampton Lofton, 69, of Port Arthur passed away at his home on Thursday, September 14, 2017. Randy was born in Port Arthur on October 18, 1947 to Ruth Hampton and Edwin L. Lofton. Randy was raised in Port Arthur and was a lifelong resident. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and Lamar University. He had...
Steve A. Hawthorne
October 5, 2017
Steve A. Hawthorne, our beloved husband and father was called home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 5, 2017 while at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Steve was a lifelong area resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres where he taught Sunday school and served as a deacon. He graduated from...
Regina DeBlance
October 2, 2017
Regina DeBlance, 74, of Vidor, Texas passed away Monday, October 2, 2017 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Regina was born September 22, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to Clyde Wing and Eula Mae Osborne Wing. She was a lifelong area resident and was a member of Caney Creek Church. Survivors include her two daughters, Susie Avery and husband Fred...
Elsie Gray Frederick
October 2, 2017
Elsie Gray Frederick, 95, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, October 2, 2017 at Magnolia Manor. Elsie was born November 19, 1921 in Whitney, Texas to John Gray and Nettie Sevier Gray. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 60 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Angelus Frederick; two sons, Charles Frederick, and Roy Frederick;...
Dorothy Addie (Stelter) Smith
September 30, 2017
Dorothy Addie (Stelter) Smith, 89 passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at her daughter’s residence in Nederland. Dorothy was born on June 29, 1928 in Nashville Arkansas to the late Eskeridge Stelter and Allie Jeffers Stelter. She was retired from Nederland ISD with 25 years of service. Dorothy lived in this area for 60 years. Dorothy is survived by...
Matthew James Bodden
September 27, 2017
Matthew James Bodden, 31 of Houston formerly of Nederland, passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at his grandmother's residence. Matthew was born on July 1, 1986 in Galveston to the late Nelson Bodden, Jr. and Juanita Halbert Bodden. He was a lifelong resident of Nederland and he worked in the construction industry as a welder. Matthew is survived by...
Robert Lee Cook
September 27, 2017
Robert Lee Cook, 75, of Port Acres, passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at his residence. Robert was born on April 10, 1942 in El Dorado, Arkansas to the late Donald Lee Cook and Wanda Eula Tatum Cook. He graduated high school in 1960 and then joined the Air force where he served 8 years as an air policeman....
James Earl Green
September 27, 2017
James Earl Green, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. James was born August 23, 1938 in Malvern, Arkansas to Ernest E. and Opal A. Johnson Green. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur and Groves area. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church...
Ronnie Lee Jeanis
September 25, 2017
Ronnie Lee Jeanis, 73, passed away on Monday, September 25, 2017 at the Metro General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born March 24, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas, son of the late Ivan Joseph Jeanis and Nadine Agnes Theriot Jeanis. Ronnie served in the U.S. Army Reserves and had worked in the plastic refinery in Texas prior to moving...
Carl Avila
September 24, 2017
Carl Avila, 74, of Toledo Bend formerly of Groves, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at M. D. Anderson in Houston, TX. Carl was born on March 27, 1943 to the late Manuel Avila and Evelyn George Avila. He served our country in the United States Coast Guard Reserves. He retired as a maintenance supervisor from Lanxess in Orange...
Mattie Lou Huckabay
September 24, 2017
Mattie Lou Huckabay of Bridge City, Texas passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017 at The Meadows Nursing Home in Orange, Texas. Mattie Lou was born October 17, 1917 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Clayburn G. Baker and Myrtle I. Slaughter Baker. Mattie Lou graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1935 and then Port Arthur College where she met...
Kenneth Carter Ryan
September 23, 2017
Kenneth Carter Ryan, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017. Kenneth was born August 7, 1935 in Diboll, Texas to Collis Ryan and Nell Otis Ryan. He was a resident of this area for 66 years and was a member of the Methodist faith. He retired as a marine electrician after 39 years of service. Survivors include...
Kyle Ray Felps
September 22, 2017
Kyle Ray Felps, 56, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 at his home. He was born April 7, 1961 in Groves, Tx to Willard L. Felps and Juanita Hicks Felps. Kyle was a lifelong area resident and spent 35 years as a tradesmen in industrial construction. As he would say, he may have been the greatest boilermaker...
Mary Colby
September 21, 2017
Mary Colby, 92 of North Richland Hills, Texas passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at her residence. Mary was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 14, 1925 to the late Grady Poore and Willa Stanfield Poore. Mary is survived by her son, Brian Clark Colby and wife, Cindy of Dallas, Texas; sister, Maxine Ferrell of Orange, Texas; grandsons,...
Dr. Hugh Clarence Sheffield, Jr.
September 21, 2017
Dr. Hugh Clarence Sheffield, Jr., 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017. Hugh was born October 16, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas to Hugh Clarence Sheffield, Sr. and Gertrue Reese Sheffield. He graduated from the University of Houston in 1958 with a Pharmacy Degree and the University of Texas Galveston with a Medical Degree in 1962. He and...
Haden "Sam" Jones
September 20, 2017
Haden “Sam” Jones, 95, of Nederland, passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Pine Arbor in Silsbee, TX. Sam was born in Port Arthur, TX on April 9, 1922 to the late Gilbert Jones and Alpha Mae Ball Jones. Sam served our country in the United States Navy. He was a retired maintenance supervisor at Gulf Oil Refinery with...
Kerry Todd Linares
September 19, 2017
Kerry Todd Linares, 48, of Spring, Texas formerly of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Houston Northwest Medical Center. Kerry was born July 23, 1969 in Nederland, Texas to Eddie Linares and Neoma Helton Linares. A lifelong resident of this area, Kerry graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 1987 and went on to receive a...
Joyce "Lynn" Boudreaux
September 18, 2017
Joyce "Lynn" Boudreaux, 68, of Vinton, LA, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017 at her residence. Joyce was born on August 19, 1949 to the late Clarence McMullin and Joyce Causey McMullin. Lynn is survived by her boyfriend, Steven Vincent of Vinton, LA and his daughter, Stacy Bennett and granddaughter, Crystal Van of Sulphur, LA; her daughters, Stacey Lynn...
Henry Allen Pedigo
September 16, 2017
Henry Allen Pedigo, 87, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Henry was born December 21, 1929 in Woodville, Texas to Henry Clay Pedigo and Jewel Best Pedigo. He was a resident of Groves for 65 years and was a deacon at First Baptist Church of Groves, where...
Stella Mae Alford
September 15, 2017
Stella Mae Alford, 70, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at Senior Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Port Arthur, Texas. Stella was born November 22, 1946 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Olise Hulin and Lula Primeaux Hulin. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Groves. Stella was...
Dr. Randall Hampton Lofton
September 14, 2017
Dr. Randall Hampton Lofton, 69, of Port Arthur passed away at his home on Thursday, September 14, 2017. Randy was born in Port Arthur on October 18, 1947 to Ruth Hampton and Edwin L. Lofton. Randy was raised in Port Arthur and was a lifelong resident. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and Lamar University. He had...