Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Phillip Darrell Piletere
September 3, 2017
Phillip “Darrell” Piletere, 69, of Groves, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2017 in Beaumont. Darrell was born on June 3, 1948 in Port Arthur to the late Henry Piletere and Leatrice Boudreaux Piletere. He graduated from Bishop Byrne High School and he was a retired steel worker. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary Gresham Piletere of Groves;...
Dr. Guy Raymond Jones
August 31, 2017
Dr. Guy Raymond Jones, 88, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017. Dr. Jones was born August 12, 1929 in Danville, Illinois to Guy David Jones and Cora Coffman Jones. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois and received his doctorate degree from Florida State University. Dr. Jones was a resident of Port Arthur for...
Pamela "Pam" Ann Brown
August 29, 2017
Pamela “Pam” Ann Hurley Brown, 73, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this earth to join her Heavenly Father on August 29, 2017. Pam was born on February,1944 in Houston, TX to the late James Wiley Hurley and Helen Joyce Ratcliff Hurley. She grew up in Nederland, TX and graduated from Nederland High School in 1962. After high school, she attended...
Bobby Gene Biggs
August 29, 2017
Bobby Gene Biggs, 85, of Nederland, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur. Bobby was born on January 24, 1932 in Paragould, Arkansas to the late Herschel Biggs and Mildred Irene Weatherford Biggs. He retired from the Department of Defense with the U.S. Government. Bobby is survived by his daughters, Deborah Nesbitt and...
Steven "Steve" Marc Huff
August 27, 2017
Steven “Steve” Marc Huff, 60, of Port Acres, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2017 in Burbank, CA. Steve was born on October 25, 1956 to O.D. Huff and the late Joyce Aldredge Huff. Steve worked as a contractor and as a pipe-fitter welder. He also did work as a fabricator. Steve is survived by his daughter, April Elaine Huff...
Sandra Jean Simpson Bates
August 26, 2017
Sandra Jean Simpson Bates, 71, of Mount Pleasant, Texas, formerly of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 26, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 10, 2017, at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves, Texas with the Reverend Charles Miller presiding. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas. Visitation will precede the...
Ortha Jane Bolton Addison
August 26, 2017
Ortha Jane Bolton Addison, 103, passed peacefully away at her home in Groves, Texas on Saturday, August 26, 2017. She was born on August 11, 1914, in Anacoco, Louisiana to parents, Prentice and Edna Alford Bolton. Ortha married Rudolph Timothy Addison on November 8, 1930 and they moved to Port Arthur, Texas in 1937. She was employed with the Port...
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams
August 26, 2017
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams, 82, of Groves, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Dell was born March 12, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas, and graduated from Port Neches Groves High School. Dell was a lifelong area resident and a member of Magnolia Assembly of God Church in Port Neches, where he was involved...
Penny Bradley
August 25, 2017
Penny Bradley, 60, of Katy, Texas passed away Friday, August 25, 2017. Penny was born April 24, 1957 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and was a resident of Katy, Texas for the past 20 years. She was formerly employed by Ridgeways in Houston as a draftsman. Survivors include her mother and father, Joyce and Bobby Bradley of Nederland; sisters, Kim LeBlanc...
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr.
August 25, 2017
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr., age 86, of Port Neches, Texas died peacefully on August 25, at his home where he had resided for 62 years. Albert was born in and was a lifelong resident of Port Neches, Texas and graduated from Port Neches High School. He worked his entire career at Texaco Chemical (formerly Jefferson Chemical) where he retired after...
Laura Lee Rico
August 24, 2017
Laura Lee Rico, 52, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. Laura Lee was born August 18, 1965 in Oakland, California to Grover A. Mackenroth, Jr. and Diana Kimball Mackenroth. She was a resident of Port Arthur and member of Faith Baptist Temple. Laura Lee was a retired optical technician and certified...
Paul Wojcik
August 23, 2017
Paul Anthony Wojcik, 75, of Port Neches, TX passed away peacefully in his home, August 23, 2017, surrounded by family and friends. He was born May 3, 1942 in Spangler, Pennsylvania and graduated from Father Lopez High School in Daytona Beach, Florida As a teenager Paul and his brother, Richard, worked in their parent’s jewelry store in Ebensburg, PA. He...
Mark D. Monceaux
August 19, 2017
Mark D. Monceaux, 54, of Groves passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on October 21, 1962 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lloyd A. Monceaux and Patricia LeBlanc Monceaux. Mark was a lifelong area resident and was employed as a Senior Operator with Oxbow Calcining with 17 years of service. A...
Maurice Morgan
August 18, 2017
Henry “Maurice” Morgan, 87, of Nederland, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2017 in Port Arthur. Maurice was born on June 18, 1930 in Nederland to the late Henry L. Morgan and Maggie Bostick Morgan. He was a private music teacher and a concert pianist. Maurice is survived by his nieces & nephews; Linda Lewis, Brian Roddy, Lynn Hawkins, Janis...
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston
August 16, 2017
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston, 87, of Port Neches, Texas went to be with the Lord Tuesday August 16, 2017. Zuetta, or Zu to friends, was the 13th baby born at St. Marys Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas on June 2nd 1930 to John Henry Kelly & Adell Hough Kelly. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Groves,...
Lois Swift
August 15, 2017
It is with sadness that the family of Lois Swift announces her passing on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at 64 years of age. She was born in Walden, Colorado, to the late, Martha and Willard Swift. She is survived by Conrad, Lily, Heide, Chloe and T-bone, the best dogs ever. She will be remembered lovingly by her husband, brother, sister,...
Sandy Turner
August 14, 2017
Sandy Turner, 67, of Port Arthur, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2017 at his residence. Sandy was born on August 20, 1949 to the late Curtis Turner and Thelma Henry Courville in Port Arthur, TX. He was in the National Guard and a retired machinist at Texaco in Port Arthur. Sandy was a member of Church on the Rock....
Mary Eileen Williamson
August 14, 2017
Mary Eileen Williamson, 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017. Mary was born August 31, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Edward Marcontell and Susie McLain Marcontell. She was a lifelong area resident and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and St. Mary School of Nursing. Mary was a retired Registered Nurse having worked many years...
Ella Faye Rogers
August 14, 2017
Ella Faye Rogers, 73 of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at Senior Rehab in Port Arthur. Ella Faye was born October 16, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas to George J. Rogers, Sr. and Mary Myrtle Trahan Rogers. Ella Faye was a lifelong area resident and member of Immaculate Conception and St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. She was...
Gem Dorris
August 14, 2017
Gem Dorris, 29, of Spring, Texas formerly of the Groves/ Port Neches area passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 due to a motor vehicle accident. He was born July 27, 1988 in Beaumont, Texas to James Stacey Dorris and Marie Annette Scroggins. Gem was raised in Groves and graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 2007. He was currently enrolled...
Phillip Darrell Piletere
September 3, 2017
Phillip “Darrell” Piletere, 69, of Groves, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2017 in Beaumont. Darrell was born on June 3, 1948 in Port Arthur to the late Henry Piletere and Leatrice Boudreaux Piletere. He graduated from Bishop Byrne High School and he was a retired steel worker. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary Gresham Piletere of Groves;...
Dr. Guy Raymond Jones
August 31, 2017
Dr. Guy Raymond Jones, 88, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017. Dr. Jones was born August 12, 1929 in Danville, Illinois to Guy David Jones and Cora Coffman Jones. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois and received his doctorate degree from Florida State University. Dr. Jones was a resident of Port Arthur for...
Pamela "Pam" Ann Brown
August 29, 2017
Pamela “Pam” Ann Hurley Brown, 73, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this earth to join her Heavenly Father on August 29, 2017. Pam was born on February,1944 in Houston, TX to the late James Wiley Hurley and Helen Joyce Ratcliff Hurley. She grew up in Nederland, TX and graduated from Nederland High School in 1962. After high school, she attended...
Bobby Gene Biggs
August 29, 2017
Bobby Gene Biggs, 85, of Nederland, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur. Bobby was born on January 24, 1932 in Paragould, Arkansas to the late Herschel Biggs and Mildred Irene Weatherford Biggs. He retired from the Department of Defense with the U.S. Government. Bobby is survived by his daughters, Deborah Nesbitt and...
Steven "Steve" Marc Huff
August 27, 2017
Steven “Steve” Marc Huff, 60, of Port Acres, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2017 in Burbank, CA. Steve was born on October 25, 1956 to O.D. Huff and the late Joyce Aldredge Huff. Steve worked as a contractor and as a pipe-fitter welder. He also did work as a fabricator. Steve is survived by his daughter, April Elaine Huff...
Sandra Jean Simpson Bates
August 26, 2017
Sandra Jean Simpson Bates, 71, of Mount Pleasant, Texas, formerly of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 26, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 10, 2017, at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves, Texas with the Reverend Charles Miller presiding. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas. Visitation will precede the...
Ortha Jane Bolton Addison
August 26, 2017
Ortha Jane Bolton Addison, 103, passed peacefully away at her home in Groves, Texas on Saturday, August 26, 2017. She was born on August 11, 1914, in Anacoco, Louisiana to parents, Prentice and Edna Alford Bolton. Ortha married Rudolph Timothy Addison on November 8, 1930 and they moved to Port Arthur, Texas in 1937. She was employed with the Port...
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams
August 26, 2017
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams, 82, of Groves, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Dell was born March 12, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas, and graduated from Port Neches Groves High School. Dell was a lifelong area resident and a member of Magnolia Assembly of God Church in Port Neches, where he was involved...
Penny Bradley
August 25, 2017
Penny Bradley, 60, of Katy, Texas passed away Friday, August 25, 2017. Penny was born April 24, 1957 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and was a resident of Katy, Texas for the past 20 years. She was formerly employed by Ridgeways in Houston as a draftsman. Survivors include her mother and father, Joyce and Bobby Bradley of Nederland; sisters, Kim LeBlanc...
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr.
August 25, 2017
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr., age 86, of Port Neches, Texas died peacefully on August 25, at his home where he had resided for 62 years. Albert was born in and was a lifelong resident of Port Neches, Texas and graduated from Port Neches High School. He worked his entire career at Texaco Chemical (formerly Jefferson Chemical) where he retired after...
Laura Lee Rico
August 24, 2017
Laura Lee Rico, 52, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. Laura Lee was born August 18, 1965 in Oakland, California to Grover A. Mackenroth, Jr. and Diana Kimball Mackenroth. She was a resident of Port Arthur and member of Faith Baptist Temple. Laura Lee was a retired optical technician and certified...
Paul Wojcik
August 23, 2017
Paul Anthony Wojcik, 75, of Port Neches, TX passed away peacefully in his home, August 23, 2017, surrounded by family and friends. He was born May 3, 1942 in Spangler, Pennsylvania and graduated from Father Lopez High School in Daytona Beach, Florida As a teenager Paul and his brother, Richard, worked in their parent’s jewelry store in Ebensburg, PA. He...
Mark D. Monceaux
August 19, 2017
Mark D. Monceaux, 54, of Groves passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on October 21, 1962 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lloyd A. Monceaux and Patricia LeBlanc Monceaux. Mark was a lifelong area resident and was employed as a Senior Operator with Oxbow Calcining with 17 years of service. A...
Maurice Morgan
August 18, 2017
Henry “Maurice” Morgan, 87, of Nederland, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2017 in Port Arthur. Maurice was born on June 18, 1930 in Nederland to the late Henry L. Morgan and Maggie Bostick Morgan. He was a private music teacher and a concert pianist. Maurice is survived by his nieces & nephews; Linda Lewis, Brian Roddy, Lynn Hawkins, Janis...
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston
August 16, 2017
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston, 87, of Port Neches, Texas went to be with the Lord Tuesday August 16, 2017. Zuetta, or Zu to friends, was the 13th baby born at St. Marys Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas on June 2nd 1930 to John Henry Kelly & Adell Hough Kelly. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Groves,...
Lois Swift
August 15, 2017
It is with sadness that the family of Lois Swift announces her passing on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at 64 years of age. She was born in Walden, Colorado, to the late, Martha and Willard Swift. She is survived by Conrad, Lily, Heide, Chloe and T-bone, the best dogs ever. She will be remembered lovingly by her husband, brother, sister,...
Sandy Turner
August 14, 2017
Sandy Turner, 67, of Port Arthur, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2017 at his residence. Sandy was born on August 20, 1949 to the late Curtis Turner and Thelma Henry Courville in Port Arthur, TX. He was in the National Guard and a retired machinist at Texaco in Port Arthur. Sandy was a member of Church on the Rock....
Mary Eileen Williamson
August 14, 2017
Mary Eileen Williamson, 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017. Mary was born August 31, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Edward Marcontell and Susie McLain Marcontell. She was a lifelong area resident and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and St. Mary School of Nursing. Mary was a retired Registered Nurse having worked many years...
Ella Faye Rogers
August 14, 2017
Ella Faye Rogers, 73 of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at Senior Rehab in Port Arthur. Ella Faye was born October 16, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas to George J. Rogers, Sr. and Mary Myrtle Trahan Rogers. Ella Faye was a lifelong area resident and member of Immaculate Conception and St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. She was...
Gem Dorris
August 14, 2017
Gem Dorris, 29, of Spring, Texas formerly of the Groves/ Port Neches area passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 due to a motor vehicle accident. He was born July 27, 1988 in Beaumont, Texas to James Stacey Dorris and Marie Annette Scroggins. Gem was raised in Groves and graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 2007. He was currently enrolled...