Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Jessie Vernell Bodden
June 2, 2016
Jessie Vernell Bodden, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, June 2, 2016. Jessie was born February 5, 1926 in Mount Pleasant, Grand Cayman to Reginald Parsons and Effie Henning Parsons. She was a resident of this area for 64 years and member of Providence Church. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Fred Parsons, Osley Parsons, Henry Parsons,...
Wilma Fay Wright
June 2, 2016
Wilma Fay Wright Wilma Fay Wright, 86, of Port Neches passed away, Thursday, June 2, 2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on April 30, 1930 in Blackjack, Texas. Wilma had lived in this area since 1947 and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at Levingston Funeral...
Donna Fay Young
June 1, 2016
Donna Fay Burch-Young, 66, of Beaumont passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on December 30, 1949 in Groves, Texas to Wilford Seaux and Mary Ann Cormier Seaux. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches with Deacon Ivan Watson...
Captain Leroy Rudolph Kurtz
June 1, 2016
In this very random world we live, we were so very blessed to be able to call this amazing individual Dad! Born during the depression March 12, 1927, an 8th grade education, lived in an orphanage type "work camp" after loosing his mother to a sudden illness during childhood, hitchhiking his way to interviews, he began his career in the...
Maurine Hines Knight
May 31, 2016
Maurine Hines Knight, 91, formerly of Port Neches, Texas, shed the bonds of Alzheimer's disease and began her eternal life May 31, 2016. Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches is handling her arrangements. Friends and family are invited to attend the viewing on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from 2:00 4:00pm and/or 7:00 9:00pm at Levingston Funeral Home. Maurine's funeral service...
Alan Major
May 31, 2016
Hugh Alan Major, 60, of Beaumont, passed away Tuesday May 31, 2016. Hugh was born November 30,1955 in New Orleans, LA to the late Paul Leo and Ramona Klein Major. He was a carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Mary East; sons, Michael Major and wife Nicole of Wylie, TX, Joshua Major and wife Lorena of LaBelle, TX; daughter,...
John Michael Castillo
May 31, 2016
John Michael Castillo, 28 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. John was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 14, 1988. Surviving John are his mother, Carolina Castillo; father, Chris Hulgan, Jr.; step-father, David Reckaway; brothers, Justin Andrew Castillo, David Wayne Reckaway, Noah Raymond Hulgan and Jonah Hulgan; sisters,...
Anna Rose Bandsma
May 31, 2016
Anna Rose Bandsma, 93, formerly of Port Neches, Texas, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016 surrounded by the love of her family and the caring staff at Wyoming Springs Assisted Living Center in Round Rock, Texas. Anna was born May 5, 1923 in Sulphur, Louisiana to Sidney Weber and Antonio Barras Weber. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,...
Milton "Buzzy" Smith
May 31, 2016
Milton Harry “Buzzy” Smith, 82 of Port Neches, TX passed away May 31st, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Buzzy was born November 24, 1933 to Pervis and Lucille Smith. He was raised in Port Acres, TX until he moved to Port Neches after he married Shirlee Ann Brown in 1952. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin...
Bertha D. Knost
May 29, 2016
Bertha David Knost, 89, of Nederland, passed away Sunday May 29, 2016. Bertha is preceded in death by her mother and father Paula Lopez and Whitney Lange; husband Ono David; brothers Curley and Dudley Lange; sisters Lula Mae Menard, Lucy Romero, and Lydia Trahan; son-in-law Tommy Bailey; and great-grandchild Megan Procter. Bertha is survived by her significant other Walter Coverdale;...
William "Bill" Bunyan Graves, Jr.
May 28, 2016
William "Bill" Bunyan Graves, Jr. 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, May 28, 2016 in Port Neches, Texas after a lengthy illness. Bill was born February 20, 1927 in Glenmora, Louisiana to William Bunyan Graves and Clare Patrick Graves. He was a resident of Port Neches since 1950. Bill attended L.S.U. briefly, graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont...
Herlinda Rodriguez
May 26, 2016
Herlinda Rodrguez fallecioÌ el jueves, el 26 de mayo de 2016 en el Medical Center de Southeast Texas. Herlinda naci del matrimonio formado por Guadalupe y TeleÌsforo Ochoa el 29 de septiembre de 1946 en Teocuitatln de Corona, Jalisco, Mxico. Fue la cuarta hija de su familia de 11 hermanos. Lleg a Puerto Arturo, Texas en 1998. Francisco y Herlinda...
Joyce Conner Wiggins
May 25, 2016
Joyce Conner Wiggins, 85, of Port Arthur, died May 25, 2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast TX after a valiant six month battle with oral cavity cancer. She is now reunited with the love of her life Herman. Joyce, a native of Lake Charles, was born April 11, 1931 to Dorcile and Lisman Conner. She graduated from LaGrange High....
James Edward Nobles
May 25, 2016
James Edward Nobles, 77, of Port Neches, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at his home. James was born January 19, 1939, in Port Neches, to Edward Ray and Fannie Belle Nobles. He was a lifelong resident of Mid-County. James was a 1957 graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School, and a 1969 graduate of Lamar University where he received a...
Fannie Leona Bussey
May 25, 2016
Fannie Leona Bussey, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in Nederland, Texas. Fannie was born June 7, 1927 in Wilkes County, Georgia to William J. Bailey and Bertha Turner Bailey. She was a resident of Port Neches since 1949 and a member of Central Baptist Church in Port Neches. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m....
Ruth Marie Smith
May 24, 2016
Ruth Marie Smith travelled home to heaven on May 24, 2016, to join 'the love of her life', her husband, Chuck Smith. Ruth was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and was a 60 year resident of Nederland. Survived by her brother, Sidney Kelley of Richardson her son, Wayne Bloomfield daughters, Rosalie Lowe and Shari' Bloomfield Harris and husband, Terry Harrisgrandchildren, Amanda...
Linda Baca Bargainer
May 23, 2016
Linda Baca Bargainer, 69, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Linda was born July 1, 1946 in Livingston, Texas to Johnnie Alford and Maxine Thomas Alford McEwin. She was a lifelong area resident and retired grocery woman from Alford's Supermarket in Port Acres as well as working with her husband in Benny's convenience stores. She had...
Verbie Bryan
May 23, 2016
Mary Verbie Bryan, 100, died at Conroe, Texas on May 23, 2016. Verbie was the last surviving sibling of seven children born to Verner and Jim Young. She was born on her parents' cotton farm on February 20, 1916 at Estes Mill, Mississippi. She married A.V. Bryan on May 4, 1941 in Yuma, Arizona. They lived in San Diego and...
Diane Norvell Bates
May 21, 2016
Diane Norvell Bates Diane Norvell Bates, 72, of Bridge City passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on December 30, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to Graham Norvell and Estelle Deason Norvell. Diane was a lifelong resident of this area and a Senior Loan Officer with Gulf Employees Credit Union with...
Janine Celeste Romero
May 20, 2016
Janine Celeste Romero, 90, of Groves, passed away May 20, 2016 in Houston, Texas. She was born August 12, 1925, in Meuse, France, to the late Gustave Berthelemy and Helene Leclaire Berthelemy. Janine is survived by her son, Chris A. Romero & wife Karen of Houston, TX; daughters, Kathleen Williamson Saucier & husband Anthony of Missouri City, TX and Beatrice...
Jessie Vernell Bodden
June 2, 2016
Jessie Vernell Bodden, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, June 2, 2016. Jessie was born February 5, 1926 in Mount Pleasant, Grand Cayman to Reginald Parsons and Effie Henning Parsons. She was a resident of this area for 64 years and member of Providence Church. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Fred Parsons, Osley Parsons, Henry Parsons,...
Wilma Fay Wright
June 2, 2016
Wilma Fay Wright Wilma Fay Wright, 86, of Port Neches passed away, Thursday, June 2, 2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on April 30, 1930 in Blackjack, Texas. Wilma had lived in this area since 1947 and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at Levingston Funeral...
Donna Fay Young
June 1, 2016
Donna Fay Burch-Young, 66, of Beaumont passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on December 30, 1949 in Groves, Texas to Wilford Seaux and Mary Ann Cormier Seaux. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches with Deacon Ivan Watson...
Captain Leroy Rudolph Kurtz
June 1, 2016
In this very random world we live, we were so very blessed to be able to call this amazing individual Dad! Born during the depression March 12, 1927, an 8th grade education, lived in an orphanage type "work camp" after loosing his mother to a sudden illness during childhood, hitchhiking his way to interviews, he began his career in the...
Maurine Hines Knight
May 31, 2016
Maurine Hines Knight, 91, formerly of Port Neches, Texas, shed the bonds of Alzheimer's disease and began her eternal life May 31, 2016. Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches is handling her arrangements. Friends and family are invited to attend the viewing on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from 2:00 4:00pm and/or 7:00 9:00pm at Levingston Funeral Home. Maurine's funeral service...
Alan Major
May 31, 2016
Hugh Alan Major, 60, of Beaumont, passed away Tuesday May 31, 2016. Hugh was born November 30,1955 in New Orleans, LA to the late Paul Leo and Ramona Klein Major. He was a carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Mary East; sons, Michael Major and wife Nicole of Wylie, TX, Joshua Major and wife Lorena of LaBelle, TX; daughter,...
John Michael Castillo
May 31, 2016
John Michael Castillo, 28 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. John was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 14, 1988. Surviving John are his mother, Carolina Castillo; father, Chris Hulgan, Jr.; step-father, David Reckaway; brothers, Justin Andrew Castillo, David Wayne Reckaway, Noah Raymond Hulgan and Jonah Hulgan; sisters,...
Anna Rose Bandsma
May 31, 2016
Anna Rose Bandsma, 93, formerly of Port Neches, Texas, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016 surrounded by the love of her family and the caring staff at Wyoming Springs Assisted Living Center in Round Rock, Texas. Anna was born May 5, 1923 in Sulphur, Louisiana to Sidney Weber and Antonio Barras Weber. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,...
Milton "Buzzy" Smith
May 31, 2016
Milton Harry “Buzzy” Smith, 82 of Port Neches, TX passed away May 31st, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Buzzy was born November 24, 1933 to Pervis and Lucille Smith. He was raised in Port Acres, TX until he moved to Port Neches after he married Shirlee Ann Brown in 1952. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin...
Bertha D. Knost
May 29, 2016
Bertha David Knost, 89, of Nederland, passed away Sunday May 29, 2016. Bertha is preceded in death by her mother and father Paula Lopez and Whitney Lange; husband Ono David; brothers Curley and Dudley Lange; sisters Lula Mae Menard, Lucy Romero, and Lydia Trahan; son-in-law Tommy Bailey; and great-grandchild Megan Procter. Bertha is survived by her significant other Walter Coverdale;...
William "Bill" Bunyan Graves, Jr.
May 28, 2016
William "Bill" Bunyan Graves, Jr. 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, May 28, 2016 in Port Neches, Texas after a lengthy illness. Bill was born February 20, 1927 in Glenmora, Louisiana to William Bunyan Graves and Clare Patrick Graves. He was a resident of Port Neches since 1950. Bill attended L.S.U. briefly, graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont...
Herlinda Rodriguez
May 26, 2016
Herlinda Rodrguez fallecioÌ el jueves, el 26 de mayo de 2016 en el Medical Center de Southeast Texas. Herlinda naci del matrimonio formado por Guadalupe y TeleÌsforo Ochoa el 29 de septiembre de 1946 en Teocuitatln de Corona, Jalisco, Mxico. Fue la cuarta hija de su familia de 11 hermanos. Lleg a Puerto Arturo, Texas en 1998. Francisco y Herlinda...
Joyce Conner Wiggins
May 25, 2016
Joyce Conner Wiggins, 85, of Port Arthur, died May 25, 2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast TX after a valiant six month battle with oral cavity cancer. She is now reunited with the love of her life Herman. Joyce, a native of Lake Charles, was born April 11, 1931 to Dorcile and Lisman Conner. She graduated from LaGrange High....
James Edward Nobles
May 25, 2016
James Edward Nobles, 77, of Port Neches, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at his home. James was born January 19, 1939, in Port Neches, to Edward Ray and Fannie Belle Nobles. He was a lifelong resident of Mid-County. James was a 1957 graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School, and a 1969 graduate of Lamar University where he received a...
Fannie Leona Bussey
May 25, 2016
Fannie Leona Bussey, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in Nederland, Texas. Fannie was born June 7, 1927 in Wilkes County, Georgia to William J. Bailey and Bertha Turner Bailey. She was a resident of Port Neches since 1949 and a member of Central Baptist Church in Port Neches. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m....
Ruth Marie Smith
May 24, 2016
Ruth Marie Smith travelled home to heaven on May 24, 2016, to join 'the love of her life', her husband, Chuck Smith. Ruth was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and was a 60 year resident of Nederland. Survived by her brother, Sidney Kelley of Richardson her son, Wayne Bloomfield daughters, Rosalie Lowe and Shari' Bloomfield Harris and husband, Terry Harrisgrandchildren, Amanda...
Linda Baca Bargainer
May 23, 2016
Linda Baca Bargainer, 69, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Linda was born July 1, 1946 in Livingston, Texas to Johnnie Alford and Maxine Thomas Alford McEwin. She was a lifelong area resident and retired grocery woman from Alford's Supermarket in Port Acres as well as working with her husband in Benny's convenience stores. She had...
Verbie Bryan
May 23, 2016
Mary Verbie Bryan, 100, died at Conroe, Texas on May 23, 2016. Verbie was the last surviving sibling of seven children born to Verner and Jim Young. She was born on her parents' cotton farm on February 20, 1916 at Estes Mill, Mississippi. She married A.V. Bryan on May 4, 1941 in Yuma, Arizona. They lived in San Diego and...
Diane Norvell Bates
May 21, 2016
Diane Norvell Bates Diane Norvell Bates, 72, of Bridge City passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on December 30, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to Graham Norvell and Estelle Deason Norvell. Diane was a lifelong resident of this area and a Senior Loan Officer with Gulf Employees Credit Union with...
Janine Celeste Romero
May 20, 2016
Janine Celeste Romero, 90, of Groves, passed away May 20, 2016 in Houston, Texas. She was born August 12, 1925, in Meuse, France, to the late Gustave Berthelemy and Helene Leclaire Berthelemy. Janine is survived by her son, Chris A. Romero & wife Karen of Houston, TX; daughters, Kathleen Williamson Saucier & husband Anthony of Missouri City, TX and Beatrice...