Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Charles Vestal Newman
January 21, 2016
Charles Vestal Newman, 78, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Charles was born September 3, 1937 in Barnhart, Texas to Donovan Sam Newman and Eaver Stubblefield Newman. He was a resident of Port Neches for 47 years and retired after 40 years of service from Texaco Research as a lab...
Wanda Deloris Morris
January 19, 2016
Wanda Deloris Morris, 93, of Port Neches, TX, passed away January 19, 2016 at her residence. She was born November 21, 1922, in Port Arthur, TX to the late James H. Pixley and Mary Emma Robinson. She is survived by her son, Larry W. Morris; daughter, Kathryn Morris; 5 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. Wanda is preceded in...
Beatrice Opal Childress
January 17, 2016
Beatrice Opal Knight Childress, died at 12:35 a.m., Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. She was born January 25, 1922 in Chester, Tyler County, Texas, and lived most of her adult life in Groves and Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. Beatrice was an active member of First Baptist Church in Groves, enjoyed traveling with friends and her...
Rhonda Kay Arnold
January 16, 2016
Rhonda Kay Arnold, 58, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. Rhonda was born July 28, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas to J.D. Read and Rose Marie Bartels Read. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of First United Methodist Church Port Neches. Rhonda was a...
Ruth O'Neal Broussard
January 15, 2016
Ruth O’Neal Broussard, 90, of Nederland passed away January 15, 2016. She was born September 17, 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas to Myrtie North and Otis O’Neal. She was a homemaker most of her life. Ruth is survived by her children; Jimmy Don Perritt and Charlotte of Port Arthur, Linda McAdams of Groves, Debbie Spiris and George of Channelview and...
Dorothy Bailey Fink
January 15, 2016
Dorothy Bailey Fink, 73, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Dorothy was born September 3, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Fred Bailey and Dorothy Blanton Bailey. She was a lifelong area resident and a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Gary Allan Seward and his wife, Karen...
Flavia Breaux Stone
January 15, 2016
Flavia Breaux Stone, 100, went to be with her Lord on Friday, January 15, 2016 in Indiantown, Fla. Flavia was born on September 21, 1915 in Youngsville, La. to Evalture and Louise Breaux. As a young child she moved with her family to Port Arthur, Tex., where she ultimately met and married her husband, Cal C. Stone, in 1937. They...
Mary Francis Castille
January 15, 2016
Mary Francis Castille Mary Francis Castille, 82, of Port Neches passed away, Friday, January 15, 2016 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. She was born on September 26, 1933 in Blanco County, Texas to Levi Mark Givens and Willie Mae Brock Givens. She had lived in Port Neches for over 42 years and was a homemaker. A graveside service will...
Sherylen Elizabeth Tate
January 12, 2016
Sherylen Elizabeth Tate, of Nederland, Texas, passed away January 12, 2016. She was born December 31, 1971, in Nederland, Texas to David DeRoche and Deborah Gant. Sherylen is survived by her husband, Steven Tate of Nederland; parents, David and Deborah DeRoche of Nederland; son, Matthew Engelbrecht; daughters, Sidney Engelbrecht and Shelby Engelbrecht, all of Nederland; brothers, David DeRoche of Nederland...
Eugenia Reena Smiley
January 11, 2016
Eugenia Reena Smiley, 51, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, Texas. Eugenia was born August 16, 1964 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Eugene Ashley Smiley and Betty Jane Bourg Smiley. She was a resident of this area for 49 years and a member of Bethel Temple in Port Neches. Eugenia was...
Justin D. Jackson
January 9, 2016
Justin loved spending time with family and friends, he loved their annual crawfish boils and trips to the beach. He also enjoyed his time with his work family at Grant Thornton LLP, for the last four years, but never forgot his Carrabba’s family in Beaumont. “Say dawg, MICOS for life!” He is survived by his wife, Lindsey Gaspard Jackson of...
Benjamin G. Weber
January 9, 2016
Benjamin G. Weber, 83, of Groves died Saturday, January 9th, 2016 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home, surrounded by his family while watching his beloved football game. Ben was a graduate of Carencro High School in Louisiana. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He was employed at Texaco for 41 years. Ben was a member of Immaculate...
Ernest Theodore Parker
January 8, 2016
Ernest Theodore Parker, 69, of Nederland, passed away January 8, 2016. He was born July 15, 1946, in Madisonville, TX to the late Curtis Parker and Juanita Douglas. Ernest was a locksmith and owner of Best Safe & Lock, for many years. He is survived by his wife, Linda Williams; sons, Christopher Parker of Frisco, Jason Parker of Nederland, Stephen...
Miyoko A. Smith
January 7, 2016
Miyoko Smith, 90, of Nederland, Texas went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, January 7, 2016. She was born April 11, 1925, in Kisabe, Okinawa to Tamaka and Higa Asato. Her siblings included 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Miyoko was married to John H. Smith on August 11, 1947 at the Marine military headquarters in Okinawa. After...
George Alphonse Litvik
January 5, 2016
George Alphonse Litvik, 84, of Nederland, TX, passed away January 5, 2016. He was born July 7, 1931, in East Bernard, TX to the late Joesef Litvik and Clara Pustojosky. George retired from Texas Gulf Sulfur Company after 35 years. After retiring, he opened Litvik's Tractor Service, as he enjoyed providing this service for the community. George enjoyed gardening, playing...
David Weston Sims Sr.
January 4, 2016
David Weston Sims Sr.,59, of Taylor Landing, Texas died Monday January 4th,2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on August1,1956 to Madge Stevenson Sims and George Madison Sims II at St. Mary’s Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. He was raised and lived in Port Arthur, Texas and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High...
Mike "Mustang" Whitman
January 4, 2016
Mike “Mustang” Whitman, 62 of Nederland, passed away on January 4, 2016 at his residence. Mike was born on July 30, 1953 in Camp Polk, LA to the late Herbert Allen Whitman and Gilda Marie (Doucet) Whitman. Mike is survived by his daughter Teneka Cook and her husband Matt of Kingwood, Texas; his sisters, Kathy Collins and her husband Danny...
Dorothy "Dot" Sloan
January 4, 2016
Dorothy "Dot" Sloan, 93, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur. Dorothy was born January 18, 1922 in Port Arthur, Texas to Alferd Miller and Elizabeth Schliedt Miller. She was a lifelong area resident and graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. She was a member of the United Methodist Temple and...
Juliet Ann Mendoza
January 4, 2016
Juliet Ann Mendoza, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur, Texas. Juliet was born July 30, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph Simon Verret and Louise Landry Verret. She was a retired Circulating Nurse in Surgery at St. Mary's Hospital with 30 years of service. Juliet was a...
Helen Minerva Harrell
January 4, 2016
Helen Minerva Harrell, 89, of Nederland, TX, passed away January 4, 2016. Helen had suffered a stroke in 2009. She was born in Deweyville, TX on May 29, 1926 to Pete and Claricy Hughes. Helen grew up in Newton and graduated from Newton High School, then attended business school in Beaumont. She married Dan in November of 1948 and finally...
Charles Vestal Newman
January 21, 2016
Charles Vestal Newman, 78, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Charles was born September 3, 1937 in Barnhart, Texas to Donovan Sam Newman and Eaver Stubblefield Newman. He was a resident of Port Neches for 47 years and retired after 40 years of service from Texaco Research as a lab...
Wanda Deloris Morris
January 19, 2016
Wanda Deloris Morris, 93, of Port Neches, TX, passed away January 19, 2016 at her residence. She was born November 21, 1922, in Port Arthur, TX to the late James H. Pixley and Mary Emma Robinson. She is survived by her son, Larry W. Morris; daughter, Kathryn Morris; 5 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. Wanda is preceded in...
Beatrice Opal Childress
January 17, 2016
Beatrice Opal Knight Childress, died at 12:35 a.m., Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. She was born January 25, 1922 in Chester, Tyler County, Texas, and lived most of her adult life in Groves and Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. Beatrice was an active member of First Baptist Church in Groves, enjoyed traveling with friends and her...
Rhonda Kay Arnold
January 16, 2016
Rhonda Kay Arnold, 58, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. Rhonda was born July 28, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas to J.D. Read and Rose Marie Bartels Read. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of First United Methodist Church Port Neches. Rhonda was a...
Ruth O'Neal Broussard
January 15, 2016
Ruth O’Neal Broussard, 90, of Nederland passed away January 15, 2016. She was born September 17, 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas to Myrtie North and Otis O’Neal. She was a homemaker most of her life. Ruth is survived by her children; Jimmy Don Perritt and Charlotte of Port Arthur, Linda McAdams of Groves, Debbie Spiris and George of Channelview and...
Dorothy Bailey Fink
January 15, 2016
Dorothy Bailey Fink, 73, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Dorothy was born September 3, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Fred Bailey and Dorothy Blanton Bailey. She was a lifelong area resident and a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Gary Allan Seward and his wife, Karen...
Flavia Breaux Stone
January 15, 2016
Flavia Breaux Stone, 100, went to be with her Lord on Friday, January 15, 2016 in Indiantown, Fla. Flavia was born on September 21, 1915 in Youngsville, La. to Evalture and Louise Breaux. As a young child she moved with her family to Port Arthur, Tex., where she ultimately met and married her husband, Cal C. Stone, in 1937. They...
Mary Francis Castille
January 15, 2016
Mary Francis Castille Mary Francis Castille, 82, of Port Neches passed away, Friday, January 15, 2016 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. She was born on September 26, 1933 in Blanco County, Texas to Levi Mark Givens and Willie Mae Brock Givens. She had lived in Port Neches for over 42 years and was a homemaker. A graveside service will...
Sherylen Elizabeth Tate
January 12, 2016
Sherylen Elizabeth Tate, of Nederland, Texas, passed away January 12, 2016. She was born December 31, 1971, in Nederland, Texas to David DeRoche and Deborah Gant. Sherylen is survived by her husband, Steven Tate of Nederland; parents, David and Deborah DeRoche of Nederland; son, Matthew Engelbrecht; daughters, Sidney Engelbrecht and Shelby Engelbrecht, all of Nederland; brothers, David DeRoche of Nederland...
Eugenia Reena Smiley
January 11, 2016
Eugenia Reena Smiley, 51, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, Texas. Eugenia was born August 16, 1964 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Eugene Ashley Smiley and Betty Jane Bourg Smiley. She was a resident of this area for 49 years and a member of Bethel Temple in Port Neches. Eugenia was...
Justin D. Jackson
January 9, 2016
Justin loved spending time with family and friends, he loved their annual crawfish boils and trips to the beach. He also enjoyed his time with his work family at Grant Thornton LLP, for the last four years, but never forgot his Carrabba’s family in Beaumont. “Say dawg, MICOS for life!” He is survived by his wife, Lindsey Gaspard Jackson of...
Benjamin G. Weber
January 9, 2016
Benjamin G. Weber, 83, of Groves died Saturday, January 9th, 2016 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home, surrounded by his family while watching his beloved football game. Ben was a graduate of Carencro High School in Louisiana. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He was employed at Texaco for 41 years. Ben was a member of Immaculate...
Ernest Theodore Parker
January 8, 2016
Ernest Theodore Parker, 69, of Nederland, passed away January 8, 2016. He was born July 15, 1946, in Madisonville, TX to the late Curtis Parker and Juanita Douglas. Ernest was a locksmith and owner of Best Safe & Lock, for many years. He is survived by his wife, Linda Williams; sons, Christopher Parker of Frisco, Jason Parker of Nederland, Stephen...
Miyoko A. Smith
January 7, 2016
Miyoko Smith, 90, of Nederland, Texas went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, January 7, 2016. She was born April 11, 1925, in Kisabe, Okinawa to Tamaka and Higa Asato. Her siblings included 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Miyoko was married to John H. Smith on August 11, 1947 at the Marine military headquarters in Okinawa. After...
George Alphonse Litvik
January 5, 2016
George Alphonse Litvik, 84, of Nederland, TX, passed away January 5, 2016. He was born July 7, 1931, in East Bernard, TX to the late Joesef Litvik and Clara Pustojosky. George retired from Texas Gulf Sulfur Company after 35 years. After retiring, he opened Litvik's Tractor Service, as he enjoyed providing this service for the community. George enjoyed gardening, playing...
David Weston Sims Sr.
January 4, 2016
David Weston Sims Sr.,59, of Taylor Landing, Texas died Monday January 4th,2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on August1,1956 to Madge Stevenson Sims and George Madison Sims II at St. Mary’s Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. He was raised and lived in Port Arthur, Texas and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High...
Mike "Mustang" Whitman
January 4, 2016
Mike “Mustang” Whitman, 62 of Nederland, passed away on January 4, 2016 at his residence. Mike was born on July 30, 1953 in Camp Polk, LA to the late Herbert Allen Whitman and Gilda Marie (Doucet) Whitman. Mike is survived by his daughter Teneka Cook and her husband Matt of Kingwood, Texas; his sisters, Kathy Collins and her husband Danny...
Dorothy "Dot" Sloan
January 4, 2016
Dorothy "Dot" Sloan, 93, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur. Dorothy was born January 18, 1922 in Port Arthur, Texas to Alferd Miller and Elizabeth Schliedt Miller. She was a lifelong area resident and graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. She was a member of the United Methodist Temple and...
Juliet Ann Mendoza
January 4, 2016
Juliet Ann Mendoza, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur, Texas. Juliet was born July 30, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph Simon Verret and Louise Landry Verret. She was a retired Circulating Nurse in Surgery at St. Mary's Hospital with 30 years of service. Juliet was a...
Helen Minerva Harrell
January 4, 2016
Helen Minerva Harrell, 89, of Nederland, TX, passed away January 4, 2016. Helen had suffered a stroke in 2009. She was born in Deweyville, TX on May 29, 1926 to Pete and Claricy Hughes. Helen grew up in Newton and graduated from Newton High School, then attended business school in Beaumont. She married Dan in November of 1948 and finally...