Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Edsel F. Duhon
September 11, 2015
Edsel F. Duhon, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Edsel was born September 4, 1926 in Sour Lake, Texas to Willis Duhon and Clara Hanks Duhon. He was a lifelong area resident. Edsel retired from Texaco Refinery as a head foreman of the Electrical Department after 38...
Frances A. Betancourt
September 10, 2015
Frances A. Betancourt, 77, of Groves passed away on Thursday September 10th 2015 at Magnolia Manor in Groves. She was born in Arkansas on May 19, 1938 to the late Arlie Lee Merrell and Frances Carnelia Norris. Frances is survived by her loving husband, Jose Betancourt; her six children, Rickey, Buster, Chris, Janna Morwill, Kay Philpott and Simon Zamora; her...
Randy Joseph Constantine
September 8, 2015
Randy Constantine, 63, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Randy was born October 15, 1951 in Rayne, Louisiana to Vernie J. Constantine and Thelma Baronet Constantine. He was a lifelong area resident and was a retired handyman with 35 years of service. He was preceded in...
Patsy L. Garrett Drake
September 8, 2015
Patsy Garrett Drake was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Patsy was born in Nacogdoches, TX March 11th, 1939 to late Archie and Jewell Boatman-Garrett. When she was 5 her family moved to Houston, TX. Several years later the family welcomed her brother, Sherman Garrett. Her primary days she attended Aldine I.S.D. and...
Dale Joseph Bourque
September 4, 2015
Dale Joseph Bourque, 73, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 at his residence. He was born on October 16, 1941 in Beaumont, TX to the late Louis Joseph Borque and Mary Lucille Janise Borque. Dale was an electrician for the majority of his lifetime. He also served in the U.S. Army, loved country music, playing the...
James Ebanks Howell
September 4, 2015
James Ebanks Howell passed away at home surrounded by his children on Friday, September 4, 2015. He was best known to most as Howell. Howell was born on September 20, 1921, to Calvin and Ida Ebanks of West Bay, Grand Cayman, B.W.I. He married his devoted and loving wife Marrie Borden Howell of Mount Pleasant, Grand Cayman, B.W.I., in 1949....
Anthony Campise, Jr.
September 3, 2015
Anthony Campise Jr., 84, of Groves passed away on Thursday September 3, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born August 6, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Anthony Campise, Sr. and Opal Miller Campise. Anthony was a lifelong area resident and a member of Ridgewood Baptist Church. He was a retired painter from Gulf Oil after...
Edward Paul Cooper, Jr.
September 2, 2015
Edward Paul Cooper, Jr., 65, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015. Ed was born August 22, 1950 in Port Arthur, Texas to Edward Paul Cooper, Sr. and Cecile DeKerlegand Cooper. He was a resident of Groves for 54 years and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He was an operator and retired from the safety department...
Beatrice "Bea" Ainsworth
September 1, 2015
Beatrice "Bea" Ainsworth, 83, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at The Oaks at Beaumont. Bea was born December 27, 1931 in Davidson, Oklahoma. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. She retired from Nederland ISD as the Head Custodian at Highland Park Elementary. Funeral services will...
Ruth R. Cole
August 31, 2015
Ruth R. Cole, 91, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, August 31, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on March 24, 1924 in Eldorado, Arkansas to the late Charlie and Bertha Burnaman. Ruth attended Fellowship Baptist Church in Nederland. Ruth worked on the family farm, she was a nurse, worked as a welder...
Darwin "Woody" Wood
August 29, 2015
Darwin "Woody" Wood Darwin "Woody" Wood, 70, of Fannett passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on September 6, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas to Douglas and Georgia Landry Fagg. "Woody" was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Hamshire. He was retired as a boilermaker and...
Gertrude Mason Jacobs
August 25, 2015
Gertrude Mason Jacobs, 91, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Holland Place in Nederland, Texas. Gertrude was born September 30, 1923 in Port Arthur, Texas to Rudolph Moreau and Bessie Eve Landry Moreau. Gertrude lived in Port Arthur from 1979 to 2005, moved to Louisiana and returned to Port Neches in 2013 to be closer to...
Zoe Marie Hinton
August 24, 2015
Zoe M. Hinton, age 84, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015 at Senior Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing in Port Arthur. She was born on March 13, 1931 in Port Neches to the late Basil Goodwin and Laura Aycock. Zoe is survived by her sons, Bill Hinton and his wife, Lois of Groves and Sherrel “Rusty” Hinton...
Beve Lovell
August 23, 2015
Beve Lovell, 92, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on April 7, 1923 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles and Maude Landry Root. Beve was a lifelong area resident and member of Val Verde Baptist Church. She retired from the U. S. Postal Service as a postal...
Anna C. Miller
August 21, 2015
Anna C. Miller 86, of Port Acres passed away on August 21, 2015 in Port Arthur Texas. Anna was born in Port Arthur on October 15, 1928 to Carlos Joseph Zumo and Sarah Lipari Zumo. Anna was a Lifelong resident of the Port Arthur area and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. She was a retired salesperson...
James Wilburn Cooper
August 19, 2015
James "Bill" Cooper, 94, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Methodist St. John Hospital in Friendswood, Texas. James was born February 3, 1921 in Hillsboro, Texas to Augusta and Ella Cooper. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Port Arthur, and the Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department. James worked for Gulf Oil Corporation...
Kearney John LaVergne
August 19, 2015
Kearney John LaVergne, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Kearney was born October 7, 1928 in Morris, Louisiana to Forest LaVergne and Maline Terro LaVergne. He was a resident of Groves for 60 years and member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Kearney retired after 35 years of service...
Sylvia Johnson
August 18, 2015
Sylvia Johnson, 80, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at The Oaks of Beaumont. Sylvia was born July 2, 1935 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Theodore Maxion and Leslie Williams Maxion. She was a resident of this area for 42 years and retired as a waitress from the Schooner Restaurant. She was also a member of...
Helen Louise Marioneaux
August 17, 2015
Helen Louise Marioneaux, 77, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, August 17, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Helen was born September 30, 1937 in Woodville, Texas to Leon Knight and L.C. Mahaffey Knight. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church Port Neches. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August...
Donna Adams
August 14, 2015
Donna Adams, 55, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, August 14, 2015 at UTMB in Galveston, Texas. Donna was born September 5, 1959 in Galveston, Texas to Bo Jones and Margaret Lamb Jones. She was a homemaker and a resident of Port Neches since January of 1985. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at...
Edsel F. Duhon
September 11, 2015
Edsel F. Duhon, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Edsel was born September 4, 1926 in Sour Lake, Texas to Willis Duhon and Clara Hanks Duhon. He was a lifelong area resident. Edsel retired from Texaco Refinery as a head foreman of the Electrical Department after 38...
Frances A. Betancourt
September 10, 2015
Frances A. Betancourt, 77, of Groves passed away on Thursday September 10th 2015 at Magnolia Manor in Groves. She was born in Arkansas on May 19, 1938 to the late Arlie Lee Merrell and Frances Carnelia Norris. Frances is survived by her loving husband, Jose Betancourt; her six children, Rickey, Buster, Chris, Janna Morwill, Kay Philpott and Simon Zamora; her...
Randy Joseph Constantine
September 8, 2015
Randy Constantine, 63, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Randy was born October 15, 1951 in Rayne, Louisiana to Vernie J. Constantine and Thelma Baronet Constantine. He was a lifelong area resident and was a retired handyman with 35 years of service. He was preceded in...
Patsy L. Garrett Drake
September 8, 2015
Patsy Garrett Drake was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Patsy was born in Nacogdoches, TX March 11th, 1939 to late Archie and Jewell Boatman-Garrett. When she was 5 her family moved to Houston, TX. Several years later the family welcomed her brother, Sherman Garrett. Her primary days she attended Aldine I.S.D. and...
Dale Joseph Bourque
September 4, 2015
Dale Joseph Bourque, 73, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 at his residence. He was born on October 16, 1941 in Beaumont, TX to the late Louis Joseph Borque and Mary Lucille Janise Borque. Dale was an electrician for the majority of his lifetime. He also served in the U.S. Army, loved country music, playing the...
James Ebanks Howell
September 4, 2015
James Ebanks Howell passed away at home surrounded by his children on Friday, September 4, 2015. He was best known to most as Howell. Howell was born on September 20, 1921, to Calvin and Ida Ebanks of West Bay, Grand Cayman, B.W.I. He married his devoted and loving wife Marrie Borden Howell of Mount Pleasant, Grand Cayman, B.W.I., in 1949....
Anthony Campise, Jr.
September 3, 2015
Anthony Campise Jr., 84, of Groves passed away on Thursday September 3, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born August 6, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Anthony Campise, Sr. and Opal Miller Campise. Anthony was a lifelong area resident and a member of Ridgewood Baptist Church. He was a retired painter from Gulf Oil after...
Edward Paul Cooper, Jr.
September 2, 2015
Edward Paul Cooper, Jr., 65, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015. Ed was born August 22, 1950 in Port Arthur, Texas to Edward Paul Cooper, Sr. and Cecile DeKerlegand Cooper. He was a resident of Groves for 54 years and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He was an operator and retired from the safety department...
Beatrice "Bea" Ainsworth
September 1, 2015
Beatrice "Bea" Ainsworth, 83, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at The Oaks at Beaumont. Bea was born December 27, 1931 in Davidson, Oklahoma. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. She retired from Nederland ISD as the Head Custodian at Highland Park Elementary. Funeral services will...
Ruth R. Cole
August 31, 2015
Ruth R. Cole, 91, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, August 31, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on March 24, 1924 in Eldorado, Arkansas to the late Charlie and Bertha Burnaman. Ruth attended Fellowship Baptist Church in Nederland. Ruth worked on the family farm, she was a nurse, worked as a welder...
Darwin "Woody" Wood
August 29, 2015
Darwin "Woody" Wood Darwin "Woody" Wood, 70, of Fannett passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on September 6, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas to Douglas and Georgia Landry Fagg. "Woody" was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Hamshire. He was retired as a boilermaker and...
Gertrude Mason Jacobs
August 25, 2015
Gertrude Mason Jacobs, 91, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Holland Place in Nederland, Texas. Gertrude was born September 30, 1923 in Port Arthur, Texas to Rudolph Moreau and Bessie Eve Landry Moreau. Gertrude lived in Port Arthur from 1979 to 2005, moved to Louisiana and returned to Port Neches in 2013 to be closer to...
Zoe Marie Hinton
August 24, 2015
Zoe M. Hinton, age 84, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015 at Senior Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing in Port Arthur. She was born on March 13, 1931 in Port Neches to the late Basil Goodwin and Laura Aycock. Zoe is survived by her sons, Bill Hinton and his wife, Lois of Groves and Sherrel “Rusty” Hinton...
Beve Lovell
August 23, 2015
Beve Lovell, 92, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on April 7, 1923 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles and Maude Landry Root. Beve was a lifelong area resident and member of Val Verde Baptist Church. She retired from the U. S. Postal Service as a postal...
Anna C. Miller
August 21, 2015
Anna C. Miller 86, of Port Acres passed away on August 21, 2015 in Port Arthur Texas. Anna was born in Port Arthur on October 15, 1928 to Carlos Joseph Zumo and Sarah Lipari Zumo. Anna was a Lifelong resident of the Port Arthur area and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. She was a retired salesperson...
James Wilburn Cooper
August 19, 2015
James "Bill" Cooper, 94, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Methodist St. John Hospital in Friendswood, Texas. James was born February 3, 1921 in Hillsboro, Texas to Augusta and Ella Cooper. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Port Arthur, and the Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department. James worked for Gulf Oil Corporation...
Kearney John LaVergne
August 19, 2015
Kearney John LaVergne, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Kearney was born October 7, 1928 in Morris, Louisiana to Forest LaVergne and Maline Terro LaVergne. He was a resident of Groves for 60 years and member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Kearney retired after 35 years of service...
Sylvia Johnson
August 18, 2015
Sylvia Johnson, 80, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at The Oaks of Beaumont. Sylvia was born July 2, 1935 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Theodore Maxion and Leslie Williams Maxion. She was a resident of this area for 42 years and retired as a waitress from the Schooner Restaurant. She was also a member of...
Helen Louise Marioneaux
August 17, 2015
Helen Louise Marioneaux, 77, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, August 17, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Helen was born September 30, 1937 in Woodville, Texas to Leon Knight and L.C. Mahaffey Knight. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church Port Neches. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August...
Donna Adams
August 14, 2015
Donna Adams, 55, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, August 14, 2015 at UTMB in Galveston, Texas. Donna was born September 5, 1959 in Galveston, Texas to Bo Jones and Margaret Lamb Jones. She was a homemaker and a resident of Port Neches since January of 1985. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at...