Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Alton Sterling Chapman
May 26, 2015
Alton Sterling Chapman, age 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Gulf Health Care Center in Port Arthur. He was born on November 21, 1930 in Grapeland, Texas to the late Robert L. Chapman and Norine Valentine Urspung. He served our country proudly in the United States Air Force and was a 32nd Degree...
Henry A. Myers
May 22, 2015
Henry A. Myers, age 97, of Port Neches, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2015 at his residence. He was born December 26, 1917 in Alexandria, Louisiana to the late Hattie Elizabeth and Herman Sam Myers. He served in the United States Army during WWII from October 1940 to November 1945, with two years in combat with the highest rank...
Gaye Nell Marcontel
May 22, 2015
Gaye Nell Marcontel, age 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, May 22, 2015 at the Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. She was born on October 13, 1938 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Roy LaPoint and Louise Gunn. She worked in retail as a beauty consultant at Dillard’s for Clinique. Gaye Nell was an Eastern Star, member of...
Robert Eugene Robbins
May 22, 2015
Robert Eugene Robbins, 86, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaumont. He was born on December 13, 1928 in Marion, Ohio to Guy Arthur Robbins and Edna Porter Robbins. Robert had lived in this area since 1953 and was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in...
Rita Mae Vell Delino
May 20, 2015
Rita Mae Vell Delino, 85, of Groves, passed away, Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 at her residence in Groves. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Melancon’s Funeral in Nederland with Mr. Joseph Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be...
Jeanne H. Higgins
May 20, 2015
Jeanne H. Higgins, 90, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Oak Groves Nursing Home in Groves. She was born on August 11, 1924 in Milton, Louisiana to the late Joseph and Edna Hebert. She was a waitress in the restaurant industry for many years. Mrs. Higgins is survived by her sons, Jerry Boudreaux his wife,...
William Edward Heard, Jr.
May 19, 2015
William Edward Heard, Jr., 58, of LaBelle, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015. William was born January 6, 1957 in Orange, Texas to William E. Heard and Gaye Nell Allen Heard Leger. He was a lifelong resident of LaBelle and had been employed as a roofing contractor. Survivors include his mother, Gay Nell Leger of LaBelle; four sisters, Nancy...
Ethel M. (Rebert) Harris
May 19, 2015
Ethel M. (Rebert) Harris, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at her residence. She was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Port Arthur on April 16, 1929 to the late Albert Joseph Rebert and Antonia Boutte Rebert. Mrs. Harris was a Mobile Home Park Owner. Mrs. Harris was a devoted family member. She loved...
Rebecca Sue Johnson
May 18, 2015
Rebecca Sue Johnson, 64, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on June 7, 1950 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Melvin Joseph Dupuis and Catherine Lucille Thibodeaux. She was a lifelong resident of the area. Rebecca is survived by her daughter, Lydia Gillard and...
Patsy Stark Craig
May 15, 2015
Patsy Stark Craig, age 82, of Nederland passed away on May 15, 2015. She was born in Doucette, TX on November 13, 1932, to the late Guy B. Stark and Jewel James and was a lifelong area resident. Patsy is survived by sons, Richard Williamson and wife, Michelle of Orangefield, Brian “David” Williamson of Nederland, John Williamson and wife, Treva...
Kenneth Lee Spikes
May 14, 2015
Kenneth Lee Spikes, 76, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Kenneth was born July 6, 1938 in Groves, Texas to Arthur E. Spikes and Emma Vincent Spikes. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Southside Baptist Church. Kenneth retired from Star Enterprise after 43...
Dorothy L. Soileau
May 14, 2015
Dorothy L. Soileau, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015. Dorothy was born November 14, 1926 in Peason, Louisiana to E. C. Mills and Gladys Duplissey Mills. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Groves. Dorothy was a homemaker and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by...
Nancy Gayle Viola
May 13, 2015
Nancy Gayle Viola, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Nancy was born January 29, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas to Landry Homer Lofton and Allie Randall Lofton Smith. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Groves. Nancy was a school nurse and...
M.E. "Bunky" Stephens
May 9, 2015
M. E. "Bunky" Stephens M. E. "Bunky" Stephens, 83, of Bridge City, Texas passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on June 7, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles Stephens and Myrtle "Toot" Landry Stephens. Bunky was a lifelong area resident and member of Memorial Baptist Church in Port Arthur....
George W. Gleason
May 8, 2015
George W. Gleason George W. Gleason, lovingly called "Papaw Bill" by his family, was born in Faceville, Georgia, on October 10, 1922. On May 8, 2015, he opened his eyes and saw heaven. He was surrounded by his loving family and caregivers as he struggled against the disease that would eventually take him away. It brought the family much comfort...
Johnnie Lee Wassenich
May 5, 2015
Johnnie Wassenich, 89, of Beauxart Gardens passed away on May 5, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on February 20, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Walter Wassenich and Frankie Harper Wassenich. Johnnie worked in transportation as a truck driver at Texas U.S. Chemical, and also served our country honorably in the United...
Anita M. Higginbotham
May 5, 2015
Anita M. Higginbotham, 90, formerly of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. Anita was born April 15, 1925 in Merryville, Louisiana to Everette Ford Montgomery and Sally Karr Montgomery. She was a longtime area resident before moving to Columbus, Ohio. She was a retired school teacher, having taught for many years in the Port Arthur...
William "Bill" Allison Wellings
May 5, 2015
William "Bill" Allison Wellings of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Bill was born December 31, 1941 in Beaumont, Texas. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and member of the Marine Corps League, Detachment 1382 and American Legion Post #7. He was a lifelong area resident and employed by Great Lakes Carbon for 15 years before becoming...
Clint Forest Rebert
May 4, 2015
Clint Forest Rebert, a life-long resident of Nederland, died Monday, May 4th, 2015, one day before his 49th birthday. Clint was a deeply loving father to his daughter, Camrynne (15), and a dedicated uncle to his nephews, Kolby (25) and Kalen (19). He was known by all as an avid fisherman, hunter, and family man, always placing the needs and...
Diane Abshire Sonnier
May 2, 2015
Diane Sonnier, 71, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at her residence. She was born on May 25, 1943 in Port Neches, Texas to the late Melvin Abshire and Elvie Norris. Diane was a homemaker for the majority of her life. Diane is survived by her children, Arnold Horton of Nederland, Sophie Ranolls and husband, Kenneth...
Alton Sterling Chapman
May 26, 2015
Alton Sterling Chapman, age 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Gulf Health Care Center in Port Arthur. He was born on November 21, 1930 in Grapeland, Texas to the late Robert L. Chapman and Norine Valentine Urspung. He served our country proudly in the United States Air Force and was a 32nd Degree...
Henry A. Myers
May 22, 2015
Henry A. Myers, age 97, of Port Neches, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2015 at his residence. He was born December 26, 1917 in Alexandria, Louisiana to the late Hattie Elizabeth and Herman Sam Myers. He served in the United States Army during WWII from October 1940 to November 1945, with two years in combat with the highest rank...
Gaye Nell Marcontel
May 22, 2015
Gaye Nell Marcontel, age 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, May 22, 2015 at the Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. She was born on October 13, 1938 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Roy LaPoint and Louise Gunn. She worked in retail as a beauty consultant at Dillard’s for Clinique. Gaye Nell was an Eastern Star, member of...
Robert Eugene Robbins
May 22, 2015
Robert Eugene Robbins, 86, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaumont. He was born on December 13, 1928 in Marion, Ohio to Guy Arthur Robbins and Edna Porter Robbins. Robert had lived in this area since 1953 and was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in...
Rita Mae Vell Delino
May 20, 2015
Rita Mae Vell Delino, 85, of Groves, passed away, Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 at her residence in Groves. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Melancon’s Funeral in Nederland with Mr. Joseph Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be...
Jeanne H. Higgins
May 20, 2015
Jeanne H. Higgins, 90, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Oak Groves Nursing Home in Groves. She was born on August 11, 1924 in Milton, Louisiana to the late Joseph and Edna Hebert. She was a waitress in the restaurant industry for many years. Mrs. Higgins is survived by her sons, Jerry Boudreaux his wife,...
William Edward Heard, Jr.
May 19, 2015
William Edward Heard, Jr., 58, of LaBelle, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015. William was born January 6, 1957 in Orange, Texas to William E. Heard and Gaye Nell Allen Heard Leger. He was a lifelong resident of LaBelle and had been employed as a roofing contractor. Survivors include his mother, Gay Nell Leger of LaBelle; four sisters, Nancy...
Ethel M. (Rebert) Harris
May 19, 2015
Ethel M. (Rebert) Harris, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at her residence. She was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Port Arthur on April 16, 1929 to the late Albert Joseph Rebert and Antonia Boutte Rebert. Mrs. Harris was a Mobile Home Park Owner. Mrs. Harris was a devoted family member. She loved...
Rebecca Sue Johnson
May 18, 2015
Rebecca Sue Johnson, 64, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on June 7, 1950 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Melvin Joseph Dupuis and Catherine Lucille Thibodeaux. She was a lifelong resident of the area. Rebecca is survived by her daughter, Lydia Gillard and...
Patsy Stark Craig
May 15, 2015
Patsy Stark Craig, age 82, of Nederland passed away on May 15, 2015. She was born in Doucette, TX on November 13, 1932, to the late Guy B. Stark and Jewel James and was a lifelong area resident. Patsy is survived by sons, Richard Williamson and wife, Michelle of Orangefield, Brian “David” Williamson of Nederland, John Williamson and wife, Treva...
Kenneth Lee Spikes
May 14, 2015
Kenneth Lee Spikes, 76, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Kenneth was born July 6, 1938 in Groves, Texas to Arthur E. Spikes and Emma Vincent Spikes. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Southside Baptist Church. Kenneth retired from Star Enterprise after 43...
Dorothy L. Soileau
May 14, 2015
Dorothy L. Soileau, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015. Dorothy was born November 14, 1926 in Peason, Louisiana to E. C. Mills and Gladys Duplissey Mills. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Groves. Dorothy was a homemaker and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by...
Nancy Gayle Viola
May 13, 2015
Nancy Gayle Viola, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Nancy was born January 29, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas to Landry Homer Lofton and Allie Randall Lofton Smith. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Groves. Nancy was a school nurse and...
M.E. "Bunky" Stephens
May 9, 2015
M. E. "Bunky" Stephens M. E. "Bunky" Stephens, 83, of Bridge City, Texas passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on June 7, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles Stephens and Myrtle "Toot" Landry Stephens. Bunky was a lifelong area resident and member of Memorial Baptist Church in Port Arthur....
George W. Gleason
May 8, 2015
George W. Gleason George W. Gleason, lovingly called "Papaw Bill" by his family, was born in Faceville, Georgia, on October 10, 1922. On May 8, 2015, he opened his eyes and saw heaven. He was surrounded by his loving family and caregivers as he struggled against the disease that would eventually take him away. It brought the family much comfort...
Johnnie Lee Wassenich
May 5, 2015
Johnnie Wassenich, 89, of Beauxart Gardens passed away on May 5, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on February 20, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Walter Wassenich and Frankie Harper Wassenich. Johnnie worked in transportation as a truck driver at Texas U.S. Chemical, and also served our country honorably in the United...
Anita M. Higginbotham
May 5, 2015
Anita M. Higginbotham, 90, formerly of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. Anita was born April 15, 1925 in Merryville, Louisiana to Everette Ford Montgomery and Sally Karr Montgomery. She was a longtime area resident before moving to Columbus, Ohio. She was a retired school teacher, having taught for many years in the Port Arthur...
William "Bill" Allison Wellings
May 5, 2015
William "Bill" Allison Wellings of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Bill was born December 31, 1941 in Beaumont, Texas. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and member of the Marine Corps League, Detachment 1382 and American Legion Post #7. He was a lifelong area resident and employed by Great Lakes Carbon for 15 years before becoming...
Clint Forest Rebert
May 4, 2015
Clint Forest Rebert, a life-long resident of Nederland, died Monday, May 4th, 2015, one day before his 49th birthday. Clint was a deeply loving father to his daughter, Camrynne (15), and a dedicated uncle to his nephews, Kolby (25) and Kalen (19). He was known by all as an avid fisherman, hunter, and family man, always placing the needs and...
Diane Abshire Sonnier
May 2, 2015
Diane Sonnier, 71, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at her residence. She was born on May 25, 1943 in Port Neches, Texas to the late Melvin Abshire and Elvie Norris. Diane was a homemaker for the majority of her life. Diane is survived by her children, Arnold Horton of Nederland, Sophie Ranolls and husband, Kenneth...
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