Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
George Michael Newsome
September 1, 2014
George Michael Newsome, 51, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, September 1, 2014. George was born on August 13, 1963 in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a resident of Groves for 28 years. He was a member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur and was employed by the City of Beaumont as a water reclamation superintendent. George was a...
Elmer Earl Gassiott
September 1, 2014
Elmer Earl Gassiott, born to Elmer Joseph Gassiott and Gussie Mae Deggs Gassiott, on August 22, 1940, was the fifth child of 13, born to the Polk County couple, living in Corrigan, Texas. Earl went to be with his Savior on September 1, 2014, after fighting a lengthy battle with Multiple Myeloma. Earl was preceded in death by his parents;...
Mary Carnell Malmay
August 31, 2014
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy Ch. 4 vs. 7 Mary Carnell Malmay, 80, of Port Neches passed away on August 31, 2014. She was born on September 15, 1933, in Anacoco, La. to the late James A. and Sybil McDonald Ferguson, and has been an area resident...
Dr. Gerald Thomas Lange
August 31, 2014
Dr. Gerald Thomas Lange, 70, of Frisco, Texas, passed away August 31, 2014. He was born March 7, 1944, in Tuscon, AZ to the late Howard Lange and Laura Broussard. He was a physician for many years, as well as, a personal trainer and entrepreneur. He is survived by his daughter, Melinda Hallmark of Beaumont; son, Brandon Lange of Austin;...
Kenneth Paul Hebert
August 29, 2014
Kenneth Paul Hebert "Chimp" Kenneth Paul Hebert "Chimp", 55, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, August 29, 2014 at his home. He was born on August 2, 1959 in Groves, Texas to Phillip Hebert, Sr. and Henrietta Wetzel Hebert. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves with Reverend J....
F. Paul LaRue
August 28, 2014
F. Paul LaRue, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014. Paul was born October 27, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas to Fernond C. and Annie Guillot LaRue. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Stonegate Church of Christ. Paul retired in 1986 from Texaco after 36 years of service. He was an auxiliary volunteer for...
Howard Dale Comstock
August 27, 2014
Howard Dale Comstock, 75, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur, Texas. Howard was born October 23, 1938 in Nitro, West Virginia to Virgil Hill Comstock and Cora Stowers Comstock. He was a Port Neches resident and a retired Mechanic with DuPont Beaumont. Howard was also a US Air Force Veteran....
Francis E. Bodin
August 27, 2014
Francis E. Bodin, 85, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Francis was born September 30, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas to George Joseph Bodin and Leslie Williams Bodin. He was a lifelong area resident. Francis retired after 33 years of service as a police officer, having served in Groves for...
Claude Andrus Jackson
August 24, 2014
Claude Andrus Jackson died August 24, 2014 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas after an illness. Claude was born July 4, 1952 to Bettye Andrus and O.R. Jackson in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Forest Park High School and Lamar University and worked for many years in a family owned business dealing with parts for cars, trucks, and construction...
Fred Miller
August 23, 2014
Fred Miller Fred Miller, 87, of Port Neches, passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on December 10, 1926 in Iota, Louisiana to Louise and Jeff Miller. He and Mary Short Miller were married March 2, 1945. Fred was U.S. Army veteran and retired as a machinist from Ameripol-Synpol in Port...
Peggy McBee Kole
August 23, 2014
Peggy McBee Kole, 79, of Fannett, Texas passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Jefferson Nursing & Rehab in Beaumont, Texas. Peggy was born July 26, 1935 in Houston, Texas to Allen K. McBee and Lena Hayes McBee. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Beaumont. She was preceded in death by her sister...
Irene Foster Darville
August 23, 2014
Irene Foster Darville, 92, entered heaven's gates Saturday, August 23, 2014. She was met by a host of family and friends, including her husband of sixty-three years, Robert Henry Darville, her parents Nathan and Bertha Foster, two brothers and two sisters. Irene was born on April 13, 1922 in Port Arthur, Texas, and lived in the area her entire life....
Betty Woodall Moore
August 19, 2014
Betty Woodall Moore passed away at her home Tuesday, August 19, 2014. She was born December 22, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas and resided in the Port Arthur/Groves area for 73 years before moving to Taylor Landing. Betty graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and attended Lamar State College in Beaumont. She married Charles J. Moore in 1947 and they...
Leon Emile Lehman, Jr.
August 19, 2014
Leon Emile Lehman, Jr., 52, of Lumberton, passed away August 19, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont, TX. He was born January 4, 1962, in Port Arthur, to Leon Emile Lehman, Sr. and Conception Moreno. Leon worked as an equipment operator for the City of Nederland. He is survived by father, Leon Emile Lehman, Sr. of Lumberton; mother, Conception Lehman...
Robert Nelson Taylor
August 19, 2014
Robert Nelson Taylor, 73, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away August 19, 2014 at his residence. He was born September 22, 1940 in Port Arthur, TX to Robert Presley Taylor and Rosie May Bagget. He was a retired welder, having worked in marine construction. Survivors include, wife, Elaine Taylor of Port Arthur; daughters, Marie Avery and husband, Jeffery of Troy,...
Shirley Marie Bourque
August 19, 2014
Shirley Bourque, 76, of Groves, TX passed away August 19, 2014 at the Senior Rehabilitation Facility. She was born March 16, 1938, in Beaumont, TX to the late, Ophelias Bourque and Wilba Baker. Shirley worked as a cashier in the retail business for many years. Survivors include brother, Bill Bourque of Tyler, TX; sisters, Tina Goff of Longview, TX; Jimmie...
Delbert Wynn Morgan
August 17, 2014
Delbert Wynn Morgan, 88, of Groves, Texas went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, August 17, 2014. Delbert was born August 1, 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana to Jesse O. Morgan, Sr. and Lavenia Shepherd Morgan. He has been a resident of Groves since 1952 and member of Grace Church of the Nazarene. He was a graduate from McNeese...
Rue "Bing" Laughlin
August 14, 2014
Rue Barfield "Bing" Laughlin, 74, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014. Rue was born July 11, 1940 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Erwin Laughlin and Pauline Wells Laughlin. He was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church. He retired from Mobil Refinery with 25 years of service and previously worked as a shipping...
Wayne Hebert
August 14, 2014
Wayne Hebert, 71, of Lafayette, Louisiana died Thursday, August 14, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Joseph Wayne Hebert was born on September 15, 1942 to Martha Eve Landry Hebert and Cleveland Francis Hebert. Wayne was loved by all who knew him, and was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and brother. He was born and raised in Port Arthur, Texas...
Anna Lisa Jones
August 13, 2014
Anna Lisa Jones, 46, of Port Arthur, Texas died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur, Texas. Anna Lisa was born March 4, 1968 in Freeport, Texas to Joel Joseph Jones and Carol Ann Burt Jones. She was a resident of this area since 2008 and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches....
George Michael Newsome
September 1, 2014
George Michael Newsome, 51, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, September 1, 2014. George was born on August 13, 1963 in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a resident of Groves for 28 years. He was a member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur and was employed by the City of Beaumont as a water reclamation superintendent. George was a...
Elmer Earl Gassiott
September 1, 2014
Elmer Earl Gassiott, born to Elmer Joseph Gassiott and Gussie Mae Deggs Gassiott, on August 22, 1940, was the fifth child of 13, born to the Polk County couple, living in Corrigan, Texas. Earl went to be with his Savior on September 1, 2014, after fighting a lengthy battle with Multiple Myeloma. Earl was preceded in death by his parents;...
Mary Carnell Malmay
August 31, 2014
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy Ch. 4 vs. 7 Mary Carnell Malmay, 80, of Port Neches passed away on August 31, 2014. She was born on September 15, 1933, in Anacoco, La. to the late James A. and Sybil McDonald Ferguson, and has been an area resident...
Dr. Gerald Thomas Lange
August 31, 2014
Dr. Gerald Thomas Lange, 70, of Frisco, Texas, passed away August 31, 2014. He was born March 7, 1944, in Tuscon, AZ to the late Howard Lange and Laura Broussard. He was a physician for many years, as well as, a personal trainer and entrepreneur. He is survived by his daughter, Melinda Hallmark of Beaumont; son, Brandon Lange of Austin;...
Kenneth Paul Hebert
August 29, 2014
Kenneth Paul Hebert "Chimp" Kenneth Paul Hebert "Chimp", 55, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, August 29, 2014 at his home. He was born on August 2, 1959 in Groves, Texas to Phillip Hebert, Sr. and Henrietta Wetzel Hebert. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves with Reverend J....
F. Paul LaRue
August 28, 2014
F. Paul LaRue, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014. Paul was born October 27, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas to Fernond C. and Annie Guillot LaRue. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Stonegate Church of Christ. Paul retired in 1986 from Texaco after 36 years of service. He was an auxiliary volunteer for...
Howard Dale Comstock
August 27, 2014
Howard Dale Comstock, 75, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur, Texas. Howard was born October 23, 1938 in Nitro, West Virginia to Virgil Hill Comstock and Cora Stowers Comstock. He was a Port Neches resident and a retired Mechanic with DuPont Beaumont. Howard was also a US Air Force Veteran....
Francis E. Bodin
August 27, 2014
Francis E. Bodin, 85, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Francis was born September 30, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas to George Joseph Bodin and Leslie Williams Bodin. He was a lifelong area resident. Francis retired after 33 years of service as a police officer, having served in Groves for...
Claude Andrus Jackson
August 24, 2014
Claude Andrus Jackson died August 24, 2014 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas after an illness. Claude was born July 4, 1952 to Bettye Andrus and O.R. Jackson in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Forest Park High School and Lamar University and worked for many years in a family owned business dealing with parts for cars, trucks, and construction...
Fred Miller
August 23, 2014
Fred Miller Fred Miller, 87, of Port Neches, passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on December 10, 1926 in Iota, Louisiana to Louise and Jeff Miller. He and Mary Short Miller were married March 2, 1945. Fred was U.S. Army veteran and retired as a machinist from Ameripol-Synpol in Port...
Peggy McBee Kole
August 23, 2014
Peggy McBee Kole, 79, of Fannett, Texas passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Jefferson Nursing & Rehab in Beaumont, Texas. Peggy was born July 26, 1935 in Houston, Texas to Allen K. McBee and Lena Hayes McBee. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church of Beaumont. She was preceded in death by her sister...
Irene Foster Darville
August 23, 2014
Irene Foster Darville, 92, entered heaven's gates Saturday, August 23, 2014. She was met by a host of family and friends, including her husband of sixty-three years, Robert Henry Darville, her parents Nathan and Bertha Foster, two brothers and two sisters. Irene was born on April 13, 1922 in Port Arthur, Texas, and lived in the area her entire life....
Betty Woodall Moore
August 19, 2014
Betty Woodall Moore passed away at her home Tuesday, August 19, 2014. She was born December 22, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas and resided in the Port Arthur/Groves area for 73 years before moving to Taylor Landing. Betty graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and attended Lamar State College in Beaumont. She married Charles J. Moore in 1947 and they...
Leon Emile Lehman, Jr.
August 19, 2014
Leon Emile Lehman, Jr., 52, of Lumberton, passed away August 19, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont, TX. He was born January 4, 1962, in Port Arthur, to Leon Emile Lehman, Sr. and Conception Moreno. Leon worked as an equipment operator for the City of Nederland. He is survived by father, Leon Emile Lehman, Sr. of Lumberton; mother, Conception Lehman...
Robert Nelson Taylor
August 19, 2014
Robert Nelson Taylor, 73, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away August 19, 2014 at his residence. He was born September 22, 1940 in Port Arthur, TX to Robert Presley Taylor and Rosie May Bagget. He was a retired welder, having worked in marine construction. Survivors include, wife, Elaine Taylor of Port Arthur; daughters, Marie Avery and husband, Jeffery of Troy,...
Shirley Marie Bourque
August 19, 2014
Shirley Bourque, 76, of Groves, TX passed away August 19, 2014 at the Senior Rehabilitation Facility. She was born March 16, 1938, in Beaumont, TX to the late, Ophelias Bourque and Wilba Baker. Shirley worked as a cashier in the retail business for many years. Survivors include brother, Bill Bourque of Tyler, TX; sisters, Tina Goff of Longview, TX; Jimmie...
Delbert Wynn Morgan
August 17, 2014
Delbert Wynn Morgan, 88, of Groves, Texas went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, August 17, 2014. Delbert was born August 1, 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana to Jesse O. Morgan, Sr. and Lavenia Shepherd Morgan. He has been a resident of Groves since 1952 and member of Grace Church of the Nazarene. He was a graduate from McNeese...
Rue "Bing" Laughlin
August 14, 2014
Rue Barfield "Bing" Laughlin, 74, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014. Rue was born July 11, 1940 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Erwin Laughlin and Pauline Wells Laughlin. He was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of Calvary Baptist Church. He retired from Mobil Refinery with 25 years of service and previously worked as a shipping...
Wayne Hebert
August 14, 2014
Wayne Hebert, 71, of Lafayette, Louisiana died Thursday, August 14, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Joseph Wayne Hebert was born on September 15, 1942 to Martha Eve Landry Hebert and Cleveland Francis Hebert. Wayne was loved by all who knew him, and was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and brother. He was born and raised in Port Arthur, Texas...
Anna Lisa Jones
August 13, 2014
Anna Lisa Jones, 46, of Port Arthur, Texas died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur, Texas. Anna Lisa was born March 4, 1968 in Freeport, Texas to Joel Joseph Jones and Carol Ann Burt Jones. She was a resident of this area since 2008 and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches....