Obituaries for Melancon Levingston

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.

Jack Kenneth Goff

Jack Kenneth Goff

August 24, 2013

Jack Kenneth Goff Nederland, Texas Died August 24, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was the son of Kenneth B. Goff and the late Cynthia L. Wise. Jack was born in Galveston, Texas on September 25, 1989. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Nederland, Texas. He was active in choir and...

Richard Allan Morvant, Sr.

Richard Allan Morvant, Sr.

August 23, 2013

Richard Allan "Dickie" Morvant, Sr., 69 of Deweyville, Texas passed away FrIday, August 23, 2013. Dickie was born June 18, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas to William Joseph Morvant, Jr. and Dorothy Erickson Morvant. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired welder. He was preceded in death by his father, William Morvant, Jr. and sister, Dixie Morvant Crochet....

Charles Sherman Corley

Charles Sherman Corley

August 22, 2013

Charles Sherman Corley, 87, of Groves passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. He was born on February 9, 1926 in Toro, Louisiana to David and Martha Jane Moore Corley. Sherman had lived in Groves since 1954 and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, Toro Lodge #253 in Hornbeck, La. and Scottish Rite...

Raymond Depwe

Raymond Depwe

August 21, 2013

Raymond Depwe, 81 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Ray was born November 6, 1931 in Orange, Texas to Clarence Depwe and Druscilla Linscomb Depwe. He graduated from Lutcher Stark High School in Orange and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Lamar State College in...

Marion Walter Ray, Sr.

Marion Walter Ray, Sr.

August 20, 2013

Marion Walter "Ray" Ray, Sr., 75 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Ray was born August 28, 1937 in Andrews, South Carolina to Jessie James Ray and Nellie Floyd Ray. He was an area resident for 44 years and a retired ship fitter from TDI Halter. He was preceded in death by his brother, Gene Ray...

Bill Odom

Bill Odom

August 18, 2013

Bill Odom, 62, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Bill was born on June 3, 1951 in Port Arthur, Texas to Paul and Alene Odom. He spent 4 years in the Marines before going into the Army to serve his country for another 16 years. Upon...

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr.

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr.

August 17, 2013

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr. 55, died Saturday August 17, 2013 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Luther was born on February 12, 1958 in Port Arthur to B.W. Shoemaker and Martha Patterson Shoemaker. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Neches and Groves areas and a Veteran of the Army. He was also a retired Dump...

Luther Owen Shoemaker

Luther Owen Shoemaker

August 17, 2013

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr. 55, died Saturday August 17, 2013 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Luther was born on February 12, 1958 in Port Arthur to B.W. Shoemaker and Martha Patterson Shoemaker. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Neches and Groves areas and a Veteran of the Army. He was also a retired Dump...

Trice Edgar Taylor Jr

Trice Edgar Taylor Jr

August 16, 2013

Trice Edgar Taylor, Jr., son of Trice Edgar Taylor, Sr. and Peggy Jo (Rauwerda) Taylor, was born on December 23, 1955 in Port Arthur, TX and entered into his rest on August 16, 2013 at his home in Comanche, TX, surrounded by family and friends. In his early life he was united in marriage with Janet. This union was blessed...

Matthew Dale Prince

Matthew Dale Prince

August 15, 2013

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince, 54 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Matt was born November 28, 1958 in Port Arthur, Texas to Irvin John Prince, Sr. and Esther Henry Prince. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 23 years. He was preceded in death by his father; brother,...

Margaret Elmeda Haynes

Margaret Elmeda Haynes

August 15, 2013

Margaret Elmeda Scott Haynes, 92, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 15, 2013. She was born in Polk County, Texas, March 19, 1921 to the Rev. Samuel Scott and Mattie Adieline Thomas. She was married in Camden, Texas on October 24, 1942, to Benjamin Franklin Haynes of Hortense, Texas, until his passing on October 28, 1991. She is...

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince

August 15, 2013

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince, 54 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Matt was born November 28, 1958 in Port Arthur, Texas to Irvin John Prince, Sr. and Esther Henry Prince. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 23 years. He was preceded in death by his father; brother,...

Joyce Terrell Thomas

Joyce Terrell Thomas

August 14, 2013

Joyce Terrell Thomas, 74 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Joyce was born on April 9, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas to Racine Lee and James Terrell. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. Joyce was a homemaker and a great cook....

Robert "Bob" Moss

Robert "Bob" Moss

August 12, 2013

Robert "Bob" Moss, 78 of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, August 12, 2013. Bob was born October 11, 1934 in Wheelock, Texas to Walter Moss and Katherine Cross Moss. He was a lifelong area resident and retired from Gulf Coast Machine. He was a member of the United Methodist Temple and Wesley Bible Class. Past District Officer of GTSRD Association,...

Cynthia Marie Gontarek

Cynthia Marie Gontarek

August 11, 2013

Cynthia Marie Gontarek , 73 of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. Cynthia was born April 29, 1940 in Port Arthur, Texas to T.R. Lumpkin and Meredith Ann Haston Lumpkin. She was a lifelong area resident and longtime member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, where she served with the Altar...

Lydia Lozano

Lydia Lozano

August 11, 2013

Lydia Lozano, 91, of Port Arthur passed away on August 11, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was born on May 22, 1922 in Snyder, Texas to the late Almado Macias and Gaberia Madrid Macias. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur, and a member of Port Acres United Pentecostal Church. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday,...

Arthur John Mason Sr.

Arthur John Mason Sr.

August 8, 2013

Arthur John Mason, Sr. , 86, of Nederland, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Arthur was born on January 13, 1927 to the late Camille Joseph Mason and Adelina Dore Mason in New Iberia, Louisiana, and lived most of his life in the Nederland and Port Arthur area. He was...

Lucy Marie Smith

Lucy Marie Smith

August 7, 2013

Lucy Marie Beaumont Smith, 86, of Jasper, Texas formerly of Groves passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at Avalon Nursing Home in Kirbyville, TX. Lucy was born November 9, 1926 in Groves, Texas to Walter Lee Beaumont and Minnie Albers Beaumont. She was a lifelong area resident and retired secretary from Gulf States Utilities. She was preceded in death by...

Johnnie Bell

Johnnie Bell

August 7, 2013

Mrs. Johnnie Bell, 91, of Port Arthur passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. She was born on September 15, 1921 in Grand Saline, Texas to Andrew Devereaux Hanson and Nora Belle Birdsong Hanson. Johnnie was a lifelong area resident and member of Memorial Baptist Church in Port Arthur. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August...

Dorothy Ann Broussard

Dorothy Ann Broussard

August 7, 2013

Dorothy Ann Leone Broussard, 72, of Starks, Louisiana, passed away suddenly on August 7, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while caring for her mother. Dorothy was born on April 2, 1941 in St. Thomas Virgin Islands to her parents Roland A. Leone, Sr. and Zaida E. (Delagarde) Leone and then moved to Pennsylvania. From there she moved to the Port Arthur...

Jack Kenneth Goff

Jack Kenneth Goff

August 24, 2013

Jack Kenneth Goff Nederland, Texas Died August 24, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was the son of Kenneth B. Goff and the late Cynthia L. Wise. Jack was born in Galveston, Texas on September 25, 1989. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Nederland, Texas. He was active in choir and...

Richard Allan Morvant, Sr.

Richard Allan Morvant, Sr.

August 23, 2013

Richard Allan "Dickie" Morvant, Sr., 69 of Deweyville, Texas passed away FrIday, August 23, 2013. Dickie was born June 18, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas to William Joseph Morvant, Jr. and Dorothy Erickson Morvant. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired welder. He was preceded in death by his father, William Morvant, Jr. and sister, Dixie Morvant Crochet....

Charles Sherman Corley

Charles Sherman Corley

August 22, 2013

Charles Sherman Corley, 87, of Groves passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. He was born on February 9, 1926 in Toro, Louisiana to David and Martha Jane Moore Corley. Sherman had lived in Groves since 1954 and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, Toro Lodge #253 in Hornbeck, La. and Scottish Rite...

Raymond Depwe

Raymond Depwe

August 21, 2013

Raymond Depwe, 81 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Ray was born November 6, 1931 in Orange, Texas to Clarence Depwe and Druscilla Linscomb Depwe. He graduated from Lutcher Stark High School in Orange and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Lamar State College in...

Marion Walter Ray, Sr.

Marion Walter Ray, Sr.

August 20, 2013

Marion Walter "Ray" Ray, Sr., 75 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Ray was born August 28, 1937 in Andrews, South Carolina to Jessie James Ray and Nellie Floyd Ray. He was an area resident for 44 years and a retired ship fitter from TDI Halter. He was preceded in death by his brother, Gene Ray...

Bill Odom

Bill Odom

August 18, 2013

Bill Odom, 62, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Bill was born on June 3, 1951 in Port Arthur, Texas to Paul and Alene Odom. He spent 4 years in the Marines before going into the Army to serve his country for another 16 years. Upon...

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr.

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr.

August 17, 2013

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr. 55, died Saturday August 17, 2013 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Luther was born on February 12, 1958 in Port Arthur to B.W. Shoemaker and Martha Patterson Shoemaker. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Neches and Groves areas and a Veteran of the Army. He was also a retired Dump...

Luther Owen Shoemaker

Luther Owen Shoemaker

August 17, 2013

Luther Owen Shoemaker, Sr. 55, died Saturday August 17, 2013 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Luther was born on February 12, 1958 in Port Arthur to B.W. Shoemaker and Martha Patterson Shoemaker. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Neches and Groves areas and a Veteran of the Army. He was also a retired Dump...

Trice Edgar Taylor Jr

Trice Edgar Taylor Jr

August 16, 2013

Trice Edgar Taylor, Jr., son of Trice Edgar Taylor, Sr. and Peggy Jo (Rauwerda) Taylor, was born on December 23, 1955 in Port Arthur, TX and entered into his rest on August 16, 2013 at his home in Comanche, TX, surrounded by family and friends. In his early life he was united in marriage with Janet. This union was blessed...

Matthew Dale Prince

Matthew Dale Prince

August 15, 2013

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince, 54 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Matt was born November 28, 1958 in Port Arthur, Texas to Irvin John Prince, Sr. and Esther Henry Prince. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 23 years. He was preceded in death by his father; brother,...

Margaret Elmeda Haynes

Margaret Elmeda Haynes

August 15, 2013

Margaret Elmeda Scott Haynes, 92, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 15, 2013. She was born in Polk County, Texas, March 19, 1921 to the Rev. Samuel Scott and Mattie Adieline Thomas. She was married in Camden, Texas on October 24, 1942, to Benjamin Franklin Haynes of Hortense, Texas, until his passing on October 28, 1991. She is...

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince

August 15, 2013

Matthew D. "Matt" Prince, 54 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Matt was born November 28, 1958 in Port Arthur, Texas to Irvin John Prince, Sr. and Esther Henry Prince. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 23 years. He was preceded in death by his father; brother,...

Joyce Terrell Thomas

Joyce Terrell Thomas

August 14, 2013

Joyce Terrell Thomas, 74 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Joyce was born on April 9, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas to Racine Lee and James Terrell. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. Joyce was a homemaker and a great cook....

Robert "Bob" Moss

Robert "Bob" Moss

August 12, 2013

Robert "Bob" Moss, 78 of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, August 12, 2013. Bob was born October 11, 1934 in Wheelock, Texas to Walter Moss and Katherine Cross Moss. He was a lifelong area resident and retired from Gulf Coast Machine. He was a member of the United Methodist Temple and Wesley Bible Class. Past District Officer of GTSRD Association,...

Cynthia Marie Gontarek

Cynthia Marie Gontarek

August 11, 2013

Cynthia Marie Gontarek , 73 of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. Cynthia was born April 29, 1940 in Port Arthur, Texas to T.R. Lumpkin and Meredith Ann Haston Lumpkin. She was a lifelong area resident and longtime member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, where she served with the Altar...

Lydia Lozano

Lydia Lozano

August 11, 2013

Lydia Lozano, 91, of Port Arthur passed away on August 11, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was born on May 22, 1922 in Snyder, Texas to the late Almado Macias and Gaberia Madrid Macias. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur, and a member of Port Acres United Pentecostal Church. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday,...

Arthur John Mason Sr.

Arthur John Mason Sr.

August 8, 2013

Arthur John Mason, Sr. , 86, of Nederland, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Arthur was born on January 13, 1927 to the late Camille Joseph Mason and Adelina Dore Mason in New Iberia, Louisiana, and lived most of his life in the Nederland and Port Arthur area. He was...

Lucy Marie Smith

Lucy Marie Smith

August 7, 2013

Lucy Marie Beaumont Smith, 86, of Jasper, Texas formerly of Groves passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at Avalon Nursing Home in Kirbyville, TX. Lucy was born November 9, 1926 in Groves, Texas to Walter Lee Beaumont and Minnie Albers Beaumont. She was a lifelong area resident and retired secretary from Gulf States Utilities. She was preceded in death by...

Johnnie Bell

Johnnie Bell

August 7, 2013

Mrs. Johnnie Bell, 91, of Port Arthur passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. She was born on September 15, 1921 in Grand Saline, Texas to Andrew Devereaux Hanson and Nora Belle Birdsong Hanson. Johnnie was a lifelong area resident and member of Memorial Baptist Church in Port Arthur. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August...

Dorothy Ann Broussard

Dorothy Ann Broussard

August 7, 2013

Dorothy Ann Leone Broussard, 72, of Starks, Louisiana, passed away suddenly on August 7, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while caring for her mother. Dorothy was born on April 2, 1941 in St. Thomas Virgin Islands to her parents Roland A. Leone, Sr. and Zaida E. (Delagarde) Leone and then moved to Pennsylvania. From there she moved to the Port Arthur...

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