Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Elbert "Gunner" Hall Walters
May 5, 2013
Elbert Hall Gunner Walters, 87, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013 at the Meadows in Orange, Texas. Gunner was born in Beaumont, Texas on October 23, 1925 to the late Elbert Lee and Henrietta Hall Walters. Gunner served his country proudly in the U. S. Marine Corp during World War II and was a long time...
Thomas Larry Swan
May 3, 2013
Larry Swan, 69, of Port Neches passed away on May 3, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was the son of the late Thomas Britt and Minnie Mae Swan, born in Crossett, Arkansas on April 25, 1944. Larry was an area resident for 44 years and was employed as a commercial driver for Allied Waste. He was...
Geraldine Gerry Werner
May 2, 2013
Geraldine M. "Gerry" Werner, 92, of Port Neches, Texas passed away, Thursday, May 2, 2013 at her residence. Gerry was born April 12, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lynda Judice. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. She was a full time homemaker and loving mother of...
Shirley Darlene Queen
April 29, 2013
Shirley Darlene Metts Queen, 58, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, April 29, 2013. Shirley was born October 19, 1954 in Conroe, Texas to Thomas J. Metts and Jimmie McDonald Metts and was a lifelong area resident. Shirley worked in the Optical Department at Walmart in Groves for the past 10 years and had previously worked for TSO in Beaumont....
Omega Jaynes Cox
April 27, 2013
Betty Omega Jaynes Cox has found eternal peace, and is at home with our Lord. She passed away April 27, 2013 in her sleep at her home in Nederland, TX.Omega was born in Sidon, MS, March 31, 1929 to Walker Jackson Jaynes and Byrdie May Darby Jaynes. After spending her early years in the Delta of Mississippi she moved to...
Frances Allen Prewitt
April 26, 2013
Frances Allen Prewitt, 89, of Port Arthur, died Friday, April 26, 2013 at home. She was born January 23, 1924 to Clyde and Mary Allen of Port Acres, Texas. Frances was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, Port Arthur, Texas.Frances raised her family then later in life attended Lamar University. After graduation she pursued her career in nursing helping...
Dolores C. Trimble
April 24, 2013
Dolores C. Trimble Dolores C. Trimble, 87, died April 24, 2013 at the Home Away From Home private nursing facility in Port Arthur. Dolores was born December 16, 1925, in Brenham, Texas, to Sam and Carrie Craig but moved to Port Arthur at the age of 14. She was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and Port Arthur College...
John Mayo Wells, Jr.
April 24, 2013
John Mayo Wells, Jr. John Mayo Wells, Jr., 71, of Nederland, Texas passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. He was born on September 20, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to John Mayo Wells, Sr. and Clara Lois Creighton Wells. John was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church. He...
R. C. Graham
April 22, 2013
R. C. Graham, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, April 22, 2013 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. R. C. was born July 2, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Gillom B. Graham and Jewel Gill Graham. He was a lifelong area resident and longtime member of Groves First Baptist Church. R. C. retired from the Security Department...
Delores M. Hatcher
April 21, 2013
Delores M. Hatcher, 75, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on September 4, 1937 in Peoria, Illinois. Delores was a homemaker and had lived in this area for 56 years. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Levingston Funeral Home in...
Dominic "Mickey" Sorg
April 21, 2013
Dominic A. "Mickey" Sorg, 57, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Mickey was born December 31, 1955 in Joliet, Illinois to Christopher Sorg and Joanna McClain Sorg. He was a 30 year area resident and was employed by Veolia Environmental Services as a supervisor of vacuum trucks. He was...
Olivia A. Watson
April 20, 2013
Olivia A. Watson, 86, of Port Arthur, passed away at Cypress Glen East in Port Arthur on Saturday, April 20, 2013. She was born in Cuero, Texas on September 7, 1926 to the late John Aguilar and Christina Garza and was a resident of Port Arthur since 1945. Olivia is survived by: son, Jessie Resendez and wife Kathleen of Georgetown...
Bertie Louise Childress
April 20, 2013
Bertie Louise Childress, 71, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away April 20, 2013. She was born in Nederland, Texas on December 24, 1941 to the late Lenton L. J. and Donna Lane Childress. Bertie was a teacher and counselor for Nederland I. S. D. and a member of First United Methodist Church of Nederland. She was a lifelong member of...
Rose Lyn Fuselier
April 18, 2013
Rose Fuselier, 73, of Port Acres, Texas passed away April 18, 2013. She was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on August 12, 1939 to the late Willie and Mary Lou McAllum. She was formerly a nurses aid at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont and various other jobs, and also an active member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres.A funeral service will...
Landon Lane Dugas
April 17, 2013
Landon Lane Dugas, newborn son of Dakota Dugas and Ashley Barton passed away at Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur on Wednesday, April 17, 2013.He is survived by his parents grandparents: Angela Kevin Blouin and Timmy Wendy Dugas great grandparents, Donald Darlene Jennusa and Jimmy Pat Kay.Graveside funeral service will be held at Memory Gardens Cemetery of Jefferson...
Ruby Reed Capps
April 16, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Reed Capps, 87, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Groves, Texas. Born July 25, 1925, in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, graduated valedictorian of the 1943 class at Chataignier High School. Her husband, Dr. Charles J. Capps, Jr., of over 50 years, preceded her in death in 1996. Always of the opinion that God...
Mary Elise Hooks
April 14, 2013
Mary Elise Strange Hooks, 60, passed away on April 14, 2013 in Port Arthur, Texas at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, November 20, 1952. Her parents are Robert Tinsley Strange, Sr. and the late Violette Elise Braswell Strange. As she was often quoted, "I was born a Yankee, but got to Texas as...
Jennie Marie Pecorino
April 12, 2013
Jennie Marie Pecorino, 94, of Nederland passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on July 9, 1918, to the late Frank Joseph Bonura and Bernadette Branda Bonura. Jennie was a lifelong area resident and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland.She is...
Howard Gene Pruett
April 9, 2013
Howard Gene Pruett, 75, of Port Neches, Texas went to meet his Lord and Savior on April 9, 2013, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born July 5, 1937 to Howard Elbert Pruett and Ruby Mildred Brownlee Pruett. Gene lived in the area all of his life and worked as an electrician out of IBEW Local 479, retiring...
Edward Orozco
April 9, 2013
Edward Orozco, Jr. 70, of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Edward was born October 18, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joe Talamantez and Argentina Rodriguez Talamantez. He was an area resident for 40 years before moving to New Orleans 30 years ago. Edward graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Lamar University. He retired from...
Elbert "Gunner" Hall Walters
May 5, 2013
Elbert Hall Gunner Walters, 87, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013 at the Meadows in Orange, Texas. Gunner was born in Beaumont, Texas on October 23, 1925 to the late Elbert Lee and Henrietta Hall Walters. Gunner served his country proudly in the U. S. Marine Corp during World War II and was a long time...
Thomas Larry Swan
May 3, 2013
Larry Swan, 69, of Port Neches passed away on May 3, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was the son of the late Thomas Britt and Minnie Mae Swan, born in Crossett, Arkansas on April 25, 1944. Larry was an area resident for 44 years and was employed as a commercial driver for Allied Waste. He was...
Geraldine Gerry Werner
May 2, 2013
Geraldine M. "Gerry" Werner, 92, of Port Neches, Texas passed away, Thursday, May 2, 2013 at her residence. Gerry was born April 12, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lynda Judice. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. She was a full time homemaker and loving mother of...
Shirley Darlene Queen
April 29, 2013
Shirley Darlene Metts Queen, 58, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, April 29, 2013. Shirley was born October 19, 1954 in Conroe, Texas to Thomas J. Metts and Jimmie McDonald Metts and was a lifelong area resident. Shirley worked in the Optical Department at Walmart in Groves for the past 10 years and had previously worked for TSO in Beaumont....
Omega Jaynes Cox
April 27, 2013
Betty Omega Jaynes Cox has found eternal peace, and is at home with our Lord. She passed away April 27, 2013 in her sleep at her home in Nederland, TX.Omega was born in Sidon, MS, March 31, 1929 to Walker Jackson Jaynes and Byrdie May Darby Jaynes. After spending her early years in the Delta of Mississippi she moved to...
Frances Allen Prewitt
April 26, 2013
Frances Allen Prewitt, 89, of Port Arthur, died Friday, April 26, 2013 at home. She was born January 23, 1924 to Clyde and Mary Allen of Port Acres, Texas. Frances was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, Port Arthur, Texas.Frances raised her family then later in life attended Lamar University. After graduation she pursued her career in nursing helping...
Dolores C. Trimble
April 24, 2013
Dolores C. Trimble Dolores C. Trimble, 87, died April 24, 2013 at the Home Away From Home private nursing facility in Port Arthur. Dolores was born December 16, 1925, in Brenham, Texas, to Sam and Carrie Craig but moved to Port Arthur at the age of 14. She was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and Port Arthur College...
John Mayo Wells, Jr.
April 24, 2013
John Mayo Wells, Jr. John Mayo Wells, Jr., 71, of Nederland, Texas passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. He was born on September 20, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to John Mayo Wells, Sr. and Clara Lois Creighton Wells. John was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church. He...
R. C. Graham
April 22, 2013
R. C. Graham, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, April 22, 2013 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. R. C. was born July 2, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Gillom B. Graham and Jewel Gill Graham. He was a lifelong area resident and longtime member of Groves First Baptist Church. R. C. retired from the Security Department...
Delores M. Hatcher
April 21, 2013
Delores M. Hatcher, 75, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on September 4, 1937 in Peoria, Illinois. Delores was a homemaker and had lived in this area for 56 years. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Levingston Funeral Home in...
Dominic "Mickey" Sorg
April 21, 2013
Dominic A. "Mickey" Sorg, 57, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Mickey was born December 31, 1955 in Joliet, Illinois to Christopher Sorg and Joanna McClain Sorg. He was a 30 year area resident and was employed by Veolia Environmental Services as a supervisor of vacuum trucks. He was...
Olivia A. Watson
April 20, 2013
Olivia A. Watson, 86, of Port Arthur, passed away at Cypress Glen East in Port Arthur on Saturday, April 20, 2013. She was born in Cuero, Texas on September 7, 1926 to the late John Aguilar and Christina Garza and was a resident of Port Arthur since 1945. Olivia is survived by: son, Jessie Resendez and wife Kathleen of Georgetown...
Bertie Louise Childress
April 20, 2013
Bertie Louise Childress, 71, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away April 20, 2013. She was born in Nederland, Texas on December 24, 1941 to the late Lenton L. J. and Donna Lane Childress. Bertie was a teacher and counselor for Nederland I. S. D. and a member of First United Methodist Church of Nederland. She was a lifelong member of...
Rose Lyn Fuselier
April 18, 2013
Rose Fuselier, 73, of Port Acres, Texas passed away April 18, 2013. She was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on August 12, 1939 to the late Willie and Mary Lou McAllum. She was formerly a nurses aid at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont and various other jobs, and also an active member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres.A funeral service will...
Landon Lane Dugas
April 17, 2013
Landon Lane Dugas, newborn son of Dakota Dugas and Ashley Barton passed away at Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur on Wednesday, April 17, 2013.He is survived by his parents grandparents: Angela Kevin Blouin and Timmy Wendy Dugas great grandparents, Donald Darlene Jennusa and Jimmy Pat Kay.Graveside funeral service will be held at Memory Gardens Cemetery of Jefferson...
Ruby Reed Capps
April 16, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Reed Capps, 87, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Groves, Texas. Born July 25, 1925, in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, graduated valedictorian of the 1943 class at Chataignier High School. Her husband, Dr. Charles J. Capps, Jr., of over 50 years, preceded her in death in 1996. Always of the opinion that God...
Mary Elise Hooks
April 14, 2013
Mary Elise Strange Hooks, 60, passed away on April 14, 2013 in Port Arthur, Texas at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, November 20, 1952. Her parents are Robert Tinsley Strange, Sr. and the late Violette Elise Braswell Strange. As she was often quoted, "I was born a Yankee, but got to Texas as...
Jennie Marie Pecorino
April 12, 2013
Jennie Marie Pecorino, 94, of Nederland passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on July 9, 1918, to the late Frank Joseph Bonura and Bernadette Branda Bonura. Jennie was a lifelong area resident and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland.She is...
Howard Gene Pruett
April 9, 2013
Howard Gene Pruett, 75, of Port Neches, Texas went to meet his Lord and Savior on April 9, 2013, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born July 5, 1937 to Howard Elbert Pruett and Ruby Mildred Brownlee Pruett. Gene lived in the area all of his life and worked as an electrician out of IBEW Local 479, retiring...
Edward Orozco
April 9, 2013
Edward Orozco, Jr. 70, of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Edward was born October 18, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joe Talamantez and Argentina Rodriguez Talamantez. He was an area resident for 40 years before moving to New Orleans 30 years ago. Edward graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Lamar University. He retired from...