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Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Violeta Socorro Castillo
Nov 2, 2012
Violeta Socorro Castillo, 58, of Port Arthur passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on April 4, 1954 in Managua, Nicaragua to Hermogenes Hernandez and Daysi Miranda. Violeta had lived in this area since 1979 and was a devoted housekeeper and loving nanny for 21 years to the Giblin...
Ana Claire English
Nov 2, 2012
Ana Claire English Ana Claire English, 78, of Groves, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. She was born on March 29, 1934 in Nederland, Texas to Tilden and Myrtle Sanarens Trahan. Ana was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Groves. She was a...
Grover Lee Polley
Oct 31, 2012
Grover Lee Polley, 79, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Grover was born April 7, 1933 in Sexton, Texas. He was a resident of this area for the past 10 years and a former resident of Sexton, Texas. He worked construction for 25 years and was a US...
Dorothy H. Criswell
Oct 29, 2012
Dorothy H. Criswell, 76, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, October 29, 2012 at her home. Dorothy was born April 23, 1936 in Franklin, North Carolina to Gordon Garfield Houston and Dovie Mae Southards Houston. She was an area resident for 51 years and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. She retired from Port Neches-Groves ISD after working...
Joyce Darlene Reed
Oct 29, 2012
Joyce Darlene Reed, 70, of Port Neches passed away October 29, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born October 11, 1942 in Beaumont to the late Edwin Wallace and Mary Helen Alcus Reed.Funeral services will be held at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 3324 Park Dr. in Nederland on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 2:00...
Nancy Carpenter
Oct 28, 2012
Nancy "Nanny" Carpenter, 73, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Nancy was born April 6, 1939 in Savannah, Ohio to Glenn Gray and Florence Martin Gray. She was a homemaker and a resident of Port Neches for 42 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Port...
Lela May Whitmire
Oct 27, 2012
Lela May Whitmire, 95, passed away October 27, 2012 at her home. She was born in Huxley, Shelby County, Texas on June 13, 1917 to the late Ben and Beulah Brittian Dockens.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on November 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., Rev. Don Bean officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial...
Gracy May Snell
Oct 24, 2012
Gracy May Snell, 99 of Port Arthur passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at her home. She was born November 27, 1912 in Vinton, Louisiana to William M. and Lucy Gillette Tasco. Gracy was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John E. Snell, constant companion of more than 70 years. Gracy and John were partners in the N.M. Barrier...
James "J. D." Dewitt Chester
Oct 22, 2012
J. D. Chester, 84, of Vidor, Texas passed away October 22, 2012 at his home. He was born on December 20, 1927 in Nederland, Texas to the late Marvin D. and Ioma Butchee Chester. He retired from Sun Oil Company where he was a service contractor and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nederland. J. D....
Loviece Hellums
Oct 21, 2012
Loviece Hellums, 84, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Loviece was born January 14, 1928 in Eldorado, Oklahoma to Otis Louis Jordan and Ida Harvick Jordan. She was a resident of this area for 44 years and a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches. She was the...
Paul Gifford Pond
Oct 21, 2012
Paul lived a life dedicated to his faith in Jesus Christ and love for his family. His thirst for life was boundless and all who knew him, even in passing, came away anew, emboldened by his compassion, encouragement, good humor and genuine care for all he encountered. Paul Gifford Pond was born March 20, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to...
Charles Roark Handley
Oct 21, 2012
Charles Roark Handley, 78, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away October 21, 2012 at his home. He was born on September 3, 1934 in Votaw, Texas to the late Charles Lester and Lila Faye Collins Handley.A graveside service will be held at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. A gathering of...
Hazel Katherine McWilliams
Oct 21, 2012
Hazel Katherine McWilliams, 91, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away October 21, 2012 at her home. She was born May 22, 1921 in Georgetown, Mississippi to the late Henry Madison, Beasley, Sr. and Emma Bell Hardwell Beasley. Hazel was retired from St. Marys Hospital where she was Licensed Vocational Nurse and a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches.Funeral...
Jack Joaquin Vizuete
Oct 20, 2012
Jack J. Vizuete, 88, of Nederland passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was born June 7, 1924 in Port Arthur to the late Rogelio and Antonia Vizuete. He retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur as a Machinist Supervisor with over 40 years of service. Jack also served his country in the U.S....
Carolyn Mitchell Belk
Oct 19, 2012
Carolyn Mitchell Belk, 81, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, October 19, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Carolyn as born December 6, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to George Gilbert Mitchell and Olive Laney Hawthorne Mitchell. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Port Neches. Funeral services will be...
Lorene M. Hull
Oct 19, 2012
Lorene M. Hull Lorene M. Hull, 90, of Port Neches passed away Friday, October 19, 2012 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on October 28, 1921 in Simpson, Louisiana to Edgar and Effie Williamson Jackson. Lorene had lived in this area for 72 years and was a member of 7th Street Baptist Church in Nederland....
Loretta Lestage Beresky
Oct 18, 2012
Loretta Lestage Beresky, 68, of Groves, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born February 4, 1944 in Shreveport, Louisiana to John and Sybil Gamble Lestage. Loretta was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church. She was a registered nurse with 21 years of service...
Bobby Wade Crorey
Oct 17, 2012
Bobby Wade Crorey, 34, formerly of Orange, Texas passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston, Texas. Bobby was born April 17, 1978 in Nederland, Texas to Glen Crorey and Annette Johnson Crorey. He was a resident of Spring, Texas for the past 5 years and self-employed fire hydrant technician. Survivors include his mother, Annette Crorey...
Earl "Shot" James Boudreaux
Oct 16, 2012
James Shot Boudreaux, 75, of Winnie, TX passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. He was born September 29, 1937 in New Iberia, Louisiana. He is survived by his daughter and soninlaw, Jamie and Paul Tomplait four grandchildren, Jace Tomplait, Jordan Tomplait, Paul Boudreaux, and Jacob Boudreaux and sister, Jeanie Taylor. He is preceded in death by his parents, Murphy...
Dr. Richard Joseph Bourgeois
Oct 16, 2012
Dr. Richard Joseph Bourgeois, 91, died on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at his home in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on January 14, 1921 in Orange, Texas to Ada and V.W. Bourgeois. Richard was a WWII veteran for the United States Army Air Corps. Once he was discharged he went to medical school and became a prominent physician, practicing...
Violeta Socorro Castillo
Nov 2, 2012
Violeta Socorro Castillo, 58, of Port Arthur passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on April 4, 1954 in Managua, Nicaragua to Hermogenes Hernandez and Daysi Miranda. Violeta had lived in this area since 1979 and was a devoted housekeeper and loving nanny for 21 years to the Giblin...
Ana Claire English
Nov 2, 2012
Ana Claire English Ana Claire English, 78, of Groves, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. She was born on March 29, 1934 in Nederland, Texas to Tilden and Myrtle Sanarens Trahan. Ana was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Groves. She was a...
Grover Lee Polley
Oct 31, 2012
Grover Lee Polley, 79, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Grover was born April 7, 1933 in Sexton, Texas. He was a resident of this area for the past 10 years and a former resident of Sexton, Texas. He worked construction for 25 years and was a US...
Dorothy H. Criswell
Oct 29, 2012
Dorothy H. Criswell, 76, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, October 29, 2012 at her home. Dorothy was born April 23, 1936 in Franklin, North Carolina to Gordon Garfield Houston and Dovie Mae Southards Houston. She was an area resident for 51 years and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. She retired from Port Neches-Groves ISD after working...
Joyce Darlene Reed
Oct 29, 2012
Joyce Darlene Reed, 70, of Port Neches passed away October 29, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born October 11, 1942 in Beaumont to the late Edwin Wallace and Mary Helen Alcus Reed.Funeral services will be held at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 3324 Park Dr. in Nederland on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 2:00...
Nancy Carpenter
Oct 28, 2012
Nancy "Nanny" Carpenter, 73, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Nancy was born April 6, 1939 in Savannah, Ohio to Glenn Gray and Florence Martin Gray. She was a homemaker and a resident of Port Neches for 42 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Port...
Lela May Whitmire
Oct 27, 2012
Lela May Whitmire, 95, passed away October 27, 2012 at her home. She was born in Huxley, Shelby County, Texas on June 13, 1917 to the late Ben and Beulah Brittian Dockens.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on November 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., Rev. Don Bean officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial...
Gracy May Snell
Oct 24, 2012
Gracy May Snell, 99 of Port Arthur passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at her home. She was born November 27, 1912 in Vinton, Louisiana to William M. and Lucy Gillette Tasco. Gracy was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John E. Snell, constant companion of more than 70 years. Gracy and John were partners in the N.M. Barrier...
James "J. D." Dewitt Chester
Oct 22, 2012
J. D. Chester, 84, of Vidor, Texas passed away October 22, 2012 at his home. He was born on December 20, 1927 in Nederland, Texas to the late Marvin D. and Ioma Butchee Chester. He retired from Sun Oil Company where he was a service contractor and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nederland. J. D....
Loviece Hellums
Oct 21, 2012
Loviece Hellums, 84, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Loviece was born January 14, 1928 in Eldorado, Oklahoma to Otis Louis Jordan and Ida Harvick Jordan. She was a resident of this area for 44 years and a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches. She was the...
Paul Gifford Pond
Oct 21, 2012
Paul lived a life dedicated to his faith in Jesus Christ and love for his family. His thirst for life was boundless and all who knew him, even in passing, came away anew, emboldened by his compassion, encouragement, good humor and genuine care for all he encountered. Paul Gifford Pond was born March 20, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to...
Charles Roark Handley
Oct 21, 2012
Charles Roark Handley, 78, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away October 21, 2012 at his home. He was born on September 3, 1934 in Votaw, Texas to the late Charles Lester and Lila Faye Collins Handley.A graveside service will be held at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. A gathering of...
Hazel Katherine McWilliams
Oct 21, 2012
Hazel Katherine McWilliams, 91, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away October 21, 2012 at her home. She was born May 22, 1921 in Georgetown, Mississippi to the late Henry Madison, Beasley, Sr. and Emma Bell Hardwell Beasley. Hazel was retired from St. Marys Hospital where she was Licensed Vocational Nurse and a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches.Funeral...
Jack Joaquin Vizuete
Oct 20, 2012
Jack J. Vizuete, 88, of Nederland passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was born June 7, 1924 in Port Arthur to the late Rogelio and Antonia Vizuete. He retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur as a Machinist Supervisor with over 40 years of service. Jack also served his country in the U.S....
Carolyn Mitchell Belk
Oct 19, 2012
Carolyn Mitchell Belk, 81, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, October 19, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Carolyn as born December 6, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to George Gilbert Mitchell and Olive Laney Hawthorne Mitchell. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Port Neches. Funeral services will be...
Lorene M. Hull
Oct 19, 2012
Lorene M. Hull Lorene M. Hull, 90, of Port Neches passed away Friday, October 19, 2012 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on October 28, 1921 in Simpson, Louisiana to Edgar and Effie Williamson Jackson. Lorene had lived in this area for 72 years and was a member of 7th Street Baptist Church in Nederland....
Loretta Lestage Beresky
Oct 18, 2012
Loretta Lestage Beresky, 68, of Groves, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born February 4, 1944 in Shreveport, Louisiana to John and Sybil Gamble Lestage. Loretta was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church. She was a registered nurse with 21 years of service...
Bobby Wade Crorey
Oct 17, 2012
Bobby Wade Crorey, 34, formerly of Orange, Texas passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston, Texas. Bobby was born April 17, 1978 in Nederland, Texas to Glen Crorey and Annette Johnson Crorey. He was a resident of Spring, Texas for the past 5 years and self-employed fire hydrant technician. Survivors include his mother, Annette Crorey...
Earl "Shot" James Boudreaux
Oct 16, 2012
James Shot Boudreaux, 75, of Winnie, TX passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. He was born September 29, 1937 in New Iberia, Louisiana. He is survived by his daughter and soninlaw, Jamie and Paul Tomplait four grandchildren, Jace Tomplait, Jordan Tomplait, Paul Boudreaux, and Jacob Boudreaux and sister, Jeanie Taylor. He is preceded in death by his parents, Murphy...
Dr. Richard Joseph Bourgeois
Oct 16, 2012
Dr. Richard Joseph Bourgeois, 91, died on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at his home in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on January 14, 1921 in Orange, Texas to Ada and V.W. Bourgeois. Richard was a WWII veteran for the United States Army Air Corps. Once he was discharged he went to medical school and became a prominent physician, practicing...
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