Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Bill "Billie" W. Bailey
December 15, 2012
Bill W. Bailey, 60, of Nederland passed away at his home on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Billie was born on July 22, 1952 in Wichita Falls to the late Addie Gee Bailey and Herman Bailey. He was an area resident for 27 years and had been employed as an equipment operator in the refining industry.Billie is preceded in death by...
Theodore Oscar Wukasch
December 14, 2012
Theodore "Ted" Wukasch, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, December 14, 2012. Ted was born July 6, 1924 in Loebau, Texas in Lee County to Ernest Wukasch and Erma Malke Wukasch. He was a resident of Groves for 68 years and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. He retired as a welder from Texaco refinery and was also a...
Lovey D. Barron
December 14, 2012
Lovey D. Barron, 75, of Nederland passed away on December 14, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on August 1, 1937, in Eunice, LA, to the late Tony Fontenot and Inez Manuel Fontenot. Lovey has been an area resident since 1945, and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and she was a homemaker.Lovey is preceded...
Consuelo Castillo Rivas
December 13, 2012
Consuelo Castillo Rivas, 70, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012. Consuelo was born November 17, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to Raymond Silva and Guadalupe Martinez Silva. She was resident of the Groves-Port Arthur area for 47 years and member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Antonio...
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr.
December 13, 2012
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr., 65, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Sidney was born June 21, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sidney Louis Vicknair, Sr. and Betty Lou Rogers Vicknair. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Cowboy Church in Orange. He was a retired deliveryman from Billy Joe's...
John Lee Haviland
December 13, 2012
Joe Haviland, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Joe was born March 31, 1952 in Port Arthur, Texas to Stephen W. Haviland and Gracie Hester Haviland. He was a lifelong area resident and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. He was employed by Patriot Security...
Jerry Daniel Toups
December 11, 2012
Jerry Daniel Toups Jerry Daniel Toups, 71, of Beaumont, Texas died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Christus St. Catherine Hospital in Katy, Texas. Jerry was born December 14, 1940 in Abbeville, Louisiana to John Dalton Toups and Gertrude Villamez Toups. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired Texaco Journeyman/Electrician. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December...
Raymond Arthur Wood
December 11, 2012
Raymond Arthur Wood, 85, of Groves, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1927 in Deweyville, Texas to Arthur and Theresa Hebert Wood. Raymond was a lifelong resident of this area and worked as a switchman for KCS Railroad for 43 years. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m.,...
John Albert Ainsworth
December 8, 2012
John Albert Ainsworth, 62, of Bridge City, Texas passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. John was born December 14, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a resident of Bridge City for 51 years and was a self-employed handyman. Survivors include his son, James Dale Ainsworth of Myrtle Beach, VA and brother, James...
Lorene Ruby Moerbe
December 7, 2012
Lorene Moerbe, 91, of Port Arthur, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012 at her home in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on September 5, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to Herman and Emma Mitschke Rothman. Lorene attended Trinity Lutheran School where she first met her future husband, Curtis. She would say that they went to school together, dated, married,...
Elaine M. Gros
December 7, 2012
Elaine M. Gros, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, December 07, 2012 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, Texas. Elaine was born November 15, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Morris J. Forey and Agnes LeBlanc Forey. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. A Mass...
Barbara Jeanne Breaux
December 7, 2012
Barbara Jeanne Collier Breaux, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Friday, December 7, 2012. Barbara was born July 11, 1926 in Beaumont, Texas to Theodore Clyde Collier and Sallie Hogeland Collier. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and retired director of Port Arthur Day Nursery. She was a longtime member of the United Methodist Temple and was also...
Wade Harvey DuBose
December 6, 2012
Wade H. DuBose, 82, of Fort Worth, Texas passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont after an illness. He was born on June 2, 1930 in Nacogdoches, Texas. One of his favorite pastimes while growing up was playing baseball. He turned that passion into his first career, playing with the semi-professional baseball team The Houston Buffalos,...
Jack Bascom Brooks
December 4, 2012
Jack Brooks Jack Brooks was best known as a Congressman and powerful committee chairman. But for those who knew him personally or professionally throughout the years, Brooks may be more memorable for his talents as a story teller. The stories often had similar themes: They were about people in need, people who asked for help, or individuals whose plight came...
R. N. "Tiny" Martin
December 4, 2012
R. N. Tiny Martin, 76, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 4, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on July 25, 1936 in Natchitoches, Louisiana to the late Newton and Lena Mae Martin. He was a retired electrician, after working for Local 479 of Beaumont for 57 years.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral...
John H. Beaumont
December 2, 2012
John H. Beaumont John H. Beaumont, 87, of Groves, Texas died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Cypress Glen Nursing & Rehabilitation in Port Arthur, Texas. John was born October 4, 1925 in Groves, Texas to Forrest Beaumont and Cora Campbell Beaumont. He was an Iron Worker and served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. Funeral services will be held Wednesday,...
Thelma Palmer Villarreal
November 28, 2012
Thelma Palmer Villarreal was born August 17, 1934 in Call, TX and passed away on November 28, 2012. She is survived by her husband, Elias (Joe) of 56 years, two daughtersTheresa Moeller of Bayou Vista, TX and Mary Bonrepos of Dallas, TX, three sonsDaniel Villarreal of Orlando, FL, Manuel Villarreal of Nederland, TX and Oscar Villarreal of Ft. Worth, TX,...
Charlieen Friedl
November 27, 2012
Charlieen Tilley Roy Friedl, 91, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Charlieen was born October 6, 1921 in Fenton, Louisiana to Benjamin Tilley and Winnie Daniel Tilley. She was a homemaker and resident of Port Arthur for 70 years. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, two brothers and three sisters. Survivors include her...
Harril Hillmon Shirley
November 24, 2012
Harril Hillmon Shirley, age 82, of Nederland passed away on November 24, 2012, at his home. He was born in Cotton Valley, La., to the late Charlie Allen Shirley and Nettie Faye Brown on January 27, 1930. Harril was an area resident for over 65 years.He retired from Texaco Chemical as a warehouseman with 36 years of service and was...
Ellery James Lacy
November 23, 2012
Ellery James Lacy, 66, of Port Arthur died Friday November 23, 2012 at the Medical Center of South East Texas in Port Arthur. Ellery was born on March 27, 1946 in Port Arthur Texas to James Lacy and Molly Timmins Lacy. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur Area and retired from the Human Resources Department at Chevron....
Bill "Billie" W. Bailey
December 15, 2012
Bill W. Bailey, 60, of Nederland passed away at his home on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Billie was born on July 22, 1952 in Wichita Falls to the late Addie Gee Bailey and Herman Bailey. He was an area resident for 27 years and had been employed as an equipment operator in the refining industry.Billie is preceded in death by...
Theodore Oscar Wukasch
December 14, 2012
Theodore "Ted" Wukasch, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, December 14, 2012. Ted was born July 6, 1924 in Loebau, Texas in Lee County to Ernest Wukasch and Erma Malke Wukasch. He was a resident of Groves for 68 years and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. He retired as a welder from Texaco refinery and was also a...
Lovey D. Barron
December 14, 2012
Lovey D. Barron, 75, of Nederland passed away on December 14, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on August 1, 1937, in Eunice, LA, to the late Tony Fontenot and Inez Manuel Fontenot. Lovey has been an area resident since 1945, and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and she was a homemaker.Lovey is preceded...
Consuelo Castillo Rivas
December 13, 2012
Consuelo Castillo Rivas, 70, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012. Consuelo was born November 17, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to Raymond Silva and Guadalupe Martinez Silva. She was resident of the Groves-Port Arthur area for 47 years and member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Antonio...
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr.
December 13, 2012
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr., 65, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Sidney was born June 21, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sidney Louis Vicknair, Sr. and Betty Lou Rogers Vicknair. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Cowboy Church in Orange. He was a retired deliveryman from Billy Joe's...
John Lee Haviland
December 13, 2012
Joe Haviland, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Joe was born March 31, 1952 in Port Arthur, Texas to Stephen W. Haviland and Gracie Hester Haviland. He was a lifelong area resident and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. He was employed by Patriot Security...
Jerry Daniel Toups
December 11, 2012
Jerry Daniel Toups Jerry Daniel Toups, 71, of Beaumont, Texas died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Christus St. Catherine Hospital in Katy, Texas. Jerry was born December 14, 1940 in Abbeville, Louisiana to John Dalton Toups and Gertrude Villamez Toups. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired Texaco Journeyman/Electrician. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December...
Raymond Arthur Wood
December 11, 2012
Raymond Arthur Wood, 85, of Groves, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1927 in Deweyville, Texas to Arthur and Theresa Hebert Wood. Raymond was a lifelong resident of this area and worked as a switchman for KCS Railroad for 43 years. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m.,...
John Albert Ainsworth
December 8, 2012
John Albert Ainsworth, 62, of Bridge City, Texas passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. John was born December 14, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a resident of Bridge City for 51 years and was a self-employed handyman. Survivors include his son, James Dale Ainsworth of Myrtle Beach, VA and brother, James...
Lorene Ruby Moerbe
December 7, 2012
Lorene Moerbe, 91, of Port Arthur, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012 at her home in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on September 5, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to Herman and Emma Mitschke Rothman. Lorene attended Trinity Lutheran School where she first met her future husband, Curtis. She would say that they went to school together, dated, married,...
Elaine M. Gros
December 7, 2012
Elaine M. Gros, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, December 07, 2012 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, Texas. Elaine was born November 15, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Morris J. Forey and Agnes LeBlanc Forey. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. A Mass...
Barbara Jeanne Breaux
December 7, 2012
Barbara Jeanne Collier Breaux, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Friday, December 7, 2012. Barbara was born July 11, 1926 in Beaumont, Texas to Theodore Clyde Collier and Sallie Hogeland Collier. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and retired director of Port Arthur Day Nursery. She was a longtime member of the United Methodist Temple and was also...
Wade Harvey DuBose
December 6, 2012
Wade H. DuBose, 82, of Fort Worth, Texas passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont after an illness. He was born on June 2, 1930 in Nacogdoches, Texas. One of his favorite pastimes while growing up was playing baseball. He turned that passion into his first career, playing with the semi-professional baseball team The Houston Buffalos,...
Jack Bascom Brooks
December 4, 2012
Jack Brooks Jack Brooks was best known as a Congressman and powerful committee chairman. But for those who knew him personally or professionally throughout the years, Brooks may be more memorable for his talents as a story teller. The stories often had similar themes: They were about people in need, people who asked for help, or individuals whose plight came...
R. N. "Tiny" Martin
December 4, 2012
R. N. Tiny Martin, 76, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 4, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on July 25, 1936 in Natchitoches, Louisiana to the late Newton and Lena Mae Martin. He was a retired electrician, after working for Local 479 of Beaumont for 57 years.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral...
John H. Beaumont
December 2, 2012
John H. Beaumont John H. Beaumont, 87, of Groves, Texas died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Cypress Glen Nursing & Rehabilitation in Port Arthur, Texas. John was born October 4, 1925 in Groves, Texas to Forrest Beaumont and Cora Campbell Beaumont. He was an Iron Worker and served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. Funeral services will be held Wednesday,...
Thelma Palmer Villarreal
November 28, 2012
Thelma Palmer Villarreal was born August 17, 1934 in Call, TX and passed away on November 28, 2012. She is survived by her husband, Elias (Joe) of 56 years, two daughtersTheresa Moeller of Bayou Vista, TX and Mary Bonrepos of Dallas, TX, three sonsDaniel Villarreal of Orlando, FL, Manuel Villarreal of Nederland, TX and Oscar Villarreal of Ft. Worth, TX,...
Charlieen Friedl
November 27, 2012
Charlieen Tilley Roy Friedl, 91, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Charlieen was born October 6, 1921 in Fenton, Louisiana to Benjamin Tilley and Winnie Daniel Tilley. She was a homemaker and resident of Port Arthur for 70 years. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, two brothers and three sisters. Survivors include her...
Harril Hillmon Shirley
November 24, 2012
Harril Hillmon Shirley, age 82, of Nederland passed away on November 24, 2012, at his home. He was born in Cotton Valley, La., to the late Charlie Allen Shirley and Nettie Faye Brown on January 27, 1930. Harril was an area resident for over 65 years.He retired from Texaco Chemical as a warehouseman with 36 years of service and was...
Ellery James Lacy
November 23, 2012
Ellery James Lacy, 66, of Port Arthur died Friday November 23, 2012 at the Medical Center of South East Texas in Port Arthur. Ellery was born on March 27, 1946 in Port Arthur Texas to James Lacy and Molly Timmins Lacy. He was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur Area and retired from the Human Resources Department at Chevron....