Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Adam Bertrand
December 1, 2011
Adam Bertrand, 78, of Port Neches, Texas died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Adam was born April 8, 1933 in Groves, Texas to Adam Bertrand, Sr. and Edith Bergeron Bertrand. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired self employed Auto Mechanic and Auto Body Repairman. He...
Mary Elizabeth Young
November 29, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Andres Young Mary Elizabeth Andres Young, beloved mother, grandmother and friend passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at the age of 91. Mary was born on February 28, 1920, on a small rural farm just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, as the only child of John and Adelaide Andres. Upon graduation from high school she continued her...
Irma Vargas Dailey
November 28, 2011
Dr. Irma Vargas Dailey, 58, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, November 28, 2011 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, Texas. She was born November 15, 1953 in El Paso, Texas to Antonio and Lydia Vargas. Dr. Dailey was a Family Practitioner and resident of this area for the past 13 years. She was also a member of Abundant...
Calvin Tipps Raines
November 28, 2011
Calvin "Cal" Tipps Raines, passed away Monday, November 28, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born in Cleburne, Texas on June 21, 1925 to Willie Calvin and Mamie Kate Raines. He graduated from Athens High School and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1949 with a BBA in Business Administration. He served in World War...
Archie Croom
November 24, 2011
Capt. Archie Croom, 89, of The Woodlands, Texas formerly of Nederland, passed away November 24, 2011. He was born October 18, 1922 in Elton, Louisiana to the late Monte C. and Eva Joubert Croom. Archie was the owner of The Compass Adjuster, adjusting compasses in the area and other parts of the state for 30 years. He served his county...
James C. Darsie
November 23, 2011
James C. Darsie, 91, of Houston Texas formerly of Groves died November 23, 2011 at his residence. James was born January 29, 1920 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania to Richard and Helen Darsie. He was a resident of the Groves Area for fifty years before moving to Houston four years ago. James was a retired Engineer from Gulf Oil with thirty years...
Craig Sturrock
November 22, 2011
Lester Craig Sturrock, 96, of Nederland, Texas passed away November 22, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born November 11, 1915 in Colmesneil, Texas to the late Thomas Elton and Samantha Sargent Sturrock. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Army.Funeral services will be held at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue...
Martha Marie Timmerman
November 21, 2011
Martha Timmerman, 84, formerly of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas. Martha was born November 14, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee to Frederick Hankey and Ida Koehler Hankey. She was a resident of the Port Arthur area for 46 years before moving to San Antonio 6 years ago. She was a retired Licensed Vocational...
Donald T. Schnell
November 21, 2011
Donald T. Schnell, 74, of Groves, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2011 at his residence. Donald was born October 17, 1937 in Houston, TX and was a longtime resident of the area. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Lamar University. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Germany....
Raymond Earl Delino
November 21, 2011
Raymond Earl Delino, 83, of Groves, passed away, Monday November 21, 2011 at his residence in Groves.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral in Nederland with Mr. Joseph Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 12 noon until service time...
Sandra Lorene Cooper
November 20, 2011
Sandra Lorene Cooper, 71, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Sandra was born June 12, 1940 in East Chicago, Indiana to Elza Doan and Pauline Lewis Doan. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 31 years. She was also member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. She...
J. B. Redd
November 18, 2011
Joseph Benjamin Redd, 74, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, November 18, 2011 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Joseph was born February 3, 1937 in Lufkin, Texas to Joseph Clayton Redd and Adell Munson Redd. He was a resident of this area for 48 years and a Conductor for Union Pacific Railroad. He was...
Norwood "Bud" J. Stansbury
November 18, 2011
Norwood J. quotBudquot Stansbury, 84, of Port Arthur passed away Friday, November 18, 2011 at The Home Place in Groves. He was born March 16, 1927 in Port Acres to N.T. and Ella Stansbury and was a member of Little Flower Catholic Church in Port Acres. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and retired from Gulf...
Lenword Buck Rogers
November 17, 2011
Lenword "Buck" Rogers, 83, of Colmesneil, Texas died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Lenword was born February 1, 1928 in Escatawpa, Mississippi to Lenward Lee Rogers and Hattie Mae Hester Rogers. He was a 20 year resident of Colmesneil, Texas and a retired Pipefitter/Welder at Texaco Chemical with 39 years of service. He was...
Leon Lamar McMillan
November 17, 2011
Leon McMillan, 82, of Nederland, passed away on November 17, 2011 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. Funeral Services will be at 10 AM, Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Steve Havard officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6...
Edward "Rock" Hudson
November 17, 2011
Edward quotRockquot Hudson, 81, of Central Gardens, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Monday, November 21, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Bill Morgan officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be from...
Vera Big Momma Wilkerson
November 16, 2011
Vera "Big Momma" Wilkerson, 96, of Port Arthur, Texas died Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Cypress Glen East in Port Arthur, Texas. Vera was born December 24, 1914 in San Augustine, Texas on an 88 acre farm, one of eight children. She was a farmer's daughter who graduated from Manning Texas High School, Class of 1934. Vera left home when...
Virginia Darlene Sangwin
November 16, 2011
Virginia Darlene Sangwin, 92, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. Virginia was born September 11, 1919 in Humeston, Iowa to Merrill W. Bixby and Elizabeth Bunker Bixby. She was a homemaker and resident of Port Arthur for 65 years. Survivors include her husband of 68 ½ years, Melvin Sangwin of Port...
William Bill Lively, Jr.
November 15, 2011
William H. "Bill" Lively, Jr., 83, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Bill was born July 29, 1928 in Holum, Louisiana to William Hugh Lively, Sr. and Ada Louise Moore Lively. He was a resident of this area for 60 years and retired from Gulf Oil as a...
Frank Earl Hall
November 15, 2011
Frank Earl Hall, 43, of Port Arthur, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at his residence.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Frank Hodges officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM...
Adam Bertrand
December 1, 2011
Adam Bertrand, 78, of Port Neches, Texas died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Adam was born April 8, 1933 in Groves, Texas to Adam Bertrand, Sr. and Edith Bergeron Bertrand. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired self employed Auto Mechanic and Auto Body Repairman. He...
Mary Elizabeth Young
November 29, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Andres Young Mary Elizabeth Andres Young, beloved mother, grandmother and friend passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at the age of 91. Mary was born on February 28, 1920, on a small rural farm just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, as the only child of John and Adelaide Andres. Upon graduation from high school she continued her...
Irma Vargas Dailey
November 28, 2011
Dr. Irma Vargas Dailey, 58, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, November 28, 2011 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, Texas. She was born November 15, 1953 in El Paso, Texas to Antonio and Lydia Vargas. Dr. Dailey was a Family Practitioner and resident of this area for the past 13 years. She was also a member of Abundant...
Calvin Tipps Raines
November 28, 2011
Calvin "Cal" Tipps Raines, passed away Monday, November 28, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born in Cleburne, Texas on June 21, 1925 to Willie Calvin and Mamie Kate Raines. He graduated from Athens High School and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1949 with a BBA in Business Administration. He served in World War...
Archie Croom
November 24, 2011
Capt. Archie Croom, 89, of The Woodlands, Texas formerly of Nederland, passed away November 24, 2011. He was born October 18, 1922 in Elton, Louisiana to the late Monte C. and Eva Joubert Croom. Archie was the owner of The Compass Adjuster, adjusting compasses in the area and other parts of the state for 30 years. He served his county...
James C. Darsie
November 23, 2011
James C. Darsie, 91, of Houston Texas formerly of Groves died November 23, 2011 at his residence. James was born January 29, 1920 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania to Richard and Helen Darsie. He was a resident of the Groves Area for fifty years before moving to Houston four years ago. James was a retired Engineer from Gulf Oil with thirty years...
Craig Sturrock
November 22, 2011
Lester Craig Sturrock, 96, of Nederland, Texas passed away November 22, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born November 11, 1915 in Colmesneil, Texas to the late Thomas Elton and Samantha Sargent Sturrock. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Army.Funeral services will be held at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue...
Martha Marie Timmerman
November 21, 2011
Martha Timmerman, 84, formerly of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas. Martha was born November 14, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee to Frederick Hankey and Ida Koehler Hankey. She was a resident of the Port Arthur area for 46 years before moving to San Antonio 6 years ago. She was a retired Licensed Vocational...
Donald T. Schnell
November 21, 2011
Donald T. Schnell, 74, of Groves, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2011 at his residence. Donald was born October 17, 1937 in Houston, TX and was a longtime resident of the area. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Lamar University. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Germany....
Raymond Earl Delino
November 21, 2011
Raymond Earl Delino, 83, of Groves, passed away, Monday November 21, 2011 at his residence in Groves.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral in Nederland with Mr. Joseph Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 12 noon until service time...
Sandra Lorene Cooper
November 20, 2011
Sandra Lorene Cooper, 71, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Sandra was born June 12, 1940 in East Chicago, Indiana to Elza Doan and Pauline Lewis Doan. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 31 years. She was also member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. She...
J. B. Redd
November 18, 2011
Joseph Benjamin Redd, 74, of Port Neches, Texas died Friday, November 18, 2011 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Joseph was born February 3, 1937 in Lufkin, Texas to Joseph Clayton Redd and Adell Munson Redd. He was a resident of this area for 48 years and a Conductor for Union Pacific Railroad. He was...
Norwood "Bud" J. Stansbury
November 18, 2011
Norwood J. quotBudquot Stansbury, 84, of Port Arthur passed away Friday, November 18, 2011 at The Home Place in Groves. He was born March 16, 1927 in Port Acres to N.T. and Ella Stansbury and was a member of Little Flower Catholic Church in Port Acres. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and retired from Gulf...
Lenword Buck Rogers
November 17, 2011
Lenword "Buck" Rogers, 83, of Colmesneil, Texas died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Lenword was born February 1, 1928 in Escatawpa, Mississippi to Lenward Lee Rogers and Hattie Mae Hester Rogers. He was a 20 year resident of Colmesneil, Texas and a retired Pipefitter/Welder at Texaco Chemical with 39 years of service. He was...
Leon Lamar McMillan
November 17, 2011
Leon McMillan, 82, of Nederland, passed away on November 17, 2011 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. Funeral Services will be at 10 AM, Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Steve Havard officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6...
Edward "Rock" Hudson
November 17, 2011
Edward quotRockquot Hudson, 81, of Central Gardens, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Monday, November 21, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Bill Morgan officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be from...
Vera Big Momma Wilkerson
November 16, 2011
Vera "Big Momma" Wilkerson, 96, of Port Arthur, Texas died Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Cypress Glen East in Port Arthur, Texas. Vera was born December 24, 1914 in San Augustine, Texas on an 88 acre farm, one of eight children. She was a farmer's daughter who graduated from Manning Texas High School, Class of 1934. Vera left home when...
Virginia Darlene Sangwin
November 16, 2011
Virginia Darlene Sangwin, 92, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. Virginia was born September 11, 1919 in Humeston, Iowa to Merrill W. Bixby and Elizabeth Bunker Bixby. She was a homemaker and resident of Port Arthur for 65 years. Survivors include her husband of 68 ½ years, Melvin Sangwin of Port...
William Bill Lively, Jr.
November 15, 2011
William H. "Bill" Lively, Jr., 83, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Bill was born July 29, 1928 in Holum, Louisiana to William Hugh Lively, Sr. and Ada Louise Moore Lively. He was a resident of this area for 60 years and retired from Gulf Oil as a...
Frank Earl Hall
November 15, 2011
Frank Earl Hall, 43, of Port Arthur, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at his residence.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Frank Hodges officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM...