Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Oswaldo Guadalupe Vela
September 27, 2011
Oswaldo "Ozzie" Guadalupe Vela passed away September 27, 2011. Memorial Services will be held at Levingston Funeral Home on 39th St. in Groves, Texas at 2:00pm on Saturday October 1, 2011. Ozzie was born in Kenedy, Texas on March 16, 1928 to Guadalupe Vela and Maria Charles Vela. He attended schools in Kenedy and Corpus Christi and then served in...
Hussam Abbas Fadhli
September 27, 2011
Beloved husband, father, healer, friend, and artist, Dr. Hussam A. Fadhli, passed away on September 27, 2011 at the age of 83, following complications from surgery.Dr. Fadhli was born in Baghdad, Iraq on April 24, 1928. He attended medical school in Baghdad, and came to the United States in the 195039s to continue his medical studies. A man of tremendous...
Robert Nathaniel Kindell
September 26, 2011
Robert Nathaniel Kindell, 78, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away September 26, 2011 at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born September 16, 1933 in Checotah, Oklahoma to the late O B and Anna Bell Doss Kindell, and lived in the Nederland and Port Arthur area since 1969. He retired from Port Arthur I.S.D. as a Chemistry teacher,...
Dr. Raymond Benski
September 25, 2011
Dr. Raymond Benski, 80, died September 25, 2011, at home in Nederland, Texas. Dr. Benski was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on September 18, 1931 to Casmir and Margaret Benski. He married Sandra Laputz in 1964, and they raised their two children in Nederland. Dr. Benski attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Beaumont. Dr. Benski moved to Texas with his parents...
John "Tit" W. Stelly
September 25, 2011
John quotTitquot W. Stelly, 73, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away September 25, 2011 at his home. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on August 31, 1938 to the late Jack and Eunice LeBlanc Stelly. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and retired from the City of Nederland.Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September...
Myers Lee Foreman
September 24, 2011
Myers Lee Foreman Myers Lee Foreman, 62, of Groves died Saturday, September 24, 2011 at his home. He was born July 12, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to Frank A. Foreman, I and Vida Smith Foreman. Myers was a lifelong resident of this area and was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science with Lamar University in Beaumont. Funeral services will...
Douglas Riley Norwood
September 24, 2011
Douglas Riley Norwood June 10, 1950- September 24, 2011 Douglas Riley Norwood, 61, of Orange, Texas passed away on Saturday September 24, 2011. A lifelong resident of the area, Douglas was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 10, 1950. He was the son of the late Doris Duplantis Norwood and the late W.R. Norwood. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson...
Eva Mae Humble
September 24, 2011
Eva Mae Bellard Humble, 92, went to be with the Lord, September 24, 2011, at the Golden Years home in Orange. Born May 24, 1919, in Church Point, La. to Oscar and Louise Bellard. Mae is preceded in death by her parents husband Ardy Humble, son Freddie Carl Humble brothers Father Adam Bellard, Joseph Bellard sister Isabella Bellard Leger. She...
Clothilde DeJean
September 23, 2011
Clothilde DeJean Clothilde DeJean, 83, of Groves died Friday, September 23, 2011 at her home. She was born June 4, 1928 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Willie Babineaux and Marie Trosclair Babineaux. Clothilde had lived in Groves for 65 years and was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She retired from PNGISD as a custodian after 30 years of...
Bettye Ward Marquart
September 22, 2011
Bettye Ward Marquart, 84, of Groves died Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Home Place Private Care Home in Groves. She was born December 14, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama to Judson Briscoe Ward and Alethia Myers Ward. Bettye had lived in this area for 67 years and was a member of Christian Fellowship Worship Center in Beaumont. She was a housewife...
Bobby Patrick Janeaux
September 21, 2011
Bobby Janeaux, 67, of Port Neches, Texas passed away September 21, 2011 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born May 3, 1944 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to the late Dewey and Adele Jeffers Janeaux. Bobby was a retired mechanic for Meineke Muffler and a member of Lamar Baptist Church in Beaumont.A memorial service will be held at...
Janice Tolbert
September 20, 2011
Janice Tolbert, 77, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Janice was born December 29, 1933 in Montcalm, West Virginia to Oliver Jesse Taylor and Martha Vern Ella Scott Taylor. She was a resident of this area for 45 years and worked in Customer Service at Braud Camera and Video. Funeral...
Elmo Gene East
September 20, 2011
Elmo Gene East, 59, of Nederland, Texas passed away September 20, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born October 6, 1951 in Port Arthur to the late W. R. quotSonnyquot and Olymph quotLappyquot Marie East. He was a member of St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church in Nederland and worked for Firestone Polymers. A...
Frances Ann Marks
September 19, 2011
Frances Ann Marks, 75, of Groves, died Monday, September 19, 2011 at her home. She was born November 29, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles Glen Williams and Frances Irion Williams. Frances was a lifelong resident of this area and member of First United Methodist Church of Groves, Gulf Coast Day Lilies Society for over 40 years, Hibiscus Club...
Dewey "Joey" McDonald
September 19, 2011
Dewey Joe quotJoeyquot McDonald, Jr., 56, of Beaumont, Texas passed away September 19, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was born September 11, 1955 in Port Arthur to the late Dewey Joe Sr. and Geraldine O39Quinn McDonald Wade. He was a sales manager for Drago Supply.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 23, 2011 at...
Jerry Wayne Sparks
September 16, 2011
Jerry Wayne Sparks entered the gates of Heaven on Friday September 16, 2011. He was born October 3, 1947 in Houston, Texas. He was retired from Chevron and Checkpoint Pumps in Pasadena. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. Jerry was a decorated Vietnam Veteran having served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He...
Mittie Reba Traxler
September 16, 2011
Mittie Reba Traxler, 72, of Nederland, TX passed away at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, TX on September 16, 2011.She was born in Port Arthur, TX on March 24, 1939 to the late Clifton Kirtiss Williams and Mittie Ola Sewell Williams. Reba was a lifelong resident of the area, a member of Victory Temple in Beaumont...
Helen M. Die
September 15, 2011
Our Mom, Helen Simpson Die, joined her lord and savior, Jesus, on September 15, 2011. We were blessed to have our Mom for 94 years. Helen was born in Glenmora, Louisiana. She came to the Port Arthur area at a young age graduating from Port Arthur Thomas Jefferson High School with Honors in the class of 1934. Helen worked during...
Robert "Bob" A. Simmons
September 13, 2011
Robert quotBobquot Simmons, 86, of Nederland passed away September 13, 2011 at his daughter39s home. Bob was born in Franklin, Louisiana on November 13, 1924 to the late Robert Huelon and Annabelle Creel Simmons. He worked for the U. S. Postal Service. Bob served his country proudly in the U. S. Navy during WWII.Funeral services will be held at 2:00...
Delbert Weldon Thames
September 13, 2011
Delbert Weldon Thames better known as quotBack Scratcher Manquot, 76, of Port Neches passed away September 13, 2011 at his home with his family by his side. Delbert was born in Cherokee County, Texas on March 16, 1935 to the late Henry and Annie Trevathan Thames. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1954. He worked at Neches ButaneTexaco...
Oswaldo Guadalupe Vela
September 27, 2011
Oswaldo "Ozzie" Guadalupe Vela passed away September 27, 2011. Memorial Services will be held at Levingston Funeral Home on 39th St. in Groves, Texas at 2:00pm on Saturday October 1, 2011. Ozzie was born in Kenedy, Texas on March 16, 1928 to Guadalupe Vela and Maria Charles Vela. He attended schools in Kenedy and Corpus Christi and then served in...
Hussam Abbas Fadhli
September 27, 2011
Beloved husband, father, healer, friend, and artist, Dr. Hussam A. Fadhli, passed away on September 27, 2011 at the age of 83, following complications from surgery.Dr. Fadhli was born in Baghdad, Iraq on April 24, 1928. He attended medical school in Baghdad, and came to the United States in the 195039s to continue his medical studies. A man of tremendous...
Robert Nathaniel Kindell
September 26, 2011
Robert Nathaniel Kindell, 78, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away September 26, 2011 at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born September 16, 1933 in Checotah, Oklahoma to the late O B and Anna Bell Doss Kindell, and lived in the Nederland and Port Arthur area since 1969. He retired from Port Arthur I.S.D. as a Chemistry teacher,...
Dr. Raymond Benski
September 25, 2011
Dr. Raymond Benski, 80, died September 25, 2011, at home in Nederland, Texas. Dr. Benski was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on September 18, 1931 to Casmir and Margaret Benski. He married Sandra Laputz in 1964, and they raised their two children in Nederland. Dr. Benski attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Beaumont. Dr. Benski moved to Texas with his parents...
John "Tit" W. Stelly
September 25, 2011
John quotTitquot W. Stelly, 73, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away September 25, 2011 at his home. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on August 31, 1938 to the late Jack and Eunice LeBlanc Stelly. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and retired from the City of Nederland.Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September...
Myers Lee Foreman
September 24, 2011
Myers Lee Foreman Myers Lee Foreman, 62, of Groves died Saturday, September 24, 2011 at his home. He was born July 12, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to Frank A. Foreman, I and Vida Smith Foreman. Myers was a lifelong resident of this area and was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science with Lamar University in Beaumont. Funeral services will...
Douglas Riley Norwood
September 24, 2011
Douglas Riley Norwood June 10, 1950- September 24, 2011 Douglas Riley Norwood, 61, of Orange, Texas passed away on Saturday September 24, 2011. A lifelong resident of the area, Douglas was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 10, 1950. He was the son of the late Doris Duplantis Norwood and the late W.R. Norwood. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson...
Eva Mae Humble
September 24, 2011
Eva Mae Bellard Humble, 92, went to be with the Lord, September 24, 2011, at the Golden Years home in Orange. Born May 24, 1919, in Church Point, La. to Oscar and Louise Bellard. Mae is preceded in death by her parents husband Ardy Humble, son Freddie Carl Humble brothers Father Adam Bellard, Joseph Bellard sister Isabella Bellard Leger. She...
Clothilde DeJean
September 23, 2011
Clothilde DeJean Clothilde DeJean, 83, of Groves died Friday, September 23, 2011 at her home. She was born June 4, 1928 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Willie Babineaux and Marie Trosclair Babineaux. Clothilde had lived in Groves for 65 years and was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She retired from PNGISD as a custodian after 30 years of...
Bettye Ward Marquart
September 22, 2011
Bettye Ward Marquart, 84, of Groves died Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Home Place Private Care Home in Groves. She was born December 14, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama to Judson Briscoe Ward and Alethia Myers Ward. Bettye had lived in this area for 67 years and was a member of Christian Fellowship Worship Center in Beaumont. She was a housewife...
Bobby Patrick Janeaux
September 21, 2011
Bobby Janeaux, 67, of Port Neches, Texas passed away September 21, 2011 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born May 3, 1944 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to the late Dewey and Adele Jeffers Janeaux. Bobby was a retired mechanic for Meineke Muffler and a member of Lamar Baptist Church in Beaumont.A memorial service will be held at...
Janice Tolbert
September 20, 2011
Janice Tolbert, 77, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Janice was born December 29, 1933 in Montcalm, West Virginia to Oliver Jesse Taylor and Martha Vern Ella Scott Taylor. She was a resident of this area for 45 years and worked in Customer Service at Braud Camera and Video. Funeral...
Elmo Gene East
September 20, 2011
Elmo Gene East, 59, of Nederland, Texas passed away September 20, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born October 6, 1951 in Port Arthur to the late W. R. quotSonnyquot and Olymph quotLappyquot Marie East. He was a member of St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church in Nederland and worked for Firestone Polymers. A...
Frances Ann Marks
September 19, 2011
Frances Ann Marks, 75, of Groves, died Monday, September 19, 2011 at her home. She was born November 29, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles Glen Williams and Frances Irion Williams. Frances was a lifelong resident of this area and member of First United Methodist Church of Groves, Gulf Coast Day Lilies Society for over 40 years, Hibiscus Club...
Dewey "Joey" McDonald
September 19, 2011
Dewey Joe quotJoeyquot McDonald, Jr., 56, of Beaumont, Texas passed away September 19, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was born September 11, 1955 in Port Arthur to the late Dewey Joe Sr. and Geraldine O39Quinn McDonald Wade. He was a sales manager for Drago Supply.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 23, 2011 at...
Jerry Wayne Sparks
September 16, 2011
Jerry Wayne Sparks entered the gates of Heaven on Friday September 16, 2011. He was born October 3, 1947 in Houston, Texas. He was retired from Chevron and Checkpoint Pumps in Pasadena. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. Jerry was a decorated Vietnam Veteran having served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He...
Mittie Reba Traxler
September 16, 2011
Mittie Reba Traxler, 72, of Nederland, TX passed away at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, TX on September 16, 2011.She was born in Port Arthur, TX on March 24, 1939 to the late Clifton Kirtiss Williams and Mittie Ola Sewell Williams. Reba was a lifelong resident of the area, a member of Victory Temple in Beaumont...
Helen M. Die
September 15, 2011
Our Mom, Helen Simpson Die, joined her lord and savior, Jesus, on September 15, 2011. We were blessed to have our Mom for 94 years. Helen was born in Glenmora, Louisiana. She came to the Port Arthur area at a young age graduating from Port Arthur Thomas Jefferson High School with Honors in the class of 1934. Helen worked during...
Robert "Bob" A. Simmons
September 13, 2011
Robert quotBobquot Simmons, 86, of Nederland passed away September 13, 2011 at his daughter39s home. Bob was born in Franklin, Louisiana on November 13, 1924 to the late Robert Huelon and Annabelle Creel Simmons. He worked for the U. S. Postal Service. Bob served his country proudly in the U. S. Navy during WWII.Funeral services will be held at 2:00...
Delbert Weldon Thames
September 13, 2011
Delbert Weldon Thames better known as quotBack Scratcher Manquot, 76, of Port Neches passed away September 13, 2011 at his home with his family by his side. Delbert was born in Cherokee County, Texas on March 16, 1935 to the late Henry and Annie Trevathan Thames. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1954. He worked at Neches ButaneTexaco...