Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Deborah Louise Hurst
April 25, 2010
Deborah Louise Hurst, 57, of Orange, Texas passed away April 25, 2010 surrounded by her family at her sister39s home in Beaumont. She was born November 8, 1952 in Orange, Texas to the late Marvin and Lois Dorsey Hurst. She served her country as a Spec 4 in the U. S. Army for 3 years. She played semipro woman39s football...
Florence "Jean" Crossett
April 24, 2010
Florence quotJeanquot Crossett, 71, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away peacefully on April 24, 2010, after a long and courageous battle with kidney cancer. She was daughter of the late Robert and Bessie Mae Elliott and born in Little Rock, Arkansas on February 28, 1939. She was the loving mother of son, Lynn Crossett and wife, Sheri of Driftwood, daughter,...
Richard Wayne Taylor
April 24, 2010
Richard Wayne Taylor, 55, of Bridge City, died Saturday, April 24, at home.He was a 1972 graduate of Nederland High School and a member of the Operating Engineers Local 450, and a Pipeliner.Richard was preceded in death by his mother, Marceline Taylor, his grandparents, Frank and Mae Taylor, John and Celine Sossaman.He is survived by his father, Wayne Taylor, of...
Maximiliano "Max" Morel
April 23, 2010
Max Morel, 95, of Nederland, Texas passed away April 23, 2010 at Cypress Glen East Nursing Home in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born March 26, 1915 in Trinidad, Santa Barbara Honduras to the late Serapio and Juana Paz Morel. He served as a Merchant Marine during WWII.He was the loving father of Mario Morel of Orange, Belinda Rice and...
Grimes Alfred Williams
April 22, 2010
Grimes Alfred "Preacher" Williams, 88, of Port Neches, Texas died Thursday, April 22, 2010 at his residence. Grimes was born December 20, 1921 in Pine Grove, Texas to Semion Alfred Williams and Ilene Brough Williams. He was a resident of Port Neches for 62 years and a member of Hogaboom Church of Christ. He retired from Texaco Port Arthur as...
Kenneth Charles Kidder
April 18, 2010
Kenneth Charles Kidder, 68, of Nederland, Texas died Sunday, April 18, 2010 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Kenneth was born October 8, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ben Kidder and Elian Green Kidder. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired A C and Heating Repair Tech with Sunbelt Controls at Chevron. He had over...
Suzette Marie Ledet
April 18, 2010
Suzette Marie Ledet, 50, of Port Arthur, Texas died Sunday, April 18, 2010 at Houston Hospice-Texas Medical Center. Suzette was born December 24, 1959 in Port Arthur, Texas to Jules Ledet and Leetrice Chaisson Ledet. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and was employed as a medical transcriptionist for Christus St. Mary Hospital. She was a member of St....
Lennis "L.P." P. Roy
April 18, 2010
Lennis P. quotL.P.quot quotSweetheartquot Roy, 80, of Nederland, Texas passed away at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont on April 18, 2010. He was born in Rayne, Louisiana on November 28, 1929 to the late Valerie and Ursula Richard Roy. He lived in Nederland for over 40 years. He retired from DuPont where he worked as a mechanic and he...
Josephine Howard
April 17, 2010
Josephine Claire Bertin Howard, 96, passed away on Saturday April 17, 2010 at Jefferson Nursing/Rehab Center in Beaumont, Texas. She was born February 28, 1914 in Abbeville, Louisiana and moved with her parents to Port Arthur, Texas as a young girl. Mrs. Howard was a graduate of Port Arthur High School and St. Mary School of Nursing in Port Arthur....
Vivian E. Cooper
April 16, 2010
Vivian E. Cooper, 89, of Port Arthur, Texas died Friday April 16, 2010 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Vivian was born April 7, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to William Lea and Ethel Morris Lea. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church of Port Arthur. She was...
Elizabeth Brown
April 14, 2010
Elizabeth Bledsoe Brown, 94, passed away peacefully, Wednesday morning, April 14, 2010. She was born on June 10, 1915, at home on 5th Street in Port Arthur to Dr. Murff Bledsoe and Ella Jackson Bledsoe. The family later moved to the Gates House on Lakeshore Drive where she grew up. She was a 1933 graduate of Port Arthur High School....
John G. Hackbarth
April 12, 2010
John G. Hackbarth, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, April 12, 2010 at his residence. John was born September 11, 1927 in Taylor, Texas to Gustav Hackbarth and Pauline Eulenfeld Hackbarth. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1945 where he was the class Valedictorian and President of the student body. He continued his education at Lamar University...
Kay Vandiver
April 8, 2010
Kathryn "Kay" Ann Vandiver Kathyrn "Kay" Ann Vandiver, 66, of Beaumont, died Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. She was born on March 24, 1944 in Goldthwaite, Texas to Daniel John McCarty and Ima Bailey McCarty. She had lived in Beaumont for 34 years. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 12,...
Evelyn Lewis
April 6, 2010
Evelyn Lewis, age 88, of Baytown, Texas passed away April 6, 2010 at Methodist Hospital in Houston. She was born October 9, 1921 in Dirks, Arkansas to Rena and J. P. Chism. Evelyn was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. She lived most of her life in Port Arthur and Groves before moving to Baytown in 2002, to be...
Robert Wayne Duval
April 5, 2010
Robert Wayne Duval, 62, of Nederland, Texas passed away April 5, 2010 at Promise Hospital in Nederland. He was born March 7, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Anthony and Myrtle Courtois Duval. He was a security guard and served the United States in the Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict.He is survived by his wife, Diana Schnelzer...
Philip Drago, Sr.
April 4, 2010
Long time Port Arthur resident and business leader, Philip Drago, Sr. passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital surrounded by devoted family members.Mr. Drago was 98-years old. Philip Drago was preceded in death by his wife of 65-years Concetta Parigi Drago and grandson Gregory Dalton Drago. He was the second son of the five sons...
Lillie Fay Coley
April 4, 2010
Lillie Fay Coley, 86, of Medina, Texas formerly of Port Arthur, died Sunday, April 4, 20l0. Lillie was born on March 6, 1924 in Colorado City, Texas to Jesse Russell Hall and Lillie Bell Hall. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 45 years before moving to Medina and retired from Luby's Cafeteria. Graveside services will be at 2:00...
William David Papania
April 3, 2010
William David Papania, 70, of Nederland, Texas died Saturday, April 3, 2010. David was born April 17, 1939 in Laurel, Mississippi to Sam Salvador Papania and Lela Graham Papania. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired Process Operator at Occidental Petroleum. He was preceded in death by his brother, Leonard Papania and sister, Maggie Hall. Survivors include his...
Helen Virginia Tomlinson
March 30, 2010
Helen Virginia Tomlinson, 81, of Groves passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born to Annie and Carl VanHess on October 18, 1928 in Many, Louisiana. She had been a resident of Groves for 60 years. Virginia was a member of the Ladies Altar Society at St. Peter's. She was also involved with...
Dorothy Wingate
March 28, 2010
Dorothy Wingate, a Port Arthur resident for seventy-three years, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2010. An 85 year old homemaker, Mrs. Wingate was the widow of H.K. Wingate and the mother of Claudia and Hubert Martin of Mineola, Keith and Jan Wingate of New Braunfels, and Laurie and Bud Wilder of Rockwall. She is also survived by seven grandchildren,...
Deborah Louise Hurst
April 25, 2010
Deborah Louise Hurst, 57, of Orange, Texas passed away April 25, 2010 surrounded by her family at her sister39s home in Beaumont. She was born November 8, 1952 in Orange, Texas to the late Marvin and Lois Dorsey Hurst. She served her country as a Spec 4 in the U. S. Army for 3 years. She played semipro woman39s football...
Florence "Jean" Crossett
April 24, 2010
Florence quotJeanquot Crossett, 71, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away peacefully on April 24, 2010, after a long and courageous battle with kidney cancer. She was daughter of the late Robert and Bessie Mae Elliott and born in Little Rock, Arkansas on February 28, 1939. She was the loving mother of son, Lynn Crossett and wife, Sheri of Driftwood, daughter,...
Richard Wayne Taylor
April 24, 2010
Richard Wayne Taylor, 55, of Bridge City, died Saturday, April 24, at home.He was a 1972 graduate of Nederland High School and a member of the Operating Engineers Local 450, and a Pipeliner.Richard was preceded in death by his mother, Marceline Taylor, his grandparents, Frank and Mae Taylor, John and Celine Sossaman.He is survived by his father, Wayne Taylor, of...
Maximiliano "Max" Morel
April 23, 2010
Max Morel, 95, of Nederland, Texas passed away April 23, 2010 at Cypress Glen East Nursing Home in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born March 26, 1915 in Trinidad, Santa Barbara Honduras to the late Serapio and Juana Paz Morel. He served as a Merchant Marine during WWII.He was the loving father of Mario Morel of Orange, Belinda Rice and...
Grimes Alfred Williams
April 22, 2010
Grimes Alfred "Preacher" Williams, 88, of Port Neches, Texas died Thursday, April 22, 2010 at his residence. Grimes was born December 20, 1921 in Pine Grove, Texas to Semion Alfred Williams and Ilene Brough Williams. He was a resident of Port Neches for 62 years and a member of Hogaboom Church of Christ. He retired from Texaco Port Arthur as...
Kenneth Charles Kidder
April 18, 2010
Kenneth Charles Kidder, 68, of Nederland, Texas died Sunday, April 18, 2010 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Kenneth was born October 8, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ben Kidder and Elian Green Kidder. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired A C and Heating Repair Tech with Sunbelt Controls at Chevron. He had over...
Suzette Marie Ledet
April 18, 2010
Suzette Marie Ledet, 50, of Port Arthur, Texas died Sunday, April 18, 2010 at Houston Hospice-Texas Medical Center. Suzette was born December 24, 1959 in Port Arthur, Texas to Jules Ledet and Leetrice Chaisson Ledet. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and was employed as a medical transcriptionist for Christus St. Mary Hospital. She was a member of St....
Lennis "L.P." P. Roy
April 18, 2010
Lennis P. quotL.P.quot quotSweetheartquot Roy, 80, of Nederland, Texas passed away at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont on April 18, 2010. He was born in Rayne, Louisiana on November 28, 1929 to the late Valerie and Ursula Richard Roy. He lived in Nederland for over 40 years. He retired from DuPont where he worked as a mechanic and he...
Josephine Howard
April 17, 2010
Josephine Claire Bertin Howard, 96, passed away on Saturday April 17, 2010 at Jefferson Nursing/Rehab Center in Beaumont, Texas. She was born February 28, 1914 in Abbeville, Louisiana and moved with her parents to Port Arthur, Texas as a young girl. Mrs. Howard was a graduate of Port Arthur High School and St. Mary School of Nursing in Port Arthur....
Vivian E. Cooper
April 16, 2010
Vivian E. Cooper, 89, of Port Arthur, Texas died Friday April 16, 2010 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Vivian was born April 7, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to William Lea and Ethel Morris Lea. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church of Port Arthur. She was...
Elizabeth Brown
April 14, 2010
Elizabeth Bledsoe Brown, 94, passed away peacefully, Wednesday morning, April 14, 2010. She was born on June 10, 1915, at home on 5th Street in Port Arthur to Dr. Murff Bledsoe and Ella Jackson Bledsoe. The family later moved to the Gates House on Lakeshore Drive where she grew up. She was a 1933 graduate of Port Arthur High School....
John G. Hackbarth
April 12, 2010
John G. Hackbarth, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, April 12, 2010 at his residence. John was born September 11, 1927 in Taylor, Texas to Gustav Hackbarth and Pauline Eulenfeld Hackbarth. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1945 where he was the class Valedictorian and President of the student body. He continued his education at Lamar University...
Kay Vandiver
April 8, 2010
Kathryn "Kay" Ann Vandiver Kathyrn "Kay" Ann Vandiver, 66, of Beaumont, died Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. She was born on March 24, 1944 in Goldthwaite, Texas to Daniel John McCarty and Ima Bailey McCarty. She had lived in Beaumont for 34 years. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 12,...
Evelyn Lewis
April 6, 2010
Evelyn Lewis, age 88, of Baytown, Texas passed away April 6, 2010 at Methodist Hospital in Houston. She was born October 9, 1921 in Dirks, Arkansas to Rena and J. P. Chism. Evelyn was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. She lived most of her life in Port Arthur and Groves before moving to Baytown in 2002, to be...
Robert Wayne Duval
April 5, 2010
Robert Wayne Duval, 62, of Nederland, Texas passed away April 5, 2010 at Promise Hospital in Nederland. He was born March 7, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Anthony and Myrtle Courtois Duval. He was a security guard and served the United States in the Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict.He is survived by his wife, Diana Schnelzer...
Philip Drago, Sr.
April 4, 2010
Long time Port Arthur resident and business leader, Philip Drago, Sr. passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital surrounded by devoted family members.Mr. Drago was 98-years old. Philip Drago was preceded in death by his wife of 65-years Concetta Parigi Drago and grandson Gregory Dalton Drago. He was the second son of the five sons...
Lillie Fay Coley
April 4, 2010
Lillie Fay Coley, 86, of Medina, Texas formerly of Port Arthur, died Sunday, April 4, 20l0. Lillie was born on March 6, 1924 in Colorado City, Texas to Jesse Russell Hall and Lillie Bell Hall. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 45 years before moving to Medina and retired from Luby's Cafeteria. Graveside services will be at 2:00...
William David Papania
April 3, 2010
William David Papania, 70, of Nederland, Texas died Saturday, April 3, 2010. David was born April 17, 1939 in Laurel, Mississippi to Sam Salvador Papania and Lela Graham Papania. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired Process Operator at Occidental Petroleum. He was preceded in death by his brother, Leonard Papania and sister, Maggie Hall. Survivors include his...
Helen Virginia Tomlinson
March 30, 2010
Helen Virginia Tomlinson, 81, of Groves passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born to Annie and Carl VanHess on October 18, 1928 in Many, Louisiana. She had been a resident of Groves for 60 years. Virginia was a member of the Ladies Altar Society at St. Peter's. She was also involved with...
Dorothy Wingate
March 28, 2010
Dorothy Wingate, a Port Arthur resident for seventy-three years, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2010. An 85 year old homemaker, Mrs. Wingate was the widow of H.K. Wingate and the mother of Claudia and Hubert Martin of Mineola, Keith and Jan Wingate of New Braunfels, and Laurie and Bud Wilder of Rockwall. She is also survived by seven grandchildren,...
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