Obituaries for Melancon Levingston

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.

Muriel "Cookie" Allen Felps

Muriel "Cookie" Allen Felps

September 30, 2021

Muriel 'Cookie' Allen Felps, 89, passed away September 30, 2021. She was born February 3, 1932 in Manchester, New Hampshire. She grew up in New Hampshire/Southern California, and also lived in Levelland, Texas, Brownsville, Texas, Milton, Florida, Joliet, Illinois, Port Neches, Texas, Round Rock, Texas. Cookie was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother. She spent many years selling Avon to her...

Tracey Denise Manchac

Tracey Denise Manchac

September 28, 2021

Tracey Denise Manchac, 58, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Tracey was born July 4, 1963 in Waco, Texas to Jane Owens Griffin and Gene Owen McCollum. Tracey will be remembered for her incredible storytelling, her unbreakable spirit, and her enormous pride and love for her children. Those who loved Tracey knew she never met a stranger...

Frank Joseph Cannatella

Frank Joseph Cannatella

September 28, 2021

Frank Joseph Cannatella, 91, born in Melville, Louisiana on April 22, 1930, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at his home in Port Neches, Texas. Frank is preceded in death by his parents Charles and Mathilda Gulino Cannatella, by his wife of 57 years, Sadie Cannatella, and son Joseph Cannatella. He is survived by daughter, Mary Cannatella of Port Neches,...

Dr. John Allen Schmidt

Dr. John Allen Schmidt

September 27, 2021

Dr. John A. Schmidt, age 69, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 at his residence in Nederland, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on November 16, 1952, to J.C. and Mildred Schmidt. He was the second of five siblings. Dr. Schmidt graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971 and received his Bachelor’s degree in biology from the...

Early Jean Ambrose

Early Jean Ambrose

September 27, 2021

Early Jean Green Ambrose, 66, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021, at her residence in Port Arthur. Early was born on January 27, 1955, in Lafayette, Louisiana to Amelia Rubin Hickman and birth father Charlie Green. She was a retired operator for the City of Port Arthur and a member of the Thriving House Church...

Kenneth Jackson Wright, Jr.

Kenneth Jackson Wright, Jr.

September 26, 2021

Kenneth Jackson Wright, Jr., 70, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021 at the Cascades Nursing Home in Port Arthur. Kenneth was born October 30, 1950 in Beaumont, Texas to Kenneth Jackson Wright, Sr. and Wilma Faye Norris Wright. He was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and worked for Billy Joes BBQ in Port Neches. Visitation...

John Earl Spikes

John Earl Spikes

September 26, 2021

John Earl Spikes, 56, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Cornerstone Specialty Hospital in Webster, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 27, 1965 to Joe Spikes and Jessie Powell Spikes. John was a lifelong area resident and was employed as a mechanic at Buckner Rental Service for seven years and then...

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Eickenhorst, Sr.

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Eickenhorst, Sr.

September 26, 2021

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Eickenhorst, Sr., 83, of Nederland, Texas passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 3, 1937 to Walter Herman Eickenhorst and Mary Mageline Schkade Eickenhorst. Ernie was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. He retired as a Supervisor...

Gene Hershel Moss

Gene Hershel Moss

September 26, 2021

Gene Hershel Moss, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Golden Years Assisted Living in Orange, Texas due to end organ failure. Gene was born September 7, 1931 in Port Neches, Texas to Maurice Moss and Mary Smaihall Moss. He was one of seven children that grew up during the difficult times of the Great...

The Honorable Judge Leonard James Giblin, Jr.

The Honorable Judge Leonard James Giblin, Jr.

September 25, 2021

The Honorable Judge Leonard James Giblin, Jr., 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 13, 1941 to Leonard James Giblin, Sr. and Laudy Bodin Giblin. Leonard was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. Leonard...

James Robert Wise, Jr.

James Robert Wise, Jr.

September 24, 2021

James Robert Wise, Jr., 64, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021. J.R. was born on August 31, 1957, at Lake Charles Airforce Base in Lake Charles, Louisiana to James Robert Wise, Sr. and the late Betty Jane Gay. He worked as an operator for Dupont Orange for 32 years. J.R. loved his job, and his co-workers...

Clarice Yvone Dowden

Clarice Yvone Dowden

September 23, 2021

Clarice Yvone Dowden, 88, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, September 23, 2021. She was born in Many, Louisiana on February 16, 1933 to Julian Briggs and Clara Norsworthy Briggs. Clarice lived in Port Arthur for 69 years and was a homemaker. A visitation for family and friends will Monday evening, September 27, 2021...

Hunter Guidry

Hunter Guidry

September 22, 2021

Hunter Douglas Guidry, 17, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at his home. Hunter was born on November 4, 2003, in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a Junior at Nederland High School and a member of the First Baptist Church in Nederland, Texas. Hunter was a selfless and hardworking young man. He had many aspirations in...

Betty Nell Desormeaux

Betty Nell Desormeaux

September 21, 2021

Betty Nell Desormeaux, 82, of Jasper, Texas formerly of LaBelle, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Betty was born September 21, 1939 in New Iberia, Louisiana to Freddie Romero and Eunice Boutte Romero. She was a Homemaker and a resident of LaBelle, Texas for 50 years before moving to Jasper, Texas. Betty was...

Roy James Prosperie, Jr.

Roy James Prosperie, Jr.

September 21, 2021

Roy James Prosperie, Jr., 67, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at his home. Roy was born November 27, 1953 in Port Arthur, Texas to Roy James Prosperie, Sr. and Rita Hotard Prosperie. He was a lifelong area resident and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. Roy was a Supervisor for Magnum...

Veronica Deloris Solano

Veronica Deloris Solano

September 21, 2021

Veronica Deloris Solano, 30, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 6, 1991 to Belinda Leal Aldaba. Veronica was lifelong area resident and a homemaker. A visitation for family and friends will be Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 1:00...

Rebecca "Becky" Jane Hubert

Rebecca "Becky" Jane Hubert

September 20, 2021

Rebecca "Becky" Jane Hubert, 55, of Winnie, Texas passed away Monday, September 20, 2021 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Nederland, Texas on November 23, 1965 to Nelson Hubert and Ella Mae Boutin Hubert. Rebecca was a lifelong area resident. She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, and her sisters, Annette Hubert and...

Jo Marie Methvin

Jo Marie Methvin

September 19, 2021

Jo Marie Methvin, 72, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Sunday, September 19, 2021 at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaumont, Texas. Jo was born April 5, 1949 in El Campo, Texas to Alvin Lee Moody and Nannie Belle Byars Moody. She was a resident of this area for 40 plus years and a member of New Covenant Church in...

Jaime Tamez

Jaime Tamez

September 18, 2021

Jose Jaime Tamez, 65, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2021, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Jaime was born on March 30, 1956, in Monterrey, Mexico to Aurora Carrizales Tamez and Gerardo Rodriguez Tamez, Sr. He was a retired operator for Gulf Oil Refinery and Total for over forty years. Jaime was...

Glynda Faye Peveto

Glynda Faye Peveto

September 18, 2021

Glynda Faye Peveto, 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away September 18, 2021. She was born in Kaplan, Louisiana on January 27, 1945 to the late Raymond Powell and Lillian Askew Powell. Glynda was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Port Arthur. Those left to cherish Glynda’s memory are her sons, Eric Flyn Thames of Nederland and Shad Peveto...

Muriel "Cookie" Allen Felps

Muriel "Cookie" Allen Felps

September 30, 2021

Muriel 'Cookie' Allen Felps, 89, passed away September 30, 2021. She was born February 3, 1932 in Manchester, New Hampshire. She grew up in New Hampshire/Southern California, and also lived in Levelland, Texas, Brownsville, Texas, Milton, Florida, Joliet, Illinois, Port Neches, Texas, Round Rock, Texas. Cookie was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother. She spent many years selling Avon to her...

Tracey Denise Manchac

Tracey Denise Manchac

September 28, 2021

Tracey Denise Manchac, 58, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Tracey was born July 4, 1963 in Waco, Texas to Jane Owens Griffin and Gene Owen McCollum. Tracey will be remembered for her incredible storytelling, her unbreakable spirit, and her enormous pride and love for her children. Those who loved Tracey knew she never met a stranger...

Frank Joseph Cannatella

Frank Joseph Cannatella

September 28, 2021

Frank Joseph Cannatella, 91, born in Melville, Louisiana on April 22, 1930, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at his home in Port Neches, Texas. Frank is preceded in death by his parents Charles and Mathilda Gulino Cannatella, by his wife of 57 years, Sadie Cannatella, and son Joseph Cannatella. He is survived by daughter, Mary Cannatella of Port Neches,...

Dr. John Allen Schmidt

Dr. John Allen Schmidt

September 27, 2021

Dr. John A. Schmidt, age 69, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 at his residence in Nederland, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on November 16, 1952, to J.C. and Mildred Schmidt. He was the second of five siblings. Dr. Schmidt graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971 and received his Bachelor’s degree in biology from the...

Early Jean Ambrose

Early Jean Ambrose

September 27, 2021

Early Jean Green Ambrose, 66, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021, at her residence in Port Arthur. Early was born on January 27, 1955, in Lafayette, Louisiana to Amelia Rubin Hickman and birth father Charlie Green. She was a retired operator for the City of Port Arthur and a member of the Thriving House Church...

Kenneth Jackson Wright, Jr.

Kenneth Jackson Wright, Jr.

September 26, 2021

Kenneth Jackson Wright, Jr., 70, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021 at the Cascades Nursing Home in Port Arthur. Kenneth was born October 30, 1950 in Beaumont, Texas to Kenneth Jackson Wright, Sr. and Wilma Faye Norris Wright. He was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and worked for Billy Joes BBQ in Port Neches. Visitation...

John Earl Spikes

John Earl Spikes

September 26, 2021

John Earl Spikes, 56, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Cornerstone Specialty Hospital in Webster, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 27, 1965 to Joe Spikes and Jessie Powell Spikes. John was a lifelong area resident and was employed as a mechanic at Buckner Rental Service for seven years and then...

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Eickenhorst, Sr.

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Eickenhorst, Sr.

September 26, 2021

Ernest "Ernie" Lee Eickenhorst, Sr., 83, of Nederland, Texas passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 3, 1937 to Walter Herman Eickenhorst and Mary Mageline Schkade Eickenhorst. Ernie was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. He retired as a Supervisor...

Gene Hershel Moss

Gene Hershel Moss

September 26, 2021

Gene Hershel Moss, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Golden Years Assisted Living in Orange, Texas due to end organ failure. Gene was born September 7, 1931 in Port Neches, Texas to Maurice Moss and Mary Smaihall Moss. He was one of seven children that grew up during the difficult times of the Great...

The Honorable Judge Leonard James Giblin, Jr.

The Honorable Judge Leonard James Giblin, Jr.

September 25, 2021

The Honorable Judge Leonard James Giblin, Jr., 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 13, 1941 to Leonard James Giblin, Sr. and Laudy Bodin Giblin. Leonard was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. Leonard...

James Robert Wise, Jr.

James Robert Wise, Jr.

September 24, 2021

James Robert Wise, Jr., 64, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021. J.R. was born on August 31, 1957, at Lake Charles Airforce Base in Lake Charles, Louisiana to James Robert Wise, Sr. and the late Betty Jane Gay. He worked as an operator for Dupont Orange for 32 years. J.R. loved his job, and his co-workers...

Clarice Yvone Dowden

Clarice Yvone Dowden

September 23, 2021

Clarice Yvone Dowden, 88, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, September 23, 2021. She was born in Many, Louisiana on February 16, 1933 to Julian Briggs and Clara Norsworthy Briggs. Clarice lived in Port Arthur for 69 years and was a homemaker. A visitation for family and friends will Monday evening, September 27, 2021...

Hunter Guidry

Hunter Guidry

September 22, 2021

Hunter Douglas Guidry, 17, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at his home. Hunter was born on November 4, 2003, in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a Junior at Nederland High School and a member of the First Baptist Church in Nederland, Texas. Hunter was a selfless and hardworking young man. He had many aspirations in...

Betty Nell Desormeaux

Betty Nell Desormeaux

September 21, 2021

Betty Nell Desormeaux, 82, of Jasper, Texas formerly of LaBelle, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Betty was born September 21, 1939 in New Iberia, Louisiana to Freddie Romero and Eunice Boutte Romero. She was a Homemaker and a resident of LaBelle, Texas for 50 years before moving to Jasper, Texas. Betty was...

Roy James Prosperie, Jr.

Roy James Prosperie, Jr.

September 21, 2021

Roy James Prosperie, Jr., 67, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at his home. Roy was born November 27, 1953 in Port Arthur, Texas to Roy James Prosperie, Sr. and Rita Hotard Prosperie. He was a lifelong area resident and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. Roy was a Supervisor for Magnum...

Veronica Deloris Solano

Veronica Deloris Solano

September 21, 2021

Veronica Deloris Solano, 30, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 6, 1991 to Belinda Leal Aldaba. Veronica was lifelong area resident and a homemaker. A visitation for family and friends will be Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 1:00...

Rebecca "Becky" Jane Hubert

Rebecca "Becky" Jane Hubert

September 20, 2021

Rebecca "Becky" Jane Hubert, 55, of Winnie, Texas passed away Monday, September 20, 2021 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Nederland, Texas on November 23, 1965 to Nelson Hubert and Ella Mae Boutin Hubert. Rebecca was a lifelong area resident. She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, and her sisters, Annette Hubert and...

Jo Marie Methvin

Jo Marie Methvin

September 19, 2021

Jo Marie Methvin, 72, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Sunday, September 19, 2021 at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaumont, Texas. Jo was born April 5, 1949 in El Campo, Texas to Alvin Lee Moody and Nannie Belle Byars Moody. She was a resident of this area for 40 plus years and a member of New Covenant Church in...

Jaime Tamez

Jaime Tamez

September 18, 2021

Jose Jaime Tamez, 65, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2021, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Jaime was born on March 30, 1956, in Monterrey, Mexico to Aurora Carrizales Tamez and Gerardo Rodriguez Tamez, Sr. He was a retired operator for Gulf Oil Refinery and Total for over forty years. Jaime was...

Glynda Faye Peveto

Glynda Faye Peveto

September 18, 2021

Glynda Faye Peveto, 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away September 18, 2021. She was born in Kaplan, Louisiana on January 27, 1945 to the late Raymond Powell and Lillian Askew Powell. Glynda was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Port Arthur. Those left to cherish Glynda’s memory are her sons, Eric Flyn Thames of Nederland and Shad Peveto...

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