Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz
March 16, 2020
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz, 95, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away, Monday, March 16, 2020 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Ursula was born December 6, 1924 in Germany to Fred and Jenny Roos. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 80 years and a member of Temple Emanuel in Beaumont. Ursula was retired after...
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr.
March 15, 2020
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr. beloved husband, son, brother, and friend, passed away on March 15, 2020 in Pasadena, Texas. Born on September 18, 1950, Butch lived a life filled with love, generosity, and a passion for his family.Butch was a hardworking individual who dedicated his career to serving various industries. He began his professional journey working alongside his father...
Amelia Lee Benson
March 15, 2020
Amelia Lee Benson, infant, of China, Texas passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A graveside service will be held Monday, March 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas under the direction of Levingston Funeral Home Port Neches. Surviving relatives include her parents, Tyeler and Delilah Benson of China,...
John Earl DeVillier
March 15, 2020
John Earl DeVillier peacefully passed away Sunday morning at the desk of his Capitol Blvd. home in Groves. A month short of his 91st birthday, John spent most of his life under the same pecan trees that also shaded his first home, built on Jefferson by his dad and granddad in 1926. John loved sports. He ran some on the...
Susan Pritchard Silmon
March 14, 2020
Susan Pritchard Silmon, 62, of Nederland, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020. Susan was born October 8, 1957, in Beaumont, Texas to Frankie Jean DeLage and John Weaver Pritchard. Susan was a 1975 graduate of Nederland High School. She was passionate about her children and grandchildren, of which she gave freely. Susan was a loving and kind person with a...
Claude Marcus Bodden
March 14, 2020
Claude Marcus Bodden, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 10, 1929 in Grand Cayman Island to Rayburn Bodden and Ellie Mae Thompson Bodden. Claude proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was retired from DuPont as...
Donald Wesley Stanfill Jr.
March 13, 2020
Donald Wesley "Bubba" Stanfill, Jr., 34, of Nederland, Texas passed away March 13, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 3, 1986 to Donald Wesley Stanfill, Sr. and Kathy Lynn Tolbert Stanfill. Those left to cherish Donald’s memory are his wife, Cynthia Johnson Stanfill of Nederland; his mother, Kathy Stanfill Whitley of Nederland; his son, Wesley Stanfill...
Gene Alston Jr.
March 13, 2020
Joel Eugene “Gene” Alston Jr., 70, of Orange, Texas passed away Friday, March 13, 2020. Gene was born September 29, 1949 in DeQuincy, Louisiana to Joel and Laverne Alston. Gene served in the United States Marines and retired from Exxon Mobil with 42 years of service. He coached softball for 30+years and loved bowling. Gene was preceded in death by...
Mitchell Roebuck
March 13, 2020
Mitchell Roebuck, 65, of Vidor, Texas passed away March 13, 2020. He was born on August 28, 1954 to the late Albert Durham Roebuck and Clarice Waddell. Mitchell served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and worked for Hauck Enterprises for twenty-seven years. Those left to cherish Mitchell’s memory are his loving wife of forty-six years, B.J. Roebuck;...
Louis Russell Trimble
March 12, 2020
Louis Russell Trimble, 94, died March 12, 2020, in Port Neches, Texas. Louis was born June 2, 1925, in Pike County, Mississippi, to Hugh and Emma Trimble. After graduating high school in 1941, he moved to McComb, Mississippi, and worked at JCPenney and the newspaper. In September of 1943 he was drafted into the Army where he trained at Camp...
Max Allen Odom
March 12, 2020
Max Allen Odom, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020. Max was born June 5, 1937 in Noble, Louisiana to James Darrell Odom, Sr. and Alma Webb Odom. He was a lifelong area resident and member of First United Methodist Church of Port Neches. Max was retired from Gulf Port Shipyard as an electrician after 15 years...
George Walter Eichelberger III
March 11, 2020
George Walter Eichelberger, III, 96, of Nederland, Texas passed away March 11, 2020. He was born in Goose Creek, Texas on May 21, 1923 to the late George Walter Eichelberger, II and Antoinette Thames Eichelberger. George served his country proudly in the U. S. Air Force and was a member of the Twin City Church of God in Port Arthur....
Luci Martyn "Tyna" Schexsnayder
March 8, 2020
Tyna Schexnayder, 55, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 8, 2020. She was born in Houston, Texas on April 10, 1964 to Louis Donald Schexsnayder, Sr. and Mary Jane Martin Schexsnayder. Tyna was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Nederland. Those left to cherish Tyna’s memory are her brother, Louis D. “Skipper” Schexsnayder and his wife, Leah of...
Griffin Matthew Barnett
March 6, 2020
Griffin Matthew Barnett, age 6, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020. Griffin was born December 30, 2013 in Houston. Griffin had a contagious smile and vibrant personality. At only 6 years of age he became a testimony to many near and far. He loved the outdoors, he loved hunting and fishing, also swimming and swinging with his sister. He loved...
Josephine Louise Bourgeois
March 5, 2020
Josephine Louise Bourgeois, 89, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020. Josephine was born February 10, 1931 in Beaumont, Texas to Santos Rosario Gracedel and Lena Plaia Gracedel. She was a lifelong area resident and retired from the Port Arthur ISD as a teachers aide. She was a much-loved Momma, Nana, G-Nana, Aunt Louise, as well as a...
Mary Lou Ivey
March 2, 2020
Mary Lou Ivey, of Port Neches, Texas, went on to be with her Lord and Savior on March 2, 2020 at the age of 88 years old. She was born in Port Neches, Texas on June 12, 1931 to Aline Bonvillion Bertolio and Dominic John Bertolio. She was preceded in death by both of her parents and her sister Shirlie...
Joseph Clayton Stewart, Jr.
February 29, 2020
Joseph Clayton Stewart, Jr., 70, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020 at home surrounded by his family. Joseph was born October 22, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph Clayton Stewart, Sr. and Anna Lee Breaux Stewart. Joseph was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Jade Avenue Baptist Church. He was a...
Joseph Allen Borne
February 28, 2020
Joseph Allen Borne, 67, of Groves passed away Friday, February 28, 2020. Joseph was born January 10, 1953 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late John A. Borne Jr. and Romanell Pitre. Those left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Jenny Reese and her husband Andrew of Houston; his son, Jason Borne and his wife Rachel of Nederland; the...
Reberta Permilia Johnson
February 28, 2020
Our Beloved Reberta P. Johnson, age 100 glorious years and 5 months, of Beaumont, Texas, was called Home on Friday, February 28, 2020 in Austin, Texas. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 57 years, John Dennis Johnson; her parents, Hammond Barnett Jennings and Elizabeth neé Guidry; her brother, H.B. Jennings, Jr.; sisters, Loretta Martens and Maxine...
Daisy Hartman Swanzy
February 26, 2020
Daisy Hartman Swanzy, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away February 26, 2020. She was born in Hamshire, Texas on December 2, 1930 to the late Irvin Smith and Olivia Tomplait Smith. She retired as a pastry cook for Port Arthur I.S.D. after 10 years of service. Those left to cherish Daisy’s memory are her son, Randy Hartman and his...
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz
March 16, 2020
Ursula Helen Lefkowitz, 95, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away, Monday, March 16, 2020 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Ursula was born December 6, 1924 in Germany to Fred and Jenny Roos. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 80 years and a member of Temple Emanuel in Beaumont. Ursula was retired after...
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr.
March 15, 2020
Russell Paul "Butch" Brignac, Jr. beloved husband, son, brother, and friend, passed away on March 15, 2020 in Pasadena, Texas. Born on September 18, 1950, Butch lived a life filled with love, generosity, and a passion for his family.Butch was a hardworking individual who dedicated his career to serving various industries. He began his professional journey working alongside his father...
Amelia Lee Benson
March 15, 2020
Amelia Lee Benson, infant, of China, Texas passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A graveside service will be held Monday, March 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas under the direction of Levingston Funeral Home Port Neches. Surviving relatives include her parents, Tyeler and Delilah Benson of China,...
John Earl DeVillier
March 15, 2020
John Earl DeVillier peacefully passed away Sunday morning at the desk of his Capitol Blvd. home in Groves. A month short of his 91st birthday, John spent most of his life under the same pecan trees that also shaded his first home, built on Jefferson by his dad and granddad in 1926. John loved sports. He ran some on the...
Susan Pritchard Silmon
March 14, 2020
Susan Pritchard Silmon, 62, of Nederland, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020. Susan was born October 8, 1957, in Beaumont, Texas to Frankie Jean DeLage and John Weaver Pritchard. Susan was a 1975 graduate of Nederland High School. She was passionate about her children and grandchildren, of which she gave freely. Susan was a loving and kind person with a...
Claude Marcus Bodden
March 14, 2020
Claude Marcus Bodden, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 10, 1929 in Grand Cayman Island to Rayburn Bodden and Ellie Mae Thompson Bodden. Claude proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was retired from DuPont as...
Donald Wesley Stanfill Jr.
March 13, 2020
Donald Wesley "Bubba" Stanfill, Jr., 34, of Nederland, Texas passed away March 13, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 3, 1986 to Donald Wesley Stanfill, Sr. and Kathy Lynn Tolbert Stanfill. Those left to cherish Donald’s memory are his wife, Cynthia Johnson Stanfill of Nederland; his mother, Kathy Stanfill Whitley of Nederland; his son, Wesley Stanfill...
Gene Alston Jr.
March 13, 2020
Joel Eugene “Gene” Alston Jr., 70, of Orange, Texas passed away Friday, March 13, 2020. Gene was born September 29, 1949 in DeQuincy, Louisiana to Joel and Laverne Alston. Gene served in the United States Marines and retired from Exxon Mobil with 42 years of service. He coached softball for 30+years and loved bowling. Gene was preceded in death by...
Mitchell Roebuck
March 13, 2020
Mitchell Roebuck, 65, of Vidor, Texas passed away March 13, 2020. He was born on August 28, 1954 to the late Albert Durham Roebuck and Clarice Waddell. Mitchell served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and worked for Hauck Enterprises for twenty-seven years. Those left to cherish Mitchell’s memory are his loving wife of forty-six years, B.J. Roebuck;...
Louis Russell Trimble
March 12, 2020
Louis Russell Trimble, 94, died March 12, 2020, in Port Neches, Texas. Louis was born June 2, 1925, in Pike County, Mississippi, to Hugh and Emma Trimble. After graduating high school in 1941, he moved to McComb, Mississippi, and worked at JCPenney and the newspaper. In September of 1943 he was drafted into the Army where he trained at Camp...
Max Allen Odom
March 12, 2020
Max Allen Odom, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020. Max was born June 5, 1937 in Noble, Louisiana to James Darrell Odom, Sr. and Alma Webb Odom. He was a lifelong area resident and member of First United Methodist Church of Port Neches. Max was retired from Gulf Port Shipyard as an electrician after 15 years...
George Walter Eichelberger III
March 11, 2020
George Walter Eichelberger, III, 96, of Nederland, Texas passed away March 11, 2020. He was born in Goose Creek, Texas on May 21, 1923 to the late George Walter Eichelberger, II and Antoinette Thames Eichelberger. George served his country proudly in the U. S. Air Force and was a member of the Twin City Church of God in Port Arthur....
Luci Martyn "Tyna" Schexsnayder
March 8, 2020
Tyna Schexnayder, 55, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 8, 2020. She was born in Houston, Texas on April 10, 1964 to Louis Donald Schexsnayder, Sr. and Mary Jane Martin Schexsnayder. Tyna was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Nederland. Those left to cherish Tyna’s memory are her brother, Louis D. “Skipper” Schexsnayder and his wife, Leah of...
Griffin Matthew Barnett
March 6, 2020
Griffin Matthew Barnett, age 6, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020. Griffin was born December 30, 2013 in Houston. Griffin had a contagious smile and vibrant personality. At only 6 years of age he became a testimony to many near and far. He loved the outdoors, he loved hunting and fishing, also swimming and swinging with his sister. He loved...
Josephine Louise Bourgeois
March 5, 2020
Josephine Louise Bourgeois, 89, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020. Josephine was born February 10, 1931 in Beaumont, Texas to Santos Rosario Gracedel and Lena Plaia Gracedel. She was a lifelong area resident and retired from the Port Arthur ISD as a teachers aide. She was a much-loved Momma, Nana, G-Nana, Aunt Louise, as well as a...
Mary Lou Ivey
March 2, 2020
Mary Lou Ivey, of Port Neches, Texas, went on to be with her Lord and Savior on March 2, 2020 at the age of 88 years old. She was born in Port Neches, Texas on June 12, 1931 to Aline Bonvillion Bertolio and Dominic John Bertolio. She was preceded in death by both of her parents and her sister Shirlie...
Joseph Clayton Stewart, Jr.
February 29, 2020
Joseph Clayton Stewart, Jr., 70, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020 at home surrounded by his family. Joseph was born October 22, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph Clayton Stewart, Sr. and Anna Lee Breaux Stewart. Joseph was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Jade Avenue Baptist Church. He was a...
Joseph Allen Borne
February 28, 2020
Joseph Allen Borne, 67, of Groves passed away Friday, February 28, 2020. Joseph was born January 10, 1953 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late John A. Borne Jr. and Romanell Pitre. Those left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Jenny Reese and her husband Andrew of Houston; his son, Jason Borne and his wife Rachel of Nederland; the...
Reberta Permilia Johnson
February 28, 2020
Our Beloved Reberta P. Johnson, age 100 glorious years and 5 months, of Beaumont, Texas, was called Home on Friday, February 28, 2020 in Austin, Texas. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 57 years, John Dennis Johnson; her parents, Hammond Barnett Jennings and Elizabeth neé Guidry; her brother, H.B. Jennings, Jr.; sisters, Loretta Martens and Maxine...
Daisy Hartman Swanzy
February 26, 2020
Daisy Hartman Swanzy, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away February 26, 2020. She was born in Hamshire, Texas on December 2, 1930 to the late Irvin Smith and Olivia Tomplait Smith. She retired as a pastry cook for Port Arthur I.S.D. after 10 years of service. Those left to cherish Daisy’s memory are her son, Randy Hartman and his...
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