Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Mary Louise Bean
December 25, 2019
Mary Louise Moak Bean, 91, of Mont Belvieu, Texas, succumbed to illness at Houston Methodist, Baytown campus, on December 25, 2019. Mary was born on November 4, 1928, in McComb, Mississippi, to the late Nolan and Velma Moak. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Charles R. Bean, her sister Lavelle "Cootsie" Carter, and son-in-law Jackie Byrd....
Rose Lawson
December 24, 2019
Rose Lawson, 90, of Nederland passed away December 24, 2019. She was born in Chicago IL on September 22, 1929. Rose was a faithful member of Triumph Church in Nederland, was dedicated to her Lord, and was the door greeter. Rose never met a stranger and was highly thought of by all that knew her. She was kind, compassionate, and...
William Thomas Comiskey
December 24, 2019
William Thomas Comiskey, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 24, 2019. He was born in Ennis, Texas on March 26, 1930 to the late Patrick Terrance Comiskey and Christina Joly Comiskey. William graduated from Texas Tech and was a Master Gardener where he enjoyed gardening and making wine. He retired as a Chemical Engineer for BF Goodrich after...
J.D. "Joe" Lisenby
December 24, 2019
J.D. “Joe” Lisenby, 89, of Port Neches passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at his residence. J.D. was born January 11, 1930 in Slocomb, Alabama to the late Onnie Mae Lindsay Lisenby and Richard Houston Lisenby. He was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Port Arthur. J.D. loved serving others, he was an avid gardener and enjoyed...
Ruby Ann Huckaby
December 23, 2019
Ruby Ann Huckaby, 84, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 23, 2019. She was born in Port Acres, Texas on December 7, 1935 to the late Pascal Nicholas Ledet and Leonie Maturin Ledet. Ruby was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches where she served on the Altar Society for many years. Ruby loved to sew...
Robert E. Shields Jr.
December 23, 2019
Robert Edward Shields, Jr. “Bob”, 80, of Nederland passed away December 23, 2019. Bob was born in Normal, Illinois to Robert Edward Shields, Sr. and Lois Marie Shields on January 8, 1939. Bob was a United States Marine Corp. veteran. He met his wife, Frances Lee Sansom, while stationed in California and they married June 30, 1962. After the military,...
Peggy A. Mannino
December 22, 2019
Peggy A. Mannino 85 of Groves, TX/Gulf Breeze, FL left this world to be with our Heavenly Father on Sunday, December 22, 2019. Peggy was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on October 15, 1934 to parents Marshall and Hurteline Robertson. She was raised in Port Arthur, Texas. Peggy married and had 6 children with Richard C. Parrish Sr. After Twenty four...
Patsy Ann Johnson
December 20, 2019
Patsy Johnson, 63, of Nederland, Texas passed away Friday, December 20, 2019 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born May 14, 1956 in Beaumont, Texas to William Ralph Johnson and Patricia Bernard Johnson. Patsy had lived in Nederland for 40 years and was a member of Northwood Church in Beaumont. She was retired as a child care...
Sherri Ann Foster Steed
December 19, 2019
Sherri Ann Foster Steed, 71, of Houston, Texas passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Vitas Hospice in Conroe, Texas. She was born October 20, 1948 in Port Neches, Texas to William E. Foster and Dorothy Ann Farley Foster. Sherri had lived in Port Neches for 37 years before moving to Houston. She was a retired schoolteacher with 30 years...
"Sonny" John Bielecki
December 19, 2019
"Sonny" John Bielecki, 78, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Sonny was born July 2, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to John Joseph Bielecki and Flora Mae Ensign Bielecki. He was a lifelong area resident and member of the Golden Triangle Church on the Rock. Sonny retired...
Karen Lynn Roberts
December 19, 2019
Karen Lynn Roberts, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Karen was born March 28, 1951 in Huntington Beach, California to Benjamin Gessner and Leonora Wood Gessner. She was a resident of Groves for 40 years, and was a retired nurse from Christus St. Mary Hospital...
Stella Marie Block
December 18, 2019
Stella Marie Block, 94, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Forever Young Assisted Living in Groves, Texas. Stella was born June 23, 1925 in Bell City, Louisiana to John Moore and Elodie Verret Moore. She was a resident of this area for 91 years and a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches. Stella...
Roberta "Cookie" Crane
December 17, 2019
Roberta Earline "Cookie" Crane, 76, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Roberta was born February 20, 1943 in Portland, Maine to Leland Gildard and Alta Wilcox Gildard. She was formerly of Vidor, Texas before moving to Port Arthur 10 years ago. Roberta was a retired transportation service driver, and member...
Maxine B. Collier
December 15, 2019
Maxine B. Collier, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 15, 2019. She was born in Hicksbourg, Texas on August 1, 1929 to the late Mack Baker and Bertie Estella Molder Baker. Maxine loved sewing and quilting. She was always happy and loved to take care of others. Maxine was a people watcher, she loved just sitting and watching...
Mary P. Reeser
December 14, 2019
Mary P. Reeser, 94, of Taylor Landing, Texas passed away Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Mary was born May 16, 1925 in Staten Island, New York to Walter B. Freeman and Julia Haynes Freeman. She was a resident of this area for 55 years and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches....
Eretta M. Pettit
December 10, 2019
Eretta M. Pettit, 88, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at Senior Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born March 21, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to J.W. Bertrand and Inez LeDoux Bertrand. She was preceded in death by her parents and her two brothers, Carl Bertrand and Ira Bertrand. Eretta was a lifelong resident of...
Gloria A. Lazard Whittington
December 8, 2019
Gloria A. Lazard Whittington, 79, of Lumberton, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019. Gloria was born February 26. 1940 in Glenmora, Louisiana to the late Louis Lazard, and Hattie Valentine Lazard. She started as a scrub nurse and worked in the medical field her entire life, eventually retiring as Volunteer Director from Christus Health Care. Gloria absolutely loved caring for...
Harry Joseph Girouard
December 8, 2019
Harry Joseph Girouard, 96, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. He was born May 11, 1923 in Loreauville, Louisiana to Euzebe Girouard and Noelie Segura Girouard. Harry was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of St. Peters Catholic Church, Groves Knights of Columbus #3491 and the Fraternal Order of the...
Linda Jo Gamez
December 7, 2019
Linda Jo Gamez, 68, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. Linda was born December 31, 1950 in Silsbee, Texas and was a resident of Port Arthur for 30 years. She retired from Port Arthur ISD as a teachers aid after 12 years of service. Survivors include her husband of 30...
David Newton Whitehead
December 7, 2019
David Newton Whitehead, 98, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at his home. He was born June 6, 1921 in Beaumont, Texas to Robert Nathan Whitehead and Jesse McMahon Whitehead. David was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves, Groves Masonic Lodge #1315, Mt. Hope Lodge #121, El Mina Shrine, York Rite and was a 32nd...
Mary Louise Bean
December 25, 2019
Mary Louise Moak Bean, 91, of Mont Belvieu, Texas, succumbed to illness at Houston Methodist, Baytown campus, on December 25, 2019. Mary was born on November 4, 1928, in McComb, Mississippi, to the late Nolan and Velma Moak. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Charles R. Bean, her sister Lavelle "Cootsie" Carter, and son-in-law Jackie Byrd....
Rose Lawson
December 24, 2019
Rose Lawson, 90, of Nederland passed away December 24, 2019. She was born in Chicago IL on September 22, 1929. Rose was a faithful member of Triumph Church in Nederland, was dedicated to her Lord, and was the door greeter. Rose never met a stranger and was highly thought of by all that knew her. She was kind, compassionate, and...
William Thomas Comiskey
December 24, 2019
William Thomas Comiskey, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 24, 2019. He was born in Ennis, Texas on March 26, 1930 to the late Patrick Terrance Comiskey and Christina Joly Comiskey. William graduated from Texas Tech and was a Master Gardener where he enjoyed gardening and making wine. He retired as a Chemical Engineer for BF Goodrich after...
J.D. "Joe" Lisenby
December 24, 2019
J.D. “Joe” Lisenby, 89, of Port Neches passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at his residence. J.D. was born January 11, 1930 in Slocomb, Alabama to the late Onnie Mae Lindsay Lisenby and Richard Houston Lisenby. He was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Port Arthur. J.D. loved serving others, he was an avid gardener and enjoyed...
Ruby Ann Huckaby
December 23, 2019
Ruby Ann Huckaby, 84, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 23, 2019. She was born in Port Acres, Texas on December 7, 1935 to the late Pascal Nicholas Ledet and Leonie Maturin Ledet. Ruby was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches where she served on the Altar Society for many years. Ruby loved to sew...
Robert E. Shields Jr.
December 23, 2019
Robert Edward Shields, Jr. “Bob”, 80, of Nederland passed away December 23, 2019. Bob was born in Normal, Illinois to Robert Edward Shields, Sr. and Lois Marie Shields on January 8, 1939. Bob was a United States Marine Corp. veteran. He met his wife, Frances Lee Sansom, while stationed in California and they married June 30, 1962. After the military,...
Peggy A. Mannino
December 22, 2019
Peggy A. Mannino 85 of Groves, TX/Gulf Breeze, FL left this world to be with our Heavenly Father on Sunday, December 22, 2019. Peggy was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on October 15, 1934 to parents Marshall and Hurteline Robertson. She was raised in Port Arthur, Texas. Peggy married and had 6 children with Richard C. Parrish Sr. After Twenty four...
Patsy Ann Johnson
December 20, 2019
Patsy Johnson, 63, of Nederland, Texas passed away Friday, December 20, 2019 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born May 14, 1956 in Beaumont, Texas to William Ralph Johnson and Patricia Bernard Johnson. Patsy had lived in Nederland for 40 years and was a member of Northwood Church in Beaumont. She was retired as a child care...
Sherri Ann Foster Steed
December 19, 2019
Sherri Ann Foster Steed, 71, of Houston, Texas passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Vitas Hospice in Conroe, Texas. She was born October 20, 1948 in Port Neches, Texas to William E. Foster and Dorothy Ann Farley Foster. Sherri had lived in Port Neches for 37 years before moving to Houston. She was a retired schoolteacher with 30 years...
"Sonny" John Bielecki
December 19, 2019
"Sonny" John Bielecki, 78, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Sonny was born July 2, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to John Joseph Bielecki and Flora Mae Ensign Bielecki. He was a lifelong area resident and member of the Golden Triangle Church on the Rock. Sonny retired...
Karen Lynn Roberts
December 19, 2019
Karen Lynn Roberts, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Karen was born March 28, 1951 in Huntington Beach, California to Benjamin Gessner and Leonora Wood Gessner. She was a resident of Groves for 40 years, and was a retired nurse from Christus St. Mary Hospital...
Stella Marie Block
December 18, 2019
Stella Marie Block, 94, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Forever Young Assisted Living in Groves, Texas. Stella was born June 23, 1925 in Bell City, Louisiana to John Moore and Elodie Verret Moore. She was a resident of this area for 91 years and a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches. Stella...
Roberta "Cookie" Crane
December 17, 2019
Roberta Earline "Cookie" Crane, 76, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Roberta was born February 20, 1943 in Portland, Maine to Leland Gildard and Alta Wilcox Gildard. She was formerly of Vidor, Texas before moving to Port Arthur 10 years ago. Roberta was a retired transportation service driver, and member...
Maxine B. Collier
December 15, 2019
Maxine B. Collier, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 15, 2019. She was born in Hicksbourg, Texas on August 1, 1929 to the late Mack Baker and Bertie Estella Molder Baker. Maxine loved sewing and quilting. She was always happy and loved to take care of others. Maxine was a people watcher, she loved just sitting and watching...
Mary P. Reeser
December 14, 2019
Mary P. Reeser, 94, of Taylor Landing, Texas passed away Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Mary was born May 16, 1925 in Staten Island, New York to Walter B. Freeman and Julia Haynes Freeman. She was a resident of this area for 55 years and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches....
Eretta M. Pettit
December 10, 2019
Eretta M. Pettit, 88, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at Senior Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born March 21, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to J.W. Bertrand and Inez LeDoux Bertrand. She was preceded in death by her parents and her two brothers, Carl Bertrand and Ira Bertrand. Eretta was a lifelong resident of...
Gloria A. Lazard Whittington
December 8, 2019
Gloria A. Lazard Whittington, 79, of Lumberton, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019. Gloria was born February 26. 1940 in Glenmora, Louisiana to the late Louis Lazard, and Hattie Valentine Lazard. She started as a scrub nurse and worked in the medical field her entire life, eventually retiring as Volunteer Director from Christus Health Care. Gloria absolutely loved caring for...
Harry Joseph Girouard
December 8, 2019
Harry Joseph Girouard, 96, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. He was born May 11, 1923 in Loreauville, Louisiana to Euzebe Girouard and Noelie Segura Girouard. Harry was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of St. Peters Catholic Church, Groves Knights of Columbus #3491 and the Fraternal Order of the...
Linda Jo Gamez
December 7, 2019
Linda Jo Gamez, 68, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. Linda was born December 31, 1950 in Silsbee, Texas and was a resident of Port Arthur for 30 years. She retired from Port Arthur ISD as a teachers aid after 12 years of service. Survivors include her husband of 30...
David Newton Whitehead
December 7, 2019
David Newton Whitehead, 98, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at his home. He was born June 6, 1921 in Beaumont, Texas to Robert Nathan Whitehead and Jesse McMahon Whitehead. David was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves, Groves Masonic Lodge #1315, Mt. Hope Lodge #121, El Mina Shrine, York Rite and was a 32nd...