Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Charles Tolley
November 30, 2019
Charles Tolley, 90, of Nederland, Texas passed away November 30, 2019. He was born in Sylva, North Carolina on January 17, 1929 to the late Randolph Tolley and Margaret Long Tolley. Charles served his country proudly in the U. S. Navy and was a member of Seventh Street Baptist Church in Nederland. He was athletic and fit and he loved...
John E. Morales, Jr.
November 30, 2019
John E. Morales, Jr., 69, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at his residence. John was born February 15, 1950 in Beaumont, Texas to John and Mary Morales, Sr. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired Supervisor at Ameripol Synpol. John was also a US Army Veteran. Visitation for family and friends will be...
Lois Marie Springer
November 30, 2019
Lois Marie Springer, 93, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at her home. Lois was born May 3, 1926 in Bronson, Texas to Halbert Jordan and Audrey Williams Jordan. She was a resident of Port Neches for 72 years and a member of Landmark United Pentecostal Church in Port Neches. Funeral services will be held Wednesday,...
Jimmy Lee Duvall
November 30, 2019
Jimmy Lee Duvall, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at The Oaks in Beaumont, Texas. Jimmy was born November 29, 1931 in Cleburne, Texas to Joe Duvall and Edith Calloway Duvall. He was a longtime resident of Groves and retired from Grondyke Transport after 30 years of service. Jimmy proudly served in the U. S. Army,...
Evelyn L. Martin
November 29, 2019
Evelyn L. Martin, 96 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019. Evelyn was born in Sheffield, Alabama to the late, Percy Riddle and Willie Slaughter Riddle on February 28, 1923. Those left to cherish Evelyn’s memory are her daughter, Rebecca Bourg and her husband, Haden of Keller, Texas; sons, Richard D. Martin, Jr. and his wife, Jaquelyn...
Roger Orie Frederick
November 28, 2019
Roger Orie Frederick, 86, of Port Neches, Texas passed away November 28, 2019. He was born in China, Texas to Charlie Frederick and Alice Williams Frederick. Roger retired from IBEW Local 479 after working for 40 years as an electrician. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and was a member of the Dowlen Road Church of...
George Sutton Ware
November 27, 2019
George Sutton Ware passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. He was born December 9, 1928 in Sabine County near Hemphill, Texas, the youngest of 7 children of Walter P. Ware and Ester Berry Ware. He graduated from Hemphill High School in 1946. He served in the United States Marine Corps from August of 1946 in Marine Wing Service Squadron...
Jo Ellen Fant
November 27, 2019
Jo Ellen Blanchard Fant, passed from this earth November 27, 2019 surrounded by her loved ones at 3:00 p.m. just shortly after she said The Lords Prayer, the Hail Mary and thanked her mother Sadie Irene and father Peter C. Blanchard for giving her life. Her thankfulness included naming her four children and their spouses, grands and great grands. Always...
Betty H. Richardson
November 26, 2019
Betty H. Richardson, 84, of Groves, Texas died peacefully in her sleep on November 26, 2019 in Austin, Texas. She was born December 11, 1934 in Clarks, Louisiana to Henry Levi Hanchey, Jr. and Wilma Whitehead Hanchey. Betty graduated from Grayson High School and moved to Port Arthur when she was 18 years old. She worked for Southwestern Bell in...
Glenn Ray Handel
November 25, 2019
Glenn Ray Handel, 71, of Nederland passed away Monday, November 25, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur on November 17, 1948 to Ralph and Mable Nell Lee Handel. He retired as a chief engineer from Texaco Marine and Isle of Capri after 50 years of service. Glenn served in the Texas A & M Corp and graduated as a...
Mary Edna Elliott
November 24, 2019
Mary Edna Elliott, 99, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019. Mary was born November 2, 1920 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sidney Joseph Sonnier and Mary Rose Grossie Sonnier. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,...
Mark Steven Norton
November 21, 2019
Mark Steven Norton, 60, of Port Neches passed away November 21, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 2, 1959 to the late Harold Joseph Norton and Bonnie Odean Aldridge Norton. Those left to cherish Mark’s memory are his wife, Kathy Ann Norton; his daughters, Eva Ramsey of Nederland, Nena Toomey of San Antonio, Trina Vidrine, and...
Charles Boyd Cooksey
November 21, 2019
Charles Boyd Cooksey, Jr., 73, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019. Charles was born November 13, 1946 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles Boyd Cooksey, Sr. and Ethel Hayes Cooksey. He was a lifelong area resident and graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. Charles retired from Arco Polymers as an operator, and was an avid golfer....
Brooksie L. East
November 21, 2019
Brooksie L. East, 82, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur. Brooksie was born February 19, 1937 in Temple, Texas to Vernon Collier and Jessie Brooks Collier. She was a resident of Nederland for 30 years and member of First Baptist Church of Port Arthur. Brooksie worked at Park Place Hospital...
John Simion Harrington
November 20, 2019
John Simion Harrington, 63, of Port Acres, Texas passed away November 20, 2019. He was born in Beaumont, Texas on July 20, 1956 to the late Simion Harrington ad Willie Dale Lulu Harrington. He was the owner of J. H. Disposal for many, many years. John loved hunting and fishing. Those left to cherish John’s memory are his wife, Irma...
Claude "Sonny" Smith, Jr.
November 20, 2019
Claude "Sonny" Smith, Jr., 73, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at Victory Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Sonny was born December 8, 1945 in Berkley, California to Claude Dawson Smith, Sr. and Gloria Pinell Smith. He was a resident of Groves for 69 years, and an active member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Sonny was retired from...
Louise Schenkewitz
November 20, 2019
Louise Schenkewitz entered the gates of Heaven on November 20, 2019. She was born October 9, 1933 to parents Tony and Lula Mae Fontenot in Port Arthur, Texas. She was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School. She worked for the Port Arthur ISD for 33 years, serving as secretary At Stephen F. Austin, Pease Elementary, Woodrow Wilson Jr....
Ludie Joseph Davis III
November 19, 2019
Ludie Joseph Davis III, 63, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Ludie was born February 21, 1956 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ludie Davis, Jr. and Hazel Mary Guidry Davis. He has been a resident of Groves for the past 7 years and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He retired from the maintenance department of Exxon...
Arnold Lawrence Edgerly
November 17, 2019
Arnold Lawrence Edgerly, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away November 17, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 13, 1929 to the late Edward Arthur Edgerly and Linnie Trahan Edgerly. Arnold served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He retired from Texaco Oil Refinery...
Charles Tolley
November 30, 2019
Charles Tolley, 90, of Nederland, Texas passed away November 30, 2019. He was born in Sylva, North Carolina on January 17, 1929 to the late Randolph Tolley and Margaret Long Tolley. Charles served his country proudly in the U. S. Navy and was a member of Seventh Street Baptist Church in Nederland. He was athletic and fit and he loved...
John E. Morales, Jr.
November 30, 2019
John E. Morales, Jr., 69, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at his residence. John was born February 15, 1950 in Beaumont, Texas to John and Mary Morales, Sr. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired Supervisor at Ameripol Synpol. John was also a US Army Veteran. Visitation for family and friends will be...
Lois Marie Springer
November 30, 2019
Lois Marie Springer, 93, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at her home. Lois was born May 3, 1926 in Bronson, Texas to Halbert Jordan and Audrey Williams Jordan. She was a resident of Port Neches for 72 years and a member of Landmark United Pentecostal Church in Port Neches. Funeral services will be held Wednesday,...
Jimmy Lee Duvall
November 30, 2019
Jimmy Lee Duvall, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at The Oaks in Beaumont, Texas. Jimmy was born November 29, 1931 in Cleburne, Texas to Joe Duvall and Edith Calloway Duvall. He was a longtime resident of Groves and retired from Grondyke Transport after 30 years of service. Jimmy proudly served in the U. S. Army,...
Evelyn L. Martin
November 29, 2019
Evelyn L. Martin, 96 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019. Evelyn was born in Sheffield, Alabama to the late, Percy Riddle and Willie Slaughter Riddle on February 28, 1923. Those left to cherish Evelyn’s memory are her daughter, Rebecca Bourg and her husband, Haden of Keller, Texas; sons, Richard D. Martin, Jr. and his wife, Jaquelyn...
Roger Orie Frederick
November 28, 2019
Roger Orie Frederick, 86, of Port Neches, Texas passed away November 28, 2019. He was born in China, Texas to Charlie Frederick and Alice Williams Frederick. Roger retired from IBEW Local 479 after working for 40 years as an electrician. He served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and was a member of the Dowlen Road Church of...
George Sutton Ware
November 27, 2019
George Sutton Ware passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. He was born December 9, 1928 in Sabine County near Hemphill, Texas, the youngest of 7 children of Walter P. Ware and Ester Berry Ware. He graduated from Hemphill High School in 1946. He served in the United States Marine Corps from August of 1946 in Marine Wing Service Squadron...
Jo Ellen Fant
November 27, 2019
Jo Ellen Blanchard Fant, passed from this earth November 27, 2019 surrounded by her loved ones at 3:00 p.m. just shortly after she said The Lords Prayer, the Hail Mary and thanked her mother Sadie Irene and father Peter C. Blanchard for giving her life. Her thankfulness included naming her four children and their spouses, grands and great grands. Always...
Betty H. Richardson
November 26, 2019
Betty H. Richardson, 84, of Groves, Texas died peacefully in her sleep on November 26, 2019 in Austin, Texas. She was born December 11, 1934 in Clarks, Louisiana to Henry Levi Hanchey, Jr. and Wilma Whitehead Hanchey. Betty graduated from Grayson High School and moved to Port Arthur when she was 18 years old. She worked for Southwestern Bell in...
Glenn Ray Handel
November 25, 2019
Glenn Ray Handel, 71, of Nederland passed away Monday, November 25, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur on November 17, 1948 to Ralph and Mable Nell Lee Handel. He retired as a chief engineer from Texaco Marine and Isle of Capri after 50 years of service. Glenn served in the Texas A & M Corp and graduated as a...
Mary Edna Elliott
November 24, 2019
Mary Edna Elliott, 99, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019. Mary was born November 2, 1920 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sidney Joseph Sonnier and Mary Rose Grossie Sonnier. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,...
Mark Steven Norton
November 21, 2019
Mark Steven Norton, 60, of Port Neches passed away November 21, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 2, 1959 to the late Harold Joseph Norton and Bonnie Odean Aldridge Norton. Those left to cherish Mark’s memory are his wife, Kathy Ann Norton; his daughters, Eva Ramsey of Nederland, Nena Toomey of San Antonio, Trina Vidrine, and...
Charles Boyd Cooksey
November 21, 2019
Charles Boyd Cooksey, Jr., 73, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019. Charles was born November 13, 1946 in Port Arthur, Texas to Charles Boyd Cooksey, Sr. and Ethel Hayes Cooksey. He was a lifelong area resident and graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. Charles retired from Arco Polymers as an operator, and was an avid golfer....
Brooksie L. East
November 21, 2019
Brooksie L. East, 82, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur. Brooksie was born February 19, 1937 in Temple, Texas to Vernon Collier and Jessie Brooks Collier. She was a resident of Nederland for 30 years and member of First Baptist Church of Port Arthur. Brooksie worked at Park Place Hospital...
John Simion Harrington
November 20, 2019
John Simion Harrington, 63, of Port Acres, Texas passed away November 20, 2019. He was born in Beaumont, Texas on July 20, 1956 to the late Simion Harrington ad Willie Dale Lulu Harrington. He was the owner of J. H. Disposal for many, many years. John loved hunting and fishing. Those left to cherish John’s memory are his wife, Irma...
Claude "Sonny" Smith, Jr.
November 20, 2019
Claude "Sonny" Smith, Jr., 73, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at Victory Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Sonny was born December 8, 1945 in Berkley, California to Claude Dawson Smith, Sr. and Gloria Pinell Smith. He was a resident of Groves for 69 years, and an active member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Sonny was retired from...
Louise Schenkewitz
November 20, 2019
Louise Schenkewitz entered the gates of Heaven on November 20, 2019. She was born October 9, 1933 to parents Tony and Lula Mae Fontenot in Port Arthur, Texas. She was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School. She worked for the Port Arthur ISD for 33 years, serving as secretary At Stephen F. Austin, Pease Elementary, Woodrow Wilson Jr....
Ludie Joseph Davis III
November 19, 2019
Ludie Joseph Davis III, 63, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Ludie was born February 21, 1956 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ludie Davis, Jr. and Hazel Mary Guidry Davis. He has been a resident of Groves for the past 7 years and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He retired from the maintenance department of Exxon...
Arnold Lawrence Edgerly
November 17, 2019
Arnold Lawrence Edgerly, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away November 17, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 13, 1929 to the late Edward Arthur Edgerly and Linnie Trahan Edgerly. Arnold served his country proudly in the U. S. Army and Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He retired from Texaco Oil Refinery...




