Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Dorothy "Dottie" Bridegam
July 7, 2019
Dorothy “Dottie” Bridegam, 77, of Port Neches passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2019. She was born August 12, 1941 in Gladewater, Texas to the late John Cosby Speir and Claudie Young Speir. She worked as an elementary school librarian for 42 years, 21 of which were with the Port Arthur I.S.D. and 21 with the Port Neches I.S.D. She...
Emma "Janie" M. Goats
July 5, 2019
Emma “Janie” M. Goats, 85, of Nederland, Texas passed away on July 5, 2019. She was born in Crow, Texas on January 25, 1934 to the late Hubert Earl Shuart and Ivey Newman Shuart. She worked as a secretary at First Baptist Church in Port Neches for sixteen and half years. She also taught Sunday School for several years and...
Brenda LaFleur Resch Myers
July 4, 2019
Brenda LaFleur Resch Myers, 78, of Groves, Texas passed away, Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Bonne Vie Nursing Home in Port Arthur, Texas. Brenda was born June 12, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Morgan LaFleur and Effie Fontenot LaFleur. She was a member of Groves First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Max Myers, Sr.;...
Ellen Elizabeth Booz Gaspard
July 3, 2019
Ellen Elizabeth Booz Gaspard, 101, formerly of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Tennessee. Ellen was born April 20, 1918 in Petersburg, Virginia to Melvin Truman Aldridge and Elsie Estella George Aldridge. She was a homemaker and member of St. James Catholic Church where she participated in the Ladies of St. James. Ellen was preceded in...
Jolene Hines Neeley
July 2, 2019
Jolene Hines Neeley, of Groves, passed away peacefully at her home on July 1, 2019. Jolene was born July 27,1929 to Ellis M. Hines and Gertrude Hill Hines in Mountain View, Oklahoma. She was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and married Charles Albert Neeley. She loved history and volunteered with the Port Arthur Library for several years, identifying...
Kenneth Mark Billiot
July 1, 2019
Kenneth Mark Billiot, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston, Texas. Kenneth was born July 7, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ettine T. Billiot and Sedonia Ernestine Billiot, and he was a lifelong Groves resident. Kenneth retired as a tugboat captain after 40 years of service, having worked at Gulfport...
Erline O. Wakefield
July 1, 2019
Erline O. Wakefield, 77, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born April 5, 1942 in Richton, Mississippi to Homer Overstreet and Lillian Bunch Overstreet. Erline had lived in Port Neches for 50 years and was a member of Memorial Church of Christ. A visitation for family and...
Mildred Joyce Flowers
June 30, 2019
Mildred Joyce Flowers, 88, of Port Neches passed away Sunday, June 30, 2019 at her home. She was born November 14, 1930 in Orangefield, Texas to Wilke Wiltshire and Beulah LeBlanc Wiltshire. Mildred was raised in Beaumont, was a graduate of South Park High School, and was a long time resident of Orange, Texas. She was a member of First...
James Darrell Odom, Jr.
June 28, 2019
"Rev" James Darrell Odom, Jr., 83, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, June 28, 2019 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. James was born on October 19, 1935 in Noble, Louisiana. He married his high school sweetheart Nancy Shultz on February 29, 1955. They were married 65 years and he dedicated his entire life to God,...
Mary Elizabeth Lee Chesser
June 27, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Lee Chesser, of Port Neches, Texas died on June 27, 2019 at her home. She was born on July 15, 1922 in Florence, Alabama to parents, John D. Lee, Sr. and Noma V. Cooper Lee. Mary graduated from Central High School in Florence, Alabama in 1940 and attended Florence State College. On June 6, 1941, she married Kirk...
Carol J. Cormier
June 26, 2019
Carol J. Cormier, 72, of Bridge City, Texas passed away on June 26, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 19, 1946 to the late Willie Joseph Cormier and Emerite Smith Cormier. Carol worked as an accountant for Texaco Research for 32 years before retiring. Those left to cherish Carol’s memory are his wife of 23 years,...
Kathleen Joyce Cecilia Placette Tweedel
June 26, 2019
Kathleen Joyce Cecilia Placette Tweedel, 90, passed away Wednesday June 26, 2019 at Jefferson Nursing Home in Beaumont, Texas. Kathleen was born on September 19, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas and grew up in the 1600 block of Thomas Boulevard. She was the second child born to Joseph Bernard and Beatrice Fruge Placette. Growing up she enjoyed visiting her maternal...
Jo Anna Cousins
June 25, 2019
Jo Anna Cousins, 85, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 25, 2019. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 11, 1934 to the late James Werner and Joicey Patterson Werner. Jo Anna served as a bookkeeper for 18 years before retiring from Nederland State Bank and was a member of First Baptist Church in Nederland. Those left to...
James "Jim" Odis Blackwell
June 25, 2019
James "Jim" Odis Blackwell, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Kindred Hospital in Houston, Texas. Jim was born September 18, 1950 in Rosebud, Texas to Odis Green Blackwell and Margie Lewis Blackwell. Jim has been a resident of Groves for 25 years and was a member of the United Methodist Temple. He was a pipefitter...
Katie Louise "Mama Kat" Wactor
June 25, 2019
Katie Louise "Mama Kat" Wactor, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Louise was born September 9, 1929 in Newllton, Louisiana to Bolton Mercer and Mertie Dove Mercer. She was a longtime area resident and homemaker. After raising her children she went to work at K-Mart for 18 years. Louise enjoyed playing casino games, but her...
Jack Byron Herford
June 24, 2019
Jack Byron Herford, 73, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, June 24, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Jack was born July 12, 1945 in Port Arthur, Texas to George Herford and Betty Gage Herford. He was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a self-employed Insurance Agent. Jack was a member of...
Charles Edward "Eddie" Berry
June 23, 2019
Charles Edward “Eddie” Berry, 77, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 23, 2019. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky on April 20, 1942 to the late Jerry I. Berry and Helen Pearl Hebert Berry. Those left to cherish Eddie’s memory are his wife, Carolyn Berry of Nederland; his daughter, Amanda Landry and her husband Kevin of Port Neches; his grandchildren...
Dallas Allan "Jester" Lovett
June 22, 2019
Dallas Allan “Jester” Lovett, 27, of Port Neches/Groves, Texas passed away June 22, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 28, 1992 to Kenneth Wayne Jester, Jr. and Sherry Lovett. Those left to cherish Dallas’s memory are his mother, Sherry Lovett of Bridge City; his father, Kenneth Wayne Jester, Jr. of Bridge City; his siblings, Dennis Guffey,...
Kevin Wayne Kotz
June 21, 2019
Kevin Wayne Kotz, 55, of Nederland, Texas passed away Friday, June 21, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Kevin was born March 31, 1964 in Beaumont, Texas to Frank Wayne Kotz and Mary Donaldson Kotz. He was a self-employed Welder and a lifelong resident of this area. A visitation for family and friends will...
Maxine Arnold Hatton
June 20, 2019
Maxine Arnold Hatton, 94, of Beaumont, Texas left her earthly home to be with the lord on June 20, 2019. She was born on December 23, 1924, to Lolla Besse Godwin Arnold and Henry Clay Arnold Sr. and lived most of her childhood in Orange and Little Cypress, Texas. In Maxine’s early teens, her family moved to Beaumont, Texas where...
Dorothy "Dottie" Bridegam
July 7, 2019
Dorothy “Dottie” Bridegam, 77, of Port Neches passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2019. She was born August 12, 1941 in Gladewater, Texas to the late John Cosby Speir and Claudie Young Speir. She worked as an elementary school librarian for 42 years, 21 of which were with the Port Arthur I.S.D. and 21 with the Port Neches I.S.D. She...
Emma "Janie" M. Goats
July 5, 2019
Emma “Janie” M. Goats, 85, of Nederland, Texas passed away on July 5, 2019. She was born in Crow, Texas on January 25, 1934 to the late Hubert Earl Shuart and Ivey Newman Shuart. She worked as a secretary at First Baptist Church in Port Neches for sixteen and half years. She also taught Sunday School for several years and...
Brenda LaFleur Resch Myers
July 4, 2019
Brenda LaFleur Resch Myers, 78, of Groves, Texas passed away, Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Bonne Vie Nursing Home in Port Arthur, Texas. Brenda was born June 12, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Morgan LaFleur and Effie Fontenot LaFleur. She was a member of Groves First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Max Myers, Sr.;...
Ellen Elizabeth Booz Gaspard
July 3, 2019
Ellen Elizabeth Booz Gaspard, 101, formerly of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Tennessee. Ellen was born April 20, 1918 in Petersburg, Virginia to Melvin Truman Aldridge and Elsie Estella George Aldridge. She was a homemaker and member of St. James Catholic Church where she participated in the Ladies of St. James. Ellen was preceded in...
Jolene Hines Neeley
July 2, 2019
Jolene Hines Neeley, of Groves, passed away peacefully at her home on July 1, 2019. Jolene was born July 27,1929 to Ellis M. Hines and Gertrude Hill Hines in Mountain View, Oklahoma. She was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and married Charles Albert Neeley. She loved history and volunteered with the Port Arthur Library for several years, identifying...
Kenneth Mark Billiot
July 1, 2019
Kenneth Mark Billiot, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston, Texas. Kenneth was born July 7, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ettine T. Billiot and Sedonia Ernestine Billiot, and he was a lifelong Groves resident. Kenneth retired as a tugboat captain after 40 years of service, having worked at Gulfport...
Erline O. Wakefield
July 1, 2019
Erline O. Wakefield, 77, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born April 5, 1942 in Richton, Mississippi to Homer Overstreet and Lillian Bunch Overstreet. Erline had lived in Port Neches for 50 years and was a member of Memorial Church of Christ. A visitation for family and...
Mildred Joyce Flowers
June 30, 2019
Mildred Joyce Flowers, 88, of Port Neches passed away Sunday, June 30, 2019 at her home. She was born November 14, 1930 in Orangefield, Texas to Wilke Wiltshire and Beulah LeBlanc Wiltshire. Mildred was raised in Beaumont, was a graduate of South Park High School, and was a long time resident of Orange, Texas. She was a member of First...
James Darrell Odom, Jr.
June 28, 2019
"Rev" James Darrell Odom, Jr., 83, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, June 28, 2019 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. James was born on October 19, 1935 in Noble, Louisiana. He married his high school sweetheart Nancy Shultz on February 29, 1955. They were married 65 years and he dedicated his entire life to God,...
Mary Elizabeth Lee Chesser
June 27, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Lee Chesser, of Port Neches, Texas died on June 27, 2019 at her home. She was born on July 15, 1922 in Florence, Alabama to parents, John D. Lee, Sr. and Noma V. Cooper Lee. Mary graduated from Central High School in Florence, Alabama in 1940 and attended Florence State College. On June 6, 1941, she married Kirk...
Carol J. Cormier
June 26, 2019
Carol J. Cormier, 72, of Bridge City, Texas passed away on June 26, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 19, 1946 to the late Willie Joseph Cormier and Emerite Smith Cormier. Carol worked as an accountant for Texaco Research for 32 years before retiring. Those left to cherish Carol’s memory are his wife of 23 years,...
Kathleen Joyce Cecilia Placette Tweedel
June 26, 2019
Kathleen Joyce Cecilia Placette Tweedel, 90, passed away Wednesday June 26, 2019 at Jefferson Nursing Home in Beaumont, Texas. Kathleen was born on September 19, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas and grew up in the 1600 block of Thomas Boulevard. She was the second child born to Joseph Bernard and Beatrice Fruge Placette. Growing up she enjoyed visiting her maternal...
Jo Anna Cousins
June 25, 2019
Jo Anna Cousins, 85, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 25, 2019. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 11, 1934 to the late James Werner and Joicey Patterson Werner. Jo Anna served as a bookkeeper for 18 years before retiring from Nederland State Bank and was a member of First Baptist Church in Nederland. Those left to...
James "Jim" Odis Blackwell
June 25, 2019
James "Jim" Odis Blackwell, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Kindred Hospital in Houston, Texas. Jim was born September 18, 1950 in Rosebud, Texas to Odis Green Blackwell and Margie Lewis Blackwell. Jim has been a resident of Groves for 25 years and was a member of the United Methodist Temple. He was a pipefitter...
Katie Louise "Mama Kat" Wactor
June 25, 2019
Katie Louise "Mama Kat" Wactor, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Louise was born September 9, 1929 in Newllton, Louisiana to Bolton Mercer and Mertie Dove Mercer. She was a longtime area resident and homemaker. After raising her children she went to work at K-Mart for 18 years. Louise enjoyed playing casino games, but her...
Jack Byron Herford
June 24, 2019
Jack Byron Herford, 73, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, June 24, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Jack was born July 12, 1945 in Port Arthur, Texas to George Herford and Betty Gage Herford. He was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a self-employed Insurance Agent. Jack was a member of...
Charles Edward "Eddie" Berry
June 23, 2019
Charles Edward “Eddie” Berry, 77, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 23, 2019. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky on April 20, 1942 to the late Jerry I. Berry and Helen Pearl Hebert Berry. Those left to cherish Eddie’s memory are his wife, Carolyn Berry of Nederland; his daughter, Amanda Landry and her husband Kevin of Port Neches; his grandchildren...
Dallas Allan "Jester" Lovett
June 22, 2019
Dallas Allan “Jester” Lovett, 27, of Port Neches/Groves, Texas passed away June 22, 2019. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 28, 1992 to Kenneth Wayne Jester, Jr. and Sherry Lovett. Those left to cherish Dallas’s memory are his mother, Sherry Lovett of Bridge City; his father, Kenneth Wayne Jester, Jr. of Bridge City; his siblings, Dennis Guffey,...
Kevin Wayne Kotz
June 21, 2019
Kevin Wayne Kotz, 55, of Nederland, Texas passed away Friday, June 21, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Kevin was born March 31, 1964 in Beaumont, Texas to Frank Wayne Kotz and Mary Donaldson Kotz. He was a self-employed Welder and a lifelong resident of this area. A visitation for family and friends will...
Maxine Arnold Hatton
June 20, 2019
Maxine Arnold Hatton, 94, of Beaumont, Texas left her earthly home to be with the lord on June 20, 2019. She was born on December 23, 1924, to Lolla Besse Godwin Arnold and Henry Clay Arnold Sr. and lived most of her childhood in Orange and Little Cypress, Texas. In Maxine’s early teens, her family moved to Beaumont, Texas where...
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