Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Patricia Lee Garrison Bowling
February 9, 2020
Patricia Lee Garrison Bowling Patricia "Patty" Bowling, 84, of Fannett and formerly Groves, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020. She was born in Missouri, December 10, 1935 to Archie Lee Garrison and Mildred Summers Garrison. She grew up in Port Arthur, Texas alongside her beloved younger brother William "Bill" Garrison. Bill will miss his Sis. Patricia graduated from Thomas Jefferson...
Sylvia Ann Hebert
February 8, 2020
Sylvia Ann Hebert, 81, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Sylvia was born September 17, 1938 in Port Arthur, Texas to Dan and Aline Hebert. She was a lifelong area resident, and retired from Chevron as a lab technician. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers,...
Carrol Arvel Riley
February 7, 2020
Carrol Arvel Riley, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Friday, February 7, 2020 at Bonne Vie in Port Arthur. He was born July 28, 1933 in Colcord, Oklahoma to William Harold Riley and Cleo Ramsey Riley. Carrol proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp. He was a lifelong area resident and was a newspaper type setter...
Doris Lee Gross Hanks
February 6, 2020
Doris Lee Gross Hanks, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020. Doris was born June 21, 1933 in Port Arthur, Texas to Oscar Gross and Marie Quibodeaux Gross. She was a lifelong area resident, and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and the Altar Society. Doris was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years,...
Betty Joyce Luquette Libersat
February 5, 2020
Betty Joyce Luquette Libersat, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Betty was born December 26, 1929 in Abbeville, Louisiana to the late Sevengier and Ida Luquette. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister. Bettys passion in life was cooking for others; she was especially...
Gideon Luke Neal
February 5, 2020
Gideon Luke Neal, infant, passed away at 9 days old Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, Texas. Gideon was born January 27, 2020 in Groves, Texas to Christopher Raymond Neal and Amber Danielle Neal. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Ridgewood Church with Reverend Dustin Guidry officiating under the...
Holly Rivera
February 3, 2020
Holly Rivera, 60, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at her residence. Holly was born May 27, 1959 in Lemoore, California to Hollis Muse and Ruby Evelyn Minchew Muse. She was a resident of this area for 42 years and a member of Nederland Apostolic Church. Holly retired from PN-G ISD. Visitation for family and friends...
David W. Hearne
February 3, 2020
David W. Hearne, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. David was born August 3, 1938 in Longview, Texas to Ray Morgan Hearne and Martha Swafford Hearne. He was a resident of this area for 35 years and a retired Construction Foreman. David was a...
Albert Courville
February 2, 2020
Albert Courville was born January 7, 1921 to Gaston Courville and Orelle Vicknair Courville. He served in World War II as a medic and upon his return to the United States he began his job at Gulf Oil in Port Arthur, where he would work until his retirement. Upon retirement he resided in Orangefield, Texas and spent his retirement years...
Ed Carter
February 2, 2020
Columbus Edward Carter II, better known as "Ed" by friends and family, and as "Pop" by his beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren, left his earthly family early Sunday morning on February 2, 2020. Our family feels (and we believe that Ed would agree) that the Lord chose a unique date of such rare occurrence to call home an equally “unique” and...
Jaroy Edgar Huckaby Sr.
January 30, 2020
Jaroy Edgar Huckaby, Sr., 78, of Vidor, Texas passed away January 30, 2020. He was born in Orange, Texas on August 18, 1941 to the late Otis Smiley Huckaby and Bertha Peveto Huckaby. Jaroy retired as an operator for Firestone and was a member of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor. Those left to cherish Jaroy’s memory are his daughter,...
Robert Arnold Lee
January 30, 2020
Robert Arnold Lee, 89, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Jefferson Nursing and Rehab Center in Beaumont, Texas. Robert was born September 3, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Maurice Joseph Lee and Kitty King Lee. He was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of Salvation Army Church in Port Arthur. Robert retired from...
Jennifer Kay Gary
January 29, 2020
Jennifer Kay Gary, 42, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 29, 2020. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on March 23, 1977 to Jimmy Gary and Karen Kirkpatrick Gary. She was trained and graduated as a Medical Technician. She was a member of Thriving House Church in Port Arthur. Those left to cherish her memory are her parents, Jimmy and...
Robert "Bob" Crochet
January 29, 2020
Robert "Bob" Crochet, 99, of Austin, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Bob was born April 7, 1920 in Loreauville, Louisiana to Aldebert Crochet and Amelia Broussard Crochet. He was a longtime Port Arthur resident and retired butcher, having worked at Howards Grocery and Howdy Doody Grocery. Bob proudly served in the U. S. Army during World War II,...
Jerry Leon Johnson
January 28, 2020
Jerry Leon Johnson, 73, of Kingwood, Texas passed away January 28, 2020. He was born in Port Neches, Texas on September 17, 1946 to the late Malcolm Johnson and Zerilda Johnson. He loved to fish, golf, and spend time with his grandchildren. He loved attending lacrosse, baseball, and football games, as well as band events. Jerry was an insurance agent...
Shelly Ann Smiley
January 28, 2020
Shelly Ann Smiley, 57, of LaBelle, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at her residence. Shelly was born November 3, 1962 in Port Arthur, Texas to Tommy Horton and Marjorie Johnston Horton. She was a lifelong resident of this area and was self-employed. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Levingston Funeral Home...
Sara Cuevas Colin
January 28, 2020
Sara Cuevas Colin, 58, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Sara was born April 13, 1961 in Monterrey, Mexico. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 38 years and a member of Iglesia La Luz Del Mundo in Port Arthur. Survivors include her husband, Jesus Colin of Port...
George Martin Hardin, Sr.
January 27, 2020
George Martin Hardin, Sr., 95, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 27, 2020 at Bonne Vie in Port Arthur, Texas. George was born February 22, 1924 in Thornton, Arkansas to George B. Hardin and Ethel Cathey Hardin. He was a longtime resident of Groves and was a member of Groves First Baptist Church. George retired as an operator from...
Cynthia Celia Allen
January 25, 2020
Cynthia Celia Allen, 60, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away January 25, 2020. She was born in Fairfield, California on July 31, 1959. Cynthia was the great-granddaughter of Pushmatha, a Choctaw Indian chief, the only Native American to be buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His picture hangs in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He signed three Peace...
Ann Marceaux
January 23, 2020
Ann Marceaux, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020. Ann was born October 11, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to Louis Beniot and Odile Gonzales Benoit. She was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. Ann was a 25 year volunteer and historian for Mardi Gras of Southeast Texas. She enjoyed traveling,...
Patricia Lee Garrison Bowling
February 9, 2020
Patricia Lee Garrison Bowling Patricia "Patty" Bowling, 84, of Fannett and formerly Groves, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020. She was born in Missouri, December 10, 1935 to Archie Lee Garrison and Mildred Summers Garrison. She grew up in Port Arthur, Texas alongside her beloved younger brother William "Bill" Garrison. Bill will miss his Sis. Patricia graduated from Thomas Jefferson...
Sylvia Ann Hebert
February 8, 2020
Sylvia Ann Hebert, 81, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Sylvia was born September 17, 1938 in Port Arthur, Texas to Dan and Aline Hebert. She was a lifelong area resident, and retired from Chevron as a lab technician. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers,...
Carrol Arvel Riley
February 7, 2020
Carrol Arvel Riley, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Friday, February 7, 2020 at Bonne Vie in Port Arthur. He was born July 28, 1933 in Colcord, Oklahoma to William Harold Riley and Cleo Ramsey Riley. Carrol proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp. He was a lifelong area resident and was a newspaper type setter...
Doris Lee Gross Hanks
February 6, 2020
Doris Lee Gross Hanks, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020. Doris was born June 21, 1933 in Port Arthur, Texas to Oscar Gross and Marie Quibodeaux Gross. She was a lifelong area resident, and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and the Altar Society. Doris was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years,...
Betty Joyce Luquette Libersat
February 5, 2020
Betty Joyce Luquette Libersat, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Betty was born December 26, 1929 in Abbeville, Louisiana to the late Sevengier and Ida Luquette. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister. Bettys passion in life was cooking for others; she was especially...
Gideon Luke Neal
February 5, 2020
Gideon Luke Neal, infant, passed away at 9 days old Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, Texas. Gideon was born January 27, 2020 in Groves, Texas to Christopher Raymond Neal and Amber Danielle Neal. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Ridgewood Church with Reverend Dustin Guidry officiating under the...
Holly Rivera
February 3, 2020
Holly Rivera, 60, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at her residence. Holly was born May 27, 1959 in Lemoore, California to Hollis Muse and Ruby Evelyn Minchew Muse. She was a resident of this area for 42 years and a member of Nederland Apostolic Church. Holly retired from PN-G ISD. Visitation for family and friends...
David W. Hearne
February 3, 2020
David W. Hearne, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. David was born August 3, 1938 in Longview, Texas to Ray Morgan Hearne and Martha Swafford Hearne. He was a resident of this area for 35 years and a retired Construction Foreman. David was a...
Albert Courville
February 2, 2020
Albert Courville was born January 7, 1921 to Gaston Courville and Orelle Vicknair Courville. He served in World War II as a medic and upon his return to the United States he began his job at Gulf Oil in Port Arthur, where he would work until his retirement. Upon retirement he resided in Orangefield, Texas and spent his retirement years...
Ed Carter
February 2, 2020
Columbus Edward Carter II, better known as "Ed" by friends and family, and as "Pop" by his beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren, left his earthly family early Sunday morning on February 2, 2020. Our family feels (and we believe that Ed would agree) that the Lord chose a unique date of such rare occurrence to call home an equally “unique” and...
Jaroy Edgar Huckaby Sr.
January 30, 2020
Jaroy Edgar Huckaby, Sr., 78, of Vidor, Texas passed away January 30, 2020. He was born in Orange, Texas on August 18, 1941 to the late Otis Smiley Huckaby and Bertha Peveto Huckaby. Jaroy retired as an operator for Firestone and was a member of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor. Those left to cherish Jaroy’s memory are his daughter,...
Robert Arnold Lee
January 30, 2020
Robert Arnold Lee, 89, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Jefferson Nursing and Rehab Center in Beaumont, Texas. Robert was born September 3, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Maurice Joseph Lee and Kitty King Lee. He was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of Salvation Army Church in Port Arthur. Robert retired from...
Jennifer Kay Gary
January 29, 2020
Jennifer Kay Gary, 42, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 29, 2020. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on March 23, 1977 to Jimmy Gary and Karen Kirkpatrick Gary. She was trained and graduated as a Medical Technician. She was a member of Thriving House Church in Port Arthur. Those left to cherish her memory are her parents, Jimmy and...
Robert "Bob" Crochet
January 29, 2020
Robert "Bob" Crochet, 99, of Austin, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Bob was born April 7, 1920 in Loreauville, Louisiana to Aldebert Crochet and Amelia Broussard Crochet. He was a longtime Port Arthur resident and retired butcher, having worked at Howards Grocery and Howdy Doody Grocery. Bob proudly served in the U. S. Army during World War II,...
Jerry Leon Johnson
January 28, 2020
Jerry Leon Johnson, 73, of Kingwood, Texas passed away January 28, 2020. He was born in Port Neches, Texas on September 17, 1946 to the late Malcolm Johnson and Zerilda Johnson. He loved to fish, golf, and spend time with his grandchildren. He loved attending lacrosse, baseball, and football games, as well as band events. Jerry was an insurance agent...
Shelly Ann Smiley
January 28, 2020
Shelly Ann Smiley, 57, of LaBelle, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at her residence. Shelly was born November 3, 1962 in Port Arthur, Texas to Tommy Horton and Marjorie Johnston Horton. She was a lifelong resident of this area and was self-employed. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Levingston Funeral Home...
Sara Cuevas Colin
January 28, 2020
Sara Cuevas Colin, 58, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Sara was born April 13, 1961 in Monterrey, Mexico. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 38 years and a member of Iglesia La Luz Del Mundo in Port Arthur. Survivors include her husband, Jesus Colin of Port...
George Martin Hardin, Sr.
January 27, 2020
George Martin Hardin, Sr., 95, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 27, 2020 at Bonne Vie in Port Arthur, Texas. George was born February 22, 1924 in Thornton, Arkansas to George B. Hardin and Ethel Cathey Hardin. He was a longtime resident of Groves and was a member of Groves First Baptist Church. George retired as an operator from...
Cynthia Celia Allen
January 25, 2020
Cynthia Celia Allen, 60, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away January 25, 2020. She was born in Fairfield, California on July 31, 1959. Cynthia was the great-granddaughter of Pushmatha, a Choctaw Indian chief, the only Native American to be buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His picture hangs in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He signed three Peace...
Ann Marceaux
January 23, 2020
Ann Marceaux, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020. Ann was born October 11, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to Louis Beniot and Odile Gonzales Benoit. She was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. Ann was a 25 year volunteer and historian for Mardi Gras of Southeast Texas. She enjoyed traveling,...




