Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Randal "Randy" L. Hickman
January 1, 2020
Randal “Randy” L. Hickman, 69, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 1, 2020 following a brief illness. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on April 15, 1950, to the late William D. Hickman, Sr. and Mary Lou Franke Hickman. Randy was a lifelong Nederland resident and a cowboy from birth. He worked as a master plumber out Southeast Texas...
Rickey Lynn Moye
December 31, 2019
Rickey Lynn Moye, 65, of Broaddus, formerly of Nederland, was called home by his heavenly Father on December 31, 2019 with his wife at his side. Rick fought a valiant battle against Burkitt’s Lymphoma over the past eight months. He was the youngest of three children born August 2, 1954 to J. W. and Bobbie Ruth Volentine Moye. He met...
Cecil James Bourgeois
December 31, 2019
Cecil James Bourgeois, 92, of Port Arthur passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Cecil was born in Port Arthur on September 18, 1927 to the late Frank Joseph Bourgeois and Nellie Marie Broussard Bourgeois. He retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur as Maintenance Supervisor with 36 years of service in 1982. Cecil served his country in the U.S. Navy...
Mary Miller
December 29, 2019
Mary Miller, 94, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 at her home. Mary was born December 12, l925 in Chillicothe, Texas to Edward Short and Nellie Bradberry Short. She was a resident of Port Neches for 70 years and a member of Southside Baptist Church in Port Neches. Mary was a member of the Daughters of...
Bobbye Jo Gotcher
December 29, 2019
Bobbye Jo Gotcher, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Bobbye was born December 16, 1930 in Leaday, Texas to Joseph Caldwell Merrill and Lovey Lorena Witt Merrill. She was a 65 year resident of this area and a retired Secretary with Gibsons Discount Center Port Arthur. Bobbye was...
James Russell "Rusty" Frederick
December 28, 2019
James Russell "Rusty" Frederick, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Oak Groves Nursing Home surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 30, 1934 in Port Arthur, Texas to Louis Frederick and Amy Ortego Frederick. Rusty was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches and Knights...
Thomas "Tommy" Lyle Letulle Sr.
December 27, 2019
Thomas “Tommy” Lyle Letulle Sr., 78, of Nederland, passed away Friday, December 27, 2019. Tommy was born in Port Arthur on October 29, 1941 to the late John and Sue Letulle. Tommy was retired from Union Oil Company as a Pipefitter and in Maintenance with 30 years of service. He was also a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church...
Alice Patronella
December 26, 2019
Alice Patronella, 87, of Groves left this earth after many years of decline due to Alzheimers disease on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Briarcliff Nursing Home in Carthage, Texas. She is now with her Heavenly Father, beloved husband, and all her relatives and friends that passed. She was born May 30, 1932 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph D. Dumatrait...
Larry Roy Elliott
December 26, 2019
Larry Roy Elliott, 75, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 26, 2019, surrounded by family. He was born November 30, 1944 in Corpus Christie, Texas to the late Roy Hazen Elliott and Mittie Lucile Brown Elliott. After serving in the United States Army, Larry received a degree in finance, but his career took him down many different paths. While working...
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...
Randal "Randy" L. Hickman
January 1, 2020
Randal “Randy” L. Hickman, 69, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 1, 2020 following a brief illness. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on April 15, 1950, to the late William D. Hickman, Sr. and Mary Lou Franke Hickman. Randy was a lifelong Nederland resident and a cowboy from birth. He worked as a master plumber out Southeast Texas...
Rickey Lynn Moye
December 31, 2019
Rickey Lynn Moye, 65, of Broaddus, formerly of Nederland, was called home by his heavenly Father on December 31, 2019 with his wife at his side. Rick fought a valiant battle against Burkitt’s Lymphoma over the past eight months. He was the youngest of three children born August 2, 1954 to J. W. and Bobbie Ruth Volentine Moye. He met...
Cecil James Bourgeois
December 31, 2019
Cecil James Bourgeois, 92, of Port Arthur passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Cecil was born in Port Arthur on September 18, 1927 to the late Frank Joseph Bourgeois and Nellie Marie Broussard Bourgeois. He retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur as Maintenance Supervisor with 36 years of service in 1982. Cecil served his country in the U.S. Navy...
Mary Miller
December 29, 2019
Mary Miller, 94, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 at her home. Mary was born December 12, l925 in Chillicothe, Texas to Edward Short and Nellie Bradberry Short. She was a resident of Port Neches for 70 years and a member of Southside Baptist Church in Port Neches. Mary was a member of the Daughters of...
Bobbye Jo Gotcher
December 29, 2019
Bobbye Jo Gotcher, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Bobbye was born December 16, 1930 in Leaday, Texas to Joseph Caldwell Merrill and Lovey Lorena Witt Merrill. She was a 65 year resident of this area and a retired Secretary with Gibsons Discount Center Port Arthur. Bobbye was...
James Russell "Rusty" Frederick
December 28, 2019
James Russell "Rusty" Frederick, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Oak Groves Nursing Home surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 30, 1934 in Port Arthur, Texas to Louis Frederick and Amy Ortego Frederick. Rusty was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches and Knights...
Thomas "Tommy" Lyle Letulle Sr.
December 27, 2019
Thomas “Tommy” Lyle Letulle Sr., 78, of Nederland, passed away Friday, December 27, 2019. Tommy was born in Port Arthur on October 29, 1941 to the late John and Sue Letulle. Tommy was retired from Union Oil Company as a Pipefitter and in Maintenance with 30 years of service. He was also a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church...
Alice Patronella
December 26, 2019
Alice Patronella, 87, of Groves left this earth after many years of decline due to Alzheimers disease on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Briarcliff Nursing Home in Carthage, Texas. She is now with her Heavenly Father, beloved husband, and all her relatives and friends that passed. She was born May 30, 1932 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph D. Dumatrait...
Larry Roy Elliott
December 26, 2019
Larry Roy Elliott, 75, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 26, 2019, surrounded by family. He was born November 30, 1944 in Corpus Christie, Texas to the late Roy Hazen Elliott and Mittie Lucile Brown Elliott. After serving in the United States Army, Larry received a degree in finance, but his career took him down many different paths. While working...
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...




