Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Lizbeth "Libby" Branick
February 24, 2018
Lizbeth “Libby” Branick, born July 14, 1950 was welcomed to heaven by her Savior when she passed from a blood clot in the lung on Saturday morning February 24, 2018. She joyously accepted Christ as her Savior in her 20’s and gracefully served him as a member of Central Baptist Church in Port Arthur. Sunday school teacher, Vacation Bible School...
Dorothy Suire
February 22, 2018
Dorothy Suire, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 at her residence. Dorothy was born in West Point, Texas to John H. Spittler and Eva Huddleston Spittler. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a retired Interior Decorator. Dorothy was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches where she was a...
Cecil Bentley "Benny" Epperson
February 20, 2018
Cecil “Benny” Epperson, 75, of Groves, Texas., passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Cecil was born in Port Arthur, Texas on April 25, 1942 to the late, Bentley Brown Epperson and Violet Alvarara Mode Epperson. Cecil is a 1960 graduate of Nederland High School, he served his country in...
Alfred Ray Falcon
February 20, 2018
Alfred Ray Falcon, 81, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at his residence. Alfred was born September 30, 1936 in Hamshire, Texas to Antwan Falcon and Marjorie Fischer Falcon. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired City of Groves department supervisor. Alfred was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and a US...
Rebecca "Becky" Stutzenbaker
February 19, 2018
Rebecca (Becky) Stutzenbaker, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Becky was born June 1, 1939 in Canton, Mississippi to parents Hubert and Rachel Boone Stanley. She was raised in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton with a degree in Elementary Education. She accepted a job with...
Larry Ray Tyler
February 18, 2018
Larry Ray Tyler, 67, of Groves passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018. He was born on October 7, 1950 in DeRidder, Louisiana to Ray Lee Tyler and Ernie Mae Harper Tyler. Larry was a lifelong area resident and retired pipefitter. He enjoyed gardening and fishing. Most of all he enjoyed sprint car racing and spending time in the pits with...
Daniel Garth Miguez, Sr.
February 17, 2018
Daniel G. Miguez, Sr., 90, of Port Acres passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on November 24, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas to William Louis Miguez and Mary Trahan Miguez. Daniel served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired as a Ship Fitter from Gulfport Shipyard after 20...
Tommy Ross McGuire
February 16, 2018
Tommy Ross McGuire 73 of Hemphill, TX, formerly of Groves, TX left this earth to be with his Heavenly Father on February 16th, 2018. Tommy was born on November 20th 1944 in Seminole TX to the late Joseph T (Jake) McGuire and Bessie Anderson McGuire. He grew up in Seminole where he met his wife Royce Jones McGuire of 55...
Shirley Gay
February 16, 2018
Shirley Gay, 83, of Port Neches, passed away, Friday, February 16, 2018. Shirley was born September 17, 1934 in Port Neches to the late, Arthur and Christine Broussard. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and retired from the Wilton and Effie Library as a librarian with 20 years of service. She was also a member of St. Elizabeth...
Rita Gail Savoie
February 16, 2018
Rita Gail Savoie, age 66, of Groves, TX, passed away peacefully on February 16, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Rita was born in Port Arthur, TX, on June 12, 1951, to Lester J. Breaux and Ethel Gail Delcambre Breaux. Rita was a Hair Dresser in the Groves area for many years, where she touched many lives with her kind...
Guadalupe Gutierrez
February 16, 2018
Guadalupe Gutierrez, 88, of Nederland passed away, Friday February 16, 2018. Guadalupe was born June 15, 1929 in Derby, Texas to the late Filberto and Augustine Najara Gutierrez. He served in the United States Army. He was also a practicing Catholic. Retired from Gulf Oil with 36 years of service. Guadalupe is survived by his wife, Yolanda Garcia Gutierrez of...
Kenneth Lindberg Bodden
February 14, 2018
Kenneth Lindberg Bodden, 90, of Groves passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on December 21, 1927 in British West Indies, Grand Cayman to Laymond Bodden and Agnes Ebanks Bodden. Kenneth had lived in Groves since 1952 and was a member of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant....
Christopher "Chris" Edward Evans
February 14, 2018
Christopher Edward Evans, 41, of Groves passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. He was born on December 4, 1976 in Nederland, Texas to Buddy Evans and Linda Blackwell Evans. Chris was a lifelong area resident and attended Friendship Baptist Church and was a member of Masonic Lodge #1315. He was employed with Lowes...
Zaria M. Kennedy
February 14, 2018
Zaria M. Kennedy Zaria M. Kennedy, 16, of Nederland passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on June 27, 2001 in Galveston, Texas to Christopher Green and Shalisha Kennedy. Zaria was a junior at Nederland High School where she was an honor student and was currently taking college courses. She was...
Annie "Ruth" Brown
February 13, 2018
Annie “Ruth” Brown, 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away on February 13, 2018. She was born on May 17, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Frank James and Clara Bell Imhoff. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Alice Copeland Doucet of Nederland, Texas; her sons, Jeff Wilson and his wife, Tammy of Port Neches, Texas and James Rayer, Jr....
Tammy Louise Crandall
February 12, 2018
Tammy Louise Crandall, 59, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Tammy was born June 22, 1958 in Port Arthur, Texas to her parents, F. Paul LaRue and Marietta Allen LaRue. She was a lifelong area resident and graduated from Lamar University. She was a member of Memorial Church of Christ. Tammy was...
Clara Henry
February 12, 2018
Clara Henry, 97, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 in Highlands, Texas. Clara was born March 14, 1920 in Carrizozo, New Mexico to Jesse Patty and Zenith Haddeman Patty. She was a resident of Port Neches for 75 years and was a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February...
Terrell Lynn Pousson
February 10, 2018
Terrell Lynn Pousson, 69, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Clairmont Nursing Home in Beaumont. Terrell was born October 12, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph D. Pousson, Sr. and Rena LeJeune Pousson. Terrell was a lifelong resident of Groves and member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. He retired from Speirs Grocery Store as a...
Kaye Barnard
February 9, 2018
Kaye Barnard, 61, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at her residence. Kaye was born January 16, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas to Darley C. Bodden and Ida Pearl Ryan Bodden. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired English teacher with the Port Neches-Groves ISD with twenty-seven years of service. Kaye was...
Virginia Lenora Myers
February 9, 2018
Virginia Myers, 94, of Port Arthur, Texas died Friday, February 9, 2018 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home. Virginia was born June 8, 1923 in Croweville, Louisiana to Nora and TK Bradley. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 73 years and retired from Gibson's Department Store after 17 years of service as an Assistant Manager. She was a member...
Lizbeth "Libby" Branick
February 24, 2018
Lizbeth “Libby” Branick, born July 14, 1950 was welcomed to heaven by her Savior when she passed from a blood clot in the lung on Saturday morning February 24, 2018. She joyously accepted Christ as her Savior in her 20’s and gracefully served him as a member of Central Baptist Church in Port Arthur. Sunday school teacher, Vacation Bible School...
Dorothy Suire
February 22, 2018
Dorothy Suire, 85, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 at her residence. Dorothy was born in West Point, Texas to John H. Spittler and Eva Huddleston Spittler. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a retired Interior Decorator. Dorothy was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches where she was a...
Cecil Bentley "Benny" Epperson
February 20, 2018
Cecil “Benny” Epperson, 75, of Groves, Texas., passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Cecil was born in Port Arthur, Texas on April 25, 1942 to the late, Bentley Brown Epperson and Violet Alvarara Mode Epperson. Cecil is a 1960 graduate of Nederland High School, he served his country in...
Alfred Ray Falcon
February 20, 2018
Alfred Ray Falcon, 81, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at his residence. Alfred was born September 30, 1936 in Hamshire, Texas to Antwan Falcon and Marjorie Fischer Falcon. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired City of Groves department supervisor. Alfred was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and a US...
Rebecca "Becky" Stutzenbaker
February 19, 2018
Rebecca (Becky) Stutzenbaker, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Becky was born June 1, 1939 in Canton, Mississippi to parents Hubert and Rachel Boone Stanley. She was raised in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton with a degree in Elementary Education. She accepted a job with...
Larry Ray Tyler
February 18, 2018
Larry Ray Tyler, 67, of Groves passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018. He was born on October 7, 1950 in DeRidder, Louisiana to Ray Lee Tyler and Ernie Mae Harper Tyler. Larry was a lifelong area resident and retired pipefitter. He enjoyed gardening and fishing. Most of all he enjoyed sprint car racing and spending time in the pits with...
Daniel Garth Miguez, Sr.
February 17, 2018
Daniel G. Miguez, Sr., 90, of Port Acres passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on November 24, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas to William Louis Miguez and Mary Trahan Miguez. Daniel served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired as a Ship Fitter from Gulfport Shipyard after 20...
Tommy Ross McGuire
February 16, 2018
Tommy Ross McGuire 73 of Hemphill, TX, formerly of Groves, TX left this earth to be with his Heavenly Father on February 16th, 2018. Tommy was born on November 20th 1944 in Seminole TX to the late Joseph T (Jake) McGuire and Bessie Anderson McGuire. He grew up in Seminole where he met his wife Royce Jones McGuire of 55...
Shirley Gay
February 16, 2018
Shirley Gay, 83, of Port Neches, passed away, Friday, February 16, 2018. Shirley was born September 17, 1934 in Port Neches to the late, Arthur and Christine Broussard. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and retired from the Wilton and Effie Library as a librarian with 20 years of service. She was also a member of St. Elizabeth...
Rita Gail Savoie
February 16, 2018
Rita Gail Savoie, age 66, of Groves, TX, passed away peacefully on February 16, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Rita was born in Port Arthur, TX, on June 12, 1951, to Lester J. Breaux and Ethel Gail Delcambre Breaux. Rita was a Hair Dresser in the Groves area for many years, where she touched many lives with her kind...
Guadalupe Gutierrez
February 16, 2018
Guadalupe Gutierrez, 88, of Nederland passed away, Friday February 16, 2018. Guadalupe was born June 15, 1929 in Derby, Texas to the late Filberto and Augustine Najara Gutierrez. He served in the United States Army. He was also a practicing Catholic. Retired from Gulf Oil with 36 years of service. Guadalupe is survived by his wife, Yolanda Garcia Gutierrez of...
Kenneth Lindberg Bodden
February 14, 2018
Kenneth Lindberg Bodden, 90, of Groves passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on December 21, 1927 in British West Indies, Grand Cayman to Laymond Bodden and Agnes Ebanks Bodden. Kenneth had lived in Groves since 1952 and was a member of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant....
Christopher "Chris" Edward Evans
February 14, 2018
Christopher Edward Evans, 41, of Groves passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. He was born on December 4, 1976 in Nederland, Texas to Buddy Evans and Linda Blackwell Evans. Chris was a lifelong area resident and attended Friendship Baptist Church and was a member of Masonic Lodge #1315. He was employed with Lowes...
Zaria M. Kennedy
February 14, 2018
Zaria M. Kennedy Zaria M. Kennedy, 16, of Nederland passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on June 27, 2001 in Galveston, Texas to Christopher Green and Shalisha Kennedy. Zaria was a junior at Nederland High School where she was an honor student and was currently taking college courses. She was...
Annie "Ruth" Brown
February 13, 2018
Annie “Ruth” Brown, 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away on February 13, 2018. She was born on May 17, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Frank James and Clara Bell Imhoff. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Alice Copeland Doucet of Nederland, Texas; her sons, Jeff Wilson and his wife, Tammy of Port Neches, Texas and James Rayer, Jr....
Tammy Louise Crandall
February 12, 2018
Tammy Louise Crandall, 59, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Tammy was born June 22, 1958 in Port Arthur, Texas to her parents, F. Paul LaRue and Marietta Allen LaRue. She was a lifelong area resident and graduated from Lamar University. She was a member of Memorial Church of Christ. Tammy was...
Clara Henry
February 12, 2018
Clara Henry, 97, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 in Highlands, Texas. Clara was born March 14, 1920 in Carrizozo, New Mexico to Jesse Patty and Zenith Haddeman Patty. She was a resident of Port Neches for 75 years and was a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February...
Terrell Lynn Pousson
February 10, 2018
Terrell Lynn Pousson, 69, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Clairmont Nursing Home in Beaumont. Terrell was born October 12, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph D. Pousson, Sr. and Rena LeJeune Pousson. Terrell was a lifelong resident of Groves and member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. He retired from Speirs Grocery Store as a...
Kaye Barnard
February 9, 2018
Kaye Barnard, 61, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at her residence. Kaye was born January 16, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas to Darley C. Bodden and Ida Pearl Ryan Bodden. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired English teacher with the Port Neches-Groves ISD with twenty-seven years of service. Kaye was...
Virginia Lenora Myers
February 9, 2018
Virginia Myers, 94, of Port Arthur, Texas died Friday, February 9, 2018 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home. Virginia was born June 8, 1923 in Croweville, Louisiana to Nora and TK Bradley. She was a resident of Port Arthur for 73 years and retired from Gibson's Department Store after 17 years of service as an Assistant Manager. She was a member...