Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams
August 26, 2017
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams, 82, of Groves, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Dell was born March 12, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas, and graduated from Port Neches Groves High School. Dell was a lifelong area resident and a member of Magnolia Assembly of God Church in Port Neches, where he was involved...
Penny Bradley
August 25, 2017
Penny Bradley, 60, of Katy, Texas passed away Friday, August 25, 2017. Penny was born April 24, 1957 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and was a resident of Katy, Texas for the past 20 years. She was formerly employed by Ridgeways in Houston as a draftsman. Survivors include her mother and father, Joyce and Bobby Bradley of Nederland; sisters, Kim LeBlanc...
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr.
August 25, 2017
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr., age 86, of Port Neches, Texas died peacefully on August 25, at his home where he had resided for 62 years. Albert was born in and was a lifelong resident of Port Neches, Texas and graduated from Port Neches High School. He worked his entire career at Texaco Chemical (formerly Jefferson Chemical) where he retired after...
Laura Lee Rico
August 24, 2017
Laura Lee Rico, 52, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. Laura Lee was born August 18, 1965 in Oakland, California to Grover A. Mackenroth, Jr. and Diana Kimball Mackenroth. She was a resident of Port Arthur and member of Faith Baptist Temple. Laura Lee was a retired optical technician and certified...
Paul Wojcik
August 23, 2017
Paul Anthony Wojcik, 75, of Port Neches, TX passed away peacefully in his home, August 23, 2017, surrounded by family and friends. He was born May 3, 1942 in Spangler, Pennsylvania and graduated from Father Lopez High School in Daytona Beach, Florida As a teenager Paul and his brother, Richard, worked in their parent’s jewelry store in Ebensburg, PA. He...
Mark D. Monceaux
August 19, 2017
Mark D. Monceaux, 54, of Groves passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on October 21, 1962 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lloyd A. Monceaux and Patricia LeBlanc Monceaux. Mark was a lifelong area resident and was employed as a Senior Operator with Oxbow Calcining with 17 years of service. A...
Maurice Morgan
August 18, 2017
Henry “Maurice” Morgan, 87, of Nederland, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2017 in Port Arthur. Maurice was born on June 18, 1930 in Nederland to the late Henry L. Morgan and Maggie Bostick Morgan. He was a private music teacher and a concert pianist. Maurice is survived by his nieces & nephews; Linda Lewis, Brian Roddy, Lynn Hawkins, Janis...
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston
August 16, 2017
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston, 87, of Port Neches, Texas went to be with the Lord Tuesday August 16, 2017. Zuetta, or Zu to friends, was the 13th baby born at St. Marys Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas on June 2nd 1930 to John Henry Kelly & Adell Hough Kelly. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Groves,...
Lois Swift
August 15, 2017
It is with sadness that the family of Lois Swift announces her passing on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at 64 years of age. She was born in Walden, Colorado, to the late, Martha and Willard Swift. She is survived by Conrad, Lily, Heide, Chloe and T-bone, the best dogs ever. She will be remembered lovingly by her husband, brother, sister,...
Sandy Turner
August 14, 2017
Sandy Turner, 67, of Port Arthur, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2017 at his residence. Sandy was born on August 20, 1949 to the late Curtis Turner and Thelma Henry Courville in Port Arthur, TX. He was in the National Guard and a retired machinist at Texaco in Port Arthur. Sandy was a member of Church on the Rock....
Mary Eileen Williamson
August 14, 2017
Mary Eileen Williamson, 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017. Mary was born August 31, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Edward Marcontell and Susie McLain Marcontell. She was a lifelong area resident and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and St. Mary School of Nursing. Mary was a retired Registered Nurse having worked many years...
Ella Faye Rogers
August 14, 2017
Ella Faye Rogers, 73 of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at Senior Rehab in Port Arthur. Ella Faye was born October 16, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas to George J. Rogers, Sr. and Mary Myrtle Trahan Rogers. Ella Faye was a lifelong area resident and member of Immaculate Conception and St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. She was...
Gem Dorris
August 14, 2017
Gem Dorris, 29, of Spring, Texas formerly of the Groves/ Port Neches area passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 due to a motor vehicle accident. He was born July 27, 1988 in Beaumont, Texas to James Stacey Dorris and Marie Annette Scroggins. Gem was raised in Groves and graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 2007. He was currently enrolled...
Betsy Ann Burnett
August 9, 2017
Betsy Ann Burnett, 56, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at home surrounded by her loved ones. Betsy was born February 23, 1961 in Beaumont, Texas to Winfred Ellis Wright and Pat Bragg Wright. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a Paraprofessional at Port Neches-Groves ISD with nineteen years of service at the...
James Roland Plante
August 7, 2017
James Roland Plante, 82, of Orange, Texas passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. James was born November 24, 1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana to John Plante and Isabelle Naquin Plante. He was a resident of this area for forty-five years and a self-employed Musician and Sign Painter. James was...
Joyce C. Breaux
August 6, 2017
Joyce C. Breaux, 99, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017. Joyce was born November 4, 1917 in Atoka, Oklahoma to Carroll Mitchell and Lora Kimbrough Mitchell. Joyce was a resident of Groves for 66 years and longtime member of Immaculate Conception and St. James Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 63...
Debbie Lynch
August 6, 2017
Deborah “Debbie” Jean Lynch, 59, of Port Arthur, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at her residence. Debbie was born on August 25, 1957 in McGregor, TX to the late Maurice Lynch and Dora French Lynch. Debbie is survived by her sister, Peggy Fontenot and husband Delwood of Nederland; brothers, Billy Lynch of Groves, Donald Lynch and wife, Lana...
George Dodd Hodges
August 4, 2017
George Dodd Hodges, 81 of Nederland, passed away on Friday, August 4, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. George was born in Crosbyton, TX on October 27, 1935 to the late, Harrison Hodges and Clarice Walsh Hodges. George retired from DuPont as a supervisor. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church of Port Arthur,...
Mariam Lee Fitzgerald
August 1, 2017
Mariam Lee Fitzgerald, 58, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Bridge City. Mariam was born on September 6, 1958 in San Antonio, TX to the late Frank Thomas Morr and Irene Estelle Mantooth Morr. She was a homemaker and a member of Golden Triangle Church on the Rock. Mariam is survived by her loving...
Joyce Smith DuBose
August 1, 2017
Joyce Smith DuBose, 88, Beauxart Gardens, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves. Mrs. DuBose was born November 10, 1928 in Angelina County to the late John Smith and Maude Sellars Smith. Mrs. DuBose worked as a secretary for the Bald Hill Baptist Church in Lufkin, also a church secretary and member of Calvary...
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams
August 26, 2017
Lee Udell "Dell" Williams, 82, of Groves, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Dell was born March 12, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas, and graduated from Port Neches Groves High School. Dell was a lifelong area resident and a member of Magnolia Assembly of God Church in Port Neches, where he was involved...
Penny Bradley
August 25, 2017
Penny Bradley, 60, of Katy, Texas passed away Friday, August 25, 2017. Penny was born April 24, 1957 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and was a resident of Katy, Texas for the past 20 years. She was formerly employed by Ridgeways in Houston as a draftsman. Survivors include her mother and father, Joyce and Bobby Bradley of Nederland; sisters, Kim LeBlanc...
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr.
August 25, 2017
Albert Joseph Decuir, Jr., age 86, of Port Neches, Texas died peacefully on August 25, at his home where he had resided for 62 years. Albert was born in and was a lifelong resident of Port Neches, Texas and graduated from Port Neches High School. He worked his entire career at Texaco Chemical (formerly Jefferson Chemical) where he retired after...
Laura Lee Rico
August 24, 2017
Laura Lee Rico, 52, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. Laura Lee was born August 18, 1965 in Oakland, California to Grover A. Mackenroth, Jr. and Diana Kimball Mackenroth. She was a resident of Port Arthur and member of Faith Baptist Temple. Laura Lee was a retired optical technician and certified...
Paul Wojcik
August 23, 2017
Paul Anthony Wojcik, 75, of Port Neches, TX passed away peacefully in his home, August 23, 2017, surrounded by family and friends. He was born May 3, 1942 in Spangler, Pennsylvania and graduated from Father Lopez High School in Daytona Beach, Florida As a teenager Paul and his brother, Richard, worked in their parent’s jewelry store in Ebensburg, PA. He...
Mark D. Monceaux
August 19, 2017
Mark D. Monceaux, 54, of Groves passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on October 21, 1962 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lloyd A. Monceaux and Patricia LeBlanc Monceaux. Mark was a lifelong area resident and was employed as a Senior Operator with Oxbow Calcining with 17 years of service. A...
Maurice Morgan
August 18, 2017
Henry “Maurice” Morgan, 87, of Nederland, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2017 in Port Arthur. Maurice was born on June 18, 1930 in Nederland to the late Henry L. Morgan and Maggie Bostick Morgan. He was a private music teacher and a concert pianist. Maurice is survived by his nieces & nephews; Linda Lewis, Brian Roddy, Lynn Hawkins, Janis...
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston
August 16, 2017
Zuetta Kelly Pinkston, 87, of Port Neches, Texas went to be with the Lord Tuesday August 16, 2017. Zuetta, or Zu to friends, was the 13th baby born at St. Marys Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas on June 2nd 1930 to John Henry Kelly & Adell Hough Kelly. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Groves,...
Lois Swift
August 15, 2017
It is with sadness that the family of Lois Swift announces her passing on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at 64 years of age. She was born in Walden, Colorado, to the late, Martha and Willard Swift. She is survived by Conrad, Lily, Heide, Chloe and T-bone, the best dogs ever. She will be remembered lovingly by her husband, brother, sister,...
Sandy Turner
August 14, 2017
Sandy Turner, 67, of Port Arthur, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2017 at his residence. Sandy was born on August 20, 1949 to the late Curtis Turner and Thelma Henry Courville in Port Arthur, TX. He was in the National Guard and a retired machinist at Texaco in Port Arthur. Sandy was a member of Church on the Rock....
Mary Eileen Williamson
August 14, 2017
Mary Eileen Williamson, 81, of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017. Mary was born August 31, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Edward Marcontell and Susie McLain Marcontell. She was a lifelong area resident and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and St. Mary School of Nursing. Mary was a retired Registered Nurse having worked many years...
Ella Faye Rogers
August 14, 2017
Ella Faye Rogers, 73 of Nederland, Texas passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at Senior Rehab in Port Arthur. Ella Faye was born October 16, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas to George J. Rogers, Sr. and Mary Myrtle Trahan Rogers. Ella Faye was a lifelong area resident and member of Immaculate Conception and St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. She was...
Gem Dorris
August 14, 2017
Gem Dorris, 29, of Spring, Texas formerly of the Groves/ Port Neches area passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 due to a motor vehicle accident. He was born July 27, 1988 in Beaumont, Texas to James Stacey Dorris and Marie Annette Scroggins. Gem was raised in Groves and graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 2007. He was currently enrolled...
Betsy Ann Burnett
August 9, 2017
Betsy Ann Burnett, 56, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at home surrounded by her loved ones. Betsy was born February 23, 1961 in Beaumont, Texas to Winfred Ellis Wright and Pat Bragg Wright. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a Paraprofessional at Port Neches-Groves ISD with nineteen years of service at the...
James Roland Plante
August 7, 2017
James Roland Plante, 82, of Orange, Texas passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. James was born November 24, 1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana to John Plante and Isabelle Naquin Plante. He was a resident of this area for forty-five years and a self-employed Musician and Sign Painter. James was...
Joyce C. Breaux
August 6, 2017
Joyce C. Breaux, 99, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017. Joyce was born November 4, 1917 in Atoka, Oklahoma to Carroll Mitchell and Lora Kimbrough Mitchell. Joyce was a resident of Groves for 66 years and longtime member of Immaculate Conception and St. James Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 63...
Debbie Lynch
August 6, 2017
Deborah “Debbie” Jean Lynch, 59, of Port Arthur, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at her residence. Debbie was born on August 25, 1957 in McGregor, TX to the late Maurice Lynch and Dora French Lynch. Debbie is survived by her sister, Peggy Fontenot and husband Delwood of Nederland; brothers, Billy Lynch of Groves, Donald Lynch and wife, Lana...
George Dodd Hodges
August 4, 2017
George Dodd Hodges, 81 of Nederland, passed away on Friday, August 4, 2017 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. George was born in Crosbyton, TX on October 27, 1935 to the late, Harrison Hodges and Clarice Walsh Hodges. George retired from DuPont as a supervisor. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church of Port Arthur,...
Mariam Lee Fitzgerald
August 1, 2017
Mariam Lee Fitzgerald, 58, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Bridge City. Mariam was born on September 6, 1958 in San Antonio, TX to the late Frank Thomas Morr and Irene Estelle Mantooth Morr. She was a homemaker and a member of Golden Triangle Church on the Rock. Mariam is survived by her loving...
Joyce Smith DuBose
August 1, 2017
Joyce Smith DuBose, 88, Beauxart Gardens, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves. Mrs. DuBose was born November 10, 1928 in Angelina County to the late John Smith and Maude Sellars Smith. Mrs. DuBose worked as a secretary for the Bald Hill Baptist Church in Lufkin, also a church secretary and member of Calvary...