Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Charles E. Graham
March 28, 2017
Charles E. Graham, 79, of Orange, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at his residence. Charles was born in Port Arthur on March 2, 1938 to the late James E. Graham and Maude Sibley Graham. He served our country in the United States Coast Guard and he was a retired Millwright of 38 years at DuPont in Beaumont, TX....
Maureen Ann Stepp
March 28, 2017
Maureen Ann Stepp, 62, of Nederland, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 in Houston, TX. Maureen was born on November 9, 1954 in Port Arthur to Patricia Placette Collins and the late Ernest Charles Collins. She was a homemaker and formerly attended St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland. Maureen is survived by her husband, Ronnie Stepp of Houston; daughters,...
Patricia Elizabeth Laurents
March 27, 2017
Patricia Elizabeth Laurents, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at Gulf Health Care Center. Patricia was born March 19, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas to James Neil Laurents and Sara Swearingen Laurents. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church Groves. Patricia was an avid fan of the PNG Indians and loved...
Janette "Net" Pulito
March 25, 2017
Janette "Net" S. Pulito Janette "Net" S. Pulito, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 25, 2017. She was born on May 13, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Burl C. Stanley and Lora Jordan Stanley. "Net" was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and member of the Red Hussar Drum and Bugle Corp. She attended Port...
Loyce Caldwell Coleman
March 25, 2017
Loyce Caldwell Coleman, 88, of Nederland, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 in Houston. Loyce was born on November 10, 1928 in Port Neches, Texas to the late James William Caldwell and Mary Ophelia Angele Caldwell. She was a lifelong resident of Nederland and she was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nederland. Loyce, loving wife, mother,...
Doris Kendzierski
March 23, 2017
Doris Kendzierski, 89, of Nederland, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, TX. Doris was born on June 17, 1927 to the late Joseph Carlin and Elodie Lamaire Carlin in Goudeau, LA. She was a lifelong resident of Nederland and a wonderful homemaker, mother and grandmother. Doris is survived by her sons, Joe Kendzierski of...
Elvira Lege
March 23, 2017
Elvira Lege, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Calder Woods in Beaumont, Texas. Elvira was born February 7, 1933 in Lockhart, Texas to Frank L. Ramirez and Josephine P. Pastrano Ramirez. She was a resident of Groves for 50 years and was a seamstress for Landry Cap Company for 37 years. She also worked as...
Margaretha Molly Beenen
March 23, 2017
Margaretha "Molly" Beenen Molly Beenen passed away peacefully on March 23, 2017 at her home in Port Acres surrounded by her family. Molly was born on February 2, 1926 in Bandung, Indonesia to Helmina and Christiaan Lapr. She enjoyed singing in different languages, playing her guitar and harmonica, and painting wooden shoes and eggs. She worked 30 years at the...
Vincent "Vinny" Montalbano, Jr.
March 23, 2017
Vincent “Vinny” Montalbano, Jr., 62, of Groves, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at his residence. Vinny was born on October 24, 1954 to the late Vincent Montalbano, Sr. and Minnie Morrell Montalbano, in Beaumont, TX. He was a lifelong resident of Groves and he was employed by LNG Betchal and a truck driver in the oil industry. Vinny...
Velma Porter Jenkinson
March 21, 2017
Velma Jenkinson, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Velma was born May 22, 1932 in Brookhaven, Mississippi to Marion Lattis Porter and Veta Woodall Porter. She was a homemaker and longtime member of Friendship Baptist Church in Groves. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace "Hoss" Jenkinson. Survivors include her daughter, Jill Forse and...
Herbert "Herby" "Pop" Ray Broussard
March 17, 2017
Herbert “Herby” “Pop” Ray Broussard, 72, of Port Neches, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017 surrounded by his family at his home in Port Neches. He was a beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and Pop. Herby was born on August 29, 1944 in Port Arthur to the late Freddie Frederick Broussard and Bernice Inez Duhon Broussard. He was a...
Robert Collins Brownlee
March 17, 2017
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2017, for Robert Collins Brownlee, a long-time resident of Port Arthur and patron of St. Catherine of Sienna Church and School. Mr. Brownlee passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017, after a brief illness. The 10:00 a.m. funeral mass at St. Catherine's Church will be led by Rev. Kevin Badeaux, friend...
Hazel Mae Viator
March 16, 2017
Hazel Mae Viator, 85, of Winnie, Texas passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 surrounded by her family. Hazel was born May 3, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Olphey Eskine and Felice Perry Eskine. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 20, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches with Reverend Lee Purdom officiating. Burial will...
Koy B. Willett
March 16, 2017
Koy B. Willett, 50, of Beauxart Garden, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017. Koy was born November 11, 1966 in Port Arthur, Texas to his parents Edison Ray Willett and Gloria Fay Holmes Willett. He was a lifelong area resident and attended Beauxart Garden Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his brother, Keenan Willett, and grandmother, Lila Rieve....
Richard "Rick" Marriott, Jr.
March 15, 2017
Richard "Rick" Marriott, Jr., 57, of Lumberton, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital of The Woodlands. Rick was born November 15, 1959 in Sidney, New York to Richard Eugene Marriott, Sr. and Betty Shaver Marriott. He was a resident of Lumberton, Texas for nine years and a former resident of Port Neches, Texas. He was...
George Wilson Landry
March 15, 2017
George Wilson Landry, 92, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. George was born May 9, 1924 in Sulphur, Louisiana to Cyril Landry and Lillie Sarver Landry. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 72 years and member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. George...
Linda G. Christian
March 13, 2017
Linda G. Christian, 69, of Lumberton, Texas passed away Monday, March 13, 2017 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Linda was born October 11, 1947 in Beaumont, Texas to Alton Guidry and Ruby Emma Jensen Guidry. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a Teacher at Odom Middle School in the Beaumont ISD with 44 years...
Ross Anderson Gant
March 13, 2017
Ross Anderson Gant, 90, of Nederland passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017 at his residence in Nederland. Ross was born January 6, 1927 in Doucette, Texas to the late Harrison Gant and L.E. Smith Gant and lived in the area since 1936. Ross retired from Neches Butane in 1987 as a Lab Technician with 39 years of service. He...
Gilbert DeJohn Alvarez
March 13, 2017
Gilbert DeJohn Alvarez, 90 years old, lifelong resident of Port Arthur, TX and lifelong Cowboys fan, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017. Gilbert was born October 1, 1926 to loving parents Mary DeJohn Alvarez and Ben Alvarez. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1944 and joined the U.S Army and served his country during WWII. He then...
Linda Ann Crenshaw Guidry
March 13, 2017
Beloved Daughter and Sister, Linda Ann Crenshaw Guidry, 69, of Dickinson, Texas, passed away March 13, 2017 in Webster, Texas. She was born in Nacogdoches, Texas on December 11, 1947 to J. G. and Aline Lewis Crenshaw. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas and was a member of the Red Hussars Drum and Bugle Corps....
Charles E. Graham
March 28, 2017
Charles E. Graham, 79, of Orange, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at his residence. Charles was born in Port Arthur on March 2, 1938 to the late James E. Graham and Maude Sibley Graham. He served our country in the United States Coast Guard and he was a retired Millwright of 38 years at DuPont in Beaumont, TX....
Maureen Ann Stepp
March 28, 2017
Maureen Ann Stepp, 62, of Nederland, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 in Houston, TX. Maureen was born on November 9, 1954 in Port Arthur to Patricia Placette Collins and the late Ernest Charles Collins. She was a homemaker and formerly attended St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland. Maureen is survived by her husband, Ronnie Stepp of Houston; daughters,...
Patricia Elizabeth Laurents
March 27, 2017
Patricia Elizabeth Laurents, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at Gulf Health Care Center. Patricia was born March 19, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas to James Neil Laurents and Sara Swearingen Laurents. She was a lifelong area resident and member of First Baptist Church Groves. Patricia was an avid fan of the PNG Indians and loved...
Janette "Net" Pulito
March 25, 2017
Janette "Net" S. Pulito Janette "Net" S. Pulito, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 25, 2017. She was born on May 13, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Burl C. Stanley and Lora Jordan Stanley. "Net" was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and member of the Red Hussar Drum and Bugle Corp. She attended Port...
Loyce Caldwell Coleman
March 25, 2017
Loyce Caldwell Coleman, 88, of Nederland, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 in Houston. Loyce was born on November 10, 1928 in Port Neches, Texas to the late James William Caldwell and Mary Ophelia Angele Caldwell. She was a lifelong resident of Nederland and she was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nederland. Loyce, loving wife, mother,...
Doris Kendzierski
March 23, 2017
Doris Kendzierski, 89, of Nederland, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, TX. Doris was born on June 17, 1927 to the late Joseph Carlin and Elodie Lamaire Carlin in Goudeau, LA. She was a lifelong resident of Nederland and a wonderful homemaker, mother and grandmother. Doris is survived by her sons, Joe Kendzierski of...
Elvira Lege
March 23, 2017
Elvira Lege, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Calder Woods in Beaumont, Texas. Elvira was born February 7, 1933 in Lockhart, Texas to Frank L. Ramirez and Josephine P. Pastrano Ramirez. She was a resident of Groves for 50 years and was a seamstress for Landry Cap Company for 37 years. She also worked as...
Margaretha Molly Beenen
March 23, 2017
Margaretha "Molly" Beenen Molly Beenen passed away peacefully on March 23, 2017 at her home in Port Acres surrounded by her family. Molly was born on February 2, 1926 in Bandung, Indonesia to Helmina and Christiaan Lapr. She enjoyed singing in different languages, playing her guitar and harmonica, and painting wooden shoes and eggs. She worked 30 years at the...
Vincent "Vinny" Montalbano, Jr.
March 23, 2017
Vincent “Vinny” Montalbano, Jr., 62, of Groves, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at his residence. Vinny was born on October 24, 1954 to the late Vincent Montalbano, Sr. and Minnie Morrell Montalbano, in Beaumont, TX. He was a lifelong resident of Groves and he was employed by LNG Betchal and a truck driver in the oil industry. Vinny...
Velma Porter Jenkinson
March 21, 2017
Velma Jenkinson, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Velma was born May 22, 1932 in Brookhaven, Mississippi to Marion Lattis Porter and Veta Woodall Porter. She was a homemaker and longtime member of Friendship Baptist Church in Groves. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace "Hoss" Jenkinson. Survivors include her daughter, Jill Forse and...
Herbert "Herby" "Pop" Ray Broussard
March 17, 2017
Herbert “Herby” “Pop” Ray Broussard, 72, of Port Neches, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017 surrounded by his family at his home in Port Neches. He was a beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and Pop. Herby was born on August 29, 1944 in Port Arthur to the late Freddie Frederick Broussard and Bernice Inez Duhon Broussard. He was a...
Robert Collins Brownlee
March 17, 2017
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2017, for Robert Collins Brownlee, a long-time resident of Port Arthur and patron of St. Catherine of Sienna Church and School. Mr. Brownlee passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017, after a brief illness. The 10:00 a.m. funeral mass at St. Catherine's Church will be led by Rev. Kevin Badeaux, friend...
Hazel Mae Viator
March 16, 2017
Hazel Mae Viator, 85, of Winnie, Texas passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 surrounded by her family. Hazel was born May 3, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to Olphey Eskine and Felice Perry Eskine. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 20, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches with Reverend Lee Purdom officiating. Burial will...
Koy B. Willett
March 16, 2017
Koy B. Willett, 50, of Beauxart Garden, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017. Koy was born November 11, 1966 in Port Arthur, Texas to his parents Edison Ray Willett and Gloria Fay Holmes Willett. He was a lifelong area resident and attended Beauxart Garden Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his brother, Keenan Willett, and grandmother, Lila Rieve....
Richard "Rick" Marriott, Jr.
March 15, 2017
Richard "Rick" Marriott, Jr., 57, of Lumberton, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital of The Woodlands. Rick was born November 15, 1959 in Sidney, New York to Richard Eugene Marriott, Sr. and Betty Shaver Marriott. He was a resident of Lumberton, Texas for nine years and a former resident of Port Neches, Texas. He was...
George Wilson Landry
March 15, 2017
George Wilson Landry, 92, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. George was born May 9, 1924 in Sulphur, Louisiana to Cyril Landry and Lillie Sarver Landry. He was a resident of Port Arthur for 72 years and member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. George...
Linda G. Christian
March 13, 2017
Linda G. Christian, 69, of Lumberton, Texas passed away Monday, March 13, 2017 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Linda was born October 11, 1947 in Beaumont, Texas to Alton Guidry and Ruby Emma Jensen Guidry. She was a lifelong resident of this area and a Teacher at Odom Middle School in the Beaumont ISD with 44 years...
Ross Anderson Gant
March 13, 2017
Ross Anderson Gant, 90, of Nederland passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017 at his residence in Nederland. Ross was born January 6, 1927 in Doucette, Texas to the late Harrison Gant and L.E. Smith Gant and lived in the area since 1936. Ross retired from Neches Butane in 1987 as a Lab Technician with 39 years of service. He...
Gilbert DeJohn Alvarez
March 13, 2017
Gilbert DeJohn Alvarez, 90 years old, lifelong resident of Port Arthur, TX and lifelong Cowboys fan, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017. Gilbert was born October 1, 1926 to loving parents Mary DeJohn Alvarez and Ben Alvarez. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1944 and joined the U.S Army and served his country during WWII. He then...
Linda Ann Crenshaw Guidry
March 13, 2017
Beloved Daughter and Sister, Linda Ann Crenshaw Guidry, 69, of Dickinson, Texas, passed away March 13, 2017 in Webster, Texas. She was born in Nacogdoches, Texas on December 11, 1947 to J. G. and Aline Lewis Crenshaw. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas and was a member of the Red Hussars Drum and Bugle Corps....