Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Glenn S. Park
December 13, 2016
Glenn S. Park, 96 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at the Kountze Nursing Center in Kountze, Texas. Glenn was born on November 21, 1920 in Indiana, PA. to the late, Blair Park and Annie Smeltzer Park. Glenn served his country proudly in the United States Navy for three years and was stationed at the Naval...
Joe A. Mason
December 13, 2016
Joe A. Mason, 81, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Joe was born August 8, 1935 in Ensley, Alabama to Charles Edward Mason and Hattie Normand Mason. He was a resident of Groves for 44 years and retired from Fina as an operator. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Knights of Columbus, and...
Basil Charles Smith, Jr.
December 11, 2016
Basil Charles Smith, Jr., 83, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur, Texas. Basil was born November 10, 1933 in Savannah, Georgia to Basil Charles Smith, Sr. and Virginia Wiggins Smith. He was a resident of Port Neches for forty-two years and retired from Neches Butane with 35 years of service...
Judie Darlene Glidewell
December 11, 2016
Judie Darlene Glidewell passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at the North Cypress Medical Center in Cypress, Texas. Judie is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Myron Glidewell; her son Scott Glidewell and wife Tina; two grandsons Mason and Blaze Glidewell of Cypress, Texas; a sister, Beth DeCuir of Groves, Texas;...
Dorothy Cady Richardson
December 8, 2016
Dorothy Cady Richardson, 89, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, December 08, 2016 at her home. Dorothy was born November 30, 1927 in Mansfield, Louisiana to Reverend James L. Cady and Viana LeDoux Cady. She graduated from Beaumont High School, Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and attended Lamar Jr. College. Dorothy was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist...
Melba Elaine Mosby
December 5, 2016
Melba Elaine Philyaw Mosby, 90, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 5, 2016. Melba was born October 19, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas to James Lee Philyaw, Sr. and Ethel Crabtree Philyaw. She was a lifelong area resident and retired bookkeeper. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Thomas Ussery and Hubert Mosby; granddaughters, Brandi Hartford and...
James Roy Hebert
December 5, 2016
James Roy Hebert, 85, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. James was born October 16, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to David Joseph Hebert and Isabel Gousuron Hebert. He was a lifelong area resident and retired custodian from the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. He was preceded in death by...
Helen Ruth Bielecki
December 4, 2016
Helen Bielecki, 73, of Nederland passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 at her home. She was born on September 29, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Cecil and Martha Scott Richey. Helen had lived in this area for 55 years and was a member of Weslayan Lighthouse Church in Groves. She was employed as Office Manager of Jefferson County District Clerk's...
Jimmie LaV Thomson
December 3, 2016
Jimmie LaV Thomson Jimmie LaV Thomson, 96, of Groves passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Brookdale Dowlen Oaks Assisted Living in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on January 2, 1920 in Zavalla, Texas to James E. and Norah Mott Colwell. Jimmie had lived in this area for 71 years and was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves....
Elizabeth "Betty" Benton
December 2, 2016
Elizabeth (Betty) Benton was born October 13, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas, and passed away in Austin, Texas, on December 2, 2016. She was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church in Port Arthur and spent her final three years in a nursing home in Austin. Betty had many long-time friends and co-workers, first at Sears in Port Arthur...
Mary Vell Landry
December 1, 2016
Mary Vell Landry, 89, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care. Mary was born June 14, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas to Manuel Frank Vell and Eunice Landry Vell. Mary was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her daughters,...
Sergio Madrid Ayala
December 1, 2016
Sergio Madrid Ayala, 58, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 1, 2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Sergio was born August 3, 1958 in Jalisco, Mexico to Manuel Ayala and Esther Madrid Ayala. He was a resident of this area for nineteen years and worked for M&M Industrial in Nederland as a Welder/Fitter with eleven years of...
Carrie Ann Duhon
November 30, 2016
Carrie Ann Duhon, 73, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 in Beaumont, Texas. Carrie was born on December 4, 1942 in Houston, Texas to the late Preston Weeks and Mable Nolan Weeks. Carrie is survived by her son, John W. Duhon of Nederland and her grandsons, John Glenn Duhon and Thomas Wayne Duhon, both of Nederland;...
Gerald Clark Cunningham
November 25, 2016
Gerald Clark Cunningham Gerald Clark Cunningham, 88, of Groves passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on October 5, 1928 in El-Dorado, Arkansas to Robert Earl Sprowl Cunningham and Oma Lenora Dubois Cunningham. Gerald had lived in Groves for 65 years and was retired from Gulf/Chevron as a mechanical and...
Margie Ferguson
November 25, 2016
Margie Ferguson Margie Ferguson, 88, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was born on March 3, 1928 in Milam, Texas to George and Pearl Chambers Greer. Margie had lived in Port Acres for over 60 years and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at...
Oray Paul Darder
November 23, 2016
Oray P. Darder, 84, of Nederland, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at the Harbor House in Beaumont with his family by his side. Oray was born June 17, 1932 in Port Acres to the late Vincent Henry Darder and Odelia LeTulle Darder. Oray retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur in 1987 as a process operator with 32 years...
Martin "Mike" Hlavinka, Jr.
November 20, 2016
Martin "Mike" Hlavinka, Jr. Martin "Mike" Hlavinka, Jr., 89, of Port Arthur passed away Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on August 20, 1927 in East Bernard, Texas to Martin and Victoria Hlavinka. Mike was a lifelong resident of this area and member of the Catholic faith. He retired from Southern...
Elizabeth "Bettye" Vaughan
November 20, 2016
Elizabeth “Bettye” Vaughan, 88, of Port Neches passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur, TX. Bettye was born in Port Arthur, TX, on October 29, 1928. She is the daughter of the late Harvey Lowe Nance and Mary Harriet Mason Nance. Those left to cherish Bettye’s memory are her son, Mark Kevin Vaughan and...
Wanda McCowan
November 15, 2016
Wanda McCowan, 82, of Nederland passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at her residence. Wanda was born in Port Neches, TX, on October 7, 1934. She is the daughter of the late Claude Bodin, Sr. and Rena Primeaux Bodin. She was a security officer for the oil refinery. Those left to cherish Wanda’s memory are her daughters, Perri Stewart,...
Ruth Ellen Crochet
November 14, 2016
Ruth Ellen Crochet, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, November 14, 2016. Ruth was born July 18, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas to Dudley Benton and Lucy Conner Benton. She was a lifelong area resident and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Lester Crochet. Survivors include her daughters, Renee Hawthorne of Kirbyville, Jeri...
Glenn S. Park
December 13, 2016
Glenn S. Park, 96 of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at the Kountze Nursing Center in Kountze, Texas. Glenn was born on November 21, 1920 in Indiana, PA. to the late, Blair Park and Annie Smeltzer Park. Glenn served his country proudly in the United States Navy for three years and was stationed at the Naval...
Joe A. Mason
December 13, 2016
Joe A. Mason, 81, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Joe was born August 8, 1935 in Ensley, Alabama to Charles Edward Mason and Hattie Normand Mason. He was a resident of Groves for 44 years and retired from Fina as an operator. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Knights of Columbus, and...
Basil Charles Smith, Jr.
December 11, 2016
Basil Charles Smith, Jr., 83, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur, Texas. Basil was born November 10, 1933 in Savannah, Georgia to Basil Charles Smith, Sr. and Virginia Wiggins Smith. He was a resident of Port Neches for forty-two years and retired from Neches Butane with 35 years of service...
Judie Darlene Glidewell
December 11, 2016
Judie Darlene Glidewell passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at the North Cypress Medical Center in Cypress, Texas. Judie is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Myron Glidewell; her son Scott Glidewell and wife Tina; two grandsons Mason and Blaze Glidewell of Cypress, Texas; a sister, Beth DeCuir of Groves, Texas;...
Dorothy Cady Richardson
December 8, 2016
Dorothy Cady Richardson, 89, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, December 08, 2016 at her home. Dorothy was born November 30, 1927 in Mansfield, Louisiana to Reverend James L. Cady and Viana LeDoux Cady. She graduated from Beaumont High School, Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and attended Lamar Jr. College. Dorothy was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist...
Melba Elaine Mosby
December 5, 2016
Melba Elaine Philyaw Mosby, 90, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 5, 2016. Melba was born October 19, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas to James Lee Philyaw, Sr. and Ethel Crabtree Philyaw. She was a lifelong area resident and retired bookkeeper. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Thomas Ussery and Hubert Mosby; granddaughters, Brandi Hartford and...
James Roy Hebert
December 5, 2016
James Roy Hebert, 85, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. James was born October 16, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas to David Joseph Hebert and Isabel Gousuron Hebert. He was a lifelong area resident and retired custodian from the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. He was preceded in death by...
Helen Ruth Bielecki
December 4, 2016
Helen Bielecki, 73, of Nederland passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 at her home. She was born on September 29, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Cecil and Martha Scott Richey. Helen had lived in this area for 55 years and was a member of Weslayan Lighthouse Church in Groves. She was employed as Office Manager of Jefferson County District Clerk's...
Jimmie LaV Thomson
December 3, 2016
Jimmie LaV Thomson Jimmie LaV Thomson, 96, of Groves passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Brookdale Dowlen Oaks Assisted Living in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on January 2, 1920 in Zavalla, Texas to James E. and Norah Mott Colwell. Jimmie had lived in this area for 71 years and was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves....
Elizabeth "Betty" Benton
December 2, 2016
Elizabeth (Betty) Benton was born October 13, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas, and passed away in Austin, Texas, on December 2, 2016. She was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church in Port Arthur and spent her final three years in a nursing home in Austin. Betty had many long-time friends and co-workers, first at Sears in Port Arthur...
Mary Vell Landry
December 1, 2016
Mary Vell Landry, 89, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care. Mary was born June 14, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas to Manuel Frank Vell and Eunice Landry Vell. Mary was a lifelong area resident and member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her daughters,...
Sergio Madrid Ayala
December 1, 2016
Sergio Madrid Ayala, 58, of Port Neches, Texas passed away December 1, 2016 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Sergio was born August 3, 1958 in Jalisco, Mexico to Manuel Ayala and Esther Madrid Ayala. He was a resident of this area for nineteen years and worked for M&M Industrial in Nederland as a Welder/Fitter with eleven years of...
Carrie Ann Duhon
November 30, 2016
Carrie Ann Duhon, 73, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 in Beaumont, Texas. Carrie was born on December 4, 1942 in Houston, Texas to the late Preston Weeks and Mable Nolan Weeks. Carrie is survived by her son, John W. Duhon of Nederland and her grandsons, John Glenn Duhon and Thomas Wayne Duhon, both of Nederland;...
Gerald Clark Cunningham
November 25, 2016
Gerald Clark Cunningham Gerald Clark Cunningham, 88, of Groves passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on October 5, 1928 in El-Dorado, Arkansas to Robert Earl Sprowl Cunningham and Oma Lenora Dubois Cunningham. Gerald had lived in Groves for 65 years and was retired from Gulf/Chevron as a mechanical and...
Margie Ferguson
November 25, 2016
Margie Ferguson Margie Ferguson, 88, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was born on March 3, 1928 in Milam, Texas to George and Pearl Chambers Greer. Margie had lived in Port Acres for over 60 years and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at...
Oray Paul Darder
November 23, 2016
Oray P. Darder, 84, of Nederland, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at the Harbor House in Beaumont with his family by his side. Oray was born June 17, 1932 in Port Acres to the late Vincent Henry Darder and Odelia LeTulle Darder. Oray retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur in 1987 as a process operator with 32 years...
Martin "Mike" Hlavinka, Jr.
November 20, 2016
Martin "Mike" Hlavinka, Jr. Martin "Mike" Hlavinka, Jr., 89, of Port Arthur passed away Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born on August 20, 1927 in East Bernard, Texas to Martin and Victoria Hlavinka. Mike was a lifelong resident of this area and member of the Catholic faith. He retired from Southern...
Elizabeth "Bettye" Vaughan
November 20, 2016
Elizabeth “Bettye” Vaughan, 88, of Port Neches passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur, TX. Bettye was born in Port Arthur, TX, on October 29, 1928. She is the daughter of the late Harvey Lowe Nance and Mary Harriet Mason Nance. Those left to cherish Bettye’s memory are her son, Mark Kevin Vaughan and...
Wanda McCowan
November 15, 2016
Wanda McCowan, 82, of Nederland passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at her residence. Wanda was born in Port Neches, TX, on October 7, 1934. She is the daughter of the late Claude Bodin, Sr. and Rena Primeaux Bodin. She was a security officer for the oil refinery. Those left to cherish Wanda’s memory are her daughters, Perri Stewart,...
Ruth Ellen Crochet
November 14, 2016
Ruth Ellen Crochet, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, November 14, 2016. Ruth was born July 18, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas to Dudley Benton and Lucy Conner Benton. She was a lifelong area resident and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Lester Crochet. Survivors include her daughters, Renee Hawthorne of Kirbyville, Jeri...
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