Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Barbara Renska Booz Hayes
December 18, 2016
Barbara Renska Booz Hayes went home to be with her Lord and Savior on December 18, 2016. She passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. Barbara was born September 28, 1932 to Hannah Bos Booz and Clarence Edward Booz Jr. in Port Arthur, Texas, where she graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1951. She then received her...
William M. Timmerman, Sr.
December 18, 2016
W. M. Timmerman, Sr., 95, of San Antonio, Texas passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016. William was born August 21, 1921 in Hope Hull, Alabama to Samuel F. Timmerman and Fannie Garrett Timmerman. He was a longtime area resident before moving to San Antonio where he was a member of Pecan Valley Church of Christ. He retired as a sales...
James "Jim" Robert Elliott
December 17, 2016
James “Jim” Robert Elliott, 98, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, Texas. Jim was born on December 9, 1918 in Olla, Louisiana to the late M.A. Elliott, Sr. and Kate Presridge Elliott. Jim worked with the Little League Baseball Program in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He was active with Boy...
Frances "Jean" Pierce
December 16, 2016
Frances "Jean" Pierce, 83, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur. Frances was born October 3, 1933 in Port Arthur, Texas to Fred A. Dement and Mattie B. Stanley Dement. She was a lifelong area resident and member of Memorial Baptist Church. Frances retired from Texaco Federal Credit Union as supervisor of...
Roland Henry Bailey
December 16, 2016
Roland Henry Bailey, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at his home. Roland was born April 13, 1926 in Nederland, Texas to William Henry Bailey and Alice Bordes Bailey. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired B.F. Goodrich Sheet Metal Worker with 38 years of service. Roland was a member of First Baptist...
Wilton John Prejean
December 15, 2016
Wilton John Prejean, 96, of Carencro, Louisiana passed away Thursday, December 15, 2016. Wilton was born December 11, 1920 in Port Neches, Texas to J. C. Prejean and Julie Hernandez Prejean. He was a longtime area resident residing in Beaumont and Orange before moving to Carencro 5 years ago. Wilton was a retired Civil Engineer. He was a member of...
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...
Barbara Renska Booz Hayes
December 18, 2016
Barbara Renska Booz Hayes went home to be with her Lord and Savior on December 18, 2016. She passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. Barbara was born September 28, 1932 to Hannah Bos Booz and Clarence Edward Booz Jr. in Port Arthur, Texas, where she graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1951. She then received her...
William M. Timmerman, Sr.
December 18, 2016
W. M. Timmerman, Sr., 95, of San Antonio, Texas passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016. William was born August 21, 1921 in Hope Hull, Alabama to Samuel F. Timmerman and Fannie Garrett Timmerman. He was a longtime area resident before moving to San Antonio where he was a member of Pecan Valley Church of Christ. He retired as a sales...
James "Jim" Robert Elliott
December 17, 2016
James “Jim” Robert Elliott, 98, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, Texas. Jim was born on December 9, 1918 in Olla, Louisiana to the late M.A. Elliott, Sr. and Kate Presridge Elliott. Jim worked with the Little League Baseball Program in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He was active with Boy...
Frances "Jean" Pierce
December 16, 2016
Frances "Jean" Pierce, 83, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at Cypress Glen in Port Arthur. Frances was born October 3, 1933 in Port Arthur, Texas to Fred A. Dement and Mattie B. Stanley Dement. She was a lifelong area resident and member of Memorial Baptist Church. Frances retired from Texaco Federal Credit Union as supervisor of...
Roland Henry Bailey
December 16, 2016
Roland Henry Bailey, 90, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at his home. Roland was born April 13, 1926 in Nederland, Texas to William Henry Bailey and Alice Bordes Bailey. He was a lifelong area resident and a retired B.F. Goodrich Sheet Metal Worker with 38 years of service. Roland was a member of First Baptist...
Wilton John Prejean
December 15, 2016
Wilton John Prejean, 96, of Carencro, Louisiana passed away Thursday, December 15, 2016. Wilton was born December 11, 1920 in Port Neches, Texas to J. C. Prejean and Julie Hernandez Prejean. He was a longtime area resident residing in Beaumont and Orange before moving to Carencro 5 years ago. Wilton was a retired Civil Engineer. He was a member of...
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...