Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Willie Mae Romero LaGrange
December 31, 2016
Willie Mae LaGrange was born May 28, 1917 to the late Harry J. Romero and Mary Ella Victoria Robicheaux of Centerville, Louisiana. She was baptized Willina May Romero, but went by Willie Mae Romero. She passed away December 31, 2016. She lived in Port Arthur and was a graduate of St. Mary’s High school in Port Arthur, Texas. She married...
Gola Belle Lowrey
December 31, 2016
Gola Belle Tipton Lowrey 1919-2016 Gola Belle Tipton Lowrey, 97, of The Woodlands, Texas for the last nine years, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, early in the morning on New Year's Eve, while sleeping peacefully. This beautiful, blonde, green-eyed baby girl was born on September 14, 1919 in Marshall, Arkansas to William Wile Tipton and...
Raymond L. Cates
December 31, 2016
Raymond L. Cates, 72, of Nederland passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Ray was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on March 23, 1944. He is the son of the late Lewis Ezra Cates and Jeffey Loreda Moore Cates. Ray served in the United States Marines from 1960 to 1969 and was in...
Donna Ingo Roberts Gonzales
December 26, 2016
Donna Ingo Roberts Gonzales, 75, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Donna was born December 11, 1941 in Dequincy, Louisiana to Felix Ingo and Johnie Johnson Ingo. Donna was a longtime area resident and also lived in Austin where she was employed as a Licensed Vocational Nurse for 35...
Beulah M. Larsen
December 24, 2016
Beulah M. Larsen, 96, of Groves, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016. Beulah was born October 15, 1920 in Beaumont, Texas to Joseph John Miller and Teresa Bertrand Miller. She was a resident of Groves for 69 years and retired lab technician from Total. Beulah was a longtime member of the Seventh Day Adventist. She was also held membership with...
Leon J. Hebert
December 22, 2016
Leon J. Hebert, 80, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016. Leon was born October 11, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas to Remie Hebert and Levie Poche Hebert. He was a lifelong resident of this area and retired from Lincoln Welding Supply with 44 years of service. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m....
Harry Thomas Roberts
December 20, 2016
Harry Thomas Roberts, 88, of Groves passed away peacefully at his residence on December 20, 2016. He was born in Paw Creek, North Carolina on March 28, 1928, to John and Kyree Roberts. At the age of 17, he began his adventure at sea as a Merchant Marine ferrying American troops, home from World War II. He later went to...
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...
Willie Mae Romero LaGrange
December 31, 2016
Willie Mae LaGrange was born May 28, 1917 to the late Harry J. Romero and Mary Ella Victoria Robicheaux of Centerville, Louisiana. She was baptized Willina May Romero, but went by Willie Mae Romero. She passed away December 31, 2016. She lived in Port Arthur and was a graduate of St. Mary’s High school in Port Arthur, Texas. She married...
Gola Belle Lowrey
December 31, 2016
Gola Belle Tipton Lowrey 1919-2016 Gola Belle Tipton Lowrey, 97, of The Woodlands, Texas for the last nine years, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, early in the morning on New Year's Eve, while sleeping peacefully. This beautiful, blonde, green-eyed baby girl was born on September 14, 1919 in Marshall, Arkansas to William Wile Tipton and...
Raymond L. Cates
December 31, 2016
Raymond L. Cates, 72, of Nederland passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Ray was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on March 23, 1944. He is the son of the late Lewis Ezra Cates and Jeffey Loreda Moore Cates. Ray served in the United States Marines from 1960 to 1969 and was in...
Donna Ingo Roberts Gonzales
December 26, 2016
Donna Ingo Roberts Gonzales, 75, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Donna was born December 11, 1941 in Dequincy, Louisiana to Felix Ingo and Johnie Johnson Ingo. Donna was a longtime area resident and also lived in Austin where she was employed as a Licensed Vocational Nurse for 35...
Beulah M. Larsen
December 24, 2016
Beulah M. Larsen, 96, of Groves, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016. Beulah was born October 15, 1920 in Beaumont, Texas to Joseph John Miller and Teresa Bertrand Miller. She was a resident of Groves for 69 years and retired lab technician from Total. Beulah was a longtime member of the Seventh Day Adventist. She was also held membership with...
Leon J. Hebert
December 22, 2016
Leon J. Hebert, 80, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016. Leon was born October 11, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas to Remie Hebert and Levie Poche Hebert. He was a lifelong resident of this area and retired from Lincoln Welding Supply with 44 years of service. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m....
Harry Thomas Roberts
December 20, 2016
Harry Thomas Roberts, 88, of Groves passed away peacefully at his residence on December 20, 2016. He was born in Paw Creek, North Carolina on March 28, 1928, to John and Kyree Roberts. At the age of 17, he began his adventure at sea as a Merchant Marine ferrying American troops, home from World War II. He later went to...
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...