Obituaries for Melancon Levingston

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.

Fannie Leona Bussey

Fannie Leona Bussey

May 25, 2016

Fannie Leona Bussey, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in Nederland, Texas. Fannie was born June 7, 1927 in Wilkes County, Georgia to William J. Bailey and Bertha Turner Bailey. She was a resident of Port Neches since 1949 and a member of Central Baptist Church in Port Neches. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m....

Ruth Marie Smith

Ruth Marie Smith

May 24, 2016

Ruth Marie Smith travelled home to heaven on May 24, 2016, to join 'the love of her life', her husband, Chuck Smith. Ruth was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and was a 60 year resident of Nederland. Survived by her brother, Sidney Kelley of Richardson her son, Wayne Bloomfield daughters, Rosalie Lowe and Shari' Bloomfield Harris and husband, Terry Harrisgrandchildren, Amanda...

Linda Baca Bargainer

Linda Baca Bargainer

May 23, 2016

Linda Baca Bargainer, 69, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Linda was born July 1, 1946 in Livingston, Texas to Johnnie Alford and Maxine Thomas Alford McEwin. She was a lifelong area resident and retired grocery woman from Alford's Supermarket in Port Acres as well as working with her husband in Benny's convenience stores. She had...

Verbie Bryan

Verbie Bryan

May 23, 2016

Mary Verbie Bryan, 100, died at Conroe, Texas on May 23, 2016. Verbie was the last surviving sibling of seven children born to Verner and Jim Young. She was born on her parents' cotton farm on February 20, 1916 at Estes Mill, Mississippi. She married A.V. Bryan on May 4, 1941 in Yuma, Arizona. They lived in San Diego and...

Diane Norvell Bates

Diane Norvell Bates

May 21, 2016

Diane Norvell Bates Diane Norvell Bates, 72, of Bridge City passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on December 30, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to Graham Norvell and Estelle Deason Norvell. Diane was a lifelong resident of this area and a Senior Loan Officer with Gulf Employees Credit Union with...

Janine Celeste Romero

Janine Celeste Romero

May 20, 2016

Janine Celeste Romero, 90, of Groves, passed away May 20, 2016 in Houston, Texas. She was born August 12, 1925, in Meuse, France, to the late Gustave Berthelemy and Helene Leclaire Berthelemy. Janine is survived by her son, Chris A. Romero & wife Karen of Houston, TX; daughters, Kathleen Williamson Saucier & husband Anthony of Missouri City, TX and Beatrice...

Bula Claire Fiscus Kinsey

Bula Claire Fiscus Kinsey

May 19, 2016

Bula Claire Fiscus Kinsey, 90, of Port Arthur, passed away May 19, 2016. She was born December 29, 1925, in Mountainburg, AR, to the late Irving Henry Claire and Doris Kenworthy. Bula is survived by her sons, William Fiscus and wife, Linda of San Diego, CA, Robert Wayne Kinsey and wife, Nelda of Richmond, TX; daughter, Kathy Humphries and husband,...

Milton Michael Broussard

Milton Michael Broussard

May 16, 2016

Milton Michael Broussard, age 101, passed away May 16. Services will be held Saturday, May 21, at 2 pm, with visitation beginning at 1 pm at Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Ralph Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. Milton was born in the Half-Moon Reef Lighthouse in Matagorda Bay, Texas, where...

Ronnie Leon Anderson

Ronnie Leon Anderson

May 13, 2016

Ronnie Leon Anderson of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Ronnie was born in El Paso, Texas to the late Leon Earl Anderson and Mildred Emily Anderson. Heaven has gained an angel and he will be missed by all his family. He is survived by his son Ronnie Leon Anderson...

Mary Cecile Rodenberry

Mary Cecile Rodenberry

May 11, 2016

Mary Cecile Rodenberry, 93, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Mary was born December 6, 1922 in San Antonio, Texas to David Sanders and Mary Sanders Kennedy. She was a resident of Groves for 10 years and a member of First Baptist Church of Port Arthur, which she enjoyed attending regularly....

Barbara "Bobbie" Benz

Barbara "Bobbie" Benz

May 10, 2016

Barbara "Bobbie" Benz, 75, of Nederland, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Bobbie was born September 5, 1940 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph Allie Morvent and Minnie Merwin Morvent. She was a lifelong area resident and retired from the Port Arthur Post Office as a postal carrier. She...

Willie Marie Williams

Willie Marie Williams

May 10, 2016

Willie Marie Williams, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center in Liberty, Texas. Willie was born August 12, 1930 in Port Neches, Texas to James William Saunders and Esther Frankland Saunders. She was a resident of Groves, Texas for ten years and a former seventy-five year resident of Port Neches, Texas....

Melvin James Loncon

Melvin James Loncon

May 10, 2016

Melvin James Loncon, 75, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Harbor Hospice Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Melvin was born April 13, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Laodice Loncon and Doris Ledet Loncon. He was a resident of Hemphill and was retired from Fina and was serving as fire chief of Fairmount Fire Department. Melvin proudly...

Alvin Ray Penry

Alvin Ray Penry

May 10, 2016

Alvin Ray Penry, 83, passed away on May 10, 2016 at his home in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born in Silsbee, Texas on January 14, 1933 to Joe and Ruth (Buckalew) Penry. Ray graduated from Silsbee High School in 1950 and later worked for Texaco-Port Arthur where he retired in 1988 as a 1st Class Master Craftsman after 38...

Brian Charles Tolley

Brian Charles Tolley

May 9, 2016

Brian Charles Tolley, 56, of Nederland, TX, passed away May 9, 2016. He was born October 22, 1959, in Port Arthur, TX to Charles Tolley and Cleo Wanita Strickland Tolley. In addition to his parents, Brian is survived by his daughter, Andria Mills; granddaughters Joanna Bowen and Avery Bowen. A gathering of family and friends will be Friday, May 13,...

Janet Carol (Estes) Mertens

Janet Carol (Estes) Mertens

May 7, 2016

Janet Carol (Estes) Mertens, 78, of Port Neches, Texas passed away, Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Carol was born November 4, 1937 in Basile, Louisiana to James Bennett Estes and Fannie Belle (Winn) Estes. She was a lifelong resident of this area and was a self-employed Collectible Dealer. Visitation for family and friends...

Vinna Ann Hebert

Vinna Ann Hebert

May 7, 2016

Vinna Ann Hebert, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at April's House of Angels. Vinna was born January 27, 1935 in Leroy, Louisiana to Lennis Bernard and Odette Landry Bernard. She graduated from Indian Bayou High School. Through the years, she had been an active member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in...

Julian "Clayton" Salter, Jr.

Julian "Clayton" Salter, Jr.

May 6, 2016

Julian "Clayton" Salter, Jr., 86 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Friday May 6th, 2016 at Rose Place in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born October 12th, 1929 to Julian C. Salter and Hilda Gandy Salter. Clayton was a native Port Arthurian and a member of the United Methodist Temple. He retired as the owner of Julian Salter Company insurance...

Gloria Ann Marks

Gloria Ann Marks

May 6, 2016

Gloria Ann Marks Gloria Ann Marks, 68, of Groves, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on February 1, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas to Benito Trevino and Mary Jinez Trevino. She was a lifelong area resident and a pipefitter with Local #195. A memorial service will be held at...

Marie Aldredge Jordan

Marie Aldredge Jordan

May 6, 2016

Marie Aldredge Jordan Marie Aldredge Jordan, 91, of Port Neches passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at Villa Asuncion Assisted Living in Princeton, Texas. She was born on June 26, 1924 in Somerville, MA to Horace Snow and Mary Lailer Snow. Marie had lived in this area since 1948 and was a member of First Methodist Church in Port Neches....

Fannie Leona Bussey

Fannie Leona Bussey

May 25, 2016

Fannie Leona Bussey, 88, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in Nederland, Texas. Fannie was born June 7, 1927 in Wilkes County, Georgia to William J. Bailey and Bertha Turner Bailey. She was a resident of Port Neches since 1949 and a member of Central Baptist Church in Port Neches. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m....

Ruth Marie Smith

Ruth Marie Smith

May 24, 2016

Ruth Marie Smith travelled home to heaven on May 24, 2016, to join 'the love of her life', her husband, Chuck Smith. Ruth was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and was a 60 year resident of Nederland. Survived by her brother, Sidney Kelley of Richardson her son, Wayne Bloomfield daughters, Rosalie Lowe and Shari' Bloomfield Harris and husband, Terry Harrisgrandchildren, Amanda...

Linda Baca Bargainer

Linda Baca Bargainer

May 23, 2016

Linda Baca Bargainer, 69, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Linda was born July 1, 1946 in Livingston, Texas to Johnnie Alford and Maxine Thomas Alford McEwin. She was a lifelong area resident and retired grocery woman from Alford's Supermarket in Port Acres as well as working with her husband in Benny's convenience stores. She had...

Verbie Bryan

Verbie Bryan

May 23, 2016

Mary Verbie Bryan, 100, died at Conroe, Texas on May 23, 2016. Verbie was the last surviving sibling of seven children born to Verner and Jim Young. She was born on her parents' cotton farm on February 20, 1916 at Estes Mill, Mississippi. She married A.V. Bryan on May 4, 1941 in Yuma, Arizona. They lived in San Diego and...

Diane Norvell Bates

Diane Norvell Bates

May 21, 2016

Diane Norvell Bates Diane Norvell Bates, 72, of Bridge City passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on December 30, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to Graham Norvell and Estelle Deason Norvell. Diane was a lifelong resident of this area and a Senior Loan Officer with Gulf Employees Credit Union with...

Janine Celeste Romero

Janine Celeste Romero

May 20, 2016

Janine Celeste Romero, 90, of Groves, passed away May 20, 2016 in Houston, Texas. She was born August 12, 1925, in Meuse, France, to the late Gustave Berthelemy and Helene Leclaire Berthelemy. Janine is survived by her son, Chris A. Romero & wife Karen of Houston, TX; daughters, Kathleen Williamson Saucier & husband Anthony of Missouri City, TX and Beatrice...

Bula Claire Fiscus Kinsey

Bula Claire Fiscus Kinsey

May 19, 2016

Bula Claire Fiscus Kinsey, 90, of Port Arthur, passed away May 19, 2016. She was born December 29, 1925, in Mountainburg, AR, to the late Irving Henry Claire and Doris Kenworthy. Bula is survived by her sons, William Fiscus and wife, Linda of San Diego, CA, Robert Wayne Kinsey and wife, Nelda of Richmond, TX; daughter, Kathy Humphries and husband,...

Milton Michael Broussard

Milton Michael Broussard

May 16, 2016

Milton Michael Broussard, age 101, passed away May 16. Services will be held Saturday, May 21, at 2 pm, with visitation beginning at 1 pm at Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Ralph Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. Milton was born in the Half-Moon Reef Lighthouse in Matagorda Bay, Texas, where...

Ronnie Leon Anderson

Ronnie Leon Anderson

May 13, 2016

Ronnie Leon Anderson of Nederland, Texas passed away on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Ronnie was born in El Paso, Texas to the late Leon Earl Anderson and Mildred Emily Anderson. Heaven has gained an angel and he will be missed by all his family. He is survived by his son Ronnie Leon Anderson...

Mary Cecile Rodenberry

Mary Cecile Rodenberry

May 11, 2016

Mary Cecile Rodenberry, 93, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Mary was born December 6, 1922 in San Antonio, Texas to David Sanders and Mary Sanders Kennedy. She was a resident of Groves for 10 years and a member of First Baptist Church of Port Arthur, which she enjoyed attending regularly....

Barbara "Bobbie" Benz

Barbara "Bobbie" Benz

May 10, 2016

Barbara "Bobbie" Benz, 75, of Nederland, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Bobbie was born September 5, 1940 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joseph Allie Morvent and Minnie Merwin Morvent. She was a lifelong area resident and retired from the Port Arthur Post Office as a postal carrier. She...

Willie Marie Williams

Willie Marie Williams

May 10, 2016

Willie Marie Williams, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center in Liberty, Texas. Willie was born August 12, 1930 in Port Neches, Texas to James William Saunders and Esther Frankland Saunders. She was a resident of Groves, Texas for ten years and a former seventy-five year resident of Port Neches, Texas....

Melvin James Loncon

Melvin James Loncon

May 10, 2016

Melvin James Loncon, 75, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Harbor Hospice Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Melvin was born April 13, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Laodice Loncon and Doris Ledet Loncon. He was a resident of Hemphill and was retired from Fina and was serving as fire chief of Fairmount Fire Department. Melvin proudly...

Alvin Ray Penry

Alvin Ray Penry

May 10, 2016

Alvin Ray Penry, 83, passed away on May 10, 2016 at his home in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born in Silsbee, Texas on January 14, 1933 to Joe and Ruth (Buckalew) Penry. Ray graduated from Silsbee High School in 1950 and later worked for Texaco-Port Arthur where he retired in 1988 as a 1st Class Master Craftsman after 38...

Brian Charles Tolley

Brian Charles Tolley

May 9, 2016

Brian Charles Tolley, 56, of Nederland, TX, passed away May 9, 2016. He was born October 22, 1959, in Port Arthur, TX to Charles Tolley and Cleo Wanita Strickland Tolley. In addition to his parents, Brian is survived by his daughter, Andria Mills; granddaughters Joanna Bowen and Avery Bowen. A gathering of family and friends will be Friday, May 13,...

Janet Carol (Estes) Mertens

Janet Carol (Estes) Mertens

May 7, 2016

Janet Carol (Estes) Mertens, 78, of Port Neches, Texas passed away, Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Carol was born November 4, 1937 in Basile, Louisiana to James Bennett Estes and Fannie Belle (Winn) Estes. She was a lifelong resident of this area and was a self-employed Collectible Dealer. Visitation for family and friends...

Vinna Ann Hebert

Vinna Ann Hebert

May 7, 2016

Vinna Ann Hebert, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at April's House of Angels. Vinna was born January 27, 1935 in Leroy, Louisiana to Lennis Bernard and Odette Landry Bernard. She graduated from Indian Bayou High School. Through the years, she had been an active member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in...

Julian "Clayton" Salter, Jr.

Julian "Clayton" Salter, Jr.

May 6, 2016

Julian "Clayton" Salter, Jr., 86 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Friday May 6th, 2016 at Rose Place in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born October 12th, 1929 to Julian C. Salter and Hilda Gandy Salter. Clayton was a native Port Arthurian and a member of the United Methodist Temple. He retired as the owner of Julian Salter Company insurance...

Gloria Ann Marks

Gloria Ann Marks

May 6, 2016

Gloria Ann Marks Gloria Ann Marks, 68, of Groves, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on February 1, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas to Benito Trevino and Mary Jinez Trevino. She was a lifelong area resident and a pipefitter with Local #195. A memorial service will be held at...

Marie Aldredge Jordan

Marie Aldredge Jordan

May 6, 2016

Marie Aldredge Jordan Marie Aldredge Jordan, 91, of Port Neches passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at Villa Asuncion Assisted Living in Princeton, Texas. She was born on June 26, 1924 in Somerville, MA to Horace Snow and Mary Lailer Snow. Marie had lived in this area since 1948 and was a member of First Methodist Church in Port Neches....

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