Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
John Eugene Heslop Sr.
September 23, 2015
John Eugene Heslop, Sr., 83, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. He was born September 2, 1932 in Waco, Texas to the late Earl S. Heslop and Myrtle A. Goodgion. John was retired from Foster Wheeler, where worked as an accountant for 35 years. John was a member of Fellowship...
Angela M. Mathews
September 23, 2015
Angela Michelle Mathews passed away Thursday September 23rd 2015 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was born September 16th 1980 to Tracy and Rhonda Webb Mathews in Groves Texas. A lifelong area resident, she had previously attended Lamar University, pursuing a career as an accountant. She had a great passion for animals, and had taken care of many throughout her...
Alvin J. Sonnier
September 23, 2015
Alvin J. Sonnier Alvin J. Sonnier, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at his home. He was born on August 18, 1931 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Purvis and Mabel LeBlanc Sonnier. Alvin had lived in this area since 1952 and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, IBEW Local #390 and the Groves Knights of...
Victoria Elizabeth Avendano
September 21, 2015
Victoria Elizabeth Avendano, a 16-year-old resident of Port Arthur, Texas ran to Jesus’ loving arms on a beautiful sunset evening on Monday September 21, 2015 at 6:09 PM. Victoria was the precious daughter of Carlos & Smirna Avendano born on November 16, 1998. Victoria loved and admired her one and only sister Tiffany Cabrales-Marshall & her brother-in law Marcus Marshall...
Charle Edwin Fleniken
September 20, 2015
Charles E. Fleniken, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Baptist Hospital, in Beaumont, Texas. Charles was born to Nathan Eddie and Effie Lillian Fleniken, in Nacogdoches County, Nacogdoches, Texas on March 17, 1934. He is preceded in death by both his parents; sisters, Elvie Ruth Kelley and Mattie Jane Eddleman; wife, Zola Ruth Begnaud...
Darrell Douglas Jones
September 17, 2015
Darrell Douglas Jones, 81, of Nederland, Texas died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Darrell was born November 28, 1933 in Nederland, Texas to Jesse Isiah Jones and Zemma Woolley Jones. He was a resident of Nederland, Texas for 74 years and a former resident of Warren, Texas from 1935 to...
Ernest Joseph Venable Jr.
September 17, 2015
Ernest “Mickey” Joseph Venable, Jr. 83, of Groves, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at his residence. Mickey was born September 17, 1932 in Port Arthur to the late Ernest J. Venable, Sr., and Amy Broussard Venable. Mickey was retired from Texaco/Star as a supervisor with 42 years of service. A Memorial Mass will be conducted Saturday, October 3rd, 2015...
Chris Gohlke
September 16, 2015
Raymond Christopher “Chris” Gohlke, 34, of Port Neches, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015. He was born in Beaumont, March 25, 1981 to Richard Don Gohlke and Cathy Rae Jefferson Gohlke. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Nederland, with Rev. Pat Cammarata officiating. A gathering of his family and friends...
Julio Chavez Martinez
September 16, 2015
Julio Chavez Martinez, 67, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care in Nederland, Texas. Julio was born in Saltillo, Mexico and was resident of Port Arthur for 9 years. He is survived by his wife, Concepcion Chavez of Port Arthur; children, Elizabeth Cravens of Nederland, Obdulia Delgado of Texas City, Lorene Arredondo...
John Mortimer Gardemal Jr.
September 16, 2015
Celebration of Life for John Gardemal There will be a Celebration of Life for John Gardemal, Saturday, October 3, 2015 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Port Neches at 12:00 p.m. Please come and join family and friends in celebrating John’s life. There will be food and music provided. It’s a Party, because that is how John would want...
Frances Ford
September 14, 2015
Frances Coyle McClain Barrow Ford was born January 21st, 1925 to parents Ida Alma and Alex McClain, in Deemer, Mississippi. She died on Monday, September 14th in Tyler, Texas. She was the youngest of 12 children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Edward Barrow, and son, Joseph Edward Barrow, Jr., as well as husband, Charles Paul 'Charlie'...
Paul Dickson
September 13, 2015
Paul Dickson, 56, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015. Born to Richard Dickson and Earline Guillot Dickson on March 1, 1959, Paul was a live long Port Acres area resident before moving to Houston 8 years ago. He retired as a supervisor from M-Weld after 25 years of service and was a member of Little Flower...
Vernon Harwood Ferguson
September 13, 2015
Vernon Harwood Ferguson passed from this life on September 13, 2015 surrounded by his loving family and friends after a lengthy illness at home in Groves, Texas. Vernon was born on Thursday October 23, 1930 in Fairland, Texas to parents Sam Riley Ferguson, Sr. and Clara Elizabeth Tumlinson Ferguson. Vernon had 5 brothers, Lee David, Deward Riley, Dewey Lyndon, Sam...
Kathryn Lusignan
September 12, 2015
A Mass of Christian Burial for Kathryn Elaine Lusignan will be held Thursday at 2:00 pm at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches, with burial to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves under the direction of Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland. Her family will receive visitors from 5 to 8 pm Wednesday, with a vigil services to be...
Edsel F. Duhon
September 11, 2015
Edsel F. Duhon, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Edsel was born September 4, 1926 in Sour Lake, Texas to Willis Duhon and Clara Hanks Duhon. He was a lifelong area resident. Edsel retired from Texaco Refinery as a head foreman of the Electrical Department after 38...
Frances A. Betancourt
September 10, 2015
Frances A. Betancourt, 77, of Groves passed away on Thursday September 10th 2015 at Magnolia Manor in Groves. She was born in Arkansas on May 19, 1938 to the late Arlie Lee Merrell and Frances Carnelia Norris. Frances is survived by her loving husband, Jose Betancourt; her six children, Rickey, Buster, Chris, Janna Morwill, Kay Philpott and Simon Zamora; her...
Randy Joseph Constantine
September 8, 2015
Randy Constantine, 63, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Randy was born October 15, 1951 in Rayne, Louisiana to Vernie J. Constantine and Thelma Baronet Constantine. He was a lifelong area resident and was a retired handyman with 35 years of service. He was preceded in...
Patsy L. Garrett Drake
September 8, 2015
Patsy Garrett Drake was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Patsy was born in Nacogdoches, TX March 11th, 1939 to late Archie and Jewell Boatman-Garrett. When she was 5 her family moved to Houston, TX. Several years later the family welcomed her brother, Sherman Garrett. Her primary days she attended Aldine I.S.D. and...
Dale Joseph Bourque
September 4, 2015
Dale Joseph Bourque, 73, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 at his residence. He was born on October 16, 1941 in Beaumont, TX to the late Louis Joseph Borque and Mary Lucille Janise Borque. Dale was an electrician for the majority of his lifetime. He also served in the U.S. Army, loved country music, playing the...
James Ebanks Howell
September 4, 2015
James Ebanks Howell passed away at home surrounded by his children on Friday, September 4, 2015. He was best known to most as Howell. Howell was born on September 20, 1921, to Calvin and Ida Ebanks of West Bay, Grand Cayman, B.W.I. He married his devoted and loving wife Marrie Borden Howell of Mount Pleasant, Grand Cayman, B.W.I., in 1949....
John Eugene Heslop Sr.
September 23, 2015
John Eugene Heslop, Sr., 83, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home. He was born September 2, 1932 in Waco, Texas to the late Earl S. Heslop and Myrtle A. Goodgion. John was retired from Foster Wheeler, where worked as an accountant for 35 years. John was a member of Fellowship...
Angela M. Mathews
September 23, 2015
Angela Michelle Mathews passed away Thursday September 23rd 2015 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was born September 16th 1980 to Tracy and Rhonda Webb Mathews in Groves Texas. A lifelong area resident, she had previously attended Lamar University, pursuing a career as an accountant. She had a great passion for animals, and had taken care of many throughout her...
Alvin J. Sonnier
September 23, 2015
Alvin J. Sonnier Alvin J. Sonnier, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at his home. He was born on August 18, 1931 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Purvis and Mabel LeBlanc Sonnier. Alvin had lived in this area since 1952 and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, IBEW Local #390 and the Groves Knights of...
Victoria Elizabeth Avendano
September 21, 2015
Victoria Elizabeth Avendano, a 16-year-old resident of Port Arthur, Texas ran to Jesus’ loving arms on a beautiful sunset evening on Monday September 21, 2015 at 6:09 PM. Victoria was the precious daughter of Carlos & Smirna Avendano born on November 16, 1998. Victoria loved and admired her one and only sister Tiffany Cabrales-Marshall & her brother-in law Marcus Marshall...
Charle Edwin Fleniken
September 20, 2015
Charles E. Fleniken, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Baptist Hospital, in Beaumont, Texas. Charles was born to Nathan Eddie and Effie Lillian Fleniken, in Nacogdoches County, Nacogdoches, Texas on March 17, 1934. He is preceded in death by both his parents; sisters, Elvie Ruth Kelley and Mattie Jane Eddleman; wife, Zola Ruth Begnaud...
Darrell Douglas Jones
September 17, 2015
Darrell Douglas Jones, 81, of Nederland, Texas died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. Darrell was born November 28, 1933 in Nederland, Texas to Jesse Isiah Jones and Zemma Woolley Jones. He was a resident of Nederland, Texas for 74 years and a former resident of Warren, Texas from 1935 to...
Ernest Joseph Venable Jr.
September 17, 2015
Ernest “Mickey” Joseph Venable, Jr. 83, of Groves, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at his residence. Mickey was born September 17, 1932 in Port Arthur to the late Ernest J. Venable, Sr., and Amy Broussard Venable. Mickey was retired from Texaco/Star as a supervisor with 42 years of service. A Memorial Mass will be conducted Saturday, October 3rd, 2015...
Chris Gohlke
September 16, 2015
Raymond Christopher “Chris” Gohlke, 34, of Port Neches, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015. He was born in Beaumont, March 25, 1981 to Richard Don Gohlke and Cathy Rae Jefferson Gohlke. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Nederland, with Rev. Pat Cammarata officiating. A gathering of his family and friends...
Julio Chavez Martinez
September 16, 2015
Julio Chavez Martinez, 67, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care in Nederland, Texas. Julio was born in Saltillo, Mexico and was resident of Port Arthur for 9 years. He is survived by his wife, Concepcion Chavez of Port Arthur; children, Elizabeth Cravens of Nederland, Obdulia Delgado of Texas City, Lorene Arredondo...
John Mortimer Gardemal Jr.
September 16, 2015
Celebration of Life for John Gardemal There will be a Celebration of Life for John Gardemal, Saturday, October 3, 2015 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Port Neches at 12:00 p.m. Please come and join family and friends in celebrating John’s life. There will be food and music provided. It’s a Party, because that is how John would want...
Frances Ford
September 14, 2015
Frances Coyle McClain Barrow Ford was born January 21st, 1925 to parents Ida Alma and Alex McClain, in Deemer, Mississippi. She died on Monday, September 14th in Tyler, Texas. She was the youngest of 12 children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Edward Barrow, and son, Joseph Edward Barrow, Jr., as well as husband, Charles Paul 'Charlie'...
Paul Dickson
September 13, 2015
Paul Dickson, 56, of Port Acres, Texas passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015. Born to Richard Dickson and Earline Guillot Dickson on March 1, 1959, Paul was a live long Port Acres area resident before moving to Houston 8 years ago. He retired as a supervisor from M-Weld after 25 years of service and was a member of Little Flower...
Vernon Harwood Ferguson
September 13, 2015
Vernon Harwood Ferguson passed from this life on September 13, 2015 surrounded by his loving family and friends after a lengthy illness at home in Groves, Texas. Vernon was born on Thursday October 23, 1930 in Fairland, Texas to parents Sam Riley Ferguson, Sr. and Clara Elizabeth Tumlinson Ferguson. Vernon had 5 brothers, Lee David, Deward Riley, Dewey Lyndon, Sam...
Kathryn Lusignan
September 12, 2015
A Mass of Christian Burial for Kathryn Elaine Lusignan will be held Thursday at 2:00 pm at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches, with burial to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves under the direction of Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland. Her family will receive visitors from 5 to 8 pm Wednesday, with a vigil services to be...
Edsel F. Duhon
September 11, 2015
Edsel F. Duhon, 89, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Edsel was born September 4, 1926 in Sour Lake, Texas to Willis Duhon and Clara Hanks Duhon. He was a lifelong area resident. Edsel retired from Texaco Refinery as a head foreman of the Electrical Department after 38...
Frances A. Betancourt
September 10, 2015
Frances A. Betancourt, 77, of Groves passed away on Thursday September 10th 2015 at Magnolia Manor in Groves. She was born in Arkansas on May 19, 1938 to the late Arlie Lee Merrell and Frances Carnelia Norris. Frances is survived by her loving husband, Jose Betancourt; her six children, Rickey, Buster, Chris, Janna Morwill, Kay Philpott and Simon Zamora; her...
Randy Joseph Constantine
September 8, 2015
Randy Constantine, 63, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Randy was born October 15, 1951 in Rayne, Louisiana to Vernie J. Constantine and Thelma Baronet Constantine. He was a lifelong area resident and was a retired handyman with 35 years of service. He was preceded in...
Patsy L. Garrett Drake
September 8, 2015
Patsy Garrett Drake was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Patsy was born in Nacogdoches, TX March 11th, 1939 to late Archie and Jewell Boatman-Garrett. When she was 5 her family moved to Houston, TX. Several years later the family welcomed her brother, Sherman Garrett. Her primary days she attended Aldine I.S.D. and...
Dale Joseph Bourque
September 4, 2015
Dale Joseph Bourque, 73, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 at his residence. He was born on October 16, 1941 in Beaumont, TX to the late Louis Joseph Borque and Mary Lucille Janise Borque. Dale was an electrician for the majority of his lifetime. He also served in the U.S. Army, loved country music, playing the...
James Ebanks Howell
September 4, 2015
James Ebanks Howell passed away at home surrounded by his children on Friday, September 4, 2015. He was best known to most as Howell. Howell was born on September 20, 1921, to Calvin and Ida Ebanks of West Bay, Grand Cayman, B.W.I. He married his devoted and loving wife Marrie Borden Howell of Mount Pleasant, Grand Cayman, B.W.I., in 1949....
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