Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
John Charles "Pat" Patrick Adams
January 18, 2015
John Charles “Pat” Patrick Adams, 65, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Christus-St. Mary’s Hospital. He was born on May 29, 1949 in New York to the late John Nicholas Adams and Doris Mae Dufrense. Pat served honorably in our U.S. Navy from 1968-1972 during the Vietnam War Conflict. He was a member of...
Juanita H. Bain
January 17, 2015
Juanita H. Bain, 93, passed away January 17, 2015 after a brief illness. She was born on October 17, 1921 in Slaton, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband Lucian Bain, her father and mother, Russell and Aria Edna Ham and her brother, Billy Mark Ham. She is survived by cousins, Jayna Holley and husband, Clint and Mark...
Eudora Haber
January 17, 2015
Eudora Murry Haber, 98, of Port Arthur passed away Saturday January 17, 2015. Eudora was born March 6, 1916 in Ripley Mississippi to C.M. Murry and Hattie Neblett Murry. She was a homemaker and resident of Port Arthur for 78 years and a member of Providence Church. She was also a member of the Chapter AT P.E.O. Sisterhood. Eudora was...
Alice Amelia "Amy" Pitre
January 17, 2015
Alice Amelia "Amy" Pitre Alice Amelia "Amy" Pitre, 64, of Groves passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on November 2, 1950 in Jonesboro, Louisiana to Travis Paul and Grace Watts Enmon. Amy was a graduate of Port Neches Groves High School and a small business owner for many years. She was...
Melvin L. Dubois
January 16, 2015
Melvin L. Dubois, 74, of Groves passed away Friday, January 16, 2015 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Melvin was born on February 28, 1940 in Lena, Louisiana to Ralph Dubois and Delsie Guinn Dubois. He was a resident of the area for 48 years and a retired Maintenance Supervisor with Unocal with 37 years of service. He...
Lisa McCoy Gassiott
January 16, 2015
Lisa McCoy Gassiott, 54, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015 at Christus-St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on December 12, 1960 in Houston to Robert Wayne McCoy and Joyce Dell Coker McCoy. Lisa was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches, and she also worked as a Phlebotomist in the...
J. V. Merideth, Jr.
January 15, 2015
J.V. Merideth, Jr., 94, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Summer Place Rehab in Beaumont. He was born on July 5, 1920 in Van Zandt County, Texas to the late J.V. Merideth, Sr. and Anna Jewel Gibson Merideth. J.V. retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Neches as an Operator, and served honorably in WWII...
Ray Byrd
January 13, 2015
Ray Byrd, 73, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. He was born on February 10, 1941 in Shelbyville, Texas to the late Joseph Warren Byrd, Sr. and Ada Brittian Byrd. Ray worked as Assistant Chief Appraiser for the Jefferson County Appraisal District. Ray is survived by his wife, Frances Byrd...
Evelyn Marie LaVergne
January 11, 2015
Evelyn Marie LaVergne, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015. She was born November 24, 1935 in Maurice, Louisiana to Andrus Arabie and Gertie Jean Hebert Arabie. Evelyn was a 60 year area resident and longtime member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She was a retired custodian from Port Neches ISD. Evelyn was preceded in death by...
Raymond Earl Howard, Sr.
January 11, 2015
Raymond Earl Howard Sr., 87, of Groves, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Christus-St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Raymond was born July 23, 1927 in Port Arthur to the late Henry Earl Howard and Etta Nancy Davis Howard, and he lived all of his life in the Port Arthur and Groves area. Raymond retired from Texaco Refinery in...
Anna Heintschel McCorvy
January 9, 2015
Anna Oleta Heintschel McCorvy, 94, of Groves, passed away into the loving arms of her Savior and Lord on Friday, January 9, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born to Frank and Annie Heintschel on August 6, 1920 as the baby of nine children in Port Arthur, TX. At age 30, she moved...
Marian Judice Vincent
January 7, 2015
Marian Judice Vincent, 90, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at her residence. Marian was born February 13, 1924 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Austin Judice and Solange Champagne Judice. She was a homemaker and a resident of this area for over sixty years. Marian was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. A...
Lois M. Childers
January 7, 2015
Lois M. Childers, 101, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Cambridge Nursing Home in Richmond, Texas. Lois was born March 25, 1913 in Newton County, Texas to Walter Isaac Miller and Mary Jeanette Young Miller. She was an area resident for 80 years before moving to Sugar Land 12 years ago. She was a longtime...
Joseph Marshall Luquette
January 7, 2015
Joseph Marshall Luquette, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away on January 7, 2015 at his residence. He was born on March 20, 1928 in Port Neches to the late Farness and Mary Etta Vallow Luquette. He retired from Texaco as an Ethelene Operator and served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Joseph is survived by his three daughters, Pamela Sasser and...
Ivaleta Joyce Lege
January 6, 2015
Ivaleta Joyce Lege, 89, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Ivaleta was born May 30, 1925 in Emmett, Texas to Andrew Balley and Nannie Stroder Balley. She was a resident of Groves for 20 years and retired caretaker for the Humane Society. Survivors include her daughter, Toni Breaux and husband Courtney of Groves, TX; son, Charles Michael "Peanut" Lege of...
Max Laird
January 6, 2015
Max Laird, 78, of Groves, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in Port Arthur. Max was born August 28, 1936 in Port Arthur to the late Andrew and Versey Myers Laird. Max was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and Groves area and retired self-employed Broker with Max Laird Insurance Agency with 55 years of service. A gathering of Max’s...
James Donald Goebel
January 5, 2015
James Donald Goebel, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur, Texas. James was born November 2, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Gus Henry Goebel and Emma Esbell Zingerman Goebel. He was a lifelong area resident and retired from Gulf Oil/Chevron USA as a senior design engineer after 38 years...
Stanley Alan Wappler
January 5, 2015
Stanley Alan Wappler, 61, of Port Arthur passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 at his home. He was born on August 21, 1953 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joe Eckhardt Wappler and Anita Zoch Wappler. Stanley was a lifelong area resident and was retired as a carpenter from Kizziah Construction. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 12...
Joseph "Pete" Trosclair
January 3, 2015
Capt. Joseph I. "Pete" Trosclair, 83, of Groves passed away Saturday January 3, 2015 at his residence. Joseph was born September 14, 1931 in Houma, Louisiana to Angelo Trosclair and Louise Foret Trosclair. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves. He worked at Kirby Inland Transportation. Spent many years as Captain aboard many vessels for Kirby. Later...
Velma B. Langlinais
January 3, 2015
Velma B. Langlinais, 94, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on September 4, 1920 in Nunez, Louisiana to the late Ophe Bourque and Laura Guidry Bourque. Velma was a homemaker and a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Velma is survived by her daughter, Irene...
John Charles "Pat" Patrick Adams
January 18, 2015
John Charles “Pat” Patrick Adams, 65, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Christus-St. Mary’s Hospital. He was born on May 29, 1949 in New York to the late John Nicholas Adams and Doris Mae Dufrense. Pat served honorably in our U.S. Navy from 1968-1972 during the Vietnam War Conflict. He was a member of...
Juanita H. Bain
January 17, 2015
Juanita H. Bain, 93, passed away January 17, 2015 after a brief illness. She was born on October 17, 1921 in Slaton, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband Lucian Bain, her father and mother, Russell and Aria Edna Ham and her brother, Billy Mark Ham. She is survived by cousins, Jayna Holley and husband, Clint and Mark...
Eudora Haber
January 17, 2015
Eudora Murry Haber, 98, of Port Arthur passed away Saturday January 17, 2015. Eudora was born March 6, 1916 in Ripley Mississippi to C.M. Murry and Hattie Neblett Murry. She was a homemaker and resident of Port Arthur for 78 years and a member of Providence Church. She was also a member of the Chapter AT P.E.O. Sisterhood. Eudora was...
Alice Amelia "Amy" Pitre
January 17, 2015
Alice Amelia "Amy" Pitre Alice Amelia "Amy" Pitre, 64, of Groves passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. She was born on November 2, 1950 in Jonesboro, Louisiana to Travis Paul and Grace Watts Enmon. Amy was a graduate of Port Neches Groves High School and a small business owner for many years. She was...
Melvin L. Dubois
January 16, 2015
Melvin L. Dubois, 74, of Groves passed away Friday, January 16, 2015 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Melvin was born on February 28, 1940 in Lena, Louisiana to Ralph Dubois and Delsie Guinn Dubois. He was a resident of the area for 48 years and a retired Maintenance Supervisor with Unocal with 37 years of service. He...
Lisa McCoy Gassiott
January 16, 2015
Lisa McCoy Gassiott, 54, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015 at Christus-St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on December 12, 1960 in Houston to Robert Wayne McCoy and Joyce Dell Coker McCoy. Lisa was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Port Neches, and she also worked as a Phlebotomist in the...
J. V. Merideth, Jr.
January 15, 2015
J.V. Merideth, Jr., 94, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Summer Place Rehab in Beaumont. He was born on July 5, 1920 in Van Zandt County, Texas to the late J.V. Merideth, Sr. and Anna Jewel Gibson Merideth. J.V. retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Neches as an Operator, and served honorably in WWII...
Ray Byrd
January 13, 2015
Ray Byrd, 73, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. He was born on February 10, 1941 in Shelbyville, Texas to the late Joseph Warren Byrd, Sr. and Ada Brittian Byrd. Ray worked as Assistant Chief Appraiser for the Jefferson County Appraisal District. Ray is survived by his wife, Frances Byrd...
Evelyn Marie LaVergne
January 11, 2015
Evelyn Marie LaVergne, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015. She was born November 24, 1935 in Maurice, Louisiana to Andrus Arabie and Gertie Jean Hebert Arabie. Evelyn was a 60 year area resident and longtime member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She was a retired custodian from Port Neches ISD. Evelyn was preceded in death by...
Raymond Earl Howard, Sr.
January 11, 2015
Raymond Earl Howard Sr., 87, of Groves, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Christus-St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Raymond was born July 23, 1927 in Port Arthur to the late Henry Earl Howard and Etta Nancy Davis Howard, and he lived all of his life in the Port Arthur and Groves area. Raymond retired from Texaco Refinery in...
Anna Heintschel McCorvy
January 9, 2015
Anna Oleta Heintschel McCorvy, 94, of Groves, passed away into the loving arms of her Savior and Lord on Friday, January 9, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born to Frank and Annie Heintschel on August 6, 1920 as the baby of nine children in Port Arthur, TX. At age 30, she moved...
Marian Judice Vincent
January 7, 2015
Marian Judice Vincent, 90, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at her residence. Marian was born February 13, 1924 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Austin Judice and Solange Champagne Judice. She was a homemaker and a resident of this area for over sixty years. Marian was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches. A...
Lois M. Childers
January 7, 2015
Lois M. Childers, 101, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Cambridge Nursing Home in Richmond, Texas. Lois was born March 25, 1913 in Newton County, Texas to Walter Isaac Miller and Mary Jeanette Young Miller. She was an area resident for 80 years before moving to Sugar Land 12 years ago. She was a longtime...
Joseph Marshall Luquette
January 7, 2015
Joseph Marshall Luquette, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away on January 7, 2015 at his residence. He was born on March 20, 1928 in Port Neches to the late Farness and Mary Etta Vallow Luquette. He retired from Texaco as an Ethelene Operator and served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Joseph is survived by his three daughters, Pamela Sasser and...
Ivaleta Joyce Lege
January 6, 2015
Ivaleta Joyce Lege, 89, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Ivaleta was born May 30, 1925 in Emmett, Texas to Andrew Balley and Nannie Stroder Balley. She was a resident of Groves for 20 years and retired caretaker for the Humane Society. Survivors include her daughter, Toni Breaux and husband Courtney of Groves, TX; son, Charles Michael "Peanut" Lege of...
Max Laird
January 6, 2015
Max Laird, 78, of Groves, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in Port Arthur. Max was born August 28, 1936 in Port Arthur to the late Andrew and Versey Myers Laird. Max was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and Groves area and retired self-employed Broker with Max Laird Insurance Agency with 55 years of service. A gathering of Max’s...
James Donald Goebel
January 5, 2015
James Donald Goebel, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 at Gulf Health Care in Port Arthur, Texas. James was born November 2, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas to Gus Henry Goebel and Emma Esbell Zingerman Goebel. He was a lifelong area resident and retired from Gulf Oil/Chevron USA as a senior design engineer after 38 years...
Stanley Alan Wappler
January 5, 2015
Stanley Alan Wappler, 61, of Port Arthur passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 at his home. He was born on August 21, 1953 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joe Eckhardt Wappler and Anita Zoch Wappler. Stanley was a lifelong area resident and was retired as a carpenter from Kizziah Construction. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 12...
Joseph "Pete" Trosclair
January 3, 2015
Capt. Joseph I. "Pete" Trosclair, 83, of Groves passed away Saturday January 3, 2015 at his residence. Joseph was born September 14, 1931 in Houma, Louisiana to Angelo Trosclair and Louise Foret Trosclair. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves. He worked at Kirby Inland Transportation. Spent many years as Captain aboard many vessels for Kirby. Later...
Velma B. Langlinais
January 3, 2015
Velma B. Langlinais, 94, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on September 4, 1920 in Nunez, Louisiana to the late Ophe Bourque and Laura Guidry Bourque. Velma was a homemaker and a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Velma is survived by her daughter, Irene...