Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Frances Jones Campbell
December 21, 2012
Frances Jones Campbell, of Port Arthur, passed away on December 21, 2012 at the age of 91. She was born on January 29, 1921 in Celeste, Texas to Bertha and R.L. Jones. Frances graduated from Paschal High School in Fort Worth and attended the University of Texas at Arlington before moving to Port Arthur in 1940. In 1943 she married...
Tony Hollier
December 20, 2012
Tony Hollier, 53, of Port Neches, went home to be with the Lord surrounded by family and friends on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches. All services will take place at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. A Vigil/Rosary will be Sunday, December 23rd at 6 p.m. Funeral Services will be...
Alfred Ernest Smith
December 19, 2012
Alfred Ernest Smith, 73, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Alfred was born November 9, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ernest Edward Smith and Eula Allen Smith. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Southside Baptist Church in Port Neches. He was a retired Civil...
Jessie E. Spikes
December 19, 2012
Jessie E. "Mom" Spikes, 77, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Christus Dubuis Hospital. Jessie was born June 27, 1935 to Otto Powell and Gladys Hester Powell. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of Groves First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in...
Mary E. Fischer
December 18, 2012
Mary E. McConnico Fischer, 83, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Mary was born December 30, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas to Vance McConnico and Eva Marie Dalrymple McConnico. She moved to Beaumont in 1957 and was a longtime member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of the...
Sammy Jack Matthews, Jr.
December 18, 2012
Jack Matthews, Jr., 82, of Port Neches, passed away on December 18, 2012, at his residence. Jack was born on October 14, 1930, in Houston, Texas, to Jack Matthews, Sr. and Julia Matthews. He grew up in Marshall, Texas. Jack retired from Chevron U.S.A. (formerly Gulf Oil Corporation) with 33 years of service as a cost analyst. He enjoyed golf...
Charles "Bones" Anthony Melancon
December 17, 2012
Charles Anthony Bones Melancon of Nederland, Texas died on December 17, 2012. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 12, 1936. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1955 where he was a Three Year Letterman in his favorite sport, football. He served in the Air Force and retired from the Operating Engineers Local 450 as a...
Rodney Landry
December 17, 2012
Rodney Landry, 70, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 17, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on November 1, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Dewey and Sidonie Landry. Rodney was a native and lifelong area resident. He started working in the grocery business at the age of 14 and worked for Roys...
Brian Mark Poirier
December 17, 2012
Brian Poirier, 52, of Kirbyville, TX, went to be with the Lord December 17, 2012, at his home. Brian was born June 16, 1960 in Holyoke, MA, to Beverly Poirier-Maciejko and Marcel A. Poirier. Brian was a resident of Kirbyville, TX and was a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Brian was a loving husband, son,...
Winifred Drawhorn Van Devender
December 16, 2012
Winifred Drawhorn Van Devender passed away peacefully on December 16, 2012, at Life Care Center of Banner Elk NC, at the age of 87.Winnie was born in Port Neches, Texas, to Thomas Ellis and Edith Allen Drawhorn. She lived there until she married Fred R. Van Devender in 1944, and shared and inspired his life for 42 years. She spent...
Mary Wyble
December 16, 2012
Mary Louise Wyble, 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 16, 2012 at Mid Jefferson Hospital in Nederland. She was born March 29, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Herbert and Zula Blackburn Patterson. She was a homemaker and previously worked for Nacol Jewelry in Port Arthur.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on Thursday,...
Bill "Billie" W. Bailey
December 15, 2012
Bill W. Bailey, 60, of Nederland passed away at his home on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Billie was born on July 22, 1952 in Wichita Falls to the late Addie Gee Bailey and Herman Bailey. He was an area resident for 27 years and had been employed as an equipment operator in the refining industry.Billie is preceded in death by...
Theodore Oscar Wukasch
December 14, 2012
Theodore "Ted" Wukasch, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, December 14, 2012. Ted was born July 6, 1924 in Loebau, Texas in Lee County to Ernest Wukasch and Erma Malke Wukasch. He was a resident of Groves for 68 years and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. He retired as a welder from Texaco refinery and was also a...
Lovey D. Barron
December 14, 2012
Lovey D. Barron, 75, of Nederland passed away on December 14, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on August 1, 1937, in Eunice, LA, to the late Tony Fontenot and Inez Manuel Fontenot. Lovey has been an area resident since 1945, and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and she was a homemaker.Lovey is preceded...
Consuelo Castillo Rivas
December 13, 2012
Consuelo Castillo Rivas, 70, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012. Consuelo was born November 17, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to Raymond Silva and Guadalupe Martinez Silva. She was resident of the Groves-Port Arthur area for 47 years and member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Antonio...
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr.
December 13, 2012
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr., 65, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Sidney was born June 21, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sidney Louis Vicknair, Sr. and Betty Lou Rogers Vicknair. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Cowboy Church in Orange. He was a retired deliveryman from Billy Joe's...
John Lee Haviland
December 13, 2012
Joe Haviland, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Joe was born March 31, 1952 in Port Arthur, Texas to Stephen W. Haviland and Gracie Hester Haviland. He was a lifelong area resident and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. He was employed by Patriot Security...
Jerry Daniel Toups
December 11, 2012
Jerry Daniel Toups Jerry Daniel Toups, 71, of Beaumont, Texas died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Christus St. Catherine Hospital in Katy, Texas. Jerry was born December 14, 1940 in Abbeville, Louisiana to John Dalton Toups and Gertrude Villamez Toups. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired Texaco Journeyman/Electrician. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December...
Raymond Arthur Wood
December 11, 2012
Raymond Arthur Wood, 85, of Groves, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1927 in Deweyville, Texas to Arthur and Theresa Hebert Wood. Raymond was a lifelong resident of this area and worked as a switchman for KCS Railroad for 43 years. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m.,...
John Albert Ainsworth
December 8, 2012
John Albert Ainsworth, 62, of Bridge City, Texas passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. John was born December 14, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a resident of Bridge City for 51 years and was a self-employed handyman. Survivors include his son, James Dale Ainsworth of Myrtle Beach, VA and brother, James...
Frances Jones Campbell
December 21, 2012
Frances Jones Campbell, of Port Arthur, passed away on December 21, 2012 at the age of 91. She was born on January 29, 1921 in Celeste, Texas to Bertha and R.L. Jones. Frances graduated from Paschal High School in Fort Worth and attended the University of Texas at Arlington before moving to Port Arthur in 1940. In 1943 she married...
Tony Hollier
December 20, 2012
Tony Hollier, 53, of Port Neches, went home to be with the Lord surrounded by family and friends on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches. All services will take place at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. A Vigil/Rosary will be Sunday, December 23rd at 6 p.m. Funeral Services will be...
Alfred Ernest Smith
December 19, 2012
Alfred Ernest Smith, 73, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Alfred was born November 9, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ernest Edward Smith and Eula Allen Smith. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Southside Baptist Church in Port Neches. He was a retired Civil...
Jessie E. Spikes
December 19, 2012
Jessie E. "Mom" Spikes, 77, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Christus Dubuis Hospital. Jessie was born June 27, 1935 to Otto Powell and Gladys Hester Powell. She was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of Groves First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in...
Mary E. Fischer
December 18, 2012
Mary E. McConnico Fischer, 83, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Mary was born December 30, 1928 in Port Arthur, Texas to Vance McConnico and Eva Marie Dalrymple McConnico. She moved to Beaumont in 1957 and was a longtime member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of the...
Sammy Jack Matthews, Jr.
December 18, 2012
Jack Matthews, Jr., 82, of Port Neches, passed away on December 18, 2012, at his residence. Jack was born on October 14, 1930, in Houston, Texas, to Jack Matthews, Sr. and Julia Matthews. He grew up in Marshall, Texas. Jack retired from Chevron U.S.A. (formerly Gulf Oil Corporation) with 33 years of service as a cost analyst. He enjoyed golf...
Charles "Bones" Anthony Melancon
December 17, 2012
Charles Anthony Bones Melancon of Nederland, Texas died on December 17, 2012. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on March 12, 1936. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1955 where he was a Three Year Letterman in his favorite sport, football. He served in the Air Force and retired from the Operating Engineers Local 450 as a...
Rodney Landry
December 17, 2012
Rodney Landry, 70, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 17, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on November 1, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to the late Dewey and Sidonie Landry. Rodney was a native and lifelong area resident. He started working in the grocery business at the age of 14 and worked for Roys...
Brian Mark Poirier
December 17, 2012
Brian Poirier, 52, of Kirbyville, TX, went to be with the Lord December 17, 2012, at his home. Brian was born June 16, 1960 in Holyoke, MA, to Beverly Poirier-Maciejko and Marcel A. Poirier. Brian was a resident of Kirbyville, TX and was a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Brian was a loving husband, son,...
Winifred Drawhorn Van Devender
December 16, 2012
Winifred Drawhorn Van Devender passed away peacefully on December 16, 2012, at Life Care Center of Banner Elk NC, at the age of 87.Winnie was born in Port Neches, Texas, to Thomas Ellis and Edith Allen Drawhorn. She lived there until she married Fred R. Van Devender in 1944, and shared and inspired his life for 42 years. She spent...
Mary Wyble
December 16, 2012
Mary Louise Wyble, 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 16, 2012 at Mid Jefferson Hospital in Nederland. She was born March 29, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Herbert and Zula Blackburn Patterson. She was a homemaker and previously worked for Nacol Jewelry in Port Arthur.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on Thursday,...
Bill "Billie" W. Bailey
December 15, 2012
Bill W. Bailey, 60, of Nederland passed away at his home on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Billie was born on July 22, 1952 in Wichita Falls to the late Addie Gee Bailey and Herman Bailey. He was an area resident for 27 years and had been employed as an equipment operator in the refining industry.Billie is preceded in death by...
Theodore Oscar Wukasch
December 14, 2012
Theodore "Ted" Wukasch, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, December 14, 2012. Ted was born July 6, 1924 in Loebau, Texas in Lee County to Ernest Wukasch and Erma Malke Wukasch. He was a resident of Groves for 68 years and member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. He retired as a welder from Texaco refinery and was also a...
Lovey D. Barron
December 14, 2012
Lovey D. Barron, 75, of Nederland passed away on December 14, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on August 1, 1937, in Eunice, LA, to the late Tony Fontenot and Inez Manuel Fontenot. Lovey has been an area resident since 1945, and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and she was a homemaker.Lovey is preceded...
Consuelo Castillo Rivas
December 13, 2012
Consuelo Castillo Rivas, 70, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012. Consuelo was born November 17, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to Raymond Silva and Guadalupe Martinez Silva. She was resident of the Groves-Port Arthur area for 47 years and member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Antonio...
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr.
December 13, 2012
Sidney "Tiny" Vicknair, Jr., 65, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Sidney was born June 21, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sidney Louis Vicknair, Sr. and Betty Lou Rogers Vicknair. He was a lifelong area resident and member of Cowboy Church in Orange. He was a retired deliveryman from Billy Joe's...
John Lee Haviland
December 13, 2012
Joe Haviland, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Joe was born March 31, 1952 in Port Arthur, Texas to Stephen W. Haviland and Gracie Hester Haviland. He was a lifelong area resident and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur. He was employed by Patriot Security...
Jerry Daniel Toups
December 11, 2012
Jerry Daniel Toups Jerry Daniel Toups, 71, of Beaumont, Texas died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Christus St. Catherine Hospital in Katy, Texas. Jerry was born December 14, 1940 in Abbeville, Louisiana to John Dalton Toups and Gertrude Villamez Toups. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a retired Texaco Journeyman/Electrician. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December...
Raymond Arthur Wood
December 11, 2012
Raymond Arthur Wood, 85, of Groves, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1927 in Deweyville, Texas to Arthur and Theresa Hebert Wood. Raymond was a lifelong resident of this area and worked as a switchman for KCS Railroad for 43 years. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m.,...
John Albert Ainsworth
December 8, 2012
John Albert Ainsworth, 62, of Bridge City, Texas passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. John was born December 14, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a resident of Bridge City for 51 years and was a self-employed handyman. Survivors include his son, James Dale Ainsworth of Myrtle Beach, VA and brother, James...
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