Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Ruby Reed Capps
April 16, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Reed Capps, 87, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Groves, Texas. Born July 25, 1925, in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, graduated valedictorian of the 1943 class at Chataignier High School. Her husband, Dr. Charles J. Capps, Jr., of over 50 years, preceded her in death in 1996. Always of the opinion that God...
Mary Elise Hooks
April 14, 2013
Mary Elise Strange Hooks, 60, passed away on April 14, 2013 in Port Arthur, Texas at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, November 20, 1952. Her parents are Robert Tinsley Strange, Sr. and the late Violette Elise Braswell Strange. As she was often quoted, "I was born a Yankee, but got to Texas as...
Jennie Marie Pecorino
April 12, 2013
Jennie Marie Pecorino, 94, of Nederland passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on July 9, 1918, to the late Frank Joseph Bonura and Bernadette Branda Bonura. Jennie was a lifelong area resident and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland.She is...
Howard Gene Pruett
April 9, 2013
Howard Gene Pruett, 75, of Port Neches, Texas went to meet his Lord and Savior on April 9, 2013, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born July 5, 1937 to Howard Elbert Pruett and Ruby Mildred Brownlee Pruett. Gene lived in the area all of his life and worked as an electrician out of IBEW Local 479, retiring...
Edward Orozco
April 9, 2013
Edward Orozco, Jr. 70, of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Edward was born October 18, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joe Talamantez and Argentina Rodriguez Talamantez. He was an area resident for 40 years before moving to New Orleans 30 years ago. Edward graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Lamar University. He retired from...
Henry Joseph LeBlanc, Jr.
April 8, 2013
Henry Joseph LeBlanc Jr. (Little Henry) 92 years old, passed away on Monday April 8th, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, after a short illness He was born January 27, 1921 in Beaumont, Texas to his parents Henry J. LeBlanc Sr. and Wilma Burnett LeBlanc. He married Juanita Vaughan on April 10, 1942 and had...
Nayeli Faith Garcia
April 5, 2013
Nayeli Faith Garcia, infant of Raymond and Angela (Harris) Garcia passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, TX. She was born on February 8, 2013. Service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at First Pentecostal Church in Port Arthur TX with Pastor Darrell McCoy and Bishop B.H. McCoy officiating. She has a...
Norma Jean Vandiver
April 5, 2013
Norma "Jean" Williams Vandiver, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Jean was born September 30, 1930 in Waco, Texas to Harley Williams and Laura Mildred Arp Williams. She was an area resident for 52 years and retired medical secretary from Beaumont Ear, Nose and Throat. She...
Ruben Cisneros
April 3, 2013
Ruben Cisneros, 30, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Ruben was born July 18, 1982 in Michoacan, Mexico to Ruben Cisneros and Leticia Torres Cisneros. He was an area resident for 16 years and was employed as a lead man welder for Sterling Shipyard in Port Neches for 6...
Everette Eugene Wilson, Sr.
April 3, 2013
Everette Eugene "Gene" Wilson, Sr., 77, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at his residence with his family surrounding him. Gene was born September 2, 1935 in Port Neches, Texas to Evert Edward Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Naff Wilson. He was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a retired Local 195 Pipefitter. He was a member...
Wilbert P. "Cheesey" Werner
April 2, 2013
Wilbert P. "Cheesey" Werner, 94, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at his residence. Cheesey was born January 18, 1919 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Clive Irides Werner and Delphie Guidry Werner. He was a resident of this area for 90 years and a retired Assistant Operator at Gulf Oil Refinery with 33 years of service. He...
Layson Lionel Richard, Jr.
April 1, 2013
Layson Lionel Richard, Jr., 66, of Nederland, Texas died April 1, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Layson was born February 1, 1947 in Church Point, Louisiana to Layson Lionel Richard, Sr. and Viola Miller Richard. He was a resident of this area for 58 years and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland and Nederland Knights...
Carolyn Flo Culver
March 31, 2013
Carolyn F. Alleman Culver, 81, beloved mother, grandmother and stepgreat grandmother went to heaven at home under the loving care of her family on Sunday, March 31, 2013. She was born in Loeb, Texas on April 2, 1931, to Charles and Hazel Shutter Duke. Carolyn taught fourth grade for thirty years in Nederland ISD. Her love of teaching and the...
Bernice Fletcher
March 29, 2013
Bernice Fletcher, 97, of Nederland passed away March 29, 2013 at Cypress Glenn Nursing Home in Port Arthur. She was born in Orange on March 31, 1915 to the late Samuel Kenny and Bertie Wasson Hubert. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Nederland.A graveside service will be held at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches on...
Opal Rayon Meyers
March 28, 2013
Opal Rayon Meyers, 87, of Nederland, Texas died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at her residence. Opal was born November 29, 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ferdinand Rayon and Agnes Savoie Rayon. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Nederland. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at...
Mary Charlene Martin
March 28, 2013
Mary Charlene Martin, 71, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 28, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on February 4, 1942 in Horatio, Arkansas to the late Charles Stephen and Mary Rena Beeson James. A funeral service will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Jerry...
Billy Earl Lavender, Sr.
March 26, 2013
Billy Earl Lavender, Sr. passed away, Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Kenny Ray and Pastor Reggie Lloyd officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be from...
Clarence Tootie Heintschel
March 25, 2013
Clarence "Tootie" Heintschel, Jr., 71 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, March 25, 2013. He was born July 7, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Clarence Heintschel, Sr. and Clara Powell Heintschel, and was a lifelong area resident. Clarence was an appliance technician and worked for C & D Appliance Repair, he was also past president of Jefferson County...
Homer Joseph Comeaux
March 25, 2013
Homer Joseph Comeaux, 90, of Groves passed away on March 25, 2013 at his residence. He was born on March 27, 1922 in Coteau, Louisiana to the late Remy Comeaux and Clemance Landry Comeaux. He was a member of the Groves Knights of Columbus and was a former Grand Knight. Homer was a retired Pipefitter and served his country proudly...
John Wendell May
March 23, 2013
John Wendell May, 74, of Groves, TX, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, TX. Wendell was born on March 8, 1939 in Troup, Texas to Green Berry and Jessie May. He was a 70 year resident of Groves and retired from Huntsman after 33 years of service. Wendell loved working with his hands building...
Ruby Reed Capps
April 16, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Reed Capps, 87, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Groves, Texas. Born July 25, 1925, in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, graduated valedictorian of the 1943 class at Chataignier High School. Her husband, Dr. Charles J. Capps, Jr., of over 50 years, preceded her in death in 1996. Always of the opinion that God...
Mary Elise Hooks
April 14, 2013
Mary Elise Strange Hooks, 60, passed away on April 14, 2013 in Port Arthur, Texas at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, November 20, 1952. Her parents are Robert Tinsley Strange, Sr. and the late Violette Elise Braswell Strange. As she was often quoted, "I was born a Yankee, but got to Texas as...
Jennie Marie Pecorino
April 12, 2013
Jennie Marie Pecorino, 94, of Nederland passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on July 9, 1918, to the late Frank Joseph Bonura and Bernadette Branda Bonura. Jennie was a lifelong area resident and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland.She is...
Howard Gene Pruett
April 9, 2013
Howard Gene Pruett, 75, of Port Neches, Texas went to meet his Lord and Savior on April 9, 2013, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born July 5, 1937 to Howard Elbert Pruett and Ruby Mildred Brownlee Pruett. Gene lived in the area all of his life and worked as an electrician out of IBEW Local 479, retiring...
Edward Orozco
April 9, 2013
Edward Orozco, Jr. 70, of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Edward was born October 18, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to Joe Talamantez and Argentina Rodriguez Talamantez. He was an area resident for 40 years before moving to New Orleans 30 years ago. Edward graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Lamar University. He retired from...
Henry Joseph LeBlanc, Jr.
April 8, 2013
Henry Joseph LeBlanc Jr. (Little Henry) 92 years old, passed away on Monday April 8th, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, after a short illness He was born January 27, 1921 in Beaumont, Texas to his parents Henry J. LeBlanc Sr. and Wilma Burnett LeBlanc. He married Juanita Vaughan on April 10, 1942 and had...
Nayeli Faith Garcia
April 5, 2013
Nayeli Faith Garcia, infant of Raymond and Angela (Harris) Garcia passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, TX. She was born on February 8, 2013. Service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at First Pentecostal Church in Port Arthur TX with Pastor Darrell McCoy and Bishop B.H. McCoy officiating. She has a...
Norma Jean Vandiver
April 5, 2013
Norma "Jean" Williams Vandiver, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Jean was born September 30, 1930 in Waco, Texas to Harley Williams and Laura Mildred Arp Williams. She was an area resident for 52 years and retired medical secretary from Beaumont Ear, Nose and Throat. She...
Ruben Cisneros
April 3, 2013
Ruben Cisneros, 30, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Ruben was born July 18, 1982 in Michoacan, Mexico to Ruben Cisneros and Leticia Torres Cisneros. He was an area resident for 16 years and was employed as a lead man welder for Sterling Shipyard in Port Neches for 6...
Everette Eugene Wilson, Sr.
April 3, 2013
Everette Eugene "Gene" Wilson, Sr., 77, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at his residence with his family surrounding him. Gene was born September 2, 1935 in Port Neches, Texas to Evert Edward Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Naff Wilson. He was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and a retired Local 195 Pipefitter. He was a member...
Wilbert P. "Cheesey" Werner
April 2, 2013
Wilbert P. "Cheesey" Werner, 94, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at his residence. Cheesey was born January 18, 1919 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Clive Irides Werner and Delphie Guidry Werner. He was a resident of this area for 90 years and a retired Assistant Operator at Gulf Oil Refinery with 33 years of service. He...
Layson Lionel Richard, Jr.
April 1, 2013
Layson Lionel Richard, Jr., 66, of Nederland, Texas died April 1, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Layson was born February 1, 1947 in Church Point, Louisiana to Layson Lionel Richard, Sr. and Viola Miller Richard. He was a resident of this area for 58 years and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland and Nederland Knights...
Carolyn Flo Culver
March 31, 2013
Carolyn F. Alleman Culver, 81, beloved mother, grandmother and stepgreat grandmother went to heaven at home under the loving care of her family on Sunday, March 31, 2013. She was born in Loeb, Texas on April 2, 1931, to Charles and Hazel Shutter Duke. Carolyn taught fourth grade for thirty years in Nederland ISD. Her love of teaching and the...
Bernice Fletcher
March 29, 2013
Bernice Fletcher, 97, of Nederland passed away March 29, 2013 at Cypress Glenn Nursing Home in Port Arthur. She was born in Orange on March 31, 1915 to the late Samuel Kenny and Bertie Wasson Hubert. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Nederland.A graveside service will be held at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches on...
Opal Rayon Meyers
March 28, 2013
Opal Rayon Meyers, 87, of Nederland, Texas died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at her residence. Opal was born November 29, 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas to Ferdinand Rayon and Agnes Savoie Rayon. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Nederland. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at...
Mary Charlene Martin
March 28, 2013
Mary Charlene Martin, 71, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 28, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on February 4, 1942 in Horatio, Arkansas to the late Charles Stephen and Mary Rena Beeson James. A funeral service will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Jerry...
Billy Earl Lavender, Sr.
March 26, 2013
Billy Earl Lavender, Sr. passed away, Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland with Rev. Kenny Ray and Pastor Reggie Lloyd officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be from...
Clarence Tootie Heintschel
March 25, 2013
Clarence "Tootie" Heintschel, Jr., 71 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, March 25, 2013. He was born July 7, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas to Clarence Heintschel, Sr. and Clara Powell Heintschel, and was a lifelong area resident. Clarence was an appliance technician and worked for C & D Appliance Repair, he was also past president of Jefferson County...
Homer Joseph Comeaux
March 25, 2013
Homer Joseph Comeaux, 90, of Groves passed away on March 25, 2013 at his residence. He was born on March 27, 1922 in Coteau, Louisiana to the late Remy Comeaux and Clemance Landry Comeaux. He was a member of the Groves Knights of Columbus and was a former Grand Knight. Homer was a retired Pipefitter and served his country proudly...
John Wendell May
March 23, 2013
John Wendell May, 74, of Groves, TX, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, TX. Wendell was born on March 8, 1939 in Troup, Texas to Green Berry and Jessie May. He was a 70 year resident of Groves and retired from Huntsman after 33 years of service. Wendell loved working with his hands building...
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