Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Melvin Fred Dement
February 6, 2013
Melvin Fred "Buddy" Dement, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Melvin was born February 25, 1927 in Burton, Texas to Fred Alex Dement and Mattie Belle Stanley Dement. He was resident of the Groves area most of his life and longtime member of Woodcrest Baptist Church. He retired from Texaco refinery as a training supervisor after...
Robert "Bob" Dean Skelton
February 6, 2013
Robert Bob Skelton, 71, of Port Neches passed away on February 6, 2013 at his residence. He was born on January 24, 1942 in Bakersfield, California to the late James Skelton and Mildred Skelton Micek. Bob worked at DuPont Beaumont Works for 30 years and retired as a Millwright Operator. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church and...
Amanda Williams
February 4, 2013
Amanda Williams, 96, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, February 4, 2013. Amanda was born April 18, 1916 in Stratford, Oklahoma to William and Sarah Lewellen. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 3 years. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd Williams; daughter, Patsy Cleata Tayler; and son,...
Norma Gene Briggs
February 3, 2013
Norma Gene Briggs, 82, of Nederland, Texas formerly of Midland, Texas passed away February 3, 2013 at her home. She was born in Teague, Texas to the late Eugene and Gracie Smith Penick on July 13, 1930. She lived all her life in Midland and retired as a bookkeeper in 1985 from Shell Oil Co. before moving to Nederland in...
Dorcas Byrd
February 2, 2013
Dorcas Byrd, 91, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Dorcas was born November 15, 1921 in Dillsboro, North Carolina to Frank Jacobs and Mattie Snyder Jacobs. She was a resident of Groves for 63 years and member of Friendship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Louis "Pee Wee" Oltremari
February 2, 2013
Louis "Pee Wee" Oltremari 86, of Port Acres died Saturday February 2, 2013 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Louis was born on October 21, 1926 in Greenville, Mississippi to Louis Oltremari and Rose Fava Oltremari. He was a retired Pipefitter out of Pipefitter's Local #195 and worked at Arco. Louis was a member of St. Theresa the...
Philomena Elizabeth Bourg
January 31, 2013
Philomena E. deValcourt Bourg April 5,1918 January 31,2013 She was preceded in death by husband, Carl Bourg, Sr., son, WilliamBill Charles Bourg, son in law, Ed St.James, parents, William Joseph deValcourt and Estelle Smith deValcourt, and 12 brothers and sisters. She is survived by 3 children, Carl Bourg Jr. and Cathy, Pat St. James, and Beth and Roger Durham. Additionally,...
Richard Lee Bryan
January 30, 2013
Richard Lee Bryan, 58, of Port Neches went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas.A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Saturday, February 2, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches with Rev. Msgr. Bennie Patillo and Rev. Jim McClintock officiating. Interment will follow at Oak...
Eva Ortiz
January 30, 2013
Eva Ortiz, 40, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 30, 2013 at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born in Mexico on January 3, 1973 to Jesus and Raquel Zamora.Funeral services will be held at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness, 2615 Memorial Blvd., in Port Arthur on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. A gathering of family...
Ronald Keith West
January 28, 2013
Ronald Keith West, 57, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, January 28, 2013 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Ronald was born September 21, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lee West, Jr. and Jewel Thompson West. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Southside Baptist Church in Port Neches. He was a...
Henry "Ed" Edward Nantz
January 28, 2013
Ed Nantz, 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away on January 28, 2013 at Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur on July 14, 1936 to the late Kenneth and Wilma Farnham Nantz. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and served his country proudly in the U. S. Air Force. He officiated junior high...
Chelsey Lynn Jones
January 28, 2013
Chelsey Lynn Jones, 19, of Nederland, Texas passed away on January 28, 2013 at the Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born in Port Arthur to Phillip Jones and Stacy Cook Sheldon. Chelsey loved the color purple and John Deere memorabilia.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 3:00...
James Sonny Campbell
January 27, 2013
James "Sonny" Campbell, 77, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013. He was born November 1, 1935 in Shelbyville, Texas to Jim Fred Campbell and Callie Furlow Campbell. He has been a resident of Port Arthur since 1957 and retired from Southern Union Gas as a field supervisor. He was also a mason of Port Arthur Lodge...
Thomas Edward Butler
January 25, 2013
Thomas Edward Butler, 82, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 25, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born in Ben Wheeler, Texas on August 14, 1930 to the late Jess Thomas and Eufaula Stanger Butler. Thomas was a member of First United Methodist Church in Nederland and retired as a machinist after 36 years of service with...
Elva Riley Copas
January 22, 2013
Elva M. Riley Copas, 83, formerly of Groves, Texas peacefully passed away January 22, 2013 in Connecticut. She was born July 24, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to Clara Mae Stanley Riley and Carl Thomas Riley. She had resided in New Canaan, Connecticut for the past 11 years near her daughter, Patty Franklin. Elva graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School,...
Roy L. McClure
January 22, 2013
Roy L. McClure, 84, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Roy was born November 13, 1928 in Cooper, Texas to Carl Neil McClure and Rudie Norine Harwood McClure. He was a longtime area resident and retired chemical engineer from DuPont with over 40 years of service. He was on several...
Alma Williams
January 20, 2013
Alma Williams, 103, of Groves, Texas was called home to be with her Lord on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at her residence in Groves. She was born April 19, 1909 to Ben and Ida Miller in Holmes County, Florida and moved to Port Arthur with her husband, Lee Williams in 1930. Over the years the family lived in Port Arthur,...
Janie Gonsoulin Boudreaux
January 20, 2013
Janie Gonsoulin Boudreaux, 63, of Port Neches, passed away on January 20, 2013, at Calder Woods in Beaumont. She was born in Killeen, TX, to the late Albert and Marie Gonsoulin on March 11, 1949. Janie was a lifelong Port ArthurPort Neches resident and retired from PNISD as a special education aide. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic...
Victor Lynn Lovelady
January 19, 2013
Victor Lynn Lovelady, 57, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 19, 2013. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on July 31, 1955 to the late Dewey and Laura Green Lovelady. He was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland and was an industrial engineer and was an electrician out of Local 479.A Mass of Christian Burial...
Samuel Charles Tobias
January 19, 2013
Samuel Charles Tobias Samuel Charles Tobias, 79, of Bridge City, Texas passed away at his home Saturday, January 19, 2013. He was born on December 4, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Samuel Roedell Tobias and Mary Ellen Borland Tobias. Samuel had lived in this area for over 60 years and was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Port Arthur...
Melvin Fred Dement
February 6, 2013
Melvin Fred "Buddy" Dement, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Melvin was born February 25, 1927 in Burton, Texas to Fred Alex Dement and Mattie Belle Stanley Dement. He was resident of the Groves area most of his life and longtime member of Woodcrest Baptist Church. He retired from Texaco refinery as a training supervisor after...
Robert "Bob" Dean Skelton
February 6, 2013
Robert Bob Skelton, 71, of Port Neches passed away on February 6, 2013 at his residence. He was born on January 24, 1942 in Bakersfield, California to the late James Skelton and Mildred Skelton Micek. Bob worked at DuPont Beaumont Works for 30 years and retired as a Millwright Operator. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church and...
Amanda Williams
February 4, 2013
Amanda Williams, 96, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, February 4, 2013. Amanda was born April 18, 1916 in Stratford, Oklahoma to William and Sarah Lewellen. She was a homemaker and resident of Groves for 3 years. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd Williams; daughter, Patsy Cleata Tayler; and son,...
Norma Gene Briggs
February 3, 2013
Norma Gene Briggs, 82, of Nederland, Texas formerly of Midland, Texas passed away February 3, 2013 at her home. She was born in Teague, Texas to the late Eugene and Gracie Smith Penick on July 13, 1930. She lived all her life in Midland and retired as a bookkeeper in 1985 from Shell Oil Co. before moving to Nederland in...
Dorcas Byrd
February 2, 2013
Dorcas Byrd, 91, of Groves, Texas passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Dorcas was born November 15, 1921 in Dillsboro, North Carolina to Frank Jacobs and Mattie Snyder Jacobs. She was a resident of Groves for 63 years and member of Friendship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Louis "Pee Wee" Oltremari
February 2, 2013
Louis "Pee Wee" Oltremari 86, of Port Acres died Saturday February 2, 2013 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Louis was born on October 21, 1926 in Greenville, Mississippi to Louis Oltremari and Rose Fava Oltremari. He was a retired Pipefitter out of Pipefitter's Local #195 and worked at Arco. Louis was a member of St. Theresa the...
Philomena Elizabeth Bourg
January 31, 2013
Philomena E. deValcourt Bourg April 5,1918 January 31,2013 She was preceded in death by husband, Carl Bourg, Sr., son, WilliamBill Charles Bourg, son in law, Ed St.James, parents, William Joseph deValcourt and Estelle Smith deValcourt, and 12 brothers and sisters. She is survived by 3 children, Carl Bourg Jr. and Cathy, Pat St. James, and Beth and Roger Durham. Additionally,...
Richard Lee Bryan
January 30, 2013
Richard Lee Bryan, 58, of Port Neches went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas.A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Saturday, February 2, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Port Neches with Rev. Msgr. Bennie Patillo and Rev. Jim McClintock officiating. Interment will follow at Oak...
Eva Ortiz
January 30, 2013
Eva Ortiz, 40, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 30, 2013 at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born in Mexico on January 3, 1973 to Jesus and Raquel Zamora.Funeral services will be held at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness, 2615 Memorial Blvd., in Port Arthur on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. A gathering of family...
Ronald Keith West
January 28, 2013
Ronald Keith West, 57, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, January 28, 2013 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Ronald was born September 21, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lee West, Jr. and Jewel Thompson West. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Southside Baptist Church in Port Neches. He was a...
Henry "Ed" Edward Nantz
January 28, 2013
Ed Nantz, 76, of Nederland, Texas passed away on January 28, 2013 at Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur on July 14, 1936 to the late Kenneth and Wilma Farnham Nantz. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and served his country proudly in the U. S. Air Force. He officiated junior high...
Chelsey Lynn Jones
January 28, 2013
Chelsey Lynn Jones, 19, of Nederland, Texas passed away on January 28, 2013 at the Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born in Port Arthur to Phillip Jones and Stacy Cook Sheldon. Chelsey loved the color purple and John Deere memorabilia.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 3:00...
James Sonny Campbell
January 27, 2013
James "Sonny" Campbell, 77, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013. He was born November 1, 1935 in Shelbyville, Texas to Jim Fred Campbell and Callie Furlow Campbell. He has been a resident of Port Arthur since 1957 and retired from Southern Union Gas as a field supervisor. He was also a mason of Port Arthur Lodge...
Thomas Edward Butler
January 25, 2013
Thomas Edward Butler, 82, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 25, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. He was born in Ben Wheeler, Texas on August 14, 1930 to the late Jess Thomas and Eufaula Stanger Butler. Thomas was a member of First United Methodist Church in Nederland and retired as a machinist after 36 years of service with...
Elva Riley Copas
January 22, 2013
Elva M. Riley Copas, 83, formerly of Groves, Texas peacefully passed away January 22, 2013 in Connecticut. She was born July 24, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to Clara Mae Stanley Riley and Carl Thomas Riley. She had resided in New Canaan, Connecticut for the past 11 years near her daughter, Patty Franklin. Elva graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School,...
Roy L. McClure
January 22, 2013
Roy L. McClure, 84, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Roy was born November 13, 1928 in Cooper, Texas to Carl Neil McClure and Rudie Norine Harwood McClure. He was a longtime area resident and retired chemical engineer from DuPont with over 40 years of service. He was on several...
Alma Williams
January 20, 2013
Alma Williams, 103, of Groves, Texas was called home to be with her Lord on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at her residence in Groves. She was born April 19, 1909 to Ben and Ida Miller in Holmes County, Florida and moved to Port Arthur with her husband, Lee Williams in 1930. Over the years the family lived in Port Arthur,...
Janie Gonsoulin Boudreaux
January 20, 2013
Janie Gonsoulin Boudreaux, 63, of Port Neches, passed away on January 20, 2013, at Calder Woods in Beaumont. She was born in Killeen, TX, to the late Albert and Marie Gonsoulin on March 11, 1949. Janie was a lifelong Port ArthurPort Neches resident and retired from PNISD as a special education aide. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic...
Victor Lynn Lovelady
January 19, 2013
Victor Lynn Lovelady, 57, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 19, 2013. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on July 31, 1955 to the late Dewey and Laura Green Lovelady. He was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland and was an industrial engineer and was an electrician out of Local 479.A Mass of Christian Burial...
Samuel Charles Tobias
January 19, 2013
Samuel Charles Tobias Samuel Charles Tobias, 79, of Bridge City, Texas passed away at his home Saturday, January 19, 2013. He was born on December 4, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Samuel Roedell Tobias and Mary Ellen Borland Tobias. Samuel had lived in this area for over 60 years and was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Port Arthur...




