Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Donald Wallace Klutts
July 11, 2012
Donald Wallace Klutts, 65, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at his residence. Donald was born June 17, 1947 in West Point, Mississippi to Wallace Walter Klutts and Miriam Rawlings Klutts. He was a resident of Port Neches for 8 years and a member of Faith Baptist Temple Church in Port Neches. He was a Greenskeeper at...
Dorothy Christine Thrower
July 10, 2012
Dorothy Christine Thrower, 87, of Nederland died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur.Mrs. Thrower was born February 7, 1925 in Fred, Texas to the late Chester Yawn and Johnnie Richardson, and lived all of her life in the Golden Triangle area.Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Friday, July 13, 2012 at Melancons Funeral...
Letha Lee Larson
July 7, 2012
Letha Lee Larson died July 7, 2012 in McKinney, Texas at the age of 94. Letha is predeceased by her husband Andrew Richard Larson, her siblings Odel Lee, Nelda Glynn Lee, Freda Jane Wells, Grover Milton Lee and her parents Grover Cleveland Lee and Lura Pantalion Lee. Letha is survived by her three children Lynda Powell married to James Powell,...
Robert William Post
July 5, 2012
Robert William Post, 48, of Groves, Texas passed away July 5, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur on July 13, 1963 to Jack and Adele Motangue Post.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.,...
Richard "Rickey" Albert Schultz III
July 4, 2012
Richard Rickey Schultz III, 27, of Port Neches passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Melancons Funeral in Nederland with Msgr. Bennie Patillo officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Saturday with a vigil service to begin at 6:30 at the funeral home.Rickey was...
Robert "Robbie" Earl Hayslette
July 4, 2012
Robert Robbie Hayslette, 57, of Nederland, passed away, Wednesday July 4, 2012 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, July 7, 2012 at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland with Father David Placette officiating. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Friday at the funeral home.Robert was born August 27,...
Jesse Davis Hilton
July 4, 2012
Jesse Davis Hilton, 59, of Nederland passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at the Senior Rehab Center in Port Arthur.Jesse was born March 25, 1953 in Port Arthur to the late Charles and Nina Mae Hilton and lived all of his life in Nederland. He was employed as a sous chef in the restaurant industry. Jesse is survived by his...
Susan Ferrell
July 3, 2012
Susan "S.D." Ferrell, 64, of Vinton, Louisiana passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012. She was born January 26, 1948 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to Carlos Cox and Thelma Trader Cox. She was a U.S. Navy veteran. Survivors include her son, Lance R. Ferrell of Phoenix, AZ; and brother, Richard Cox of Silsbee, TX. Military Graveside services will be held at...
Doris Bearden Hall
July 1, 2012
Dot Hall, 94, of Port Neches, Texas joyfully entered into Eternal Life on July 1, 2012. Dot was born on March 27, 1916, in Newnan, Georgia to John Daniel Bearden and Mamie Morrow Bearden. She married James T. Hall in 1938. They had two children, James Daniel (Danny) Hall and Sandra Hope Hall. She was preceded in death by her...
Earline Higginbotham
June 30, 2012
Earline Trosclair Higginbotham went home to be with her Lord and Savior on June 30, 2012. Earline was born on August 19, 1920 in Port Arthur, Texas to Xavier and Cora Lee Trosclair. Earline was a resident of Port Arthur for 84 years and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2005. A graduate of Port Arthur High School class of 1939,...
Beulah Marie Morgan
June 30, 2012
Beulah M. Morgan, 90, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on September 27, 1921 in Pineville, Louisiana to O'Brien Elmer and Mary Caroline DeValcourt Elmer. Beulah was a lifelong resident of this area and member of St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Beaumont. She retired from Angelle Motors as...
Kenneth E. Knight
June 29, 2012
Kenneth E. Knight, age 65 years, of Orange, TX, died on Friday, June 29, 2012 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Lancaster, SC, September 5, 1946 son of the late William Lawson Knight and Mary Adams, he had resided in Texas since 1994, having formerly lived in New Orleans, LA. He was an Electronic Supervisor for...
Edna Edith Sasser
June 27, 2012
Edna Sasser, 92, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Edna was born January 2, 1920 in Port Neches, Texas to Ellis Jones and Myrtis Gesner Jones. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and retired secretary from Dolby Air Conditioning. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Port Neches for 82 years, where...
Patricia Ruth Heller
June 25, 2012
Patricia Ruth Heller, 78, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, June 25, 2012 at her residence. Patricia was born June 11, 1934 in Dorothy, West Virginia to Alonzo Evans and Helen Gillespie Evans. She was a resident of Port Neches since 2008 and a former 22 year resident of Florida. Patricia was a member of First United Methodist Church Port...
Marye Jo Fertitta
June 21, 2012
Marye Jo Fertitta, 86, formerly of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, June 21, 2012 at The Home Place in Ganado, Texas. Marye Jo was born January 27, 1926 in Bossier City, Louisiana to James Russell Roy and Hurteline Wilson Roy. She was a lifelong area resident before moving to Jackson County, Texas 13 years ago. She was a secretary at...
Calvin Joseph Loncon
June 21, 2012
Calvin Joseph Loncon, 80, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 21, 2012 at Cypress Glen East Nursing Home in Port Arthur. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 25, 1932 to the late Allen B. Loncon and Corine Guillot Loncon.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church...
Rose W. Lohmann
June 20, 2012
Rose W. Lohmann, age 88, died on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 18, 1923 to Francis E. and Myrtle A. Winn. Rose attended Madison College in Harrisonburg, VA, Norfolk Business College in Norfolk, VA, and Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She worked for several businesses in Virginia...
Vertie Lee Harrington
June 19, 2012
Vertie Lee Free Harrington, 75, of Mauriceville, Texas left this world for her Heavenly Home on June 19, 2012. She was born January 1, 1937 in Montgomery, Alabama to the late Claude and Fannie Mae Johnson Free.Vertie is predeceased by her parents husband, Howard Joseph Red Harrington, Sr. infant son, Billy Gene Harrington daughter, Kathy Broussard son J. C. Harrington...
Carl Robert VanDevender
June 15, 2012
Carl Robert VanDevender Carl Robert VanDevender, 75, of Port Arthur died Friday, June 15, 2012 at his home. He was born on July 6, 1936 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lee Roy VanDevender and Mildred Cherry VanDevender. Carl was a lifelong area resident and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur where he started the hand bell choir, was...
Sue Ellen Sanders
June 15, 2012
Sue Ellen Sanders, 65, of Port Neches, passed away Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Medical Center in Port Arthur. She was born in Houston, Texas on September 5, 1946 to Rex and Meredith Rowley. Sue Ellen has resided all of her life in Port Neches and was a teacher at the Ridgewood Christian School.She is survived by her husband,...
Donald Wallace Klutts
July 11, 2012
Donald Wallace Klutts, 65, of Port Neches, Texas died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at his residence. Donald was born June 17, 1947 in West Point, Mississippi to Wallace Walter Klutts and Miriam Rawlings Klutts. He was a resident of Port Neches for 8 years and a member of Faith Baptist Temple Church in Port Neches. He was a Greenskeeper at...
Dorothy Christine Thrower
July 10, 2012
Dorothy Christine Thrower, 87, of Nederland died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur.Mrs. Thrower was born February 7, 1925 in Fred, Texas to the late Chester Yawn and Johnnie Richardson, and lived all of her life in the Golden Triangle area.Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Friday, July 13, 2012 at Melancons Funeral...
Letha Lee Larson
July 7, 2012
Letha Lee Larson died July 7, 2012 in McKinney, Texas at the age of 94. Letha is predeceased by her husband Andrew Richard Larson, her siblings Odel Lee, Nelda Glynn Lee, Freda Jane Wells, Grover Milton Lee and her parents Grover Cleveland Lee and Lura Pantalion Lee. Letha is survived by her three children Lynda Powell married to James Powell,...
Robert William Post
July 5, 2012
Robert William Post, 48, of Groves, Texas passed away July 5, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. He was born in Port Arthur on July 13, 1963 to Jack and Adele Motangue Post.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.,...
Richard "Rickey" Albert Schultz III
July 4, 2012
Richard Rickey Schultz III, 27, of Port Neches passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Melancons Funeral in Nederland with Msgr. Bennie Patillo officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Saturday with a vigil service to begin at 6:30 at the funeral home.Rickey was...
Robert "Robbie" Earl Hayslette
July 4, 2012
Robert Robbie Hayslette, 57, of Nederland, passed away, Wednesday July 4, 2012 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, July 7, 2012 at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland with Father David Placette officiating. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Friday at the funeral home.Robert was born August 27,...
Jesse Davis Hilton
July 4, 2012
Jesse Davis Hilton, 59, of Nederland passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at the Senior Rehab Center in Port Arthur.Jesse was born March 25, 1953 in Port Arthur to the late Charles and Nina Mae Hilton and lived all of his life in Nederland. He was employed as a sous chef in the restaurant industry. Jesse is survived by his...
Susan Ferrell
July 3, 2012
Susan "S.D." Ferrell, 64, of Vinton, Louisiana passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012. She was born January 26, 1948 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to Carlos Cox and Thelma Trader Cox. She was a U.S. Navy veteran. Survivors include her son, Lance R. Ferrell of Phoenix, AZ; and brother, Richard Cox of Silsbee, TX. Military Graveside services will be held at...
Doris Bearden Hall
July 1, 2012
Dot Hall, 94, of Port Neches, Texas joyfully entered into Eternal Life on July 1, 2012. Dot was born on March 27, 1916, in Newnan, Georgia to John Daniel Bearden and Mamie Morrow Bearden. She married James T. Hall in 1938. They had two children, James Daniel (Danny) Hall and Sandra Hope Hall. She was preceded in death by her...
Earline Higginbotham
June 30, 2012
Earline Trosclair Higginbotham went home to be with her Lord and Savior on June 30, 2012. Earline was born on August 19, 1920 in Port Arthur, Texas to Xavier and Cora Lee Trosclair. Earline was a resident of Port Arthur for 84 years and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2005. A graduate of Port Arthur High School class of 1939,...
Beulah Marie Morgan
June 30, 2012
Beulah M. Morgan, 90, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on September 27, 1921 in Pineville, Louisiana to O'Brien Elmer and Mary Caroline DeValcourt Elmer. Beulah was a lifelong resident of this area and member of St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Beaumont. She retired from Angelle Motors as...
Kenneth E. Knight
June 29, 2012
Kenneth E. Knight, age 65 years, of Orange, TX, died on Friday, June 29, 2012 in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ. Born in Lancaster, SC, September 5, 1946 son of the late William Lawson Knight and Mary Adams, he had resided in Texas since 1994, having formerly lived in New Orleans, LA. He was an Electronic Supervisor for...
Edna Edith Sasser
June 27, 2012
Edna Sasser, 92, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Edna was born January 2, 1920 in Port Neches, Texas to Ellis Jones and Myrtis Gesner Jones. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches and retired secretary from Dolby Air Conditioning. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Port Neches for 82 years, where...
Patricia Ruth Heller
June 25, 2012
Patricia Ruth Heller, 78, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, June 25, 2012 at her residence. Patricia was born June 11, 1934 in Dorothy, West Virginia to Alonzo Evans and Helen Gillespie Evans. She was a resident of Port Neches since 2008 and a former 22 year resident of Florida. Patricia was a member of First United Methodist Church Port...
Marye Jo Fertitta
June 21, 2012
Marye Jo Fertitta, 86, formerly of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, June 21, 2012 at The Home Place in Ganado, Texas. Marye Jo was born January 27, 1926 in Bossier City, Louisiana to James Russell Roy and Hurteline Wilson Roy. She was a lifelong area resident before moving to Jackson County, Texas 13 years ago. She was a secretary at...
Calvin Joseph Loncon
June 21, 2012
Calvin Joseph Loncon, 80, of Port Acres, Texas passed away June 21, 2012 at Cypress Glen East Nursing Home in Port Arthur. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on February 25, 1932 to the late Allen B. Loncon and Corine Guillot Loncon.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church...
Rose W. Lohmann
June 20, 2012
Rose W. Lohmann, age 88, died on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 18, 1923 to Francis E. and Myrtle A. Winn. Rose attended Madison College in Harrisonburg, VA, Norfolk Business College in Norfolk, VA, and Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She worked for several businesses in Virginia...
Vertie Lee Harrington
June 19, 2012
Vertie Lee Free Harrington, 75, of Mauriceville, Texas left this world for her Heavenly Home on June 19, 2012. She was born January 1, 1937 in Montgomery, Alabama to the late Claude and Fannie Mae Johnson Free.Vertie is predeceased by her parents husband, Howard Joseph Red Harrington, Sr. infant son, Billy Gene Harrington daughter, Kathy Broussard son J. C. Harrington...
Carl Robert VanDevender
June 15, 2012
Carl Robert VanDevender Carl Robert VanDevender, 75, of Port Arthur died Friday, June 15, 2012 at his home. He was born on July 6, 1936 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lee Roy VanDevender and Mildred Cherry VanDevender. Carl was a lifelong area resident and member of First Christian Church of Port Arthur where he started the hand bell choir, was...
Sue Ellen Sanders
June 15, 2012
Sue Ellen Sanders, 65, of Port Neches, passed away Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Medical Center in Port Arthur. She was born in Houston, Texas on September 5, 1946 to Rex and Meredith Rowley. Sue Ellen has resided all of her life in Port Neches and was a teacher at the Ridgewood Christian School.She is survived by her husband,...