Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Audrey Marie Trahan
June 14, 2012
Audrey Marie Trahan, 79, of Bridge City, Texas died Thursday, June 14, 2012 at her home. Audrey was born November 6, 1932 in Rayne, Louisiana to Francis Terro and Eva Bordes Terro. She was a resident of this area for 60 years and retired from Port Neches-Groves ISD Cafeteria. She was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge...
Bobbie Jean Russo
June 14, 2012
Bobbie Jean Russo October 20th 1950 June 14th 2012 Our beloved mother, sister and friend, Bobbie Jean Birdwell Russo, 61, returned to her father in heaven on June 14, 2012. She was surrounded by loved ones when she passed and she was finally relieved from severe ailments that caused so much pain and suffering. She was born October 20, 1950...
Felix Findley
June 13, 2012
Felix Findley of Port Arthur went to his heavenly home Wednesday June 13, 2012. He was born in Port Neches, January 9, 1934 to Hulda Noack Findley and Monroe L. Findley. He attended Nederland schools and was a 1952 Nederland High School graduate. While serving in the army he was stationed at Blue Knob Air Force Base, Pennsylvania. There he...
Eunice Marjorie Walker
June 12, 2012
Eunice Marjorie Walker, 88, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Eunice was born January 4, 1924, in Ragley, Louisiana to Alfred Otis Vallery and Eunice Pansye Wesley Vallery and raised in Forester, Arkansas until moving to Port Neches in 1940. She was a member of the First United Methodist...
Billie Faye Best
June 10, 2012
Billie Faye Best, 83, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 10, 2012 at the Vidor Health and Rehab in Vidor, Texas. She was born August 6, 1928 in Manning, Texas to the late William Levy and Elizabeth Patterson Causey. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland....
Carol Dean Jacobs
June 9, 2012
Carol Dean Jacobs, 74, of Nederland, passed away on June 9, 2012, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born in Valliant, Oklahoma to the late Lennie and Madalee Sarah Maddox Jacobs on June 5, 1938. He proudly served his country in the U. S. Army. He faithfully served his Lord and Savior as a...
Letha Irene Collins
June 8, 2012
Letha Irene Collins, 99, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, June 8, 2012 at Magnolia Manor. Letha was born February 21, 1913 in Alto, Texas to Basil W.Landrum and Willie Robinson Landrum. She was a resident of Groves for 57 years and member of Val Verde Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her sons, C. C. Wallace, Jr....
Billy Michael Fitzpatrick
June 6, 2012
Michael Fitzpatrick, 57, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Michael was born August 5, 1954 in Port Arthur, Texas to Billy Joe Fitzpatrick and Marjorie Watkins Fitzpatrick. He was a lifelong area resident, member of Friendship Baptist Church and retired self employed interior designer. Survivors include his sister, Martha Nell Tucker and brother-in-law, David Tucker of El...
Patrick McBride
June 6, 2012
Patrick "Bruce" McBride, 77, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX. Bruce was born in Church Point, Louisiana on March 18, 1935 to Everd and Burnadette McBride. He moved from Louisiana to Texas and was a resident of Groves, Texas most of his life. His family and friends will remember his strength,...
Helen Arline Eppler
June 5, 2012
Helen Arline Eppler, 91, of Sulphur, Louisiana passed away June 5, 2012. She was born in Fort Clark, Texas on September 10, 1920 to the late E. J. and Jessie Collins Barricklow.Helen is preceded in death by her parents and husband, Euell Eppler. She is survived by her daughter, Dinah Fontenot and husband, Richard of Sulphur, Louisiana 2 sons, Phillip...
Lance Orta
June 3, 2012
Lance Orta, 27, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, June 3, 2012 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born February 20, 1985 in Port Arthur, Texas to Xavier Orta and Debra Thornton Orta. Lance was a 2003 graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School. Survivors include his parents, Xavier and Debra Orta; son, Julien Orta and his mother...
William Thomas Jefferson
June 2, 2012
William "Bill" Thomas Jefferson, 48, of Nederland, Texas passed away Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Bill was born August 6, 1963 in Port Arthur, Texas to Robert William Jefferson and Mary Cloos Jefferson. He was a lifelong area resident and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was preceded in death by his...
Anthony Morrell
June 1, 2012
Anthony Morrell, 38, of Groves, died Friday, June 1, 2012 in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Monday, June 4, 2012 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H, in Nederland with Rev. T. R. Blanco officiating, with interment to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A gathering of his family and friends will be from 12 noon until service...
Lauren Christina Rankin
June 1, 2012
Lauren C. Rankin, age 21, died in Lumberton, Texas, on Friday, June 1, 2012.She was born on December 17, 1990 in Nederland, Texas. She worked at Lamar Port Arthur during the summer, helping out with the Discovery program for children. She loved helping people and loved children. She was a fun loving girl with a heart of gold. Everyone who...
Viva "Sug" Suire
June 1, 2012
Viva quotSugquot Suire, 42, of Lumberton, died in her home Friday, June 1, 2012. Sug was born June 9, 1969 in Groves to Phillip and Esther Suire and lived all of her life in this area.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H, in Nederland with Rev. Rejimon E. George officiating...
Emery Joseph Burleigh
May 28, 2012
Emery Joseph Burleigh, 83, of Houston, Texas passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at Solari Hospice. Emery was born January 10, 1929 in Sunset, Louisiana to Lucius Burleigh and Bathilde Savoie Burleigh. He was a resident of Houston and formerly resided in Port Arthur and Crosby. He was a retired pressman from the Houston Post and formerly worked for the...
Lee Roy John Tomplait
May 28, 2012
Lee Roy J. Tomplait, 83, of Port Acres, passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at Christus Hospital St. Mary in Port Arthur.Lee Roy was born December 7, 1928 in Port Arthur to Vencia and Eunice Tomplait, and lived all of his life in Port Acres. He retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur as a night foreman after many years...
Nancy McCauley
May 25, 2012
Nancy McCauley 76, of Groves died Friday May 25, 2012 at Cypress Glen East Nursing Home in Port Arthur. Texas. Nancy was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on February 8, 1936 to Archie Clark and Florence Schneider Clark. She was a homemaker and a resident of Groves for 63 years. Nancy was preceded in death by her sister Shirley Jurgilanis. Funeral...
Miriam Catherine Castle
May 23, 2012
A Rosary service will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday May 28, 2012 at Levingston Funeral Home. Miriam Catherine Juhas Castle died on May 23, 2012 in Kingwood, TX. She was 91. Hers was a rich, full life, well lived. She was loved by all who knew her. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1945 she married...
Ann Savoy Powell
May 20, 2012
Ann Savoy Powell, 91, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Port Neches, Texas. Ann was born November 10, 1920 in Louisiana to Hippolite Savoy and Matilda Burke Savoy. She was a homemaker and a lifelong area resident. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches...
Audrey Marie Trahan
June 14, 2012
Audrey Marie Trahan, 79, of Bridge City, Texas died Thursday, June 14, 2012 at her home. Audrey was born November 6, 1932 in Rayne, Louisiana to Francis Terro and Eva Bordes Terro. She was a resident of this area for 60 years and retired from Port Neches-Groves ISD Cafeteria. She was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge...
Bobbie Jean Russo
June 14, 2012
Bobbie Jean Russo October 20th 1950 June 14th 2012 Our beloved mother, sister and friend, Bobbie Jean Birdwell Russo, 61, returned to her father in heaven on June 14, 2012. She was surrounded by loved ones when she passed and she was finally relieved from severe ailments that caused so much pain and suffering. She was born October 20, 1950...
Felix Findley
June 13, 2012
Felix Findley of Port Arthur went to his heavenly home Wednesday June 13, 2012. He was born in Port Neches, January 9, 1934 to Hulda Noack Findley and Monroe L. Findley. He attended Nederland schools and was a 1952 Nederland High School graduate. While serving in the army he was stationed at Blue Knob Air Force Base, Pennsylvania. There he...
Eunice Marjorie Walker
June 12, 2012
Eunice Marjorie Walker, 88, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Eunice was born January 4, 1924, in Ragley, Louisiana to Alfred Otis Vallery and Eunice Pansye Wesley Vallery and raised in Forester, Arkansas until moving to Port Neches in 1940. She was a member of the First United Methodist...
Billie Faye Best
June 10, 2012
Billie Faye Best, 83, of Nederland, Texas passed away June 10, 2012 at the Vidor Health and Rehab in Vidor, Texas. She was born August 6, 1928 in Manning, Texas to the late William Levy and Elizabeth Patterson Causey. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland....
Carol Dean Jacobs
June 9, 2012
Carol Dean Jacobs, 74, of Nederland, passed away on June 9, 2012, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born in Valliant, Oklahoma to the late Lennie and Madalee Sarah Maddox Jacobs on June 5, 1938. He proudly served his country in the U. S. Army. He faithfully served his Lord and Savior as a...
Letha Irene Collins
June 8, 2012
Letha Irene Collins, 99, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, June 8, 2012 at Magnolia Manor. Letha was born February 21, 1913 in Alto, Texas to Basil W.Landrum and Willie Robinson Landrum. She was a resident of Groves for 57 years and member of Val Verde Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her sons, C. C. Wallace, Jr....
Billy Michael Fitzpatrick
June 6, 2012
Michael Fitzpatrick, 57, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Michael was born August 5, 1954 in Port Arthur, Texas to Billy Joe Fitzpatrick and Marjorie Watkins Fitzpatrick. He was a lifelong area resident, member of Friendship Baptist Church and retired self employed interior designer. Survivors include his sister, Martha Nell Tucker and brother-in-law, David Tucker of El...
Patrick McBride
June 6, 2012
Patrick "Bruce" McBride, 77, of Groves, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX. Bruce was born in Church Point, Louisiana on March 18, 1935 to Everd and Burnadette McBride. He moved from Louisiana to Texas and was a resident of Groves, Texas most of his life. His family and friends will remember his strength,...
Helen Arline Eppler
June 5, 2012
Helen Arline Eppler, 91, of Sulphur, Louisiana passed away June 5, 2012. She was born in Fort Clark, Texas on September 10, 1920 to the late E. J. and Jessie Collins Barricklow.Helen is preceded in death by her parents and husband, Euell Eppler. She is survived by her daughter, Dinah Fontenot and husband, Richard of Sulphur, Louisiana 2 sons, Phillip...
Lance Orta
June 3, 2012
Lance Orta, 27, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, June 3, 2012 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born February 20, 1985 in Port Arthur, Texas to Xavier Orta and Debra Thornton Orta. Lance was a 2003 graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School. Survivors include his parents, Xavier and Debra Orta; son, Julien Orta and his mother...
William Thomas Jefferson
June 2, 2012
William "Bill" Thomas Jefferson, 48, of Nederland, Texas passed away Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Bill was born August 6, 1963 in Port Arthur, Texas to Robert William Jefferson and Mary Cloos Jefferson. He was a lifelong area resident and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was preceded in death by his...
Anthony Morrell
June 1, 2012
Anthony Morrell, 38, of Groves, died Friday, June 1, 2012 in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Monday, June 4, 2012 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H, in Nederland with Rev. T. R. Blanco officiating, with interment to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A gathering of his family and friends will be from 12 noon until service...
Lauren Christina Rankin
June 1, 2012
Lauren C. Rankin, age 21, died in Lumberton, Texas, on Friday, June 1, 2012.She was born on December 17, 1990 in Nederland, Texas. She worked at Lamar Port Arthur during the summer, helping out with the Discovery program for children. She loved helping people and loved children. She was a fun loving girl with a heart of gold. Everyone who...
Viva "Sug" Suire
June 1, 2012
Viva quotSugquot Suire, 42, of Lumberton, died in her home Friday, June 1, 2012. Sug was born June 9, 1969 in Groves to Phillip and Esther Suire and lived all of her life in this area.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H, in Nederland with Rev. Rejimon E. George officiating...
Emery Joseph Burleigh
May 28, 2012
Emery Joseph Burleigh, 83, of Houston, Texas passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at Solari Hospice. Emery was born January 10, 1929 in Sunset, Louisiana to Lucius Burleigh and Bathilde Savoie Burleigh. He was a resident of Houston and formerly resided in Port Arthur and Crosby. He was a retired pressman from the Houston Post and formerly worked for the...
Lee Roy John Tomplait
May 28, 2012
Lee Roy J. Tomplait, 83, of Port Acres, passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at Christus Hospital St. Mary in Port Arthur.Lee Roy was born December 7, 1928 in Port Arthur to Vencia and Eunice Tomplait, and lived all of his life in Port Acres. He retired from Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur as a night foreman after many years...
Nancy McCauley
May 25, 2012
Nancy McCauley 76, of Groves died Friday May 25, 2012 at Cypress Glen East Nursing Home in Port Arthur. Texas. Nancy was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on February 8, 1936 to Archie Clark and Florence Schneider Clark. She was a homemaker and a resident of Groves for 63 years. Nancy was preceded in death by her sister Shirley Jurgilanis. Funeral...
Miriam Catherine Castle
May 23, 2012
A Rosary service will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday May 28, 2012 at Levingston Funeral Home. Miriam Catherine Juhas Castle died on May 23, 2012 in Kingwood, TX. She was 91. Hers was a rich, full life, well lived. She was loved by all who knew her. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1945 she married...
Ann Savoy Powell
May 20, 2012
Ann Savoy Powell, 91, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Port Neches, Texas. Ann was born November 10, 1920 in Louisiana to Hippolite Savoy and Matilda Burke Savoy. She was a homemaker and a lifelong area resident. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches...