Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Peggy Jo Propps
February 5, 2011
Peggy Jo Storey Propps, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas died Saturday February 5, 2011 in Bridge City, Texas. Peggy was born December 23, 1930 in Lonoke, Arkansas to Thermon C. Storey and Ruby Pyburn Storey. She moved to Port Arthur in the fifties. Peggy was a homemaker and then went to Lamar University when she was in her 50's for...
Thomas Issac Cotten
February 5, 2011
Thomas Issac Cotten, 80, of Port Neches, Texas died Saturday, February 5, 2011 at his residence. Thomas was born October 11, 1930 in Marthaville, Louisiana to Richard Newton Cotten and Elma Cordova Cotten. He was a 42 year resident of Port Neches and a member of First United Methodist Church Port Neches. Thomas was a retired Air Traffic Controller with...
Monsignor Donald Golasinski
February 5, 2011
Msgr. Don Golasinski, pastor of Immaculate Conception, Groves, for more than 20 years, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, at age 74, after suffering a major heart attack. He was a son, a brother, a priest, a friend, a family historian, a storyteller, a person who got involved. He enjoyed history, watching the History Channel on television and gathering information about...
Carol Lynn Salles
February 4, 2011
Carol Lynn Salles, 49, of Beauxart Gardens, passed away Friday February 4, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. Carol was born in October 27, 1961 to Pat Henry Alford and Mary Beth Whitehead Alford in Port Arthur and lived all of her life in the Nederland area.Carol is survived by her husband, Carroll Dean Salles, Sr. son, Shaine...
Mable Elizabeth Garrett
February 2, 2011
Mable Elizabeth Falcon Garrett, 90, passed away peacefully at her daughter39s home in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, February 2, 2011. She was born June 19, 1920 in Fannett. She was a resident of Nederland, and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church where she was very involved with church activities most of her life. She was also an active member...
Maudry Beatrice Faulk
February 1, 2011
Maudry Faulk, 76 0f Port Neches was called home February 1st, after a sudden and unexpected massive stroke. She joins those who preceded her, husband Alton A. Faulk, parents Freddy and Mathilda Seaux, brothers Stanford, Lawrence and Wilford Seaux, and sister Joyce Faulk all of Port Neches. She is survived by her son Eugene Gelston Jr., daughters Charlotte Tweekrem and...
Cynthia "Cindi" Ann Taylor
February 1, 2011
Cynthia Ann quotCindiquot Taylor, 49, of Houston, Texas passed away on February 1, 2011. She was born in Corsicana, Texas to Phil Archer and Jeanie Boudreaux Taylor on September 16, 1961.She is survived by her mother, Jeanie Taylor of Houston and her uncle, James Boudreaux of Kirbyville. She is preceded in death by her father, Phil Archer.A gathering of family...
Margaret "Granny" Emma Glaze
January 31, 2011
Margaret quotGrannyquot Glaze, 88, of Nederland passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland with Rev. Micah Howell officiating with interment to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of family and...
Darlene Rolison
January 30, 2011
Darlene Kill Rolison, 69, of Nederland passed away Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland with Rev. L. A. Richardson officiating with interment to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will...
Billy Lee Heller
January 29, 2011
Billy Lee Heller, Captain, USN (retired), was born December 17, 1929 in Christopher, IL to John Thomas Heller and Gladys Dudley Heller. He died January 29, 2011 at age 81 in Beaumont, Texas after a brief illness. He married Patricia "Pat" Ruth Evans on March 8, 1953. During their almost 58 years of marriage they traveled the world taking Elder...
Jerry Lynn Burlison
January 28, 2011
Jerry Lynn Burlison Jerry Lynn Burlison, 62, of Nederland, Texas passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at his home. He was born on Februaruy 28, 1948 in Many, Louisiana to C. D. Burlison and Alice Spears Burlison. Jerry had lived in Nederland since 1985 and was a member of Nederland Apostolic Church . He was retired from Motiva as a...
Arrada Burran
January 25, 2011
Arrada "Mike" Burran, 96, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Cypress Glen. "Mike" was born September 13, 1914 in Anacoco, Louisiana. She was a resident of Port Neches since 1936 and a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. Graveside services will be held Friday, January 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Bluff Memorial Park...
Jettie ""Lou"" Louise Whisenant
January 25, 2011
Jettie quotLouquot Whisenant, 79, of Nederland passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at her daughter39s home in Missouri City. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home 1605 Avenue H in Nederland with Rev. Kicker McWilliams officiating, interment followed at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. Jettie was born September 15, 1931...
Sarah Rolison
January 25, 2011
Sarah Riggins Rolison, 89, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 25, 2011 at Magnolia Manor in Groves. She was born November 26, 1921 in Marshallburg, North Carolina to the late Thomas Wingate and Jane Hill Riggins. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Nederland.She is survived by her daughter, Sally Bailey and husband Roy of Nederland granddaughter, Sherri...
Marie Oline Loyd
January 25, 2011
Marie Oline Loyd, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away January 25, 2011 at her home. She was born March 11, 1930 in Cow Island, Louisiana to the late Charles Zepheren and Marie Blanche Dartez Breaux. She was a member of St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church, and has been a resident of Port Acres for 54 years.She is survived...
Ira Pillsbury
January 24, 2011
Ira "Ike" L. Pillsbury, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at Renaissance Hospital in Groves, Texas. He was born August 8, 1926 in Argonia, Kansas to George M. Pillsbury, Sr. and Hannah Barragree Pillsbury. "Ike "was a resident of this area for 67 years and was a retired pipefitter from Local #195 with 65 years of...
Blake Paul Gladden
January 24, 2011
Blake Paul Gladden, 33, of Groves, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at Christus Hospital St. Mary in Port Arthur after a seven month battle with cancer.Blake was born August 23, 1977 in Port Arthur to Johnny Gladden and the late Colleen Philpott, and lived all of his life in the Groves area. He was employed as a welder in...
Connie Purkey
January 23, 2011
Connie Purkey, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Connie was born on February 2, 1922 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Harold Roland Riley and Mildred Crystal Keith Riley. She was a resident of Groves for 60 years and longtime member of Groves First Baptist Church. She was also a member of Joy...
Lloyd Anthony Luke, Sr.
January 23, 2011
Lloyd Anthony Luke, Sr. beloved husband, father, father-in-law, and grandfather passed away at his home on January 23, 2011 surrounded by his family and friends. Lloyd was born on September 12, 1932 in Centerville, LA. He grew up working on the family sugarcane farm and later joined the U.S. Air Force and served during the Korean War. In the early...
Jimmie Broussard
January 22, 2011
Jimmie Broussard was born on December 28, 1934, in Pt. Arthur, Texas. She entered eternal rest and God's embrace on Saturday, January 22, 2011, and was recently preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ray Broussard, of 54 years. She was 76 and the daughter of James and Eunice Hicks. A lifetime resident of Groves, she was a dedicated wife...
Peggy Jo Propps
February 5, 2011
Peggy Jo Storey Propps, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas died Saturday February 5, 2011 in Bridge City, Texas. Peggy was born December 23, 1930 in Lonoke, Arkansas to Thermon C. Storey and Ruby Pyburn Storey. She moved to Port Arthur in the fifties. Peggy was a homemaker and then went to Lamar University when she was in her 50's for...
Thomas Issac Cotten
February 5, 2011
Thomas Issac Cotten, 80, of Port Neches, Texas died Saturday, February 5, 2011 at his residence. Thomas was born October 11, 1930 in Marthaville, Louisiana to Richard Newton Cotten and Elma Cordova Cotten. He was a 42 year resident of Port Neches and a member of First United Methodist Church Port Neches. Thomas was a retired Air Traffic Controller with...
Monsignor Donald Golasinski
February 5, 2011
Msgr. Don Golasinski, pastor of Immaculate Conception, Groves, for more than 20 years, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, at age 74, after suffering a major heart attack. He was a son, a brother, a priest, a friend, a family historian, a storyteller, a person who got involved. He enjoyed history, watching the History Channel on television and gathering information about...
Carol Lynn Salles
February 4, 2011
Carol Lynn Salles, 49, of Beauxart Gardens, passed away Friday February 4, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. Carol was born in October 27, 1961 to Pat Henry Alford and Mary Beth Whitehead Alford in Port Arthur and lived all of her life in the Nederland area.Carol is survived by her husband, Carroll Dean Salles, Sr. son, Shaine...
Mable Elizabeth Garrett
February 2, 2011
Mable Elizabeth Falcon Garrett, 90, passed away peacefully at her daughter39s home in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, February 2, 2011. She was born June 19, 1920 in Fannett. She was a resident of Nederland, and a member of St. Charles Catholic Church where she was very involved with church activities most of her life. She was also an active member...
Maudry Beatrice Faulk
February 1, 2011
Maudry Faulk, 76 0f Port Neches was called home February 1st, after a sudden and unexpected massive stroke. She joins those who preceded her, husband Alton A. Faulk, parents Freddy and Mathilda Seaux, brothers Stanford, Lawrence and Wilford Seaux, and sister Joyce Faulk all of Port Neches. She is survived by her son Eugene Gelston Jr., daughters Charlotte Tweekrem and...
Cynthia "Cindi" Ann Taylor
February 1, 2011
Cynthia Ann quotCindiquot Taylor, 49, of Houston, Texas passed away on February 1, 2011. She was born in Corsicana, Texas to Phil Archer and Jeanie Boudreaux Taylor on September 16, 1961.She is survived by her mother, Jeanie Taylor of Houston and her uncle, James Boudreaux of Kirbyville. She is preceded in death by her father, Phil Archer.A gathering of family...
Margaret "Granny" Emma Glaze
January 31, 2011
Margaret quotGrannyquot Glaze, 88, of Nederland passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland with Rev. Micah Howell officiating with interment to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of family and...
Darlene Rolison
January 30, 2011
Darlene Kill Rolison, 69, of Nederland passed away Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland with Rev. L. A. Richardson officiating with interment to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will...
Billy Lee Heller
January 29, 2011
Billy Lee Heller, Captain, USN (retired), was born December 17, 1929 in Christopher, IL to John Thomas Heller and Gladys Dudley Heller. He died January 29, 2011 at age 81 in Beaumont, Texas after a brief illness. He married Patricia "Pat" Ruth Evans on March 8, 1953. During their almost 58 years of marriage they traveled the world taking Elder...
Jerry Lynn Burlison
January 28, 2011
Jerry Lynn Burlison Jerry Lynn Burlison, 62, of Nederland, Texas passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at his home. He was born on Februaruy 28, 1948 in Many, Louisiana to C. D. Burlison and Alice Spears Burlison. Jerry had lived in Nederland since 1985 and was a member of Nederland Apostolic Church . He was retired from Motiva as a...
Arrada Burran
January 25, 2011
Arrada "Mike" Burran, 96, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Cypress Glen. "Mike" was born September 13, 1914 in Anacoco, Louisiana. She was a resident of Port Neches since 1936 and a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. Graveside services will be held Friday, January 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Bluff Memorial Park...
Jettie ""Lou"" Louise Whisenant
January 25, 2011
Jettie quotLouquot Whisenant, 79, of Nederland passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at her daughter39s home in Missouri City. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral Home 1605 Avenue H in Nederland with Rev. Kicker McWilliams officiating, interment followed at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. Jettie was born September 15, 1931...
Sarah Rolison
January 25, 2011
Sarah Riggins Rolison, 89, of Nederland, Texas passed away January 25, 2011 at Magnolia Manor in Groves. She was born November 26, 1921 in Marshallburg, North Carolina to the late Thomas Wingate and Jane Hill Riggins. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Nederland.She is survived by her daughter, Sally Bailey and husband Roy of Nederland granddaughter, Sherri...
Marie Oline Loyd
January 25, 2011
Marie Oline Loyd, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away January 25, 2011 at her home. She was born March 11, 1930 in Cow Island, Louisiana to the late Charles Zepheren and Marie Blanche Dartez Breaux. She was a member of St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church, and has been a resident of Port Acres for 54 years.She is survived...
Ira Pillsbury
January 24, 2011
Ira "Ike" L. Pillsbury, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at Renaissance Hospital in Groves, Texas. He was born August 8, 1926 in Argonia, Kansas to George M. Pillsbury, Sr. and Hannah Barragree Pillsbury. "Ike "was a resident of this area for 67 years and was a retired pipefitter from Local #195 with 65 years of...
Blake Paul Gladden
January 24, 2011
Blake Paul Gladden, 33, of Groves, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at Christus Hospital St. Mary in Port Arthur after a seven month battle with cancer.Blake was born August 23, 1977 in Port Arthur to Johnny Gladden and the late Colleen Philpott, and lived all of his life in the Groves area. He was employed as a welder in...
Connie Purkey
January 23, 2011
Connie Purkey, 88, of Groves, Texas passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Connie was born on February 2, 1922 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Harold Roland Riley and Mildred Crystal Keith Riley. She was a resident of Groves for 60 years and longtime member of Groves First Baptist Church. She was also a member of Joy...
Lloyd Anthony Luke, Sr.
January 23, 2011
Lloyd Anthony Luke, Sr. beloved husband, father, father-in-law, and grandfather passed away at his home on January 23, 2011 surrounded by his family and friends. Lloyd was born on September 12, 1932 in Centerville, LA. He grew up working on the family sugarcane farm and later joined the U.S. Air Force and served during the Korean War. In the early...
Jimmie Broussard
January 22, 2011
Jimmie Broussard was born on December 28, 1934, in Pt. Arthur, Texas. She entered eternal rest and God's embrace on Saturday, January 22, 2011, and was recently preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ray Broussard, of 54 years. She was 76 and the daughter of James and Eunice Hicks. A lifetime resident of Groves, she was a dedicated wife...