Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Albert F. Guidry
December 13, 2010
Albert F. Guidry, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, December 13, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Albert was born February 26, 1920 in Rayne, Louisiana to Albert P. Guidry and Lea d'Augereau Guidry. He was raised by his aunt, Laura Higginbotham and was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. He was a...
O. D. Perkins
December 13, 2010
O.D. Perkins, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 13, 2010. He was born January 26, 1930 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana to Dillard Perkins and Armie Cloud Perkins. He was a resident of this area for 26 years and was a retired welder from Pipefitters Local 211. Survivors include his wife, Beverly Perkins of Cleveland, TX; daughters, Kathy...
Mary Hebert Mizelle
December 13, 2010
Mary was born on December 8, 1926, in Port Neches, TX, and was the sixth child born to the late Otha Joseph Sarver, Sr., and Octavine Ravey Sarver. Her mother passed away just weeks after her birth and Mary went to live with her Uncle and Aunt, the late Leazy Trahan and Eda Ravey Trahan, in Lake Arthur, La. At...
Dennis Brian King
December 12, 2010
Dennis Brian King, 60, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 12, 2010 at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. He was born November 30, 1950 in Port Arthur to Elvin Glenn and Hazel Yvonne Yeates King.He is survived by 2 brothers, Darrell King and wife Sandy of Groves, and Lance King and wife Vickie of Gilcrest sister, Brenda Pence and...
Mary Patricia Guldberg
December 11, 2010
Mary Patricia Guldberg, 84, passed away December 11, 2010 following a short illness. Mary was born in Iowa and with her husband Dale lived in Riceville, Iowa, where she was a school secretary from 1956-1970. They relocated to Austin in 1972 where she worked at Seton Hospital and MHMR before moving to Port Arthur in 2002. Mary is survived by...
Paul D. Bennett, Jr.
December 9, 2010
Paul D. Bennett, Jr., 90, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, December 9, 2010. Paul was born January 22, 1920 in Fredericksburg, Ohio to Paul D. Bennett and Louisa Herron Bennett. He was a resident of Groves for 53 years and retired from Texaco Chemical as an electrician after 23 years of service. He was a member of Harlingen...
Angie "Bennett" M. Hebert
December 9, 2010
Angie M. Bennett Hebert, 38, of Nederland passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at her home in Nederland surrounded by loving family and friends. Angie was born on July 24, 1972 at Park Place Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas to Lanny and Donna Miller Bennett. Angie is survived by her loving husband Dalton Hebert of Nederland formally of Vidor...
Jim Gary Graves
December 8, 2010
Jim Gary Graves, 44, of Nederland, Texas died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at his residence. Jim was born January 13, 1966 in Wichita, Kansas to Elton Larry Graves and Darlene Davis Graves. He was a lifelong area resident and a Self Employed Contractor. Surviving relatives include his brother, Larry Graves of Nederland, Texas; sister, Kristie Dawn Graves of Winnie, Texas;...
Mark Alan Terrell
December 7, 2010
Mark Alan Terrell, 39, of Houston, Texas died Tuesday, December 07, 2010. Mark was born September 29, 1971 in Port Arthur, Texas to Gary Miles Terrell and Karen Jean Emery Terrell. He was a Warehouse Operator for Mac Equipment in Houston, Texas and lifelong area resident before moving to Houston 10 years ago. Funeral services will be held Monday, December...
Edna Faye Nixson
December 5, 2010
Edna Faye Nixson, 87, of Port Arthur, Texas died Sunday, December 5, 2010 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Edna was born December 21, 1922 in Longview, Texas to Carl Stocker and Mable Johnson Stocker. She was a 50 year resident of Port Arthur, Texas and retired from Woolco as a Customer Service Representative. Edna was a member of...
Charles Simon, Jr.
December 4, 2010
Charles Simon, Jr., age 95, a lifelong resident of Port Arthur, and recently of Dayton, TX, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010. He was born in Vinton, LA in 1915 to Charles Simon and Lelia Prince Simon. He was married to Anna Mae Simon, the love of his life, for 73 years. Charles was a fine example to his...
Billee Phillips Painton
December 3, 2010
Billee Phillips Painton, 85, passed away December 3, 2010 in Port Arthur. She had been a resident of this area since 1943. She was born to Dr. Claude Phillips, D.C. and Dr. Edith Phillips, D.C. on September 19, 1925 in Davenport, Iowa. Her husband Jack preceded her in death on July 11, 2006. She is survived by her twin sister,...
Frankie Louise Schexnayder
December 3, 2010
Mrs. Frankie Louise Compton Schexnayder "She could teach a stump to act!"said a competing drama teacher when the Sabine Pass High School cast won yet another State One-Act Play award. Mrs. Frankie C. Schexnayder's students consistently won play contests year after year. After a rare loss, she said, "You have not lost when you give your best, and you gave...
Edith Badon
November 28, 2010
Edith Badon, resident of Groves for 63 years and a native of Gueydan, Louisiana, passed away in New Braunfels, Texas, Sunday, November 28, at the home of her daughter. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Mrs. Badon was a long time member of Immaculate Conception Parish, Groves, Texas. She was a life-time member of Altar Society, member of Beaumont Diocesan...
Vernice "Ray" Joseph Dore
November 28, 2010
Vernice Joseph Ray Dore passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, TX at the age of 88 years.He was born in Port Arthur, TX to Lillian Landry Dore and Jacques Dore. He attended schools in Port Arthur, enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1942, served until 1946, and received an honorable discharge. He returned...
Janice B. McClaskey
November 27, 2010
Janice B. McClaskey, 70, of Spring, Texas formerly of Port Neches, Texas died Saturday, November 27, 2010 at her residence. Janice was born March 16, 1940 in Port Arthur, Texas to Antoine Barron and Elma Broussard Barron. She was a retired St Mary's Hospital Radiology Technician and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Funeral services will be held Wednesday,...
Anne Whitman
November 26, 2010
Anne Whitman Anne Whitman, 87, of Port Neches died Friday, November 26, 2010 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on December 26, 1922 in Mystic, Louisiana to Henry Myers and Virginia Spikes Myers. Anne had lived in Port Neches since 1946 and was a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches....
John Barry Wasser
November 25, 2010
The Port Neches community mourns the death of well-known civic leader, John Barry Wasser. After a brief but valiant battle with lung cancer, Wasser passed away on November 25, 2010. Wasser, 65, a native of Lyons, a rural Upstate New York farming community, was born December 18, 1944, to Dean and Hortense (Reynolds) Wasser. He relocated to Beaumont, Texas, in...
Kevin Ray Linder
November 25, 2010
Kevin Ray Linder, 40, of New Iberia, Louisiana passed away November 25, 2010. He was born in Beaumont, Texas November 21, 1970 to Marvin Edgar, Jr. and Wanda Faye Reynolds Linder. He proudly serviced his country in the U. S. Army during Desert Storm attaining the rank of E4. He also served as a captain with Cade Volunteer Fire Department....
Christopher B. Elliott
November 23, 2010
Christopher "Bubba" Bryan Elliott, 43, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Chris was born October 4, 1967 in Carthage, Texas to James E. and Barbara Jo Brown Elliott. He was a lifelong resident of Groves and member of the First United Methodist Church of Groves. He was employed by Scallon Control as a process control system specialist....
Albert F. Guidry
December 13, 2010
Albert F. Guidry, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away Monday, December 13, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Albert was born February 26, 1920 in Rayne, Louisiana to Albert P. Guidry and Lea d'Augereau Guidry. He was raised by his aunt, Laura Higginbotham and was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. He was a...
O. D. Perkins
December 13, 2010
O.D. Perkins, 80, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Monday, December 13, 2010. He was born January 26, 1930 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana to Dillard Perkins and Armie Cloud Perkins. He was a resident of this area for 26 years and was a retired welder from Pipefitters Local 211. Survivors include his wife, Beverly Perkins of Cleveland, TX; daughters, Kathy...
Mary Hebert Mizelle
December 13, 2010
Mary was born on December 8, 1926, in Port Neches, TX, and was the sixth child born to the late Otha Joseph Sarver, Sr., and Octavine Ravey Sarver. Her mother passed away just weeks after her birth and Mary went to live with her Uncle and Aunt, the late Leazy Trahan and Eda Ravey Trahan, in Lake Arthur, La. At...
Dennis Brian King
December 12, 2010
Dennis Brian King, 60, of Nederland, Texas passed away December 12, 2010 at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. He was born November 30, 1950 in Port Arthur to Elvin Glenn and Hazel Yvonne Yeates King.He is survived by 2 brothers, Darrell King and wife Sandy of Groves, and Lance King and wife Vickie of Gilcrest sister, Brenda Pence and...
Mary Patricia Guldberg
December 11, 2010
Mary Patricia Guldberg, 84, passed away December 11, 2010 following a short illness. Mary was born in Iowa and with her husband Dale lived in Riceville, Iowa, where she was a school secretary from 1956-1970. They relocated to Austin in 1972 where she worked at Seton Hospital and MHMR before moving to Port Arthur in 2002. Mary is survived by...
Paul D. Bennett, Jr.
December 9, 2010
Paul D. Bennett, Jr., 90, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Thursday, December 9, 2010. Paul was born January 22, 1920 in Fredericksburg, Ohio to Paul D. Bennett and Louisa Herron Bennett. He was a resident of Groves for 53 years and retired from Texaco Chemical as an electrician after 23 years of service. He was a member of Harlingen...
Angie "Bennett" M. Hebert
December 9, 2010
Angie M. Bennett Hebert, 38, of Nederland passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at her home in Nederland surrounded by loving family and friends. Angie was born on July 24, 1972 at Park Place Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas to Lanny and Donna Miller Bennett. Angie is survived by her loving husband Dalton Hebert of Nederland formally of Vidor...
Jim Gary Graves
December 8, 2010
Jim Gary Graves, 44, of Nederland, Texas died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at his residence. Jim was born January 13, 1966 in Wichita, Kansas to Elton Larry Graves and Darlene Davis Graves. He was a lifelong area resident and a Self Employed Contractor. Surviving relatives include his brother, Larry Graves of Nederland, Texas; sister, Kristie Dawn Graves of Winnie, Texas;...
Mark Alan Terrell
December 7, 2010
Mark Alan Terrell, 39, of Houston, Texas died Tuesday, December 07, 2010. Mark was born September 29, 1971 in Port Arthur, Texas to Gary Miles Terrell and Karen Jean Emery Terrell. He was a Warehouse Operator for Mac Equipment in Houston, Texas and lifelong area resident before moving to Houston 10 years ago. Funeral services will be held Monday, December...
Edna Faye Nixson
December 5, 2010
Edna Faye Nixson, 87, of Port Arthur, Texas died Sunday, December 5, 2010 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Edna was born December 21, 1922 in Longview, Texas to Carl Stocker and Mable Johnson Stocker. She was a 50 year resident of Port Arthur, Texas and retired from Woolco as a Customer Service Representative. Edna was a member of...
Charles Simon, Jr.
December 4, 2010
Charles Simon, Jr., age 95, a lifelong resident of Port Arthur, and recently of Dayton, TX, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010. He was born in Vinton, LA in 1915 to Charles Simon and Lelia Prince Simon. He was married to Anna Mae Simon, the love of his life, for 73 years. Charles was a fine example to his...
Billee Phillips Painton
December 3, 2010
Billee Phillips Painton, 85, passed away December 3, 2010 in Port Arthur. She had been a resident of this area since 1943. She was born to Dr. Claude Phillips, D.C. and Dr. Edith Phillips, D.C. on September 19, 1925 in Davenport, Iowa. Her husband Jack preceded her in death on July 11, 2006. She is survived by her twin sister,...
Frankie Louise Schexnayder
December 3, 2010
Mrs. Frankie Louise Compton Schexnayder "She could teach a stump to act!"said a competing drama teacher when the Sabine Pass High School cast won yet another State One-Act Play award. Mrs. Frankie C. Schexnayder's students consistently won play contests year after year. After a rare loss, she said, "You have not lost when you give your best, and you gave...
Edith Badon
November 28, 2010
Edith Badon, resident of Groves for 63 years and a native of Gueydan, Louisiana, passed away in New Braunfels, Texas, Sunday, November 28, at the home of her daughter. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Mrs. Badon was a long time member of Immaculate Conception Parish, Groves, Texas. She was a life-time member of Altar Society, member of Beaumont Diocesan...
Vernice "Ray" Joseph Dore
November 28, 2010
Vernice Joseph Ray Dore passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, TX at the age of 88 years.He was born in Port Arthur, TX to Lillian Landry Dore and Jacques Dore. He attended schools in Port Arthur, enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1942, served until 1946, and received an honorable discharge. He returned...
Janice B. McClaskey
November 27, 2010
Janice B. McClaskey, 70, of Spring, Texas formerly of Port Neches, Texas died Saturday, November 27, 2010 at her residence. Janice was born March 16, 1940 in Port Arthur, Texas to Antoine Barron and Elma Broussard Barron. She was a retired St Mary's Hospital Radiology Technician and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Funeral services will be held Wednesday,...
Anne Whitman
November 26, 2010
Anne Whitman Anne Whitman, 87, of Port Neches died Friday, November 26, 2010 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born on December 26, 1922 in Mystic, Louisiana to Henry Myers and Virginia Spikes Myers. Anne had lived in Port Neches since 1946 and was a member of First Baptist Church in Port Neches....
John Barry Wasser
November 25, 2010
The Port Neches community mourns the death of well-known civic leader, John Barry Wasser. After a brief but valiant battle with lung cancer, Wasser passed away on November 25, 2010. Wasser, 65, a native of Lyons, a rural Upstate New York farming community, was born December 18, 1944, to Dean and Hortense (Reynolds) Wasser. He relocated to Beaumont, Texas, in...
Kevin Ray Linder
November 25, 2010
Kevin Ray Linder, 40, of New Iberia, Louisiana passed away November 25, 2010. He was born in Beaumont, Texas November 21, 1970 to Marvin Edgar, Jr. and Wanda Faye Reynolds Linder. He proudly serviced his country in the U. S. Army during Desert Storm attaining the rank of E4. He also served as a captain with Cade Volunteer Fire Department....
Christopher B. Elliott
November 23, 2010
Christopher "Bubba" Bryan Elliott, 43, of Groves, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Chris was born October 4, 1967 in Carthage, Texas to James E. and Barbara Jo Brown Elliott. He was a lifelong resident of Groves and member of the First United Methodist Church of Groves. He was employed by Scallon Control as a process control system specialist....




