Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Gussie Eve Lemaire
March 21, 2010
Gussie Eve Lemaire, 88, of Winnie, Texas passed away March 21, 2010 at the Winnie Community Hospital in Winnie, Texas. She was born December 8, 1921 in Kaplan, Louisiana to the late Sidney and Eriste Primeaux Saltzman. She was the loving mother of Raylan Lemaire and wife Annie of LaBelle, Wilson Lemaire and wife Gloria of Winnie, Joyce Segura of...
Charles Ray Bennefield
March 20, 2010
Charles Ray Bennefield, 75, of Port Neches, Texas died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Charles Ray was born in San Augustine, Texas and resided in Port Neches for fifty three years. He served his country in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War. He served thirty six...
Mary Marjorie Moore
March 20, 2010
Marjorie Moore passed away on March 20, 2010 in the Cypress Glen Nursing Home after a brief illness. She was born on November 2, 1928 in Port Arthur to Mildred and Pete Johnson. She was preceded in death by her older sister, Gwendolyn Lucille Place, who resided in Tulsa, OK. Marjorie is survived by her husband of 59 years, architect,...
Candace Renee Wheeler-Thibodeaux
March 17, 2010
Candace WheelerThibodeaux, 46, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 17, 2010. She was born January 28, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee to Wayne and Gracie Davenport Wheeler.She was the loving wife of Gary Thibodeaux of Port Arthur daughter of Wayne and Gracie Wheeler of Port Neches devoted mother of Morgan Thibodeaux of Port Neches and April Thibodeaux of Lumberton sister...
Jack Henry Jones
March 17, 2010
Infant Jack Henry Jones, passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. A Graveside Service will be held at l:00 p.m., Monday, March 22, 2010 at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches with Dr. Rick Erwin officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. Survivors include his parents, Jeremy...
Janell Freeman
March 13, 2010
Janell Freeman, 76, of Port Neches died Saturday, March 13, 2010 at her home in Port Neches. Janell was born in Huntington, Texas to Cecil and Francis Stell Barrington. She was a loving mother and grandmother, a talented homemaker and an avid reader. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in...
Sarah Jo Terrier
March 11, 2010
Sarah Jo Terrier, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Cypress Glen East in Port Arthur, Texas. Sarah was born April 20, 1927 in Tenaha, Texas to George Jordan and Irene Petty Jordan. She was a homemaker and a resident of this area for 38 years. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 15, 2010 at...
Isabelle Mary Henderson
March 11, 2010
Isabelle Mary Henderson, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Memorial City Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. Isabelle was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Allen Henderson. Survivors include her daughter, Gina J. Henderson Yokley of Missouri City, TX; two sons, Michael W. Henderson of Austin, TX, Jack James Henderson of Houston, TX; two...
Homer T. Fitts
March 10, 2010
Homer T. Fitts, 90 of Groves, Texas entered into Heaven Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was a devoted, loving and gentle soul who never met a stranger. Homer was born January 8, 1920 in Anacoco, Louisiana to Elisha Jackson Fitts and Rosa Addison Fitts. He served his country in World War II in...
Robert Collins Ross
March 10, 2010
Robert C. Ross, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away March 10, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born December 8, 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Volney and Helen Lattipi Ross. He was a resident of Groves for over 50 years and served his county in the U. S. Army during...
Frances Lorraine Boutte
March 9, 2010
Frances Parker Boutte, 88, went home to be with her Lord and maker with grace and dignity on March 9, 2010 with those who loved her deeply at her side. Frances was born in Trinity, Texas on June 30, 1921 to Ethel and Dan Parker. Her parents instilled in her a strong sense of faith, morality, love, compassion, and hard...
Earl Adolph Theis
March 9, 2010
Earl Adolph Theis, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at his residence. Earl was born October 19, 1927 in Daisetta, Texas to Edwin Wilhem Theis and Lillie Copeland Theis. He was a resident of Port Neches since 1940 and retired from Dupont as a Maintenance Foreman with 29 years of service. He was a member of...
Wanda Rhodes Wilson
March 8, 2010
Wanda Rhodes Wilson, 76, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, March 8, 2010 at her residence. Wanda was born August 7, 1933 in Port Neches, Texas to Eugene P. Rhodes and Erma Fletcher Rhodes. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches a member of First United Methodist Church in Port Neches. She retired from B.F. Goodrich/Ameripol Synpol as a...
Roland Larking Wing
March 8, 2010
Roland Larking Wing, 72, of Port Arthur, Texas died Monday, March 8, 2010 at his residence. Roland was born December 24, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas to Dallas J. Wing and Pearl Daniel Wing. He was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of First Baptist Church in Groves. He was a retired carpenter from Carpenters Local #502 and was...
Dortha Dee Vaughan
March 7, 2010
Dortha Dee Maxey Vaughan, 88, died on March 7, 2010 of complications from a stroke. She was born in Dallas on Aug. 11, 1921 to Everett Logan Maxey and Doris Carswell. Dortha Dee's family moved to Port Arthur when she was a child. She attended Port Arthur schools and Texas State College for Women in Denton before her marriage to...
Dortha Dee Vaughan
March 7, 2010
Dortha Dee Maxey Vaughan, 88, died on March 7, 2010 of complications from a stroke. She was born in Dallas on Aug. 11, 1921 to Everett Logan Maxey and Doris Carswell. Dortha Dee's family moved to Port Arthur when she was a child. She attended Port Arthur schools and Texas State College for Women in Denton before her marriage to...
Dorothy Elise Quigley
March 6, 2010
Dorothy "Dot" Elise Blankenship Quigley, 83 of Bridge City passed away on March 6, 2010 at Christus St. Mary Hospital after a courageous 8 year battle with cancer. Born July 9, 1926 in Youngsville, Louisiana to Ozick Simon and Emedia Baudoin. Dot moved to the area in 1948 where she worked at the Texaco Island, and retired as head cashier...
Aline Hawsey
March 5, 2010
Aline Hawsey, 94, of Port Arthur died Friday March 5, 2010 in Port Arthur, Texas. Aline was born November 17, 1915 in Port Arthur, Texas to John Raymond Hollander and Armotine Belander Hollander. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur. Funeral services will be held Tuesday March 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves with...
Helen Vaughan Crowder
March 5, 2010
Helen Vaughan Crowder, 78, of LaBelle died Friday March 5, 2010 at her residence. Helen was born July 9, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas. She was a resident of Labelle for 12 years and a member of Labelle Baptist Church, formerly of Bridge City, Texas for 27 years where she was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Bridge...
Rosie Gilchriest
March 5, 2010
Rosie Gilchriest, 82, passed away March 5, 2010. She was born on July 16, 1927, in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, at the quotold Spikes Settlementquot around the Bancroft area. She moved to Texas as a young woman and was soon working as a quotdispatcherquot for a taxi cab company in Orange, Texas, where she met her husband to be, Omer Burl...
Gussie Eve Lemaire
March 21, 2010
Gussie Eve Lemaire, 88, of Winnie, Texas passed away March 21, 2010 at the Winnie Community Hospital in Winnie, Texas. She was born December 8, 1921 in Kaplan, Louisiana to the late Sidney and Eriste Primeaux Saltzman. She was the loving mother of Raylan Lemaire and wife Annie of LaBelle, Wilson Lemaire and wife Gloria of Winnie, Joyce Segura of...
Charles Ray Bennefield
March 20, 2010
Charles Ray Bennefield, 75, of Port Neches, Texas died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Charles Ray was born in San Augustine, Texas and resided in Port Neches for fifty three years. He served his country in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War. He served thirty six...
Mary Marjorie Moore
March 20, 2010
Marjorie Moore passed away on March 20, 2010 in the Cypress Glen Nursing Home after a brief illness. She was born on November 2, 1928 in Port Arthur to Mildred and Pete Johnson. She was preceded in death by her older sister, Gwendolyn Lucille Place, who resided in Tulsa, OK. Marjorie is survived by her husband of 59 years, architect,...
Candace Renee Wheeler-Thibodeaux
March 17, 2010
Candace WheelerThibodeaux, 46, of Port Neches, Texas passed away March 17, 2010. She was born January 28, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee to Wayne and Gracie Davenport Wheeler.She was the loving wife of Gary Thibodeaux of Port Arthur daughter of Wayne and Gracie Wheeler of Port Neches devoted mother of Morgan Thibodeaux of Port Neches and April Thibodeaux of Lumberton sister...
Jack Henry Jones
March 17, 2010
Infant Jack Henry Jones, passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. A Graveside Service will be held at l:00 p.m., Monday, March 22, 2010 at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches with Dr. Rick Erwin officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. Survivors include his parents, Jeremy...
Janell Freeman
March 13, 2010
Janell Freeman, 76, of Port Neches died Saturday, March 13, 2010 at her home in Port Neches. Janell was born in Huntington, Texas to Cecil and Francis Stell Barrington. She was a loving mother and grandmother, a talented homemaker and an avid reader. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in...
Sarah Jo Terrier
March 11, 2010
Sarah Jo Terrier, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Cypress Glen East in Port Arthur, Texas. Sarah was born April 20, 1927 in Tenaha, Texas to George Jordan and Irene Petty Jordan. She was a homemaker and a resident of this area for 38 years. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 15, 2010 at...
Isabelle Mary Henderson
March 11, 2010
Isabelle Mary Henderson, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Memorial City Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. Isabelle was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Allen Henderson. Survivors include her daughter, Gina J. Henderson Yokley of Missouri City, TX; two sons, Michael W. Henderson of Austin, TX, Jack James Henderson of Houston, TX; two...
Homer T. Fitts
March 10, 2010
Homer T. Fitts, 90 of Groves, Texas entered into Heaven Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was a devoted, loving and gentle soul who never met a stranger. Homer was born January 8, 1920 in Anacoco, Louisiana to Elisha Jackson Fitts and Rosa Addison Fitts. He served his country in World War II in...
Robert Collins Ross
March 10, 2010
Robert C. Ross, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away March 10, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born December 8, 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Volney and Helen Lattipi Ross. He was a resident of Groves for over 50 years and served his county in the U. S. Army during...
Frances Lorraine Boutte
March 9, 2010
Frances Parker Boutte, 88, went home to be with her Lord and maker with grace and dignity on March 9, 2010 with those who loved her deeply at her side. Frances was born in Trinity, Texas on June 30, 1921 to Ethel and Dan Parker. Her parents instilled in her a strong sense of faith, morality, love, compassion, and hard...
Earl Adolph Theis
March 9, 2010
Earl Adolph Theis, 82, of Port Neches, Texas died Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at his residence. Earl was born October 19, 1927 in Daisetta, Texas to Edwin Wilhem Theis and Lillie Copeland Theis. He was a resident of Port Neches since 1940 and retired from Dupont as a Maintenance Foreman with 29 years of service. He was a member of...
Wanda Rhodes Wilson
March 8, 2010
Wanda Rhodes Wilson, 76, of Port Neches, Texas died Monday, March 8, 2010 at her residence. Wanda was born August 7, 1933 in Port Neches, Texas to Eugene P. Rhodes and Erma Fletcher Rhodes. She was a lifelong resident of Port Neches a member of First United Methodist Church in Port Neches. She retired from B.F. Goodrich/Ameripol Synpol as a...
Roland Larking Wing
March 8, 2010
Roland Larking Wing, 72, of Port Arthur, Texas died Monday, March 8, 2010 at his residence. Roland was born December 24, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas to Dallas J. Wing and Pearl Daniel Wing. He was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and member of First Baptist Church in Groves. He was a retired carpenter from Carpenters Local #502 and was...
Dortha Dee Vaughan
March 7, 2010
Dortha Dee Maxey Vaughan, 88, died on March 7, 2010 of complications from a stroke. She was born in Dallas on Aug. 11, 1921 to Everett Logan Maxey and Doris Carswell. Dortha Dee's family moved to Port Arthur when she was a child. She attended Port Arthur schools and Texas State College for Women in Denton before her marriage to...
Dortha Dee Vaughan
March 7, 2010
Dortha Dee Maxey Vaughan, 88, died on March 7, 2010 of complications from a stroke. She was born in Dallas on Aug. 11, 1921 to Everett Logan Maxey and Doris Carswell. Dortha Dee's family moved to Port Arthur when she was a child. She attended Port Arthur schools and Texas State College for Women in Denton before her marriage to...
Dorothy Elise Quigley
March 6, 2010
Dorothy "Dot" Elise Blankenship Quigley, 83 of Bridge City passed away on March 6, 2010 at Christus St. Mary Hospital after a courageous 8 year battle with cancer. Born July 9, 1926 in Youngsville, Louisiana to Ozick Simon and Emedia Baudoin. Dot moved to the area in 1948 where she worked at the Texaco Island, and retired as head cashier...
Aline Hawsey
March 5, 2010
Aline Hawsey, 94, of Port Arthur died Friday March 5, 2010 in Port Arthur, Texas. Aline was born November 17, 1915 in Port Arthur, Texas to John Raymond Hollander and Armotine Belander Hollander. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur. Funeral services will be held Tuesday March 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves with...
Helen Vaughan Crowder
March 5, 2010
Helen Vaughan Crowder, 78, of LaBelle died Friday March 5, 2010 at her residence. Helen was born July 9, 1931 in Port Arthur, Texas. She was a resident of Labelle for 12 years and a member of Labelle Baptist Church, formerly of Bridge City, Texas for 27 years where she was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Bridge...
Rosie Gilchriest
March 5, 2010
Rosie Gilchriest, 82, passed away March 5, 2010. She was born on July 16, 1927, in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, at the quotold Spikes Settlementquot around the Bancroft area. She moved to Texas as a young woman and was soon working as a quotdispatcherquot for a taxi cab company in Orange, Texas, where she met her husband to be, Omer Burl...