Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Eve Marie McKinney
October 30, 2022
Eve Marie McKinney, 86 of Nederland, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at her residence in Nederland. Eve was born in Nederland on August 15, 1936 to the late, Dave LeJunie and Mary Adaway LeJunie. Eve was a strong and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She loved getting and receiving hugs....
Rebecca Diane Martin Bourg
October 29, 2022
Rebecca Diane Martin Bourg was born on May 25, 1946 and was called home on October 29, 2022. She married Haden Joseph Bourg Jr on Dec 17, 1966. They were high school sweethearts- she was a cheerleader and he was a football player. She was a selfless and devoted mother to both her children, Christopher K. Bourg and Megan Bourg...
Irving Canela Diaz
October 29, 2022
Irving Canela Diaz, 24, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, October 29, 2022. Irving was born on May 1, 1998, in Veracruz, Mexico to Saul and Lidia Canela. Irving was a ray of sunshine. Regardless of what was going on, he always had a smile on his face. He made an impact in every person’s life he came in...
Anthony James "A.J." Martinez
October 28, 2022
Anthony James “A.J.” Martinez, 32, of Nederland, Texas, passed on into the loving arms of our Savior, on Friday, October 28, 2022. Anthony was born on January 19, 1990, in San Diego, California, to Kenneth Robert Martinez Jr. and Royce Perkins Roedahl. He was raised in Nederland where he graduated from Nederland High School. Anthony recently began a new journey...
Mr. Eloyd Caraway
October 28, 2022
Eloyd “Red” Caraway Eloyd “Red” Caraway, 85, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away on October 28, 2022 at Cascades in Port Arthur, Texas. A Graveside service will be November 3, 2022 at 10:00 am at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Alan Little of Mississippi. Visitation will be from 9am to 10am, November 3,...
Dr. Martin Robert Haig
October 28, 2022
Dr. Martin Robert Haig, 98, of Nederland, received his angel wings on October 28, 2022. Marty was born on April 27, 1924, to Robert and Esther Haig in Lynn, MA. After graduation from Tufts College in Boston, Marty joined the United States Navy, where he proudly served during World War II, in the Pacific as an Ensign. Marty later became...
Kenneth Wayne Ballard
October 27, 2022
Kenneth Wayne Ballard, 69, of Groves, passed away on October 27, 2022, at his home. Kenneth was born in Orange, Texas, on May 9, 1953, he was the son of Lester and Ouida Ballard. He was a natural born mechanic and was able to teach all his boys those lessons. He even made sure all his kids could drive a...
Louis Stanley "Pete" Chiasson
October 26, 2022
Louis Stanley “Pete” Chiasson, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Pete was born at his home in Port Arthur, Texas on February 5, 1937 to the late Percy Chiasson and Alzina Richard Chiasson. Pete was a graduate of Bishop Byrne High School in Port Arthur, a member of...
Paul "Moose" Thibodeaux
October 25, 2022
Paul “Moose” Thibodeaux, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Paul was affectionately known to many of his friends and family as “Moose”. He was born February 5, 1941 in St. Martinville, Louisiana to Alice and Kaleb Thibodeaux. Moose married Joyce Bonin on February 6, 1959....
Deacon Dallas Broussard
October 23, 2022
Deacon Broussard, 82, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2022 at his residence. Dallas was born in Abbeville, Louisiana on April 12, 1940 to the late, Florence Stansbury Broussard and Warren Broussard. When Dallas was one year old, he and his parents moved to Port Arthur, Texas. He attended and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in...
Bob "Bobby" Franklin Goza jr
October 22, 2022
Bob “Bobby” Franklin Goza, Jr. 59, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Bobby was born on December 17, 1962, in Beaumont, Texas to Delores Horn Goza and Bob Franklin Goza, Sr. Bobby graduated from Forest Park High School in 1981 and was the owner and operator of 1032 Supply in...
James Phillip "Blackie" Arabie
October 20, 2022
• James Phillip “Blackie” Arabie, 79, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at U.T.M. B. Hospital in Galveston, Texas with his loving family at his side. James was born on November 16, 1942, in Iota, Louisiana to Rena Dies Arabie and Lawrence Arabie. He was a retired auto mechanic for Jones Rambler in Nederland for sixteen...
Mr Benny Harold Todd
October 20, 2022
Benny Harold Todd Benny Harold Todd, 100, of Groves, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at his home in Groves. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Groves. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. There will also be Military Graveside Rites following the service at First...
Mr James "Jimmy" Spurlock Jones Jr
October 19, 2022
James “Jimmy” Spurlock Jones Jr., 80, of Houston Texas passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, in Houston, Texas after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches, Texas. Officiating will be Mr. Lester Tarver and Pastor Aaron Kemple. Visitation services will be Thursday,...
James Thomas Sarao Sr.
October 18, 2022
James Thomas Sarao, Sr. of Port Arthur, TX passed away on October 18, 2022, of a brief illness. James was born on May 30, 1947, in Houston, TX to Sam and Mary Mavis Sarao. He graduated from Vidor High School in Vidor, TX in 1965. He served in the United States Army from 1971 to 1973. He attended Lon Morris...
Kathy Ware
October 17, 2022
Kathleen (Kathy) Branham Ware, 76, of Port Neches went to be with the Lord on October 17, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family. Kathy was born in Baton Rouge, La on July 31, 1946, to Donovan and Eunice Branham. They moved to Leesville, La and then to Nederland, Texas in 1956 where...
Gwenda Ratcliff
October 17, 2022
Gwenda Ratcliff Gwenda Ratcliff, 84, of Groves, passed away on October 17, 2022, at her residence in Groves. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. Visitation will be at 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Levingston Funeral...
Joseph Michael Rider
October 16, 2022
Joseph Michael Rider “Yoda”, 39, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022, at UTMB Health League City Hospital. Joseph was born March 20, 1983 in Nederland, Texas to Michael and Donna Rider. Joseph was a devoted son, brother, uncle, husband, father and friend. He was a proud uncle and very active in his nieces’ and nephew’s lives....
Ruth T. Blanco
October 16, 2022
Ruth T. Blanco, 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away at her daughter’s home on Sunday, October 16, 2022, after courageously battling Alzheimer’s for many years. Ruth was born on June 16, 1938, to Howard K. ‘Buddy’ and Mildred M. ‘Maw Maw’ Thorla in Good Pine, Louisiana. They moved to Texas before her little brother was born. As part of...
Bradley Phillip Macon
October 16, 2022
Bradley Phillip Macon Bradley “Brad” Macon, 41, of Groves, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022, in Lovelady, Texas. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 23, 2022, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas, on February 4, 1981, he was the son of Clarence “Clint” Macon and Pamela Griffin....
Eve Marie McKinney
October 30, 2022
Eve Marie McKinney, 86 of Nederland, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at her residence in Nederland. Eve was born in Nederland on August 15, 1936 to the late, Dave LeJunie and Mary Adaway LeJunie. Eve was a strong and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She loved getting and receiving hugs....
Rebecca Diane Martin Bourg
October 29, 2022
Rebecca Diane Martin Bourg was born on May 25, 1946 and was called home on October 29, 2022. She married Haden Joseph Bourg Jr on Dec 17, 1966. They were high school sweethearts- she was a cheerleader and he was a football player. She was a selfless and devoted mother to both her children, Christopher K. Bourg and Megan Bourg...
Irving Canela Diaz
October 29, 2022
Irving Canela Diaz, 24, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Saturday, October 29, 2022. Irving was born on May 1, 1998, in Veracruz, Mexico to Saul and Lidia Canela. Irving was a ray of sunshine. Regardless of what was going on, he always had a smile on his face. He made an impact in every person’s life he came in...
Anthony James "A.J." Martinez
October 28, 2022
Anthony James “A.J.” Martinez, 32, of Nederland, Texas, passed on into the loving arms of our Savior, on Friday, October 28, 2022. Anthony was born on January 19, 1990, in San Diego, California, to Kenneth Robert Martinez Jr. and Royce Perkins Roedahl. He was raised in Nederland where he graduated from Nederland High School. Anthony recently began a new journey...
Mr. Eloyd Caraway
October 28, 2022
Eloyd “Red” Caraway Eloyd “Red” Caraway, 85, of Port Neches, Texas, passed away on October 28, 2022 at Cascades in Port Arthur, Texas. A Graveside service will be November 3, 2022 at 10:00 am at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Alan Little of Mississippi. Visitation will be from 9am to 10am, November 3,...
Dr. Martin Robert Haig
October 28, 2022
Dr. Martin Robert Haig, 98, of Nederland, received his angel wings on October 28, 2022. Marty was born on April 27, 1924, to Robert and Esther Haig in Lynn, MA. After graduation from Tufts College in Boston, Marty joined the United States Navy, where he proudly served during World War II, in the Pacific as an Ensign. Marty later became...
Kenneth Wayne Ballard
October 27, 2022
Kenneth Wayne Ballard, 69, of Groves, passed away on October 27, 2022, at his home. Kenneth was born in Orange, Texas, on May 9, 1953, he was the son of Lester and Ouida Ballard. He was a natural born mechanic and was able to teach all his boys those lessons. He even made sure all his kids could drive a...
Louis Stanley "Pete" Chiasson
October 26, 2022
Louis Stanley “Pete” Chiasson, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Pete was born at his home in Port Arthur, Texas on February 5, 1937 to the late Percy Chiasson and Alzina Richard Chiasson. Pete was a graduate of Bishop Byrne High School in Port Arthur, a member of...
Paul "Moose" Thibodeaux
October 25, 2022
Paul “Moose” Thibodeaux, 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Paul was affectionately known to many of his friends and family as “Moose”. He was born February 5, 1941 in St. Martinville, Louisiana to Alice and Kaleb Thibodeaux. Moose married Joyce Bonin on February 6, 1959....
Deacon Dallas Broussard
October 23, 2022
Deacon Broussard, 82, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2022 at his residence. Dallas was born in Abbeville, Louisiana on April 12, 1940 to the late, Florence Stansbury Broussard and Warren Broussard. When Dallas was one year old, he and his parents moved to Port Arthur, Texas. He attended and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in...
Bob "Bobby" Franklin Goza jr
October 22, 2022
Bob “Bobby” Franklin Goza, Jr. 59, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. Bobby was born on December 17, 1962, in Beaumont, Texas to Delores Horn Goza and Bob Franklin Goza, Sr. Bobby graduated from Forest Park High School in 1981 and was the owner and operator of 1032 Supply in...
James Phillip "Blackie" Arabie
October 20, 2022
• James Phillip “Blackie” Arabie, 79, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at U.T.M. B. Hospital in Galveston, Texas with his loving family at his side. James was born on November 16, 1942, in Iota, Louisiana to Rena Dies Arabie and Lawrence Arabie. He was a retired auto mechanic for Jones Rambler in Nederland for sixteen...
Mr Benny Harold Todd
October 20, 2022
Benny Harold Todd Benny Harold Todd, 100, of Groves, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at his home in Groves. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Groves. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. There will also be Military Graveside Rites following the service at First...
Mr James "Jimmy" Spurlock Jones Jr
October 19, 2022
James “Jimmy” Spurlock Jones Jr., 80, of Houston Texas passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, in Houston, Texas after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches, Texas. Officiating will be Mr. Lester Tarver and Pastor Aaron Kemple. Visitation services will be Thursday,...
James Thomas Sarao Sr.
October 18, 2022
James Thomas Sarao, Sr. of Port Arthur, TX passed away on October 18, 2022, of a brief illness. James was born on May 30, 1947, in Houston, TX to Sam and Mary Mavis Sarao. He graduated from Vidor High School in Vidor, TX in 1965. He served in the United States Army from 1971 to 1973. He attended Lon Morris...
Kathy Ware
October 17, 2022
Kathleen (Kathy) Branham Ware, 76, of Port Neches went to be with the Lord on October 17, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family. Kathy was born in Baton Rouge, La on July 31, 1946, to Donovan and Eunice Branham. They moved to Leesville, La and then to Nederland, Texas in 1956 where...
Gwenda Ratcliff
October 17, 2022
Gwenda Ratcliff Gwenda Ratcliff, 84, of Groves, passed away on October 17, 2022, at her residence in Groves. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. Visitation will be at 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Levingston Funeral...
Joseph Michael Rider
October 16, 2022
Joseph Michael Rider “Yoda”, 39, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022, at UTMB Health League City Hospital. Joseph was born March 20, 1983 in Nederland, Texas to Michael and Donna Rider. Joseph was a devoted son, brother, uncle, husband, father and friend. He was a proud uncle and very active in his nieces’ and nephew’s lives....
Ruth T. Blanco
October 16, 2022
Ruth T. Blanco, 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away at her daughter’s home on Sunday, October 16, 2022, after courageously battling Alzheimer’s for many years. Ruth was born on June 16, 1938, to Howard K. ‘Buddy’ and Mildred M. ‘Maw Maw’ Thorla in Good Pine, Louisiana. They moved to Texas before her little brother was born. As part of...
Bradley Phillip Macon
October 16, 2022
Bradley Phillip Macon Bradley “Brad” Macon, 41, of Groves, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022, in Lovelady, Texas. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 23, 2022, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas, on February 4, 1981, he was the son of Clarence “Clint” Macon and Pamela Griffin....