Obituaries for Melancon Levingston
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves, TX.
Charlotte Ann Thurston
November 27, 2020
Charlotte Ann Thurston, 70, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 4, 1949 to Eugene Calvin Pace and Dorothy Ann Collins Pace. Charlotte was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. While raising her family she attended Lamar University in the...
Otis A. Barnes
November 27, 2020
Otis A. Barnes, 95, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Port Neches, Texas on November 14, 1925 to Thomas Arthur Barnes and Beulah Powell Barnes. Otis was a lifelong area resident and was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves. He proudly served his country...
Brenda Ashcraft Hebert
November 26, 2020
Brenda Ashcraft Hebert, born October 2, 1946 to Luther and Kitty Ashcraft in Monticello, Arkansas. Brenda passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 surrounded by her family. Brenda was preceded in death by her parents, Luther Samuel Ashcraft and Kitty Dale Tucker Ashcraft both of Monticello, AR., and her brother, Sammy Ashcraft of Star City, AR. Those left behind to cherish...
Daniel Joseph DeKerlegand
November 26, 2020
Daniel Joseph DeKerlegand, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 2, 1952 to Willie Joseph DeKerlegand and Sadie Mae Guidry DeKerlegand. Daniel was a lifelong area resident and member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Groves Knights of Columbus #3491. He proudly...
Clyde Thomas "Tom" Lawton
November 26, 2020
Clyde Thomas "Tom" Lawton, 74, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Tom was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on July 25, 1946 to Emmy and Eugene Lawton. He was the oldest of four boys, which kept his mother's hands quite full. In 1960, Tom and his family moved to Bartlett, Texas, where he graduated from...
Judy Paulette Killian
November 24, 2020
Judy Paulette Killian, 71, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at her residence surrounded by her family. Judy was born November 20, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to LJ and Pauline Deaver. She was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School and a loving mother, wife, and friend to all who met her. Judy was...
Tanya Nicole Mixon
November 24, 2020
Tanya Nicole Mixon, 45, of Nederland, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Tanya was born August 30, 1975 in Midland, Texas to Thomas Edward Hubbard and Wanda McAllister Marley. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson class of 1993, a Swingster on the drill team, and crowned the first Miss Holiday in Port...
Bud "Albert" Lee Richard
November 22, 2020
Bud “Albert” Lee Richard, 78, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. Bud was born November 22, 1942 in Nederland, Texas to Camille and Ada Richard. He served in the United States Navy and was a member of Groves Knights of Columbus #3491. Bud was a referee official for football...
Jesse "JF" Lack
November 22, 2020
JF Lack, 93, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, November 22, 2020 at his residence. JF was born February 13, 1927 in Kountze, Texas to Edward Lack and Dessie Knight Lack. He was a resident of Port Neches for 73 years and a retired Lab Technician/Lab Supervisor at Pure Oil/Unocal with 37 years of service. JF loved to fish and...
Mason L. Moore
November 21, 2020
Mason L. Moore, 82, of Port Neches, Texas passed away November 21, 2020. He was born on November 16, 1938 in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Leesville, Louisiana by the late William Grady Moore and Lucy Grillette Moore. Mason served his country proudly in the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Airforce. While serving in the Air Force he...
James Neil Cannon
November 21, 2020
James Neil Cannon, 63, of Nederland, Texas passed away November 21, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 10, 1957 to the late James Thomas Cannon and Barbara Evans Wilburn Cannon. James was an electrician for IBEW 479 in Beaumont with 32 years of service. Those left to cherish James’s memory are his children, Rikki Lee Malone...
Obie Laverne (Verne) Echols, M.D.
November 21, 2020
Obie Laverne (Verne) Echols, 96, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at his residence. Dr. Echols was born May 9, 1924 in Rosboro, Arkansas to Obie H. Echols and Bernice Williams Echols. He was a 65-year resident of Port Neches and a member of First United Methodist Church in Port Neches, where he taught Sunday school...
Glen Milton Evans
November 21, 2020
Glen Milton Evans, 88, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Glen was born December 23, 1931 in DeQuincy, Louisiana to Johnnie Evans and Bessie Tilley Evans. He was a longtime area resident and retired as Plant Supervisor from Firestone after 38 years of service. Glen proudly served his country in the...
Joe Edwin Welch
November 20, 2020
Joe Edwin Welch, 71, of Orange, Texas passed away November 20, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 25, 1949 to the late Edwin Lee Welch and Cary Odessa Crager Welch. Joe proudly served his country as a member of the United States Air Force. After serving in the military, Joe was employed with Mobil Refinery where...
JoAnn Gertrude Bledsoe
November 20, 2020
JoAnn Gertrude Bledsoe, 91, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, November 20, 2020. JoAnn was born August 6, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to Raymond C. Gish and Bessie Davis Gish. She was a lifelong area resident and member of Friendship Baptist Church. JoAnn was a loving mother and enjoyed taking care of her children. She and the love of...
Syble Jeter Wiley
November 20, 2020
Syble Jeter Wiley, 93, of Port Arthur, Texas formerly of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 at her residence. Syble was born July 3, 1927 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana to Jasper Martin Brown and Emiline Brack Brown. She was a member of the Baptist faith and a lifelong member of Port Neches Eastern Star. Syble retired from...
Margaret Diane Reaux
November 18, 2020
Margaret Diane Reaux, 74, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 surrounded by her family. Margaret was born September 11, 1946 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lionel McGee, Sr. and Clemence Naquin McGee. She was a homemaker, lifelong area resident and member of the Catholic faith. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, James "Britt" Reaux;...
John "Jack" Martin Elton, Sr.
November 17, 2020
John "Jack" Martin Elton, Sr., 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Jack was born April 5, 1939 in Peoria, Illinois to Bertha Martin Elton. He was a resident of Port Neches for 43 years and a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. Jack retired from American...
Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis
November 16, 2020
Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis, beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2020 in Port Arthur, Texas. Buddy was born January 5, 1931, to Arthur J. and Therese (Meadows) Davis of Nederland, Texas. He was the youngest of four children, joining his sisters and brother, Mary Nan Hunnicutt, Averil J. "Sonny" Davis and Rose Arthur Knighten. He...
Betty Doggette Marcel
November 15, 2020
Betty Doggette Marcel, 81, of The Woodlands, Texas formerly of Groves, Texas. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 13, 1939 to the late James Fred Doggette and Catherine Todd Doggette. Those left to cherish Betty’s memory are her husband, Ray A. Marcel, Sr. of The Woodlands; her daughter, Sonya Long and her husband, Donald of The Woodlands;...
Charlotte Ann Thurston
November 27, 2020
Charlotte Ann Thurston, 70, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 4, 1949 to Eugene Calvin Pace and Dorothy Ann Collins Pace. Charlotte was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. While raising her family she attended Lamar University in the...
Otis A. Barnes
November 27, 2020
Otis A. Barnes, 95, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Port Neches, Texas on November 14, 1925 to Thomas Arthur Barnes and Beulah Powell Barnes. Otis was a lifelong area resident and was a member of First Baptist Church of Groves. He proudly served his country...
Brenda Ashcraft Hebert
November 26, 2020
Brenda Ashcraft Hebert, born October 2, 1946 to Luther and Kitty Ashcraft in Monticello, Arkansas. Brenda passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 surrounded by her family. Brenda was preceded in death by her parents, Luther Samuel Ashcraft and Kitty Dale Tucker Ashcraft both of Monticello, AR., and her brother, Sammy Ashcraft of Star City, AR. Those left behind to cherish...
Daniel Joseph DeKerlegand
November 26, 2020
Daniel Joseph DeKerlegand, 68, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 2, 1952 to Willie Joseph DeKerlegand and Sadie Mae Guidry DeKerlegand. Daniel was a lifelong area resident and member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Groves Knights of Columbus #3491. He proudly...
Clyde Thomas "Tom" Lawton
November 26, 2020
Clyde Thomas "Tom" Lawton, 74, of Groves, Texas passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Tom was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on July 25, 1946 to Emmy and Eugene Lawton. He was the oldest of four boys, which kept his mother's hands quite full. In 1960, Tom and his family moved to Bartlett, Texas, where he graduated from...
Judy Paulette Killian
November 24, 2020
Judy Paulette Killian, 71, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at her residence surrounded by her family. Judy was born November 20, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas to LJ and Pauline Deaver. She was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School and a loving mother, wife, and friend to all who met her. Judy was...
Tanya Nicole Mixon
November 24, 2020
Tanya Nicole Mixon, 45, of Nederland, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Tanya was born August 30, 1975 in Midland, Texas to Thomas Edward Hubbard and Wanda McAllister Marley. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson class of 1993, a Swingster on the drill team, and crowned the first Miss Holiday in Port...
Bud "Albert" Lee Richard
November 22, 2020
Bud “Albert” Lee Richard, 78, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. Bud was born November 22, 1942 in Nederland, Texas to Camille and Ada Richard. He served in the United States Navy and was a member of Groves Knights of Columbus #3491. Bud was a referee official for football...
Jesse "JF" Lack
November 22, 2020
JF Lack, 93, of Port Neches, Texas died Sunday, November 22, 2020 at his residence. JF was born February 13, 1927 in Kountze, Texas to Edward Lack and Dessie Knight Lack. He was a resident of Port Neches for 73 years and a retired Lab Technician/Lab Supervisor at Pure Oil/Unocal with 37 years of service. JF loved to fish and...
Mason L. Moore
November 21, 2020
Mason L. Moore, 82, of Port Neches, Texas passed away November 21, 2020. He was born on November 16, 1938 in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Leesville, Louisiana by the late William Grady Moore and Lucy Grillette Moore. Mason served his country proudly in the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Airforce. While serving in the Air Force he...
James Neil Cannon
November 21, 2020
James Neil Cannon, 63, of Nederland, Texas passed away November 21, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 10, 1957 to the late James Thomas Cannon and Barbara Evans Wilburn Cannon. James was an electrician for IBEW 479 in Beaumont with 32 years of service. Those left to cherish James’s memory are his children, Rikki Lee Malone...
Obie Laverne (Verne) Echols, M.D.
November 21, 2020
Obie Laverne (Verne) Echols, 96, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at his residence. Dr. Echols was born May 9, 1924 in Rosboro, Arkansas to Obie H. Echols and Bernice Williams Echols. He was a 65-year resident of Port Neches and a member of First United Methodist Church in Port Neches, where he taught Sunday school...
Glen Milton Evans
November 21, 2020
Glen Milton Evans, 88, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Glen was born December 23, 1931 in DeQuincy, Louisiana to Johnnie Evans and Bessie Tilley Evans. He was a longtime area resident and retired as Plant Supervisor from Firestone after 38 years of service. Glen proudly served his country in the...
Joe Edwin Welch
November 20, 2020
Joe Edwin Welch, 71, of Orange, Texas passed away November 20, 2020. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on June 25, 1949 to the late Edwin Lee Welch and Cary Odessa Crager Welch. Joe proudly served his country as a member of the United States Air Force. After serving in the military, Joe was employed with Mobil Refinery where...
JoAnn Gertrude Bledsoe
November 20, 2020
JoAnn Gertrude Bledsoe, 91, of Groves, Texas passed away Friday, November 20, 2020. JoAnn was born August 6, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to Raymond C. Gish and Bessie Davis Gish. She was a lifelong area resident and member of Friendship Baptist Church. JoAnn was a loving mother and enjoyed taking care of her children. She and the love of...
Syble Jeter Wiley
November 20, 2020
Syble Jeter Wiley, 93, of Port Arthur, Texas formerly of Port Neches, Texas passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 at her residence. Syble was born July 3, 1927 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana to Jasper Martin Brown and Emiline Brack Brown. She was a member of the Baptist faith and a lifelong member of Port Neches Eastern Star. Syble retired from...
Margaret Diane Reaux
November 18, 2020
Margaret Diane Reaux, 74, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 surrounded by her family. Margaret was born September 11, 1946 in Port Arthur, Texas to Lionel McGee, Sr. and Clemence Naquin McGee. She was a homemaker, lifelong area resident and member of the Catholic faith. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, James "Britt" Reaux;...
John "Jack" Martin Elton, Sr.
November 17, 2020
John "Jack" Martin Elton, Sr., 81, of Port Neches, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Jack was born April 5, 1939 in Peoria, Illinois to Bertha Martin Elton. He was a resident of Port Neches for 43 years and a member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. Jack retired from American...
Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis
November 16, 2020
Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis, beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2020 in Port Arthur, Texas. Buddy was born January 5, 1931, to Arthur J. and Therese (Meadows) Davis of Nederland, Texas. He was the youngest of four children, joining his sisters and brother, Mary Nan Hunnicutt, Averil J. "Sonny" Davis and Rose Arthur Knighten. He...
Betty Doggette Marcel
November 15, 2020
Betty Doggette Marcel, 81, of The Woodlands, Texas formerly of Groves, Texas. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 13, 1939 to the late James Fred Doggette and Catherine Todd Doggette. Those left to cherish Betty’s memory are her husband, Ray A. Marcel, Sr. of The Woodlands; her daughter, Sonya Long and her husband, Donald of The Woodlands;...
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