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  • Linda Marshall Cockrell, 73, formerly of Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 18, 2023

    Linda Marshall Cockrell peacefully passed at home on April 8, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones. A memorial graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m., June 3, 2023, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange, under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. It will be led by Linda's son-in-law, Chaplain Colonel Christopher Dickey. Linda was born April 3, 1950, in LeCompte, Louisiana, to C.M. Marshall and Jean Atkinson Speer. She was a graduate from West Orange High School...

  • Brenda Joyce Williams, 77, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 17, 2023

    Brenda Joyce Williams, age 77, of Orange, Texas, passed away on April 7, 2023, in Port Arthur, Texas. Services to honor Brenda will be held at 11:00 AM, on Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Miracle Restoration Revivals Church, in Orange, Texas. Burial will immediately follow, at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. Visitation of family and friends will be held from 5:00 PM- 8:00 PM, on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at Dorman Funeral Home. Brenda was born in Orange, Texas, on Wednesday, March...

  • Sondra Lea Enloe Hamilton, 81, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 14, 2023

    Sondra Lea Enloe Hamilton, 81, of Orange, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, April 10, 2023. Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., at Pecan Acres Baptist Church. Officiating will be Doyle Enloe and Jared Hollier. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 20, 1941, she was the daughter of Lee Merce and Ruth (Carter) (Enloe) Gunn. Sondra started school at St. Mary on Cherry Street. She continued her school days here in Orange until her senior...

  • Doris Elaine Van Benthuysen, 87, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 14, 2023

    Doris Elaine Van Benthuysen, 87, of Orange, Texas, passed away on April 6, 2023, peacefully at home surround by family. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Silver Oaks Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, at Silver Oaks Baptist Church in Orange. Born in LeCompte, Louisiana, on June 25,...

  • Larry Sidney Jones, Jr., 37, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 11, 2023

    Larry S. Jones, Jr., was summons from life came on April 1, 2023, at his home. Born October 28, 1985, in Orange, Texas to Larry S. Jones, Sr. and Mary Lois Davis Jones. Family and friends will often recall the times shared with him, his concern for others and the many days of creating special memories that will continue to live on. He is preceded in death by his mother, Mary Lois David Jones; grandparents, Nace and Bertha Davis Jones, and Percy and Essa Jones Duplechain. He...

  • Bobbie Jeanne Tooey VanBreemen, 91, Bridge City

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 11, 2023

    Bobbie Jeanne Tooey VanBreemen passed peacefully on February 9, 2023. A short memorial service will be held in Bridge City, TX at St Paul United Methodist Church at 10:00 a.m. followed by burial service in Oak Bluff Memorial Park Port Neches, Texas on April 22, 2023. Born in Oklahoma February 28, 1932, Jeanne was the only child and daughter of Lurlene and Lenard Robert Tooey. When Jeanne was five months old, her family moved to Terrell, Texas (25 miles east of Dallas) where...

  • Judy Jones Turpin, 80, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 11, 2023

    Judy Jones Turpin, 80, of Orange, passed away on April 8, 2023, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, April 16, 2023, at North Orange Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Chip Anthony and Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Visitation will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 16, at North Orange Baptist Church. Born on April 30, 1942 in Yancey, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Lewis Glasgow Jones and Irene Thompson Jones. Judy attended...

  • Sondra Lea Enloe Hamilton, 81, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 11, 2023

    Sondra Lea Enloe Hamilton, 81, of Orange, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, April 10, 2023. Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., at Pecan Acres Baptist Church. Officiating will be Doyle Enloe and Jared Hollier. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 20, 1941, she was the daughter of Lee Merce and Ruth (Carter) (Enloe) Gunn. Sondra started school at St. Mary on Cherry Street. She continued her school days here in Orange until her senior...

  • Patricia Lea Henderson Oswalt, 81, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 11, 2023

    Patricia Lea Henderson Oswalt, 81 of Orange Texas, left her worldly home on April 8, 2023. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at East Gate United Pentecostal Church in Vidor, Texas. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, Texas. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, at East Gate United Pentecostal Church in Vidor. Pat was born March 16, 1942, in Goose Creek, Texas to Claude E. Henderson and...

  • Doris Hill, 100, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 11, 2023

    Doris Hill, 100, of Orange, peacefully passed away on April 9, 2023, at home. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m., Thursday, April 13, 2023, at Orange Church of God. Officiating will be Pastor Demetrius Moffett. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, at Orange Church of God. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on March 13, 1923, she was the daughter of James Henry Short and Georgia E. Taylor. Doris was a...

  • Barbara Cormier Becker, 75, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 10, 2023

    Barbara Cormier Becker, 75 of Orange, Texas, passed away on April 4, 2023, in Orange. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon Melvin Payne. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday, April 10, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with rosary at 6:00 p.m., recited by Deacon David Bonneaux. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on...

  • Sandra Jean Pitre, 85, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 10, 2023

    Sandra Jean Pitre, 85, of Orange, Texas, passed away on April 6, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 13, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Sinclair Oubre of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m., Wednesday, April 12, at Claybar Funeral Home in...

  • Brenda Ellen "MeMe" Nezat, 75, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 10, 2023

    Brenda Ellen “MeMe” Nezat, 75, of Orange, Texas, passed away on April 8, 2023, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will take place prior to the service from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on April 5, 1948, she was the daughter of Dewey Joseph Boullion and Joy Flavey (Norwood) Boullion. Brenda dedicated her life to caring for her...

  • Coach Earnest Ray Procella, Orange, 91

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 6, 2023

    Mr. Earnest Ray Procella of Orange, Texas passed away on April 01, 2023, at his grandson’s home in Orange. He was 91. Funeral services will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange on Saturday, April 08, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. Officiating will be one of Mr. Procella’s grandsons, Pastor Michael Procella, and one of Mr. Procella’s students from Cove, Pastor Charles Miller. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:30...

  • Diane Buchman Lindley, 79, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 6, 2023

    Diane Buchman Lindley, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on April 3, 2023, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 7, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. The cremated remains of Diane’s father, John Buchman, will be put to rest alongside her. Visitation will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 6, at Claybar Funeral H...

  • Patricia G. Kelley, 85, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 3, 2023

    Patricia G. Kelley, 85, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 30, 2023, peacefully at home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at McDonald Baptist Church in West Orange. Officiating will be Paster Thomas Anthony. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at McDonald Baptist Church in West Orange. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on October 19, 1937,...

  • Nola Jean Green, 54, Nederland

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 3, 2023

    Nola Jean Green, 54, of Nederland, Texas, passed away on March 16, 2023, at her residence. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on January 30, 1969, she was the daughter of Edward Nolan Green, Sr. and Clara Jean (Stuckey) Williams. Nola enjoyed the finer things in life like country music and shopping, specifically thrift shopping. In her down time, Nola loved to tune into the Food Network Channel and watch the weather. She was an avid dog lover, and she adored her rat terrier, Lacy....

  • John Richard Breitenstein, 76, Beaumont

    Staff Report|Updated Apr 3, 2023

    John Richard Breitenstein, 76, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on March 30, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Orange, with visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m., prior to the service. Officiating will be The Reverend Keith Giblin. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, on April 6, 1946, he was the son of John Stuart Breitenstein and Adele del’Etoile Breitenstein. In 1968, Joh...

  • Everett Erwin Kahla, 89, Stowell

    Staff Report|Updated Mar 30, 2023

    Everett Erwin Kahla, 89, of Stowell, Texas, passed away on March 25, 2023, in Winnie, Texas. A graveside service will be at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Fairview Cemetery in Winnie, Texas. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on August 25, 1933, he was the son of Erwin B. Kahla and Eula (Harrington) Kahla. Everett graduated from High Island Independent School District in 1950 and went on to serve in the United States Army. He later went on to work as an operator for Texaco...

  • Loren Bywaters Clay II, 71, Village Mills

    Staff Report|Updated Mar 30, 2023

    Loren Bywaters Clay II, 71, of Village Mills, Texas, passed away on March 23, 2023. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 11, 1951, he was the son of Loren B. Clay and Anne Clay Schulze. Loren Clay was raised in the Memorial area of Houston, Texas and graduated from Rice University in 1974. He began his career as a steel purchaser at Tex Tube and ultimately retired from Northwest Pipe in 1999. He and his wife, Max, retired to Wildwood in 2001. There he began a lawn service...

  • Randall "Randy" Keith Feagin, 65, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Mar 28, 2023

    Randall “Randy” Keith Feagin, 65, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 17, 2023, in Orange. Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation for Randy at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. followed by the memorial service at 2:00 p.m. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on December 4, 1957, he was the son of Donald Lewis Feagin and Ingeborg “Inge” Ursula Haas Feagin. Randy was a member of the United States Navy and was stationed in San Diego, CA. He worked as a member of Millwright Union L...

  • Mary Frances Dupuy Barker, 83, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Mar 27, 2023

    Mary Frances Dupuy Barker, 83, of Orange, passed away on March 8, 2023, at peacefully at home. Born in Orange, Texas, on July 2, 1939, she was the daughter of Rufis Barras and Bernice (Hudnall) Barras. Mary was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. She was the best mother her daughters could have, and she made sure her children had a great life. Also, she loved her grandbabies very much and they loved their “Mawmaw”. She enjoyed cooking, especially her world-famous car...

  • Jerry Padgett, 78, Bridge City

    Staff Report|Updated Mar 26, 2023

    Jerry Padgett, 78, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 17, 2023. A memorial service to honor Jerry will be held at 3:00 pm, on Monday, March 27, 2023, at Dorman Funeral Home. A gathering of family and friends will follow services, from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at Dorman Funeral Home. On Thursday, October 5, 1944, Jerry was born to Emmery and Margie Padgett, in Orange, Texas. Jerry was proud of his county and served in the United States Air...

  • Gary Alan Clemmons, 72, Vidor

    Staff Report|Updated Mar 23, 2023

    Gary Alan Clemmons, 72, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on March 14, 2023, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 22, 1950, he was the son of Clifford Clemmons and Gertrude Clemmons. After Gary retired from the United States Air Force he went to work as a corrections officer for a juvenile correctional facility. In 2015, Gary moved to Texas to be closer to his family and loved spending time with his grandkids. He enjoyed reading about history and...

  • Clayton James Jamie Brown, 63, Beaumont

    Staff Report|Updated Mar 23, 2023

    Clayton James Jamie Brown, 63, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on March 11, 2023, at Focus Care in Beaumont. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on February 28, 1960, he was the son of Clayton Brown, Sr., and Dorothy (Smith) Brown. Clayton went to Stephen F. Austin High School, and then later went to proudly served in the United States Army and United States Army Reserve. He worked for the Jefferson County Larry Gist unit as a Prison Guard. Clayton will be deeply missed by family and...

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