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Articles from the January 16, 2017 edition


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  • Loyd Alvin Welch, 80, Orange,

    Updated Jan 16, 2017

    Loyd Alvin Welch, 80, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral service will be held at Dorman Funeral Home on Saturday, January 14, 2017, at 2:00 PM, with Pastor Gary Wheeler of the First United Pentecostal Church in Orange, Texas, officiating; Rite of Interment and Committal will immediately follow at Wilkinson Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held prior to the funeral...

  • Denise Villadsen Scheele, 64, Katy

    Updated Jan 16, 2017

    Denise Villadsen Scheele passed away on January 6, 2017 in Katy, Texas surrounded by her family. She was born in Orange, Texas on August 28, 1953 to Reno (Buddy) and JoAnn Villadsen. She was the seventh child of thirteen. She learned, at an early age to be independent, loving, and strong but most of all she learned to laugh. To quote her granddaughter, "I will never forget how beautiful her smile was or how her laugh lit up the room". ”Aunt Neecy" will be remembered by all a...

  • Jesse Glenn Rambo Sr, 95, Port Arthur

    Updated Jan 16, 2017

    Jesse Glenn Rambo, Sr. Jesse was born December 10, 1922 in Port Arthur, TX to Albert Sidney Rambo and Mary Elizabeth Gault, and passed on January 3, 2017 in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is preceded in death by son, Allen Rambo, and grandson, Jason Rambo, and is survived by his angel and love of his life, B. Louise McDuffie of Nacogdoches, TX. Daughters Linda Walker and husband, Richard, of Hot Springs Village, AR Carolyn Rambo of Fort Worth, TX Son Jesse, Jr. and wife, Brenda, of...

  • Beverly J. (Kuchcinski) Swift, 62, Orange,

    Updated Jan 16, 2017

    Beverly J. (Kuchcinski) Swift, 62, of Orange, Texas, passed away at her home on Friday, January 13, 2017. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Dorman Funeral Home. Beverly was born on Monday, August 23, 1954, in Racine, Wisconsin, to the late Audrey and George Kuchcinski. She worked for many years as a Master Mechanic for the American Motors Corporation. When Beverly wasn’t working hard for her family, she enjoyed spending time at the bowling alley. Beverly was a...

  • Cheap Trick still knows how to rock

    Updated Jan 16, 2017

    (By Tommy Mann Jr.) Cheap Trick rolled into Southwest Louisiana on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 for a performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La., and turned this Friday night concert into a rock and roll party as a standing room only crowd enjoyed a nearly 90 minute performance featuring 16 songs, including classic tracks such as “If You Want My Love,” “Ain’t That a Shame,” “The Flame,” “I Want You to Want Me,” “Dream Police,” and, set closer, “Surrender....

  • Janie Lillian Hough, 100, Silsbee,

    Updated Jan 16, 2017

    Janie Lillian Hough, 100, of Silsbee, died Saturday, January 14, 2017. She was born on May 10, 1916, in Sonora, to Corabel Rhiddlehoover and John Madison Green. Mrs. Hough was a teacher for thirty-seven years at Silsbee I.S.D. Survivors include her children, Harry Hough of Maryville, Tennessee and Barbara Jane Hough Gulley and her husband, Mike, of Silsbee; grandchildren, Don Hough, Jr. of Seabrook, Kim Hough of Galveston, Larry Hough of Knoxville, Tennessee, Grady Hough and his wife, Nancy, of Reston, Virginia, Dell Whitney...

  • Marion R. Saul, 82, Vidor

    Updated Jan 16, 2017

    Marion R. Saul, 82, died Sunday, January 15th, 2017 at her home in Vidor surrounded by family. She was a native of Wildwood, NJ and a longtime resident of Vidor. Marion liked reading, gardening and going to casinos. She also loved to spend quality time with her family. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 18, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Home with...