Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The winningest high school football program in all of Texas is West Orange-Stark. The history of the Mustangs' success is now available in a book "WOS FOOTBALL, A WAY OF LIFE" written by their long-time coach. Cornel Thompson had a up close sideline view of the West Orange-Stark Mustangs during most their first 45 years of winning football as first an assistant coach and then as their head coach before he retired in 2021. Thompson has completed a 424-page compilation...
Dave Leslie Chesson, Sr., 75, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2024, at Baptist Hospital, in Beaumont, Texas. He was born April 16, 1949, in Orange, Texas, to Gloria Mae Roberts Chesson and Clyde Mitchell Chesson. Family, friends, and others are invited to visitation at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange on Saturday, July 20, 9-10 a.m. to reminisce and honor the life of Dave Leslie Chesson, Sr. Funeral services will immediately follow. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial...
Martha Evans Crosby, 85, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 11, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, 2024, at First Baptist Church in Deweyville. Officiating will be Reverend Damon Bickham. Born in Celeste, Texas, on March 3, 1939, she was the daughter of Junius Jennings Evans, Jr. and Bertha Mae McQueary Norton. Martha led a life filled with love, generosity, and a deep faith. Martha's dedication to her church, First Baptist Church in...
Jefferson Alvoid Garrison, 71, passed away on July 8, 2024, in his lifelong hometown of Orangefield, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Visitation will be from 1pm until the ceremony starts at 2pm. Officiating the service will be Dr. Doak Burke D.C. of Orangefield, Texas, and Rev. M.L. Marcantell of Pinehurst Pentecostal Church. His loved ones will hold a private, family-only burial service in the Gar...
Jo Cindy Cloy, 69, of Orange, passed away on July 9, 2024, at Focused Care in Orange surrounded by her loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 12, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon David Bonneaux, of St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will be at 3 p.m. at Ford Cemetery in Newton. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 9 a.m., Friday, June 12, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Beaumont,...
John Marble was how he was known to many but to the rest of us he was Sonny, Dad, Pops, role model and friend. On July 4th, 2024 in Lumberton, Texas this great man passed away and left us to continue his legacy. Born in Sour Lake, Texas, on September 23, 1942, John was the son of Welcome Marble and Mildred Glaze Marble. On February 21, 1963, John married the love of his life, Jeneanne Taylor Marble, and there they built a loving family. He was a devoted father to his 3...
Jerome "Jerry" Douglas Norton embarked on his final journey on July 6, 2024, in Houston, Texas. A final roll call and celebration of life for Jerome will be held at Liberty Baptist Bridge City on Friday, July 12, 2024. Visitation will start at 5 p.m. Brother Terry Wright and Brother Drew Stallworth will officiate starting at 6 p.m. A private Christian burial will take place at 11 a.m. on July 13, 2024 at the Ponderosa Farm and Family Ranch Cemetery in Newton, Texas. He battled...
Danny Simar, 69, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 9 after a thirty-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at Claybar Funeral home in Orange, preceded by visitation at 1 p.m. at the same location. He was born to Wanda and Roy Simar in Orange, Texas, where he spent the majority of his time stirring up "wholesome trouble" with his lifelong friends, Louis Blanda, John Blanda, Jim...
Sylvia Ann Mires, 84, passed away on July 8, 2024, at The Delaney at Southshore in League City, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, July 15 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange beside the plot of her beloved J.R. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday, July 14 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with a rosary at 6 p.m. Born in Orange, Texas, on July 1, 1940, she was the daughter of Sylvester...
