Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Baxter C. Rivers
Aug 4, 2011
Baxter C. Rivers March 29, 1937 - August 4, 2011
Baxter C. Rivers, 74, of Bridge City, Texas passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on March 29, 1937 to Idene Hennings Rivers and Thomas B. Rivers in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. He has been a resident of the...
Stephen Michael Chauvin, Jr.
Jul 30, 2011
Stephen Michael Chauvin, Jr. September 7, 1984 - July 30, 2011
Stephen "Stevie" Michael Chauvin, Jr., 26, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at his home. He was born on September 7, 1984 to Barbara Ann McMahon Chauvin and Stephen Michael Chauvin, Sr. in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the area....
Kenneth Gene Whigham, Sr.
Jul 28, 2011
Kenneth Gene Whigham, Sr. February 22, 1933 - July 28, 2011
Kenneth Gene Whigham, Sr., went to be with his Savior on July 28, 2011. His parents were James Frank Whigham and Reba Robinson. He was born on February 22, 1933 in Groves, Texas. Kenneth graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, TX, in January 1952. He...
Howard J. Bourgeois
Jul 25, 2011
Howard J. Bourgeois October 28, 1922 - July 25, 2011
Howard J. Bourgeois, age 88 of Katy, Texas formerly of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 at his residence. Howard was born in Port Arthur on October 28, 1922 to Adam and Philomene Poleynard Bourgeois. Howard served our country during W.W. II with the U. S....
Emma Jane Cox
Jul 24, 2011
Emma Jane Cox August 26, 1937 - July 24, 2011
Emma Jane Cox passed peacefully in Port Arthur, Texas on July 24, 2011 at 10:45PM. She was surrounded by her family as she went on to be with Christ and her dear departed loved ones. Emma Jane was born to CO. and Berta Mae Simmons on August 26, 1937....
Frederick Lale Varnado
Jul 24, 2011
Frederick Lale Varnado October 5, 1927 - July 24, 2011
Frederick Lale Varnado was born October 5, 1927 to Lale Varnado and Minnie D. Barksdale Varnado in Gulfport, MS. He grew up in Amite, LA and graduated high school Valedictorian of his c1ass. He was given the opportunity to go to West Point, but chose LSU in Baton Rouge,...
Howard J. Bourque
Jul 22, 2011
Howard J. Bourque September 15, 1925 - July 22, 2011
Howard Bourque passed to his new life on July 22, 2011. He leaves behind family memories to be cherished by his wife of 63 years, Olite, their four children and spouses; Kathy and Bob O'Leary, Mike and Karen Bourque, Sandy and Mark Dolce and Ricky and Jolean Bourque, eight...
David Edward Trimble
Jul 21, 2011
David Edward Trimble July 7, 1949 - July 21, 2011
David Edward Trimble, 62, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at his home. He was born July 7, 1949 to Odette Blanchard Trimble and Harry Trimble in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the area. David worked as a security guard...
Lucy Bell Dugas
Jul 19, 2011
Lucy Bell Dugas March 4, 1915 - July 19, 2011
Lucy Bell Dugas, age 96 passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. She was the daughter of Louisa and Pierre LeBlanc. She is survived by: John and Jeanette Whitten, Ethel Granger, Jerry and Karen Haines, Stephen and Chere Dugas. Four generations of grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In...
Carolyn Kay Chapman
Jul 17, 2011
Carolyn Kay Chapman December 6, 1941 - July 17, 2011
Carolyn Kay "Cookie" Andrus Chapman, 69, passed away at her home on July 17, 2011, following a short battle with cancer, surrounded by members of her family. She is survived by her son, Eric Paul Chapman, his wife Donna and their children Adam and Ashley of Hamshire-Fannett, TX; three...
Blanche Nequent
Jul 15, 2011
Blanche Nequent July 27, 1921 - July 15, 2011
Blanche Livingston Nequent, 89 of Port Acres, TX was granted her wings on July 15, 2011. She is survived by her Daughters Linda Small Ham, and her Husband Henry of Crockett, Carolyn Small Castillo of Nederland, Anita Nequent Stovall of Nederland, and Phyllis Nequent of Port Arthur, and her Sons...
Catherine Reyes
Jul 15, 2011
Catherine Reyes April 24, 1952 - July 15, 2011
Catherine Reyes, 59, of Groves, Texas passed away on Friday, July 15, 2011 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. She was born on April 24, 1952 to Mary Younger Jeffers and John Jeffers in Scotland. She has been a resident of the area for 40 years. Catherine was...
Francine D. Miller
Jul 13, 2011
Francine D. Miller August 5, 1928 - July 13, 2011
Francine DeLeon Miller, 82 of Port Arthur peacefully passed away on Wednesday morning at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with her son and daughter-in-law at her side. Francine was a proud American, a Texan, a devout Catholic, an ex-Dominican nun, a disabled American Veteran of the U.S. Navy, a...
Julian T. Sanchez, Jr.
Jul 11, 2011
Julian T. Sanchez, Jr. July 9, 1952 - July 11, 2011
Julian T. "Junior" Sanchez, Jr., 59, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, July 11, 2011 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born on July 9, 1952 to Dora Palanco Sanchez and Julian T. Sanchez, Sr. in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong...
Sylvia Anne Lewis
Jul 9, 2011
Sylvia Anne Lewis May 12, 1936 - July 9, 2011
Sylvia Nacol Lewis, age 75, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Port Arthur to Joseph S. and Rose Bivona Nacol on May 12, 1936. Sylvia was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and Port Neches, and after...
Owen Brown, Jr.
Jul 9, 2011
Owen Brown, Jr. August 21, 1932 - July 9, 2011
Owen Brown Jr.,age 77 passed away on July 9, 2011 at his residence. Owen was born in Port Arthur on August 21, 1933 to Owen and Mary Eunice Sanguin Brown, Sr. Owen served his country in the Korean War, he was a fabricator and welder most of his life....
Donald Ray Jennings
Jul 4, 2011
Donald Ray Jennings November 29, 1942 - July 4, 2011
Donald Ray Jennings, 68 of Sabine Pass passed away Monday, July 4, 2011. Donald was a native of Sabine Pass and lived his whole life in the Southeast Texas area. He retired as a machinist from Ameripol Synpol after serving 22 years of service. Along with his career as...
Harold Joseph Leblanc
Jul 3, 2011
Harold Joseph LeBlanc October 23, 1930 - July 3, 2011
Harold Joseph LeBlanc, 80, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on October 23, 1930 to Rosella Guidry LeBlanc and Avenire LeBlanc in Kaplan, Louisiana. He lived in the Port Arthur area for 56 years....
Concepcion Colunga
Jul 2, 2011
Concepcion Colunga September 22, 1918 - July 2, 2011
Concepcion "Connie" Colunga, 93, of Groves passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Renaissance Hospital in Groves. She was born September 22, 1918 to Elvira Gomez Colunga and Desiderio Colunga in San Antonio, Texas. She lived most of her life in the Port Arthur/Groves area. Connie worked at the...
Florine M. Emerson
Jul 1, 2011
Florine M. Emerson December 24, 1915 - July 1, 2011
Florine M. East Emerson died on July 1, 2011 at Christus St. Elizabeth's hospital in Beaumont, Texas. She born on December 24, 1915 in Port Arthur, Texas to Elvin and Myrhl Salome East and was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur area. After graduating from high school she...
Baxter C. Rivers
Aug 4, 2011
Baxter C. Rivers March 29, 1937 - August 4, 2011
Baxter C. Rivers, 74, of Bridge City, Texas passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, Texas. He was born on March 29, 1937 to Idene Hennings Rivers and Thomas B. Rivers in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. He has been a resident of the...
Stephen Michael Chauvin, Jr.
Jul 30, 2011
Stephen Michael Chauvin, Jr. September 7, 1984 - July 30, 2011
Stephen "Stevie" Michael Chauvin, Jr., 26, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at his home. He was born on September 7, 1984 to Barbara Ann McMahon Chauvin and Stephen Michael Chauvin, Sr. in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the area....
Kenneth Gene Whigham, Sr.
Jul 28, 2011
Kenneth Gene Whigham, Sr. February 22, 1933 - July 28, 2011
Kenneth Gene Whigham, Sr., went to be with his Savior on July 28, 2011. His parents were James Frank Whigham and Reba Robinson. He was born on February 22, 1933 in Groves, Texas. Kenneth graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, TX, in January 1952. He...
Howard J. Bourgeois
Jul 25, 2011
Howard J. Bourgeois October 28, 1922 - July 25, 2011
Howard J. Bourgeois, age 88 of Katy, Texas formerly of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 at his residence. Howard was born in Port Arthur on October 28, 1922 to Adam and Philomene Poleynard Bourgeois. Howard served our country during W.W. II with the U. S....
Emma Jane Cox
Jul 24, 2011
Emma Jane Cox August 26, 1937 - July 24, 2011
Emma Jane Cox passed peacefully in Port Arthur, Texas on July 24, 2011 at 10:45PM. She was surrounded by her family as she went on to be with Christ and her dear departed loved ones. Emma Jane was born to CO. and Berta Mae Simmons on August 26, 1937....
Frederick Lale Varnado
Jul 24, 2011
Frederick Lale Varnado October 5, 1927 - July 24, 2011
Frederick Lale Varnado was born October 5, 1927 to Lale Varnado and Minnie D. Barksdale Varnado in Gulfport, MS. He grew up in Amite, LA and graduated high school Valedictorian of his c1ass. He was given the opportunity to go to West Point, but chose LSU in Baton Rouge,...
Howard J. Bourque
Jul 22, 2011
Howard J. Bourque September 15, 1925 - July 22, 2011
Howard Bourque passed to his new life on July 22, 2011. He leaves behind family memories to be cherished by his wife of 63 years, Olite, their four children and spouses; Kathy and Bob O'Leary, Mike and Karen Bourque, Sandy and Mark Dolce and Ricky and Jolean Bourque, eight...
David Edward Trimble
Jul 21, 2011
David Edward Trimble July 7, 1949 - July 21, 2011
David Edward Trimble, 62, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at his home. He was born July 7, 1949 to Odette Blanchard Trimble and Harry Trimble in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the area. David worked as a security guard...
Lucy Bell Dugas
Jul 19, 2011
Lucy Bell Dugas March 4, 1915 - July 19, 2011
Lucy Bell Dugas, age 96 passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. She was the daughter of Louisa and Pierre LeBlanc. She is survived by: John and Jeanette Whitten, Ethel Granger, Jerry and Karen Haines, Stephen and Chere Dugas. Four generations of grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In...
Carolyn Kay Chapman
Jul 17, 2011
Carolyn Kay Chapman December 6, 1941 - July 17, 2011
Carolyn Kay "Cookie" Andrus Chapman, 69, passed away at her home on July 17, 2011, following a short battle with cancer, surrounded by members of her family. She is survived by her son, Eric Paul Chapman, his wife Donna and their children Adam and Ashley of Hamshire-Fannett, TX; three...
Blanche Nequent
Jul 15, 2011
Blanche Nequent July 27, 1921 - July 15, 2011
Blanche Livingston Nequent, 89 of Port Acres, TX was granted her wings on July 15, 2011. She is survived by her Daughters Linda Small Ham, and her Husband Henry of Crockett, Carolyn Small Castillo of Nederland, Anita Nequent Stovall of Nederland, and Phyllis Nequent of Port Arthur, and her Sons...
Catherine Reyes
Jul 15, 2011
Catherine Reyes April 24, 1952 - July 15, 2011
Catherine Reyes, 59, of Groves, Texas passed away on Friday, July 15, 2011 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. She was born on April 24, 1952 to Mary Younger Jeffers and John Jeffers in Scotland. She has been a resident of the area for 40 years. Catherine was...
Francine D. Miller
Jul 13, 2011
Francine D. Miller August 5, 1928 - July 13, 2011
Francine DeLeon Miller, 82 of Port Arthur peacefully passed away on Wednesday morning at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with her son and daughter-in-law at her side. Francine was a proud American, a Texan, a devout Catholic, an ex-Dominican nun, a disabled American Veteran of the U.S. Navy, a...
Julian T. Sanchez, Jr.
Jul 11, 2011
Julian T. Sanchez, Jr. July 9, 1952 - July 11, 2011
Julian T. "Junior" Sanchez, Jr., 59, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, July 11, 2011 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born on July 9, 1952 to Dora Palanco Sanchez and Julian T. Sanchez, Sr. in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong...
Sylvia Anne Lewis
Jul 9, 2011
Sylvia Anne Lewis May 12, 1936 - July 9, 2011
Sylvia Nacol Lewis, age 75, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Port Arthur to Joseph S. and Rose Bivona Nacol on May 12, 1936. Sylvia was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and Port Neches, and after...
Owen Brown, Jr.
Jul 9, 2011
Owen Brown, Jr. August 21, 1932 - July 9, 2011
Owen Brown Jr.,age 77 passed away on July 9, 2011 at his residence. Owen was born in Port Arthur on August 21, 1933 to Owen and Mary Eunice Sanguin Brown, Sr. Owen served his country in the Korean War, he was a fabricator and welder most of his life....
Donald Ray Jennings
Jul 4, 2011
Donald Ray Jennings November 29, 1942 - July 4, 2011
Donald Ray Jennings, 68 of Sabine Pass passed away Monday, July 4, 2011. Donald was a native of Sabine Pass and lived his whole life in the Southeast Texas area. He retired as a machinist from Ameripol Synpol after serving 22 years of service. Along with his career as...
Harold Joseph Leblanc
Jul 3, 2011
Harold Joseph LeBlanc October 23, 1930 - July 3, 2011
Harold Joseph LeBlanc, 80, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on October 23, 1930 to Rosella Guidry LeBlanc and Avenire LeBlanc in Kaplan, Louisiana. He lived in the Port Arthur area for 56 years....
Concepcion Colunga
Jul 2, 2011
Concepcion Colunga September 22, 1918 - July 2, 2011
Concepcion "Connie" Colunga, 93, of Groves passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Renaissance Hospital in Groves. She was born September 22, 1918 to Elvira Gomez Colunga and Desiderio Colunga in San Antonio, Texas. She lived most of her life in the Port Arthur/Groves area. Connie worked at the...
Florine M. Emerson
Jul 1, 2011
Florine M. Emerson December 24, 1915 - July 1, 2011
Florine M. East Emerson died on July 1, 2011 at Christus St. Elizabeth's hospital in Beaumont, Texas. She born on December 24, 1915 in Port Arthur, Texas to Elvin and Myrhl Salome East and was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur area. After graduating from high school she...