Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Agnes Cormier
Aug 12, 2011
Agnes Cormier July 27, 1924 - August 12, 2011
Agnes Cormier, age 87, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011. Agnes was born in Crowley, LA. on July 27, 1924 to John and Amae Broussard Etienne. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church. Agnes was preceded...
Frederick M. Davis, Jr.
Aug 12, 2011
Frederick M. Davis, Jr. September 3, 1933 - August 12, 2011
Frederick M. Davis, Jr., age 77 of Port Acres passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011 at a local health care facility. Frederick was a life long resident of Port Acres. Frederick is survived by his wife, Eula "Lou" Davis of Port Acres, step-son Michael Kuluris of Port...
Alton Hebert
Aug 11, 2011
Alton Hebert February 22, 1935 - August 11, 2011
Alton "Pep" Hebert, 76, of Baytown, Texas and former resident of Port Arthur passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. He was born February 22, 1935 to Marie Landry Hebert and Alvin Hebert in Port Arthur, Texas. He served in the U. S....
Terri Lyne Hanks
Aug 9, 2011
Terri Lyne Hanks March 11, 1957 - August 9, 2011
Terri Lyne Hanks, 54, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. She was born March 11, 1957 to Arlene Oubre Quebedeaux and John Ned Quebedeaux in Port Arthur, Texas. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1975 and...
John Joseph Barry
Aug 8, 2011
John Joseph Barry July 29, 1920 - August 8, 2011
John Joseph Barry, 91, of McKinney, Texas and former resident of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Baybrooke Village Rehabilitation Center in McKinney, Texas. He was born July 29, 1920 to Ida White Barry and Francis M. Barry in West Newton, Massachusetts. John lived in...
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...
Agnes Cormier
Aug 12, 2011
Agnes Cormier July 27, 1924 - August 12, 2011
Agnes Cormier, age 87, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011. Agnes was born in Crowley, LA. on July 27, 1924 to John and Amae Broussard Etienne. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church. Agnes was preceded...
Frederick M. Davis, Jr.
Aug 12, 2011
Frederick M. Davis, Jr. September 3, 1933 - August 12, 2011
Frederick M. Davis, Jr., age 77 of Port Acres passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011 at a local health care facility. Frederick was a life long resident of Port Acres. Frederick is survived by his wife, Eula "Lou" Davis of Port Acres, step-son Michael Kuluris of Port...
Alton Hebert
Aug 11, 2011
Alton Hebert February 22, 1935 - August 11, 2011
Alton "Pep" Hebert, 76, of Baytown, Texas and former resident of Port Arthur passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. He was born February 22, 1935 to Marie Landry Hebert and Alvin Hebert in Port Arthur, Texas. He served in the U. S....
Terri Lyne Hanks
Aug 9, 2011
Terri Lyne Hanks March 11, 1957 - August 9, 2011
Terri Lyne Hanks, 54, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. She was born March 11, 1957 to Arlene Oubre Quebedeaux and John Ned Quebedeaux in Port Arthur, Texas. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1975 and...
John Joseph Barry
Aug 8, 2011
John Joseph Barry July 29, 1920 - August 8, 2011
John Joseph Barry, 91, of McKinney, Texas and former resident of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Baybrooke Village Rehabilitation Center in McKinney, Texas. He was born July 29, 1920 to Ida White Barry and Francis M. Barry in West Newton, Massachusetts. John lived in...
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...