Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Maurice E. Latimer
Oct 13, 2010
Maurice E. Latimer September 3, 1927 - October 13, 2010
Passed way on October 13, 2010. He was born on September 3, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas to Maurice B. and Addie Latimer. Maurice was preceded in death by his sister Mary Francis Beebe, wife Rita Sudduth Latimer and son-in-law Larry Cook. He served in the Navy during World...
Joel Kenneth Pruitt
Oct 12, 2010
Joel Kenneth Pruitt January 1, 1925 - October 12, 2010
Joel Kenneth Pruitt, age 85, died in Groves, Texas, on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. Born January 1, 1925, in Pearson, Oklahoma, he lived in Joplin, Mo, Conway, AK and Texarkana, TX before settling in Port Arthur, TX. He worked for JC Penney as the Advertising and Display Manager and...
Tolene D. Mcgreevy
Oct 12, 2010
Tolene D. McGreevy April 29, 1923 - October 12, 2010
Tolene D. McGreevy - 1923 - 2010 Tolene McGreevy of Port Arthur died peacefully Tuesday afternoon after a short illness following a brain hemorrhage. After retiring from a teaching career at PNG High School, she became active in raising Bromeliads, and in doing so won several awards in international...
Margaret Elizabeth Trahan
Oct 10, 2010
Margaret Elizabeth Trahan October 3, 1923 - October 10, 2010
Margaret Elizabeth Savarino Trahan, 87, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at a private care facility in Groves. She was born October 3, 1923 to Antionette Montalbano Savarino and Philip Savarino in Port Arthur, Texas. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and a...
Gerald Wayne Lavergne, Sr.
Oct 9, 2010
Gerald Wayne Lavergne, Sr. January 9, 1960 - October 9, 2010
Gerald Wayne Lavergne, Sr., 50, of Port Arthur passed way on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at his home. He was born January 9, 1960 to Annabel and Overton Lavergne in Port Arthur, Texas. He has been a resident of Port Arthur for most of his life. Gerald retired...
Mary Sue Guidry
Oct 6, 2010
Mary Sue Guidry August 29, 1934 - October 6, 2010
Mary Sue Guidry, 76, of Port Arthur passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Promise Specialty Hospital in Nederland. Mary Sue was born in Port Arthur on August 29, 1934 to Charles and Beatrice Allen. She was a resident of Port Arthur all of her life and was...
Lillian Faye Chandler
Oct 6, 2010
Lillian Faye Chandler September 29, 1928 - October 6, 2010
Lillian Faye Chandler, 82, of Port Arthur passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Promise Specialty Hospital in Nederland. She was born September 29, 1928 to Lela Estell Gillis Dorman and Edward Worster Dorman in Deweyville, Texas. Lillian graduated from Lutcher Stark Senior High School in 1949. She...
Katie E. Norment
Oct 5, 2010
Katie E. Norment September 20, 1919 - October 5, 2010
Katie E. Norment of Mauriceville and formerly long time Port Arthur resident, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at The Meadows of Orange. Born September 20, 1919, in Jourdanton, Texas, to Bruce and Burtress Furgason Phillips, she was retired after many years with C. Flanagan Steamship Agency. Katie was...
Nellie L. Johnson
Oct 4, 2010
Nellie L. Johnson March 31, 1919 - October 4, 2010
Nellie Louise Johnson, 91, of Port Neches went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 4, 2010. She was born March 31, 1919 in Thorton, Texas to I. N. and Mollie Davis. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church and Golden Circle...
Eva Jo Gordon
Oct 2, 2010
Eva Jo Gordon November 13, 1950 - October 2, 2010
Eva Jo Gordon, 59, of Port Neches, peacefully passed away on Saturday morning October 2 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Bill Gordon, and her parents, Clyde and Juanita Sherrod. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law Donavon and Christi...
Tony Roccaforte
Oct 2, 2010
Tony Roccaforte January 30, 1924 - October 2, 2010
Tony Roccaforte of Groves, TX. passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Renaissance Hospital in Groves. He was born January 30, 1924 to Frank Roccaforte and Lena Zumo Roccaforte in Port Arthur, TX. Tony served in the US Navy during WWII. Tony was a resident of Groves for the...
Faye Perry
Sep 30, 2010
Faye Perry December 29, 1929 - September 30, 2010
Faye Perry, 80, of Port Neches passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on December 29, 1929 to John and Edith McElduff in Vienna, Louisiana. She met and married the love of her life Paul Perry, while they both worked...
Ignacio Deleon
Sep 30, 2010
Ignacio DeLeon May 11, 1933 - September 30, 2010
Ignacio "Nacho" DeLeon, 77, of Beauxart Gardens passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. He was born May 11, 1933 to Estela Cavazos DeLeon and Marcelo DeLeon in Austin, Texas. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1953 and served in the U....
Burt John Lee, Jr.
Sep 28, 2010
Burt John Lee, Jr. May 24, 1934 - September 28, 2010
"Buddy" Burt John Lee, Jr. of Port Arthur, TX, peacefully passed away at his home after a courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday September 28, 2010. He was born on May 24, 1934, to Myrtis Morgan Lee & Burt John Lee, Sr. As a native of Port Arthur,...
Ginger Woodcock
Sep 28, 2010
Ginger Woodcock July 2, 1952 - September 28, 2010
Ginger Delhomme Woodcock, 58, of Nederland passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at her home. She was born July 2, 1952 to Willa Champagne Delhomme and Richard L. Delhomme in Lubbock, Texas. She has been a resident of Nederland since 1977. Ginger trained, groomed and bred Australian Shepherd dogs...
Larry Armon Deblanc
Sep 22, 2010
Larry Armon DeBlanc September 21, 1975 - September 22, 2010
Larry Armon DeBlanc, 35, of Port Arthur/Fannett died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont from injuries in a motorcycle accident. He was born September 21, 1975 to Donna Trevino DeBlanc and Larry A. DeBlanc in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of...
Delos Alexander Talbert, Sr.
Sep 21, 2010
Delos Alexander Talbert, Sr. March 11, 1910 - September 21, 2010
Delos A. Talbert, Sr., age 100 of Kountze, Texas passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. He was born on March 11, 1910 in Felixville, La. to Louis P. and Florence Jackson Talbert. He was a resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area since 1930 and moved to Kountze...
Marceline Bohannon
Sep 20, 2010
Marceline Bohannon February 8, 1929 - September 20, 2010
Marceline Droddy Bohannon, 81, of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, September 20, 2010 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. She was born February 8, 1929 to Clara Belle McConathy Droddy and Olon Eugene Droddy in Port Arthur, Texas. She lived most of her life in the Port...
Joseph Fred Sassine
Sep 19, 2010
Joseph Fred Sassine July 6, 1957 - September 19, 2010
Joe Sassine, 53 of Port Arthur was born on July 6, 1957 in Beaumont, Texas. He passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2010. He lived in the Golden Triangle all of his life and was employed by Allen Samuels Chrysler Dodge as sales manager. He is preceded in death...
Danny Edwin Benkert
Sep 18, 2010
Danny Edwin Benkert December 22, 1951 - September 18, 2010
Danny Edwin Benkert, 58, passed away on September 18, 2010 after sustaining injuries from an A TV accident. Danny was born on December 22, 1951 to E.G. and Doris Benkert originally from Groves, Tx. Danny was a 1970 graduate of Port-Neches Groves High School. He worked as an automechanic...
Maurice E. Latimer
Oct 13, 2010
Maurice E. Latimer September 3, 1927 - October 13, 2010
Passed way on October 13, 2010. He was born on September 3, 1927 in Port Arthur, Texas to Maurice B. and Addie Latimer. Maurice was preceded in death by his sister Mary Francis Beebe, wife Rita Sudduth Latimer and son-in-law Larry Cook. He served in the Navy during World...
Joel Kenneth Pruitt
Oct 12, 2010
Joel Kenneth Pruitt January 1, 1925 - October 12, 2010
Joel Kenneth Pruitt, age 85, died in Groves, Texas, on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. Born January 1, 1925, in Pearson, Oklahoma, he lived in Joplin, Mo, Conway, AK and Texarkana, TX before settling in Port Arthur, TX. He worked for JC Penney as the Advertising and Display Manager and...
Tolene D. Mcgreevy
Oct 12, 2010
Tolene D. McGreevy April 29, 1923 - October 12, 2010
Tolene D. McGreevy - 1923 - 2010 Tolene McGreevy of Port Arthur died peacefully Tuesday afternoon after a short illness following a brain hemorrhage. After retiring from a teaching career at PNG High School, she became active in raising Bromeliads, and in doing so won several awards in international...
Margaret Elizabeth Trahan
Oct 10, 2010
Margaret Elizabeth Trahan October 3, 1923 - October 10, 2010
Margaret Elizabeth Savarino Trahan, 87, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at a private care facility in Groves. She was born October 3, 1923 to Antionette Montalbano Savarino and Philip Savarino in Port Arthur, Texas. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and a...
Gerald Wayne Lavergne, Sr.
Oct 9, 2010
Gerald Wayne Lavergne, Sr. January 9, 1960 - October 9, 2010
Gerald Wayne Lavergne, Sr., 50, of Port Arthur passed way on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at his home. He was born January 9, 1960 to Annabel and Overton Lavergne in Port Arthur, Texas. He has been a resident of Port Arthur for most of his life. Gerald retired...
Mary Sue Guidry
Oct 6, 2010
Mary Sue Guidry August 29, 1934 - October 6, 2010
Mary Sue Guidry, 76, of Port Arthur passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Promise Specialty Hospital in Nederland. Mary Sue was born in Port Arthur on August 29, 1934 to Charles and Beatrice Allen. She was a resident of Port Arthur all of her life and was...
Lillian Faye Chandler
Oct 6, 2010
Lillian Faye Chandler September 29, 1928 - October 6, 2010
Lillian Faye Chandler, 82, of Port Arthur passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Promise Specialty Hospital in Nederland. She was born September 29, 1928 to Lela Estell Gillis Dorman and Edward Worster Dorman in Deweyville, Texas. Lillian graduated from Lutcher Stark Senior High School in 1949. She...
Katie E. Norment
Oct 5, 2010
Katie E. Norment September 20, 1919 - October 5, 2010
Katie E. Norment of Mauriceville and formerly long time Port Arthur resident, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at The Meadows of Orange. Born September 20, 1919, in Jourdanton, Texas, to Bruce and Burtress Furgason Phillips, she was retired after many years with C. Flanagan Steamship Agency. Katie was...
Nellie L. Johnson
Oct 4, 2010
Nellie L. Johnson March 31, 1919 - October 4, 2010
Nellie Louise Johnson, 91, of Port Neches went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 4, 2010. She was born March 31, 1919 in Thorton, Texas to I. N. and Mollie Davis. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church and Golden Circle...
Eva Jo Gordon
Oct 2, 2010
Eva Jo Gordon November 13, 1950 - October 2, 2010
Eva Jo Gordon, 59, of Port Neches, peacefully passed away on Saturday morning October 2 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Bill Gordon, and her parents, Clyde and Juanita Sherrod. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law Donavon and Christi...
Tony Roccaforte
Oct 2, 2010
Tony Roccaforte January 30, 1924 - October 2, 2010
Tony Roccaforte of Groves, TX. passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Renaissance Hospital in Groves. He was born January 30, 1924 to Frank Roccaforte and Lena Zumo Roccaforte in Port Arthur, TX. Tony served in the US Navy during WWII. Tony was a resident of Groves for the...
Faye Perry
Sep 30, 2010
Faye Perry December 29, 1929 - September 30, 2010
Faye Perry, 80, of Port Neches passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on December 29, 1929 to John and Edith McElduff in Vienna, Louisiana. She met and married the love of her life Paul Perry, while they both worked...
Ignacio Deleon
Sep 30, 2010
Ignacio DeLeon May 11, 1933 - September 30, 2010
Ignacio "Nacho" DeLeon, 77, of Beauxart Gardens passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. He was born May 11, 1933 to Estela Cavazos DeLeon and Marcelo DeLeon in Austin, Texas. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1953 and served in the U....
Burt John Lee, Jr.
Sep 28, 2010
Burt John Lee, Jr. May 24, 1934 - September 28, 2010
"Buddy" Burt John Lee, Jr. of Port Arthur, TX, peacefully passed away at his home after a courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday September 28, 2010. He was born on May 24, 1934, to Myrtis Morgan Lee & Burt John Lee, Sr. As a native of Port Arthur,...
Ginger Woodcock
Sep 28, 2010
Ginger Woodcock July 2, 1952 - September 28, 2010
Ginger Delhomme Woodcock, 58, of Nederland passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at her home. She was born July 2, 1952 to Willa Champagne Delhomme and Richard L. Delhomme in Lubbock, Texas. She has been a resident of Nederland since 1977. Ginger trained, groomed and bred Australian Shepherd dogs...
Larry Armon Deblanc
Sep 22, 2010
Larry Armon DeBlanc September 21, 1975 - September 22, 2010
Larry Armon DeBlanc, 35, of Port Arthur/Fannett died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont from injuries in a motorcycle accident. He was born September 21, 1975 to Donna Trevino DeBlanc and Larry A. DeBlanc in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of...
Delos Alexander Talbert, Sr.
Sep 21, 2010
Delos Alexander Talbert, Sr. March 11, 1910 - September 21, 2010
Delos A. Talbert, Sr., age 100 of Kountze, Texas passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. He was born on March 11, 1910 in Felixville, La. to Louis P. and Florence Jackson Talbert. He was a resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area since 1930 and moved to Kountze...
Marceline Bohannon
Sep 20, 2010
Marceline Bohannon February 8, 1929 - September 20, 2010
Marceline Droddy Bohannon, 81, of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, September 20, 2010 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. She was born February 8, 1929 to Clara Belle McConathy Droddy and Olon Eugene Droddy in Port Arthur, Texas. She lived most of her life in the Port...
Joseph Fred Sassine
Sep 19, 2010
Joseph Fred Sassine July 6, 1957 - September 19, 2010
Joe Sassine, 53 of Port Arthur was born on July 6, 1957 in Beaumont, Texas. He passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2010. He lived in the Golden Triangle all of his life and was employed by Allen Samuels Chrysler Dodge as sales manager. He is preceded in death...
Danny Edwin Benkert
Sep 18, 2010
Danny Edwin Benkert December 22, 1951 - September 18, 2010
Danny Edwin Benkert, 58, passed away on September 18, 2010 after sustaining injuries from an A TV accident. Danny was born on December 22, 1951 to E.G. and Doris Benkert originally from Groves, Tx. Danny was a 1970 graduate of Port-Neches Groves High School. He worked as an automechanic...

