Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Penny Lynnette Covel
Sep 26, 2020
Penny Lynnette Covel, 57, of Vidor passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Baptist Southeast Texas Hospital in Beaumont.
She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 24, 1962 to her parents, Keith Kipling Ray, Sr. and Betty Ledger Ray. Penny was a lifelong resident of the area. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High...
Michael Conrad Brau
Sep 25, 2020
Michael C. Brau, age 75 of Groves passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland.
Survivors so dear to his heart are his wife, Kathy Boutte Brau; daughter, Courtney Brau and her husband, and Mike’s friend, Troy Wickler of Groves, daughter, Melissa Brau of Houston; grandchildren, Alec Brau, Gracie Wickler and...
Kenneth Faite Browning
Sep 24, 2020
Kenneth Faite Browning, 97, of Lumberton passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at his home.
He was born in Fields, Louisiana on March 13, 1923 to his parents, Edward Browning and Alice Pickering Browning. Kenneth graduated from DeQuincy High School and served in the U. S. Navy during WWII. After the war, he moved to the...
Tom Ivie Mcferrin, Jr.
Sep 23, 2020
Tom Ivie McFerrin, Jr., 84, of Port Neches passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
He was born in Ada, Oklahoma on July 26, 1936 to his parents, Tom Ivie McFerrin, Sr. and Irene Eldridge McFerrin. Tom was a lifelong resident of Port Neches. He started McFerrin Insurance Agency at...
Roselee Guidry
Sep 23, 2020
Roselee Turano Guidry, 87, of Beaumont passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at her home.
She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 26, 1933 to her parents, Mike Turano and Pauline LaRussa Turano. Roselee was a lielong resident of the Beaumont area. She was a member of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in...
Frances Hebert
Sep 21, 2020
Mary Frances Hebert, 98, of Port Acres passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020 surrounded by her loving family.
Frances was born on October 13, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Lena (Chroeder) and Otto Kattner. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur. Frances graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School and she received a...
Beckett Paul Peloquin
Sep 19, 2020
Beckett Paul Peloquin gained his heavenly angel wings on September, 19, 2020.
Beckett’s memory will be cherished by his parents, Cody and Jennifer Peloquin of Port Arthur, his grandparents, Paul and Jenny Patin of Port Arthur, Jennifer and Daniel Duncan of Port Arthur, Shannon and Kayte Peloquin of Iowa, LA.
A funeral service will be...
Kevin Lane Thibeault
Sep 17, 2020
Kevin Lane Thibeault, 65, of Groves passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at his home.
Kevin was born on February 9, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Ted Thibeault and Melbalene Johnson. He had lived in the Groves area for 30 years and he had graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1973. Kevin was...
Socorro Burnett
Sep 16, 2020
Socorro Salas Burnett passed away in Austin, TX, on September 16. She was born on September 22, 1924, in Port Arthur, TX, where she was a resident until moving to Austin in recent years.
Family was first to Socorro and her late husband, Wesley Burnett. She was known for her cooking and baking, especially her specialty, ojarasca...
Ruth Ann Fischer
Sep 12, 2020
Ruth Ann Fischer, 99, of Groves passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at her home.
She was born on April 2, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to her parents, Avery Gant and Annie Toups Gant. Ruth was a longtime resident of the Groves area. She was a devoted homemaker in raising her two sons, Hank and...
Virginia Noyola
Sep 10, 2020
Virginia Noyola, 88, of Groves, TX passed away Thursday, September 10th, 2020. Virginia was born May 02, 1932 in Roswell, New Mexico and moved to Port Arthur as a teenager where she worked in her parent's restaurant, El Patio. Virginia graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and married the love of her life, Pedro Noyola Sr. with whom she...
Shirley Musser
Sep 6, 2020
Shirley Musser, 77, of Port Neches passed away on September 6, 2020 in Houston.
She was born on March 22, 1943 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to her parents, Arthur Carl Stahlhut and Mary Jane Fugazza Short Stahlhut. Shirley attended Purdue University and graduated from there with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Chemistry. She married Michael Tuttle Musser,...
Eula Cecile Duhon
Sep 6, 2020
Eula Cecile Duhon, 94, of Nederland passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Oak Groves Nursing Home.
Eula was born on September 1, 1926 in Abbeville, Louisiana to parents Lavenia (LeBlanc) and Numa Lege. She had lived in the Golden Triangle since 1945. Eula was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Port Arthur, where...
Earl Martin Kile Jr.
Sep 4, 2020
Earl Martin Kile Jr., 94, of Sabine Pass passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 at Oak Grove Nursing Home.
Earl was born on February 26, 1926 in Gueydan, Louisiana to parents Mary Girthel (Johnson) and Earl Martin Kile Sr.. He was a lifelong resident of Sabine Pass, was a member of Sabine Pass United Methodist Church...
Evelyn Kathleen Gauthier
Sep 4, 2020
Evelyn Kathleen Gauthier, 93, of Port Neches passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 at Medical Center of Texas.
Evelyn was born on February 21, 1927 at home in Venus, Texas to parents Sylvia (Mcelhaney) and Cecil Majors Sr. She had lived in Port Neches since 1996, prior in Port Arthur, Sam Rayburn and Groves. She was...
Jean Melancon
Sep 1, 2020
Jean Melancon, 97, of Port Arthur passed away on September 1, 2020 at Focus Care in Center, Texas.
Jean was born on July 14, 1923 in Holland, Nebraska to parents Dena (Wubbles) and Ben Wismer. She had lived in Port Arthur since 1944. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church many years and then moved...
Mary Lucy Lalonde
Aug 26, 2020
Mary Lucy Lalonde 84, of Beaumont passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 26 2020 at Windsor Duvall Nursing Home in Austin Tx after evacuating from Hurricane Laura.
Born on Jan. 22, 1936 in Leonville La to parents Marie Celima Hollier and Arthur Hollier. She graduated from Leonville High School. She was a homemaker and retired from J.C. Penny....
Rachel Christine Derese Kimball
Aug 19, 2020
Rachel Christine Derese Kimball, 46, of Groves passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020.
Rachel was born on June 1, 1974 in Port Arthur to parents Susanna Karen Smith and Andy Zachary Derese. She had been a resident of the area for many years and she had worked as a Record Manager in hospital after received her...
Howard "Butch" John Touchette Jr.
Aug 19, 2020
Howard "Butch" John Touchette Jr., 75, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at his home.
Butch was born on June 28, 1945 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Rosa Rita (Pelloat) and Howard John Touchette Sr. He served his country in the Navy during the Vietnam War. Butch retired from Valero Refinery as an operator after...
Francisco Garcia
Aug 10, 2020
Francisco (Frank) Garcia, 91, a longtime resident of the Groves and Port Arthur area passed away on August 10, 2020. He spent his final days surrounded by family.
Frank was born on March 9, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Justina Collazo and Jesus Carmen Garcia Sr. He was the second oldest of eight brothers and...
Penny Lynnette Covel
Sep 26, 2020
Penny Lynnette Covel, 57, of Vidor passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Baptist Southeast Texas Hospital in Beaumont.
She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 24, 1962 to her parents, Keith Kipling Ray, Sr. and Betty Ledger Ray. Penny was a lifelong resident of the area. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High...
Michael Conrad Brau
Sep 25, 2020
Michael C. Brau, age 75 of Groves passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland.
Survivors so dear to his heart are his wife, Kathy Boutte Brau; daughter, Courtney Brau and her husband, and Mike’s friend, Troy Wickler of Groves, daughter, Melissa Brau of Houston; grandchildren, Alec Brau, Gracie Wickler and...
Kenneth Faite Browning
Sep 24, 2020
Kenneth Faite Browning, 97, of Lumberton passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at his home.
He was born in Fields, Louisiana on March 13, 1923 to his parents, Edward Browning and Alice Pickering Browning. Kenneth graduated from DeQuincy High School and served in the U. S. Navy during WWII. After the war, he moved to the...
Tom Ivie Mcferrin, Jr.
Sep 23, 2020
Tom Ivie McFerrin, Jr., 84, of Port Neches passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
He was born in Ada, Oklahoma on July 26, 1936 to his parents, Tom Ivie McFerrin, Sr. and Irene Eldridge McFerrin. Tom was a lifelong resident of Port Neches. He started McFerrin Insurance Agency at...
Roselee Guidry
Sep 23, 2020
Roselee Turano Guidry, 87, of Beaumont passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at her home.
She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 26, 1933 to her parents, Mike Turano and Pauline LaRussa Turano. Roselee was a lielong resident of the Beaumont area. She was a member of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in...
Frances Hebert
Sep 21, 2020
Mary Frances Hebert, 98, of Port Acres passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020 surrounded by her loving family.
Frances was born on October 13, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Lena (Chroeder) and Otto Kattner. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur. Frances graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School and she received a...
Beckett Paul Peloquin
Sep 19, 2020
Beckett Paul Peloquin gained his heavenly angel wings on September, 19, 2020.
Beckett’s memory will be cherished by his parents, Cody and Jennifer Peloquin of Port Arthur, his grandparents, Paul and Jenny Patin of Port Arthur, Jennifer and Daniel Duncan of Port Arthur, Shannon and Kayte Peloquin of Iowa, LA.
A funeral service will be...
Kevin Lane Thibeault
Sep 17, 2020
Kevin Lane Thibeault, 65, of Groves passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at his home.
Kevin was born on February 9, 1955 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Ted Thibeault and Melbalene Johnson. He had lived in the Groves area for 30 years and he had graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1973. Kevin was...
Socorro Burnett
Sep 16, 2020
Socorro Salas Burnett passed away in Austin, TX, on September 16. She was born on September 22, 1924, in Port Arthur, TX, where she was a resident until moving to Austin in recent years.
Family was first to Socorro and her late husband, Wesley Burnett. She was known for her cooking and baking, especially her specialty, ojarasca...
Ruth Ann Fischer
Sep 12, 2020
Ruth Ann Fischer, 99, of Groves passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at her home.
She was born on April 2, 1921 in Port Arthur, Texas to her parents, Avery Gant and Annie Toups Gant. Ruth was a longtime resident of the Groves area. She was a devoted homemaker in raising her two sons, Hank and...
Virginia Noyola
Sep 10, 2020
Virginia Noyola, 88, of Groves, TX passed away Thursday, September 10th, 2020. Virginia was born May 02, 1932 in Roswell, New Mexico and moved to Port Arthur as a teenager where she worked in her parent's restaurant, El Patio. Virginia graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and married the love of her life, Pedro Noyola Sr. with whom she...
Shirley Musser
Sep 6, 2020
Shirley Musser, 77, of Port Neches passed away on September 6, 2020 in Houston.
She was born on March 22, 1943 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to her parents, Arthur Carl Stahlhut and Mary Jane Fugazza Short Stahlhut. Shirley attended Purdue University and graduated from there with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Chemistry. She married Michael Tuttle Musser,...
Eula Cecile Duhon
Sep 6, 2020
Eula Cecile Duhon, 94, of Nederland passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Oak Groves Nursing Home.
Eula was born on September 1, 1926 in Abbeville, Louisiana to parents Lavenia (LeBlanc) and Numa Lege. She had lived in the Golden Triangle since 1945. Eula was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Port Arthur, where...
Earl Martin Kile Jr.
Sep 4, 2020
Earl Martin Kile Jr., 94, of Sabine Pass passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 at Oak Grove Nursing Home.
Earl was born on February 26, 1926 in Gueydan, Louisiana to parents Mary Girthel (Johnson) and Earl Martin Kile Sr.. He was a lifelong resident of Sabine Pass, was a member of Sabine Pass United Methodist Church...
Evelyn Kathleen Gauthier
Sep 4, 2020
Evelyn Kathleen Gauthier, 93, of Port Neches passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 at Medical Center of Texas.
Evelyn was born on February 21, 1927 at home in Venus, Texas to parents Sylvia (Mcelhaney) and Cecil Majors Sr. She had lived in Port Neches since 1996, prior in Port Arthur, Sam Rayburn and Groves. She was...
Jean Melancon
Sep 1, 2020
Jean Melancon, 97, of Port Arthur passed away on September 1, 2020 at Focus Care in Center, Texas.
Jean was born on July 14, 1923 in Holland, Nebraska to parents Dena (Wubbles) and Ben Wismer. She had lived in Port Arthur since 1944. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church many years and then moved...
Mary Lucy Lalonde
Aug 26, 2020
Mary Lucy Lalonde 84, of Beaumont passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 26 2020 at Windsor Duvall Nursing Home in Austin Tx after evacuating from Hurricane Laura.
Born on Jan. 22, 1936 in Leonville La to parents Marie Celima Hollier and Arthur Hollier. She graduated from Leonville High School. She was a homemaker and retired from J.C. Penny....
Rachel Christine Derese Kimball
Aug 19, 2020
Rachel Christine Derese Kimball, 46, of Groves passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020.
Rachel was born on June 1, 1974 in Port Arthur to parents Susanna Karen Smith and Andy Zachary Derese. She had been a resident of the area for many years and she had worked as a Record Manager in hospital after received her...
Howard "Butch" John Touchette Jr.
Aug 19, 2020
Howard "Butch" John Touchette Jr., 75, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at his home.
Butch was born on June 28, 1945 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Rosa Rita (Pelloat) and Howard John Touchette Sr. He served his country in the Navy during the Vietnam War. Butch retired from Valero Refinery as an operator after...
Francisco Garcia
Aug 10, 2020
Francisco (Frank) Garcia, 91, a longtime resident of the Groves and Port Arthur area passed away on August 10, 2020. He spent his final days surrounded by family.
Frank was born on March 9, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Justina Collazo and Jesus Carmen Garcia Sr. He was the second oldest of eight brothers and...