Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Madeline Soileau
Oct 3, 2015
Madeline Soileau July 30, 1928 - October 3, 2015
Madeline Vidrine Soileau, 87, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Serenity Assisted Living Center in Beaumont. She was born on July 30, 1928 to Mildred and Golbert Vidrine in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Madeline was raised in Ville Platte and has been a resident of the...
Glenn Albert Liepke
Oct 1, 2015
Glenn Albert Liepke March 12, 1931 - October 1, 2015
Glenn Albert Liepke, 84, of Groves passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at his home. Glenn was born March 12, 1931 to the late Albert and Mildred Zwernemann Liepke in Port Arthur, Tx. He attended 1st thru 7th grades at Trinity Lutheran School then Woodrow Wilson graduating...
Marvin Edwin Decker
Sep 22, 2015
Marvin Edwin Decker April 25, 1931 - September 22, 2015
Marvin passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at his residence in Nederland. He was born April 25, 1931 to Elmer Edwin and Vreda Codington Decker in Hollywood, CA. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He is preceded in death by...
Mabel Mary Hollier
Sep 21, 2015
Mabel Mary Hollier September 1, 1923 - September 21, 2015
Mabel Mary Hollier, 92, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at her home. She was born on September 1, 1923 to Eunice and Fernand Joseph Broussard in Port Arthur, Texas. Mabel was a lifelong resident of the area and a longtime member of Immaculate Conception...
Eva Rose Strahan
Sep 19, 2015
Eva Rose Strahan August 25, 1939 - September 19, 2015
Eva Rose Strahan, a resident of Senior Rehab Nursing Facility in Port Arthur, TX died peacefully in her sleep on September 19, 2015. Those left to cherish in her memory are her sons, Terry Brasseaux of Lafayette, LA, Glenn Brasseaux of Groves, TX; brother, Gabriel "Ray" Hanks of Port...
Tommy Lige Welch
Sep 16, 2015
Tommy Lige Welch May 8, 1952 - September 16, 2015
Tommy Lige Welch, 63, of Hamshire, Texas passed away on September 16, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on May 8, 1952 to Hazel Dupont Welch and Lige Welch in Port Arthur, Texas. Tommy was raised in Sabine Pass before moving to LaBelle for...
Faye Root Nicholas
Sep 14, 2015
Faye Root Nicholas November 9, 1928 - September 14, 2015
Faye Root Nicholas Faye Root Nicholas, 86 of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2015. She was born in Port Arthur to George and Lucille Root on November 9, 1928. She graduated from Nederland High School in 1947. She was a devoted homemaker, mother and...
Gerald Thomas Peltier, Sr.
Sep 12, 2015
Gerald Thomas Peltier, Sr. March 4, 1933 - September 12, 2015
Gerald Thomas Peltier, Sr. Gerald, 82, of Sabine Pass, Texas passed away at his residence on Saturday, September 12, 2015. He was born on March 4, 1933 to George and Vivian Daigle Peltier in Sabine Pass. Gerald was a retired truck driver. He was preceded in death by...
Fernando Llanes
Sep 11, 2015
Fernando Llanes May 10, 1941 - September 11, 2015
Fernando "Banana" Llanes, age 74, died surrounded by his wife and children, Friday September 11, 2015, after a long and hard fight with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Mary Alice Llanes, Daughter, Felicia Bares, spouse Roy Bares; Son Fernando "Chico" Llanes The II, spouse Monica and 4 grand...
Joseph A. Whitehead, Iii
Sep 7, 2015
Joseph A. Whitehead, III July 28, 1946 - September 7, 2015
Joseph A. Whitehead, III, 69, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Monday, September 7, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas to Frances Hubbard Whitehead and Joseph A. Whitehead, Jr. on July 28, 1946. He lived in Port Arthur...
Charles Richard Amburn
Sep 6, 2015
Charles Richard Amburn May 15, 1929 - September 6, 2015
Charles Richard Amburn, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born in Livingston, Texas to Priscilla Merrell Amburn and Henry Amburn on May 15, 1929. Charles was a radio operator in the U. S. Navy,...
Earl Eugene "Gene" Davis
Sep 4, 2015
Earl Eugene "Gene" Davis June 26, 1926 - September 4, 2015
Earl Eugene "Gene" Davis, 89, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 at Brookedale Dowlen Oaks in Beaumont. He was born on June 26, 1926 to Sadie Palmer Davis and James Earl Davis in Port Arthur, Texas. Gene was a longtime resident of the Golden...
Francis Gilbert Davis, Sr.
Sep 3, 2015
Francis Gilbert Davis, Sr. February 26, 1937 - September 3, 2015
Francis Gilbert Davis Sr., was born February 26, 1937, and passed peacefully from this world into heaven on September 3, 2015 at the age 78. Gilbert was born in Port Arthur, Texas and was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. He was preceded in death by his...
Alice Braquet Stevens Rolle
Aug 30, 2015
Alice Braquet Stevens Rolle December 14, 1925 - August 30, 2015
Alice Braquet Stevens Rolle, 89, of Freeport, Grand Bahama passed away on August 30, 2015 in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Alice was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 14, 1925 to Nellie and Claus Busch. She has been residing in Freeport for the last 20 years where she...
Anna Ellender
Aug 26, 2015
Anna Ellender September 17, 1932 - August 26, 2015
Anna Mae Ellender, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on September 17, 1932 to Marie Lacombe Doucet and Paul Doucet, Sr. in Port Barre, Louisiana. Anna Mae has been a resident of Groves for over...
Norma Faye Holbrook
Aug 25, 2015
Norma Faye Holbrook October 9, 1928 - August 25, 2015
Norma Faye Greene Holbrook, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, August 25, 2015 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland. She was born on October 9, 1928 to Elsie Evans Greene and John Greene in Port Arthur, Texas. Norma graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in...
Celina F. Bordelon
Aug 22, 2015
Celina F. Bordelon April 16, 1917 - August 22, 2015
Celina Frederick Bordelon, 98, of Port Arthur passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Plaucheville, Louisiana on April 16, 1917 to Mary Alice Landreneau Frederick and William Frederick. Celina has been a resident of the area since 1930....
Kathleen Southard
Aug 17, 2015
Kathleen Southard September 24, 1954 - August 17, 2015
Kathleen Thompson Southard, 60, of Orange, Texas passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on September 24, 1954 to Ruby and Leslie Thompson. Kathleen was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur before moving to Orange...
Don L. Roberts
Aug 17, 2015
Don L. Roberts November 26, 1944 - August 17, 2015
Don L Roberts, 70 passed away Monday August 17, 2015 in Port Arthur. He was born November 26, 1944 to the Late Murphy Robert and Louise Cormier in Bosco, LA. Don was a resident of Port Arthur for 55 years. He proudly served his country in the United States...
Raymond K. Lee
Aug 16, 2015
Raymond K. Lee October 2, 1951 - August 16, 2015
Raymond K. Lee of Bexar County, Texas, 63 passed away August 16, 2015 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, TX. He was born October 2, 1951 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Lee, Jr. Raymond retired from the US Air Force after 20 years of service. Raymond is...
Madeline Soileau
Oct 3, 2015
Madeline Soileau July 30, 1928 - October 3, 2015
Madeline Vidrine Soileau, 87, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Serenity Assisted Living Center in Beaumont. She was born on July 30, 1928 to Mildred and Golbert Vidrine in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Madeline was raised in Ville Platte and has been a resident of the...
Glenn Albert Liepke
Oct 1, 2015
Glenn Albert Liepke March 12, 1931 - October 1, 2015
Glenn Albert Liepke, 84, of Groves passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at his home. Glenn was born March 12, 1931 to the late Albert and Mildred Zwernemann Liepke in Port Arthur, Tx. He attended 1st thru 7th grades at Trinity Lutheran School then Woodrow Wilson graduating...
Marvin Edwin Decker
Sep 22, 2015
Marvin Edwin Decker April 25, 1931 - September 22, 2015
Marvin passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at his residence in Nederland. He was born April 25, 1931 to Elmer Edwin and Vreda Codington Decker in Hollywood, CA. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He is preceded in death by...
Mabel Mary Hollier
Sep 21, 2015
Mabel Mary Hollier September 1, 1923 - September 21, 2015
Mabel Mary Hollier, 92, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at her home. She was born on September 1, 1923 to Eunice and Fernand Joseph Broussard in Port Arthur, Texas. Mabel was a lifelong resident of the area and a longtime member of Immaculate Conception...
Eva Rose Strahan
Sep 19, 2015
Eva Rose Strahan August 25, 1939 - September 19, 2015
Eva Rose Strahan, a resident of Senior Rehab Nursing Facility in Port Arthur, TX died peacefully in her sleep on September 19, 2015. Those left to cherish in her memory are her sons, Terry Brasseaux of Lafayette, LA, Glenn Brasseaux of Groves, TX; brother, Gabriel "Ray" Hanks of Port...
Tommy Lige Welch
Sep 16, 2015
Tommy Lige Welch May 8, 1952 - September 16, 2015
Tommy Lige Welch, 63, of Hamshire, Texas passed away on September 16, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on May 8, 1952 to Hazel Dupont Welch and Lige Welch in Port Arthur, Texas. Tommy was raised in Sabine Pass before moving to LaBelle for...
Faye Root Nicholas
Sep 14, 2015
Faye Root Nicholas November 9, 1928 - September 14, 2015
Faye Root Nicholas Faye Root Nicholas, 86 of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2015. She was born in Port Arthur to George and Lucille Root on November 9, 1928. She graduated from Nederland High School in 1947. She was a devoted homemaker, mother and...
Gerald Thomas Peltier, Sr.
Sep 12, 2015
Gerald Thomas Peltier, Sr. March 4, 1933 - September 12, 2015
Gerald Thomas Peltier, Sr. Gerald, 82, of Sabine Pass, Texas passed away at his residence on Saturday, September 12, 2015. He was born on March 4, 1933 to George and Vivian Daigle Peltier in Sabine Pass. Gerald was a retired truck driver. He was preceded in death by...
Fernando Llanes
Sep 11, 2015
Fernando Llanes May 10, 1941 - September 11, 2015
Fernando "Banana" Llanes, age 74, died surrounded by his wife and children, Friday September 11, 2015, after a long and hard fight with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Mary Alice Llanes, Daughter, Felicia Bares, spouse Roy Bares; Son Fernando "Chico" Llanes The II, spouse Monica and 4 grand...
Joseph A. Whitehead, Iii
Sep 7, 2015
Joseph A. Whitehead, III July 28, 1946 - September 7, 2015
Joseph A. Whitehead, III, 69, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Monday, September 7, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas to Frances Hubbard Whitehead and Joseph A. Whitehead, Jr. on July 28, 1946. He lived in Port Arthur...
Charles Richard Amburn
Sep 6, 2015
Charles Richard Amburn May 15, 1929 - September 6, 2015
Charles Richard Amburn, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born in Livingston, Texas to Priscilla Merrell Amburn and Henry Amburn on May 15, 1929. Charles was a radio operator in the U. S. Navy,...
Earl Eugene "Gene" Davis
Sep 4, 2015
Earl Eugene "Gene" Davis June 26, 1926 - September 4, 2015
Earl Eugene "Gene" Davis, 89, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 at Brookedale Dowlen Oaks in Beaumont. He was born on June 26, 1926 to Sadie Palmer Davis and James Earl Davis in Port Arthur, Texas. Gene was a longtime resident of the Golden...
Francis Gilbert Davis, Sr.
Sep 3, 2015
Francis Gilbert Davis, Sr. February 26, 1937 - September 3, 2015
Francis Gilbert Davis Sr., was born February 26, 1937, and passed peacefully from this world into heaven on September 3, 2015 at the age 78. Gilbert was born in Port Arthur, Texas and was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. He was preceded in death by his...
Alice Braquet Stevens Rolle
Aug 30, 2015
Alice Braquet Stevens Rolle December 14, 1925 - August 30, 2015
Alice Braquet Stevens Rolle, 89, of Freeport, Grand Bahama passed away on August 30, 2015 in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Alice was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 14, 1925 to Nellie and Claus Busch. She has been residing in Freeport for the last 20 years where she...
Anna Ellender
Aug 26, 2015
Anna Ellender September 17, 1932 - August 26, 2015
Anna Mae Ellender, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on September 17, 1932 to Marie Lacombe Doucet and Paul Doucet, Sr. in Port Barre, Louisiana. Anna Mae has been a resident of Groves for over...
Norma Faye Holbrook
Aug 25, 2015
Norma Faye Holbrook October 9, 1928 - August 25, 2015
Norma Faye Greene Holbrook, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, August 25, 2015 at Mid-Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland. She was born on October 9, 1928 to Elsie Evans Greene and John Greene in Port Arthur, Texas. Norma graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in...
Celina F. Bordelon
Aug 22, 2015
Celina F. Bordelon April 16, 1917 - August 22, 2015
Celina Frederick Bordelon, 98, of Port Arthur passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born in Plaucheville, Louisiana on April 16, 1917 to Mary Alice Landreneau Frederick and William Frederick. Celina has been a resident of the area since 1930....
Kathleen Southard
Aug 17, 2015
Kathleen Southard September 24, 1954 - August 17, 2015
Kathleen Thompson Southard, 60, of Orange, Texas passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas on September 24, 1954 to Ruby and Leslie Thompson. Kathleen was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur before moving to Orange...
Don L. Roberts
Aug 17, 2015
Don L. Roberts November 26, 1944 - August 17, 2015
Don L Roberts, 70 passed away Monday August 17, 2015 in Port Arthur. He was born November 26, 1944 to the Late Murphy Robert and Louise Cormier in Bosco, LA. Don was a resident of Port Arthur for 55 years. He proudly served his country in the United States...
Raymond K. Lee
Aug 16, 2015
Raymond K. Lee October 2, 1951 - August 16, 2015
Raymond K. Lee of Bexar County, Texas, 63 passed away August 16, 2015 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, TX. He was born October 2, 1951 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Lee, Jr. Raymond retired from the US Air Force after 20 years of service. Raymond is...