Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Robert Lee Derouen
Feb 22, 2015
Robert Lee DeRouen October 9, 1928 - February 22, 2015
Robert Lee DeRouen, 86, of Port Arthur passed away on February 22, 2015 at Tyrrell Adult Care in Beaumont. He was born on October 9, 1928 to Edna Smith DeRouen and Oder Lee DeRouen in Port Arthur, Texas. Robert was a lifelong resident of the area and graduated from...
James Edward Coster
Feb 13, 2015
James Edward Coster November 16, 1946 - February 13, 2015
James Coster, 68, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2015 at his residence in Beaumont. James was born in Perry, Iowa on November 16, 1946 to Daniel Sullivan and Mildred Vicarius. He lived in California, Oklahoma, and most recently Beaumont, TX for the past 12 years. James was a...
Mervin Francis Primeaux
Feb 9, 2015
Mervin Francis Primeaux December 9, 1928 - February 9, 2015
Mervin Francis Primeaux, 86, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Monday, February 9, 2015 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. He was born on December 9, 1928 to Maude Boutte Primeaux and Francis M. Primeaux in Port Arthur, Texas. He served in the U. S. Army and...
Glenda Kiger Simms
Jan 29, 2015
Glenda Kiger Simms October 2, 1938 - January 29, 2015
Glenda Ann Kiger Simms of Port Acres died peacefully at her home on Thursday, January 29th, 2015 at the age of 76. Glenda was born on October 2nd, 1938 to Ronald Earl and Mary Cude Kiger in Gatesville, Texas. She moved to Port Arthur when she was 3 and...
Charles Soileau
Jan 28, 2015
Charles Soileau July 29, 1934 - January 28, 2015
Charles B. Soileau, 80, of Woodville, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Woodville Health and Rehab. He was born on July 29, 1934 to Mary Leola Soileau and Audley J. Soileau in Washington, LA. He was a former resident of Port Arthur before moving to Woodville over...
Kristin Raye Paris
Jan 27, 2015
Kristin Raye Paris December 16, 1996 - January 27, 2015
Kristin Raye Paris, 18, of Nederland passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on December 16, 1996 in Houston, Texas, to Daniel Paris and Beverly Paris. A Nederland resident since 2006, Kristin was a senior on the A Honor Roll...
Yea Tieng Smith
Jan 25, 2015
Yea Tieng Smith January 2, 1936 - January 25, 2015
Mrs. Yea Tieng Lai Smith, 79, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away January 25, 2015. She was a former resident of Mobile, Alabama and Port Arthur, Texas. Born January 2, 1936 in Taiwan she had an extremely difficult childhood during a very tumultuous era in history for her native land....
Mercedes A. (Art) Delacruz
Jan 24, 2015
Mercedes A. (Art) DeLaCruz September 24, 1932 - January 24, 2015
Mercedes A. (Art) DeLaCruz, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 24, 1932 to Maximina Estrada DeLaCruz and Catarino DeLaCruz in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the...
Larry Dale Lee
Jan 22, 2015
Larry Dale Lee April 5, 1947 - January 22, 2015
Larry Dale Lee age 67 of Port Arthur passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Christus St. Mary Hospital. He was born in Port Arthur on April 5, 1947 to Herman and Beatrice Breaux Lee. Larry was a life long resident of Port Arthur. He was a Boilermaker/Welder...
Elizardo Peña-Mendoza
Jan 22, 2015
Elizardo Peña-Mendoza March 5, 1954 - January 22, 2015
Elizardo Pea-Mendoza, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, January 22, 2015. He was born on March 5, 1954 to Refugio Mendoza and Bernardo Pea in Reynosa, Tamps., Mexico. He has been a resident of Port Arthur since 1979. Elizardo worked...
Abelardo Hernandez
Jan 17, 2015
Abelardo Hernandez July 16, 1932 - January 17, 2015
Our husband and father Abelardo "Abel" Hernandez, 82 of Nederland, TX was called home to our Lord on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Abel was born on July 16, 1932 to Jose C. and Francisca Sanchez Hernandez in Chicago, IL. He was a 40...
Syble Lee King
Jan 17, 2015
Syble Lee King August 26, 1920 - January 17, 2015
Syble Lee Spencer Wooten King Syble King, 94 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on January 17, 2015 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Syble was born on August 26, 1920 in Mount Pleasant, Texas to Betty Harrell Spencer and Herman Spencer. She was a homemaker and...
Harriet Elizabeth Currie
Jan 16, 2015
Harriet Elizabeth Currie July 4, 1919 - January 16, 2015
Harriet Elizabeth Spivey Currie The frail body of Harriet Elizabeth Spivey Currie joined her mind & spirit in the arms of God on January 16, 2015. Born on July 4, 1919 she had resided at Lake Arthur Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility in Port Arthur, Texas for over 2...
Roy Castaneda
Jan 11, 2015
Roy Castaneda November 2, 1939 - January 11, 2015
Roy Castaneda, 75, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Roy was born on November 2, 1939 to Carmen Fabella Castaneda and Cenobio Castaneda in Port Arthur. He was a lifelong resident of the area and a member of...
Duoc Thi Tran
Jan 10, 2015
Duoc Thi Tran January 1, 1934 - January 10, 2015
Duoc Thi Tran, 81, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Saturday, January 10,2015 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur. She was born on January 1, 1934 in Vietnam. She came to the United States in 1984 and been a resident of the area since. She is survived...
Ruben Frank Ramirez
Jan 5, 2015
Ruben Frank Ramirez July 15, 1957 - January 5, 2015
Ruben Frank Ramirez, 57, of Port Arthur, died Monday, January 5, 2015. He was born July 15, 1957 to Frank and Emma Ramirez. He was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur. Visitation will be on Sunday, January 11, 2015 from 5-9 p.m. at Clayton-Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Funeral...
Milton Carl Harris
Dec 24, 2014
Milton Carl Harris September 6, 1928 - December 24, 2014
Carl "Bud" Harris passed away December 24, 2014 at the age of 86. He was born September 6, 1928 to Clarence Magness Harris and Alice Harris in Port Arthur, Tx. and was a lifetime resident of Port Acres. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Clyde...
Samuel Gary Trant
Dec 22, 2014
Samuel Gary Trant December 16, 1936 - December 22, 2014
Samuel Gary Trant, 78, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. He was born on December 16, 1936 to Alef Vickers Trant and Josh Trant in Groves, Texas. Gary was a lifelong resident of Groves. He retired from...
Gene Albert Phillips
Dec 22, 2014
Gene Albert Phillips November 20, 1923 - December 22, 2014
Our beloved husband, father, Papa, and friend, Gene A. Phillips, 91, was called home for Christmas on 12/22/2014 after a brief illness. Mr. Phillips, a life long resident of the Port Arthur area, was born on 11/20/1923, as the youngest child of Arthur Edgar Phillips and Ida Oviella Sipe....
Chester James "Jimmy" Raggio Ii
Dec 19, 2014
Chester James "Jimmy" Raggio II August 2, 1947 - December 19, 2014
Chester James "Jimmy" Raggio, II, 67, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, December 19, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on August 2, 1947 to Enola Thibodeaux Raggio and Chester James Raggio in Port Arthur, Texas. Jimmy was a lifelong resident...
Robert Lee Derouen
Feb 22, 2015
Robert Lee DeRouen October 9, 1928 - February 22, 2015
Robert Lee DeRouen, 86, of Port Arthur passed away on February 22, 2015 at Tyrrell Adult Care in Beaumont. He was born on October 9, 1928 to Edna Smith DeRouen and Oder Lee DeRouen in Port Arthur, Texas. Robert was a lifelong resident of the area and graduated from...
James Edward Coster
Feb 13, 2015
James Edward Coster November 16, 1946 - February 13, 2015
James Coster, 68, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2015 at his residence in Beaumont. James was born in Perry, Iowa on November 16, 1946 to Daniel Sullivan and Mildred Vicarius. He lived in California, Oklahoma, and most recently Beaumont, TX for the past 12 years. James was a...
Mervin Francis Primeaux
Feb 9, 2015
Mervin Francis Primeaux December 9, 1928 - February 9, 2015
Mervin Francis Primeaux, 86, of Nederland, Texas passed away on Monday, February 9, 2015 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. He was born on December 9, 1928 to Maude Boutte Primeaux and Francis M. Primeaux in Port Arthur, Texas. He served in the U. S. Army and...
Glenda Kiger Simms
Jan 29, 2015
Glenda Kiger Simms October 2, 1938 - January 29, 2015
Glenda Ann Kiger Simms of Port Acres died peacefully at her home on Thursday, January 29th, 2015 at the age of 76. Glenda was born on October 2nd, 1938 to Ronald Earl and Mary Cude Kiger in Gatesville, Texas. She moved to Port Arthur when she was 3 and...
Charles Soileau
Jan 28, 2015
Charles Soileau July 29, 1934 - January 28, 2015
Charles B. Soileau, 80, of Woodville, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Woodville Health and Rehab. He was born on July 29, 1934 to Mary Leola Soileau and Audley J. Soileau in Washington, LA. He was a former resident of Port Arthur before moving to Woodville over...
Kristin Raye Paris
Jan 27, 2015
Kristin Raye Paris December 16, 1996 - January 27, 2015
Kristin Raye Paris, 18, of Nederland passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She was born on December 16, 1996 in Houston, Texas, to Daniel Paris and Beverly Paris. A Nederland resident since 2006, Kristin was a senior on the A Honor Roll...
Yea Tieng Smith
Jan 25, 2015
Yea Tieng Smith January 2, 1936 - January 25, 2015
Mrs. Yea Tieng Lai Smith, 79, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away January 25, 2015. She was a former resident of Mobile, Alabama and Port Arthur, Texas. Born January 2, 1936 in Taiwan she had an extremely difficult childhood during a very tumultuous era in history for her native land....
Mercedes A. (Art) Delacruz
Jan 24, 2015
Mercedes A. (Art) DeLaCruz September 24, 1932 - January 24, 2015
Mercedes A. (Art) DeLaCruz, 82, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 24, 1932 to Maximina Estrada DeLaCruz and Catarino DeLaCruz in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the...
Larry Dale Lee
Jan 22, 2015
Larry Dale Lee April 5, 1947 - January 22, 2015
Larry Dale Lee age 67 of Port Arthur passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Christus St. Mary Hospital. He was born in Port Arthur on April 5, 1947 to Herman and Beatrice Breaux Lee. Larry was a life long resident of Port Arthur. He was a Boilermaker/Welder...
Elizardo Peña-Mendoza
Jan 22, 2015
Elizardo Peña-Mendoza March 5, 1954 - January 22, 2015
Elizardo Pea-Mendoza, 60, of Groves, Texas passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, January 22, 2015. He was born on March 5, 1954 to Refugio Mendoza and Bernardo Pea in Reynosa, Tamps., Mexico. He has been a resident of Port Arthur since 1979. Elizardo worked...
Abelardo Hernandez
Jan 17, 2015
Abelardo Hernandez July 16, 1932 - January 17, 2015
Our husband and father Abelardo "Abel" Hernandez, 82 of Nederland, TX was called home to our Lord on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Abel was born on July 16, 1932 to Jose C. and Francisca Sanchez Hernandez in Chicago, IL. He was a 40...
Syble Lee King
Jan 17, 2015
Syble Lee King August 26, 1920 - January 17, 2015
Syble Lee Spencer Wooten King Syble King, 94 of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on January 17, 2015 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. Syble was born on August 26, 1920 in Mount Pleasant, Texas to Betty Harrell Spencer and Herman Spencer. She was a homemaker and...
Harriet Elizabeth Currie
Jan 16, 2015
Harriet Elizabeth Currie July 4, 1919 - January 16, 2015
Harriet Elizabeth Spivey Currie The frail body of Harriet Elizabeth Spivey Currie joined her mind & spirit in the arms of God on January 16, 2015. Born on July 4, 1919 she had resided at Lake Arthur Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility in Port Arthur, Texas for over 2...
Roy Castaneda
Jan 11, 2015
Roy Castaneda November 2, 1939 - January 11, 2015
Roy Castaneda, 75, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Roy was born on November 2, 1939 to Carmen Fabella Castaneda and Cenobio Castaneda in Port Arthur. He was a lifelong resident of the area and a member of...
Duoc Thi Tran
Jan 10, 2015
Duoc Thi Tran January 1, 1934 - January 10, 2015
Duoc Thi Tran, 81, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Saturday, January 10,2015 at Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur. She was born on January 1, 1934 in Vietnam. She came to the United States in 1984 and been a resident of the area since. She is survived...
Ruben Frank Ramirez
Jan 5, 2015
Ruben Frank Ramirez July 15, 1957 - January 5, 2015
Ruben Frank Ramirez, 57, of Port Arthur, died Monday, January 5, 2015. He was born July 15, 1957 to Frank and Emma Ramirez. He was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur. Visitation will be on Sunday, January 11, 2015 from 5-9 p.m. at Clayton-Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Funeral...
Milton Carl Harris
Dec 24, 2014
Milton Carl Harris September 6, 1928 - December 24, 2014
Carl "Bud" Harris passed away December 24, 2014 at the age of 86. He was born September 6, 1928 to Clarence Magness Harris and Alice Harris in Port Arthur, Tx. and was a lifetime resident of Port Acres. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Clyde...
Samuel Gary Trant
Dec 22, 2014
Samuel Gary Trant December 16, 1936 - December 22, 2014
Samuel Gary Trant, 78, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. He was born on December 16, 1936 to Alef Vickers Trant and Josh Trant in Groves, Texas. Gary was a lifelong resident of Groves. He retired from...
Gene Albert Phillips
Dec 22, 2014
Gene Albert Phillips November 20, 1923 - December 22, 2014
Our beloved husband, father, Papa, and friend, Gene A. Phillips, 91, was called home for Christmas on 12/22/2014 after a brief illness. Mr. Phillips, a life long resident of the Port Arthur area, was born on 11/20/1923, as the youngest child of Arthur Edgar Phillips and Ida Oviella Sipe....
Chester James "Jimmy" Raggio Ii
Dec 19, 2014
Chester James "Jimmy" Raggio II August 2, 1947 - December 19, 2014
Chester James "Jimmy" Raggio, II, 67, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, December 19, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on August 2, 1947 to Enola Thibodeaux Raggio and Chester James Raggio in Port Arthur, Texas. Jimmy was a lifelong resident...