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KELLY
HART ADAMS
1950 - 1994
3/27/50-12/2/94
44, of
Port Arthur
died Friday, December 2, 1994 at Cresthaven Nursing Home. A native of
Port Arthur, he
was a lifelong resident of
Beaumont
and
Port Arthur
. He was a self-employed salesperson.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Levingston Funeral Home Chapel in
Groves
with the
Revs. Darrell McCoy and B.H. McCoy officiating.
Survivors include, sister, Kathleen Newton,
Port Arthur
; and brother, Rogers A. Adams, Houston.
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TONI LEE ADAMS
1949 - 1985
10/10/49-7/27/85
35, of Port Arthur died Saturday at the University
of Texas Medical Branch Hospital in Galveston following an illness.
Mrs. Coleman was born in Shreveport, La. and was a life long resident of Port
Arthur. She was a member
of the Solid Rock Baptist Church and a 1968 graduate of
Thomas Jefferson High School.
Funeral Services will be Wednesday, 11:00am at the Solid Rock Baptist
Church with Samuel Joseph
officiating. Burial will follow in the Live Oak
Cemetery. A wake will be from 8:00 to 9:00pm tonight at the
Moody Harris Funeral
Home Chapel.
Survivors are: two daughters, Daphne Coleman and Crystal Patrice Coleman; a son,
Fredrick Coleman, all
of Port Arthur; brother, Andre Crecy of Houston; aunt,
Gracie Slone of Houston; other relatives and friends. |
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CLIFFORD J.
ANTONE
1949 - 2006
10/27/49-5/23/06
56, known to his life-long friends as C.J., passed away May
23, 2006 at his home in
Austin
,
Texas
. Antone was noted as founder of the internationally known nightclub,
Antone's, best known as
Austin
's Home of the Blues.
Clifford was born October 27, 1949 at
St.
Mary
Hospital
in
Port Arthur
,
Texas
, middle child of Jamal and Georgette Antone, also of
Port Arthur
. His immediate living family includes sisters Susan Antone and Janelle
Antone Raad, and niece Georgette Raad, 13, and nephew Jamal Raad, 6. He
leaves behind an uncle and two aunts along with many cousins, and a large
extended family of fine friends. Antone graduated from
Thomas
Jefferson
High School
in
Port Arthur
in 1968 and relocated in the late Sixties to
Austin
, where he attended the
University
of
Texas
. Clifford was preceded in death by his parents, grandmothers Pauline Ashy
and Jamilee Antone, grandfather Elias Antone, his loving aunts Onnie Hyslop and
Gloria Farha, uncles K.E. Antone, J.E. Antone, and Fred Ashy, and cousins
Craig
Ashy and Will Farha.
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GALEN BAILEY
1950 - 2004
53, of Port Arthur, died April 8, 2004 after a
long battle with cancer.
Visitation will be at Grammier
Funeral Home, Port Arthur and funeral services will be at 12:00pm,
Monday,
April 12, 2004 at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves, TX
officiated by Rev. Don Falke.
Galen is survived
by his wife, Carolyn Bailey of Port Arthur; two sons, Jason Bailey
of Japan and Matthew
Bailey of Lake Jackson, TX; three daughters,
Gina and Amanda Bailey, both of Port Arthur, and Monica
Bailey of
Dallas; three brothers, Dwayne Bailey of Scottsdale, Pennsylvania,
Phillip Bailey of Bridge City,
and James Bailey of Port
Arthur; one sister, Lynda Bailey of Maryville, Tennessee and four
grandchildren.
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8/24/50-1/16/02
51, of Orange, died Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at
11:00 a.m. Friday, January 18,
2002, at the Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Damon
Bickham of the First Baptist Church in Deweyville will officiate.
Masonic Graveside Rites and entombment
will follow at Greenlawn
Memorial Park in Groves. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 17,
2002, at the funeral home.
Mr. Baker was born in Port Arthur, Texas
on August 24, 1950. He was a Lab Technician for DuPont Sabine River
Works in Orange and a Past Master of Masonic Lodge #126 AF & AM in
Orange.
He was preceded in death by his father,
Mel Baker. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Baker, of Orange;
mother, Katie Baker, also of Orange; daughter, Tara Ashley Baker of
Sulphur; two sons, Richard Alan Baker, Michael Dean Baker, both of
Orange; sister and brother-in-law, Becky Baker and George Thomas of
Port Neches; sister Susie Baker of Port Arthur; and two nieces.
Serving as pallbearers will be the
Masonic Lodge #126 AF & AM.
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MICHAEL W.
BECKER
1950 - 1989
39, of
Nederland died Tuesday, August 15, 1989 at
Jeannie Sealy Hospital in Galveston after an illness. He was a
native and lifelong Port Arthur-Nederland area resident. He was
employed as an operator with
nine years of service and was a U.S. Coast
Guard veteran. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at
Nederland Memorial Funeral Home. His remains were cremated.
Survivors include his wife, Kelly Powers; two daughters, Leslie Becker
and Zoe Becker; a son, Jeffrey
Becker; father, John Becker; stepmother,
Mary Blanton Becker; a brother, Johnny Becker; and three stepbrothers,
Michael, Terry, and Chris Blanton. |
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STEVEN
BERTRAND
1950 - 2000 |
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LINDA K.
BROUSARD
1950 - 1996
3/9/50-10/24/96
46, of Nederland died
Thursday, October 24, 1996 at St. Elizabeth Hospital
in Port Neches. A native of
Port Arthur
, she lived in the Nederland area all her life. She was a
stenographer with Clark Refining in Port Arthur for 26 years.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Broussard's Mortuary in Nederland with the Rev. Earl D. Mudd
officiating. Burial will follow in Oak
Bluff Memorial
Park in Port Neches under the direction of Broussard's
Mortuary in Nederland
. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Friday with a rosary to be
recited at 7 p.m. at the mortuary.
Survivors include a son, Ron McAnelley, Jr.; a sister, Annette White;
and a brother, Regan Broussard. |
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JERRY W. BROWN
1950 - 2004
3/16/50-9/27/04
54, of Port Arthur passed
away Monday, September 27, 2004 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves .
Services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 29, 2004
at Grammier-Oberle Funeral
Home in
Port Arthur with burial to follow at
Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves . A gathering of friends
and
family will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home.
A native and lifelong resident of
Port Arthur , Jerry was a retired service
technician for Sears Roebuck for
thirty years. Jerry was also a
pilot in his spare time.
Survivors include his son, Jason Michael Brown; daughters, Tracy Ann
Brown and Jennifer Leigh Woosley
and husband Keith; three grandchildren,
Macy Dee Brown, Holden Pete Pinder, and Hunter Houston Pinder. His
daughter, Jennifer, is expecting in December which would have been
Jerry's fourth grandchild, Logan Kristopher Woosley. |
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8/23/50-12/5/03
53, of Beaumont, Texas, died Friday, December 5, 2003, at Christus
St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
She was born August 23, 1950,
in Shelbyville, Texas, and had been a resident of Beaumont for the
past 30 years. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, and
was a legal secretary and a former
employee of Strong, Pipkin,
Bissel, & Ledyard, LLP Law Firm in Beaumont. Jesus became her
personal
savior at 13th Street Missionary Baptist Church in Port
Arthur. She was a member of Unity Church in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00
p.m. Sunday, December 7, 2003 at Levingston Funeral Home in
Groves.
Reverend Frank Hodges, pastor of the Fellowship Baptist Church in
Nederland, will officiate. Burial
will follow at Greenlawn Memorial
Park in Groves. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 6, 2003, at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her father,
J.W. Byrd, Jr. She is survived by her mother, Mary E. "DuBell"
Byrd
of Port Arthur; sister, Gloria Faye Guillote also of Port Arthur;
two nephews, Matt Guillote, and Chiris Guillote; and two
great-nephews, Dylan Guillote, and Dustin Guillote.
For those who wish, memorial donations
may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 4, Port Neches,
Texas 7765l.
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MICHAEL
WAYNE COATS
1949 - 1997 |
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CARMELA A.
COLLIDA
1950 - 2001
10/24/50-1/23/01
50, of Port Arthur , died Tuesday,
January 23, 2001, at Park
Place Medical Center . A native and lifelong
resident of Port Arthur , she was a
secretary with the purchasing department with the city of Port Arthur
with eight years of service.
She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Church with the Rev. T.R. Blanco officiating. Burial will follow
at Greenlawn Memorial Park
. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Clayton
Thompson Funeral Home. A rosary will be read at 7 p.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home.
Survivors include her husband Glenn; her mother, Lillie Collida; two
sons, Michael and Steven Jackson; and
two brothers, Dominic Collida, Jr.
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GEORGE
COMEAUX
1950 - 1989
10/11/50-5/28/89
38, of Baytown died
Sunday, May 28, 1989 at Park Place Hospital in Port Arthur after an
accident Friday in Sabine Lake. A native and resident of Port
Arthur for 29 years, he had lived in Baytown 10 years and was a student
at San Jacinto Junior College in Houston. He was a former employee
of U.S. Steel of Baytown.
Services will be at 4
p.m. Monday at St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland with burial at
Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A rosary was recited Sunday
night at the Pat A. Riley Funeral Home Chapel. Survivors include
his mother, Mae Comeaux; one sister, Barbara Comeaux; and one nephew,
John
Comeaux.
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TERRY J. COOK
1950 - 2000
8/11/50-2/20/00
49, of
Nederland died Sunday, February 20, 2000, at
Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston . A native of Amarillo , he lived in Nederland for 28 years. He was a
self-employed maker of air boats.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Nederland Apostolic Church with the Rev. James Corkran
officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Bluff
Memorial Park in Port
Neches under the direction of Levingston
Funeral Home in Port Neches.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife Brenda Rector Cook; his mother and
stepfather, Edith and the Rev. Jarel Derese,
Sr.; a son, Terry Jay Cook,
Jr.; a sister, Renee Joy Derese; and two brotheres, Gary James Cook and
James Arian Cook.
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JERRY CROCHET
1949 - 1977 |
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JOHN
DECLUITT, III
1950 - 2004
54,
of Brady, passed away on March 13, 2004 in San Angelo .
A memorial service, officiated by family members, was held March 15 at
Richard's Park in Brady. Interment
was in
Rest
Haven Cemetery.
Mr. DeCluitt was born Jan. 3, 1950, in Port Arthur , the son of
John and Barbara Deane (Faulk) DeCluitt Jr.
He was an automotive and
diesel mechanic until ill health forced his retirement.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Dwight James
DeCluitt; and one sister, Connie Lou Kemmitz. Survivors include two
brothers, Gerald DeCluitt of Montgomery , AL. and Donald Curtis DeCluitt of Gatesville;
two sisters, Deborah Ann Holbern of Eden and Norma Ruth Kemmitz of Gatesville; and
numerous nieces and nephews. |
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GEORGE
PHILLIP DICKMAN
1949 - 2004
53, of
Orange , died suddenly Sunday, July 11, 2004, at
Memorial
Herman Baptist Orange Hospital .
Mr. Dickman was born in
New York , NY
and a lifelong resident of Orange . He was the owner and operator of
Dsigns of Bridge City. He was a member of the First United
Methodist Church in Orange and a member of the Golden Triangle
Emmaus Community.
He is survived by his wife, Ronna Dickman of Orange; daughter, Shonna
Hunt and her husband, Gene of Atascocita, TX; son, Nathan Edward Dickman
of Orange; four grandchildren, Phillip Nathaniel Hunt, Alaina Broussard,
Avery Hunt, and Chris Hunt; brothers, Richard Dickman of Hemphill, TX
and Neil Dickman of Bridge City; and sister, Lynida Reaux of Bridge
City. |
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JEANNE SUE
DUPLANTIS
1950 - 2008
7/31/50-2/2/08
 57,
of Port Arthur passed away on Saturday,
February 2, 2008, at
Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after a nine
month battle with lung cancer.
A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 9, 2008,
at Grammier - Oberle Funeral Home in
Port Arthur. A gathering of friends and family
will take place from 11:00 a.m. until service time on Saturday.
Cremation will take place at Wilbert Crematorium in Beaumont. Jeanne was born on July 31, 1950, in
Port Arthur, Texas to Lydia Marie Hogg Duplantis and Guy
Ray Duplantis. She had lived in
Port Arthur all of her life and was employed at
Transit Mix as a yard manager. Jeanne loved to play golf, loved to
remodel and was generally considered a “handy-woman” tinkering with
things that needed to be fixed around the house. She was a wonderful
mother, grandmother and friend who will be missed dearly.
Survivors include her son, Lawrence Myers and wife Lillian of Port
Neches; brothers and sisters, James Duplantis of Houston, Jerry
Duplantis, Tim Duplantis and Betty Achord all of Port Arthur, Sharon
Manuel of China, Jack Duplantis of Port Arthur and Jan Chance of Groves;
grandson, Lucas Myers of Port Neches. Jeanne was preceded in death by
her husband, Lester Gale Webb.
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JANIS K.
DUPONT
1949 - 1979
12/19/49-5/14/79
29, of Houston died Tuesday,
December 19, 1979 after a sudden illness. She was a native of Port Arthur and resident of Houston 10 years. She was employed a
Cardio Scan of Texas and was a 1968 Thomas Jefferson High School
graduate.
Services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Catholic Church
with burial following in Greenlawn
Memorial Park . A rosary will be
recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Clayton-Thompson Funeral Home
chapel.
Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dupont; one sister,
Patricia Vizzard; one nephew, Sean Vizzard; one niece, Kimberly Vizzard.
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TERRY ROBERT
DURHAM
1949 - 1999
6/28/49-6/1/99
49, of
Port Arthur died
Tuesday, June 1, 1999. A resident of Port
Arthur
for 49 years, he was employed at
Durham's Cash Store. He was a member of
Lakeview
Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge No. 1264 A.F. &
A.M.
Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home with
the Rev. Jim Dammom officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland . Visitation will be from 4 to
8 p.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy; his mother, Joyce Durham; two
step-daughters, Cindy Bledsoe and Melinda Garcia; a son, Walter Durham;
two sisters, Walterine Anders and Cindy Durham; five brothers, James,
John, Kenneth, Tommy, and Frank "Bull Durham; and three grandchildren.
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CYNTHIA J.
ELIZONDO
1949 - 2004
12/17/49-12/14/04
 54, of Houston, Texas passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 1004, at her
home in Houston.
She was born on December 17, 1949 in Port Arthur Texas to Johnny
Elizondo and Eppie Moreno Elizondo. Cynthia lived in Port Arthur for
most of her life, before moving to Houston 8 years ago. She was a 1968
graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and a graduate from Lamar
University in Beaumont. Cynthia also graduated from University of Texas
at Arlington, and worked as a Critical Care registered nurse at Clear
Lake Regional Hospital in Clear Lake, Texas, and Christus Saint Mary's
Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas.
A Rosary for Cynthia will be recited at 6:00pm, Saturday, December 18th,
2004 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church by Rev. T.R. Blanco.
Private burial will be at Memory Gardens. Arrangements are under the
direction of Clayton Thompson Funeral Directors.
She is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Elizondo of Port
Arthur, her brothers and sisters: Tom Elizondo and Irene Cooper of Port
Arthur, Gloria Elizondo of Lafayette, LA., Mary Helen Elizondo of Port
Arthur, Steve Elizondo of Raleigh, NC., Cathy Hammond of Groves and a
host of nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, or Southeast Texas Humane
Society. Cynthia always had a great love for animals. |
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LINDA ROSA
ESTRADA
1950 - 1998
2/10/50-1/12/98
47, of
Port Arthur died Monday, January 12, 1998 at
St. Mary Hospital
. formerly of Galveston , she
was a
Port Arthur
resident for 36 years. She was a teacher's aide with the Port Arthur School District .
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Church with the Rev. T.R. Blanco officiating. Burial will follow
in Greenlawn Memorial Park
. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday with a rosary
to be recited at 7 p.m. at Clayton-Thompson Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband, Rudolph "Rudy" Aldaiz; her father,
Francisco Estrada; her mother, Bertha Estrada; two sons, Israel and
Marcos Aldaiz; a daughter, Marisa Aldaiz; two brothers, Carlos and J.
Frank Estrada; and a sister, Evangelina Estrada.
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