Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Robert Jerry Cox
Apr 12, 2014
Robert Jerry Cox October 14, 1932 - April 12, 2014
Robert (Jerry) Cox passed away peacefully on April 12, 2014, surrounded by his family. Jerry was born in Joaquin, Texas in 1932 to James Edwin and Rhoda Cox who raised him with Christian values and a strong work ethic. He moved to Port Arthur in the early 1950's to...
Ray Allen Rattray
Apr 9, 2014
Ray Allen Rattray January 16, 1961 - April 9, 2014
Ray Rattray, 53, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on April 9, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on January 16, 1961 to Margaret and Cecil Rattray of Port Arthur, Texas. Ray was a lifelong resident of Southeast Texas. Graduated from Thomas Jefferson High in...
Melvin Joseph Stelly
Apr 6, 2014
Melvin Joseph Stelly April 23, 1927 - April 6, 2014
Melvin Joseph Stelly, 86, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. He was born on April 23, 1927 to Isabell Broussard Stelly and Leon Stelly in Leonville, Louisiana. Melvin was a resident of Port Arthur before moving...
Dorothy Ozella Hammond
Apr 4, 2014
Dorothy Ozella Hammond April 2, 1926 - April 4, 2014
Dorothy Ozella Nicholls Hammond Dorothy Ozella Nicholls Hammond, 88, of Houston and formerly of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014 at her home in Houston. She was born on April 2, 1926 to Willie Rush Nicholls and Albert Nicholls in Birmingham, Alabama. She has been a...
Mary Ellison
Mar 29, 2014
Mary Ellison September 2, 1924 - March 29, 2014
Mary (Martha) Grizzaffi Ellison, 89, of Groves, Texas, formerly of Port Arthur, Texas, died peacefully in her sleep on March 26, 2014 at the Port Arthur Retirement Community Home in Port Arthur, Texas. Visitation will be held at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves, Texas, on Saturday, March 29, 2014...
John Carl May
Mar 28, 2014
John Carl May September 15, 1929 - March 28, 2014
John May, 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur on Friday, March 28, 2014. He was born on September 15, 1929 to Clyde and Mabel Sweger May in Enid, Oklahoma. John proudly served his country in The United States...
Ruby Bennett
Mar 26, 2014
Ruby Bennett February 4, 1924 - March 26, 2014
Ruby M. Bennett, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on February 4, 1924 to Ethel Edwards Stubblefield and Rodderick R. Stubblefield in Sweetwater, Texas. Ruby has been a resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area for...
Judge Thomas A. Thomas
Mar 25, 2014
Judge Thomas A. Thomas February 25, 1928 - March 25, 2014
Judge Thomas A. Thomas, 86 of Port Arthur passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Judge Thomas was born on February 25, 1928 in Port Arthur to Apostolos and Vasso Menis Thomas. Judge Thomas was proud of his parents Vasso and...
Agustina Cortez
Mar 24, 2014
Agustina Cortez May 9, 1923 - March 24, 2014
Agustina Cortez, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, March 24, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 9, 1923 to Felisa Cortez and Jose Mariano in Gualan-Los Amates, Guatemala, Central America. She was preceded in death by her mother and her...
Karl J. Knod
Mar 23, 2014
Karl J. Knod October 24, 1957 - March 23, 2014
Karl Knod, 56, of Nederland, passed away at his home on March 23, 2014. Karl was a kind hearted, hardworking man, and most importantly an avid Texans fan! His favorite activities included: fishing, arguing with his daughters about football and spending time with his beautiful grandchildren. They were the...
Judge Robert Paul Walker
Mar 22, 2014
Judge Robert Paul Walker October 24, 1927 - March 22, 2014
Judge Robert Paul Walker, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on March 22, 2014 in Sugar Land, Texas. He was born on a farm in Beaufort, Missouri on October 24, 1927. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 49 years, Kathleen Walker, his grandson...
Stephen Dugas, Jr.
Mar 17, 2014
Stephen Dugas, Jr. December 12, 1950 - March 17, 2014
Stephen Dugas, Jr., 63, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, March 19, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on December 12, 1950 to Lucy Bell LeBlanc Dugas and Stephen Dugas in Port Arthur. Stephen was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and...
Kenneth L. Guy, Sr.
Mar 16, 2014
Kenneth L. Guy, Sr. February 9, 1942 - March 16, 2014
Kenneth L. Guy, Sr., 72, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on February 9, 1942 to Anna Mae Davis Guy and Billy L. Guy in Port Arthur, Texas. He served in the U....
Roy Bruno, Sr.
Mar 15, 2014
Roy Bruno, Sr. May 24, 1925 - March 15, 2014
Roy Bruno, Sr., 88 of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on Saturday, March 15th at his home. Roy was born on May 24, 1925, in Port Arthur to Mary Mondello Bruno and Salvatore "Sam" Bruno. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson, Class of 1944. He was the sole...
Rhona Ann Stansbury
Mar 15, 2014
Rhona Ann Stansbury November 11, 1922 - March 15, 2014
Rhona Ann Bonin Stansbury is now in the hands of her maker having left our world on March 15, 2014. She was born in St Martinsville, LA. on November 11, 1922, to Felix and Helina Bonin and was the eighth of nine siblings all of whom have passed except...
Sam Martin Durso
Mar 14, 2014
Sam Martin Durso June 16, 1934 - March 14, 2014
Sam Martin Durso, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away on Friday, March 14, 2014. He was born on June 16, 1934 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sam Durso and Josephine Arisco Durso. Sam was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area. He graduated from Bishop Byrne High School...
Abraham H. Hernandez
Mar 13, 2014
Abraham H. Hernandez January 2, 1993 - March 13, 2014
Abraham H. Hernandez, 21 of Port Arthur, TX passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Port Arthur. He was born on January 2, 1993 and was a native of Palau, Coahuila, Mexico. He was a resident of Port Arthur for the past 8 years. Abraham was a Scaffold Builder...
Bill Bertrand Blanco
Mar 13, 2014
Bill Bertrand Blanco January 12, 1931 - March 13, 2014
Bill Blanco, 83, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away at his residence on Thursday, March 13, 2014. He was born on January 12, 1931 to Henry and Clara Lavender Blanco in Port Arthur, TX. Bill was a pipefitter at Texaco for 42 years. He proudly served his country in...
Eula Mae Boettger
Mar 7, 2014
Eula Mae Boettger March 19, 1924 - March 7, 2014
Eula Mae Rita Theriot-Boettger, 89 of Port Arthur, TX., passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 less than two weeks from her ninetieth birthday. She was born on March 19,1924 to the late Emily and Clophie Theriot. Eula graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, LA. She was a...
Maxine Hardcastle
Mar 2, 2014
Maxine Hardcastle November 17, 1923 - March 2, 2014
Maxine Hardcastle, 90 of Groves passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Maxine was born in Port Arthur on November 17, 1923 to Harvey and Lena Neal Durham. She was a life long resident of this area. She is preceded...
Robert Jerry Cox
Apr 12, 2014
Robert Jerry Cox October 14, 1932 - April 12, 2014
Robert (Jerry) Cox passed away peacefully on April 12, 2014, surrounded by his family. Jerry was born in Joaquin, Texas in 1932 to James Edwin and Rhoda Cox who raised him with Christian values and a strong work ethic. He moved to Port Arthur in the early 1950's to...
Ray Allen Rattray
Apr 9, 2014
Ray Allen Rattray January 16, 1961 - April 9, 2014
Ray Rattray, 53, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on April 9, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on January 16, 1961 to Margaret and Cecil Rattray of Port Arthur, Texas. Ray was a lifelong resident of Southeast Texas. Graduated from Thomas Jefferson High in...
Melvin Joseph Stelly
Apr 6, 2014
Melvin Joseph Stelly April 23, 1927 - April 6, 2014
Melvin Joseph Stelly, 86, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. He was born on April 23, 1927 to Isabell Broussard Stelly and Leon Stelly in Leonville, Louisiana. Melvin was a resident of Port Arthur before moving...
Dorothy Ozella Hammond
Apr 4, 2014
Dorothy Ozella Hammond April 2, 1926 - April 4, 2014
Dorothy Ozella Nicholls Hammond Dorothy Ozella Nicholls Hammond, 88, of Houston and formerly of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014 at her home in Houston. She was born on April 2, 1926 to Willie Rush Nicholls and Albert Nicholls in Birmingham, Alabama. She has been a...
Mary Ellison
Mar 29, 2014
Mary Ellison September 2, 1924 - March 29, 2014
Mary (Martha) Grizzaffi Ellison, 89, of Groves, Texas, formerly of Port Arthur, Texas, died peacefully in her sleep on March 26, 2014 at the Port Arthur Retirement Community Home in Port Arthur, Texas. Visitation will be held at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves, Texas, on Saturday, March 29, 2014...
John Carl May
Mar 28, 2014
John Carl May September 15, 1929 - March 28, 2014
John May, 84, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur on Friday, March 28, 2014. He was born on September 15, 1929 to Clyde and Mabel Sweger May in Enid, Oklahoma. John proudly served his country in The United States...
Ruby Bennett
Mar 26, 2014
Ruby Bennett February 4, 1924 - March 26, 2014
Ruby M. Bennett, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on February 4, 1924 to Ethel Edwards Stubblefield and Rodderick R. Stubblefield in Sweetwater, Texas. Ruby has been a resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area for...
Judge Thomas A. Thomas
Mar 25, 2014
Judge Thomas A. Thomas February 25, 1928 - March 25, 2014
Judge Thomas A. Thomas, 86 of Port Arthur passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Judge Thomas was born on February 25, 1928 in Port Arthur to Apostolos and Vasso Menis Thomas. Judge Thomas was proud of his parents Vasso and...
Agustina Cortez
Mar 24, 2014
Agustina Cortez May 9, 1923 - March 24, 2014
Agustina Cortez, 90, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, March 24, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 9, 1923 to Felisa Cortez and Jose Mariano in Gualan-Los Amates, Guatemala, Central America. She was preceded in death by her mother and her...
Karl J. Knod
Mar 23, 2014
Karl J. Knod October 24, 1957 - March 23, 2014
Karl Knod, 56, of Nederland, passed away at his home on March 23, 2014. Karl was a kind hearted, hardworking man, and most importantly an avid Texans fan! His favorite activities included: fishing, arguing with his daughters about football and spending time with his beautiful grandchildren. They were the...
Judge Robert Paul Walker
Mar 22, 2014
Judge Robert Paul Walker October 24, 1927 - March 22, 2014
Judge Robert Paul Walker, 86, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on March 22, 2014 in Sugar Land, Texas. He was born on a farm in Beaufort, Missouri on October 24, 1927. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 49 years, Kathleen Walker, his grandson...
Stephen Dugas, Jr.
Mar 17, 2014
Stephen Dugas, Jr. December 12, 1950 - March 17, 2014
Stephen Dugas, Jr., 63, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Monday, March 19, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on December 12, 1950 to Lucy Bell LeBlanc Dugas and Stephen Dugas in Port Arthur. Stephen was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and...
Kenneth L. Guy, Sr.
Mar 16, 2014
Kenneth L. Guy, Sr. February 9, 1942 - March 16, 2014
Kenneth L. Guy, Sr., 72, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on February 9, 1942 to Anna Mae Davis Guy and Billy L. Guy in Port Arthur, Texas. He served in the U....
Roy Bruno, Sr.
Mar 15, 2014
Roy Bruno, Sr. May 24, 1925 - March 15, 2014
Roy Bruno, Sr., 88 of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on Saturday, March 15th at his home. Roy was born on May 24, 1925, in Port Arthur to Mary Mondello Bruno and Salvatore "Sam" Bruno. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson, Class of 1944. He was the sole...
Rhona Ann Stansbury
Mar 15, 2014
Rhona Ann Stansbury November 11, 1922 - March 15, 2014
Rhona Ann Bonin Stansbury is now in the hands of her maker having left our world on March 15, 2014. She was born in St Martinsville, LA. on November 11, 1922, to Felix and Helina Bonin and was the eighth of nine siblings all of whom have passed except...
Sam Martin Durso
Mar 14, 2014
Sam Martin Durso June 16, 1934 - March 14, 2014
Sam Martin Durso, 79, of Groves, Texas passed away on Friday, March 14, 2014. He was born on June 16, 1934 in Port Arthur, Texas to Sam Durso and Josephine Arisco Durso. Sam was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area. He graduated from Bishop Byrne High School...
Abraham H. Hernandez
Mar 13, 2014
Abraham H. Hernandez January 2, 1993 - March 13, 2014
Abraham H. Hernandez, 21 of Port Arthur, TX passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Port Arthur. He was born on January 2, 1993 and was a native of Palau, Coahuila, Mexico. He was a resident of Port Arthur for the past 8 years. Abraham was a Scaffold Builder...
Bill Bertrand Blanco
Mar 13, 2014
Bill Bertrand Blanco January 12, 1931 - March 13, 2014
Bill Blanco, 83, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away at his residence on Thursday, March 13, 2014. He was born on January 12, 1931 to Henry and Clara Lavender Blanco in Port Arthur, TX. Bill was a pipefitter at Texaco for 42 years. He proudly served his country in...
Eula Mae Boettger
Mar 7, 2014
Eula Mae Boettger March 19, 1924 - March 7, 2014
Eula Mae Rita Theriot-Boettger, 89 of Port Arthur, TX., passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 less than two weeks from her ninetieth birthday. She was born on March 19,1924 to the late Emily and Clophie Theriot. Eula graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, LA. She was a...
Maxine Hardcastle
Mar 2, 2014
Maxine Hardcastle November 17, 1923 - March 2, 2014
Maxine Hardcastle, 90 of Groves passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Maxine was born in Port Arthur on November 17, 1923 to Harvey and Lena Neal Durham. She was a life long resident of this area. She is preceded...