Obituaries

Nelda Jean Loftis

Nelda Jean Loftis

Jul 15, 2017

Nelda J. Loftis, 70, of Vidor died Saturday, July 15th, 2017 at Altus Hospice in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Nelda was a LVN for 30 years and worked in the Hospitals and in Home Health Care. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Vidor and enjoyed sewing and bowling....

Stacey Renee' Holmes

Stacey Renee' Holmes

Jul 15, 2017

Stacey R. Holmes, 44, of Vidor died Saturday, July 15th, 2017 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, after a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer. A native of Beaumont, TX, she spent many years in Newton, TX and was a longtime resident of Vidor. Stacey was an Events Planner for Benoit's Louis Hall in Vidor, TX before...

Walter Rearick

Walter Rearick

Jul 10, 2017

Walter Rearick, 86, of Vidor, TX died Monday, July 10th, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. A native of Newton, TX he was a longtime resident of Vidor who enjoyed fishing, hunting, and gardening. Walter served his country in the United States Marine Corps. and retired from the Orange County Drainage District after 34 years as a dragline operator. Visitation will be...

Penny Keel

Penny Keel

Jul 6, 2017

Penny Keel, 49, of Vidor,TX died Thursday, July 6th, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. She was born in Beaumont but was a longtime resident of Vidor who loved to collect salt and pepper shakers and going to the casinos occationally. Penny worked for 19 years at Christus St. Elizabeth hospital in Beaumont as a room controller. She is survived by her...

Ethel Pauline Gentry

Ethel Pauline Gentry

Jul 5, 2017

Pauline Gentry, 90, of Vidor, TX died July 5th, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. She was a longtime resident of Vidor who enjoyed quilting, crocheting, cooking and doing genealogy and family history. Pauline was a homemaker and a member of the Relief Society at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Vidor. She especially enjoyed spending quality time with...

Betty Owers-Miller

Betty Owers-Miller

Jul 5, 2017

Betty Owers-Miller,67, died Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. Born in Beaumont she was a longtime resident of Sour Lake, TX who enjoyed reading, playing cards, traveling and working in the yard. Betty worked for the United States Postal Service in Human Resources and retired in 2009. She was also a former member of the Beaumont Woman's Club. Visitation...

Gregory "Greg" Paul Goldsmith

Gregory "Greg" Paul Goldsmith

Jul 4, 2017

Greg Goldsmith, 46, of Vidor, TX died Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 at his home. A native of Orange, TX, he was a longtime resident of Vidor who enjoyed fishing and being around his family. Greg earned his Master's Degree from Texas Weslynn University in Ft. Worth, TX. He worked as a nurse and was a member of Fishers of Men...

Janice Faye Morgan

Janice Faye Morgan

Jul 2, 2017

Janice F. Morgan, 80 of Vidor died Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Clinton, Oklahoma, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Janice was a member Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor and enjoyed scrapbooking and collecting porcelain dolls. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Janice is survived...

Robert "Uncle Rob" Grady Scott

Robert "Uncle Rob" Grady Scott

Jul 2, 2017

Robert "Uncle Rob" Grady Scott, 57, of Beaumont, TX died Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 in Crystal Beach, TX. Born in Beaumont he was a longtime resident of the Golden Triangle area who enjoyed taking pictures with his phone, fishing, listening to loud music and sitting by the campfire all night. Visitation will be Friday, July 7, 2017 beginning at 6:00...

Revel Thomas Brown Sr.

Revel Thomas Brown Sr.

Jun 28, 2017

Revel T. Brown Sr., 87 of Vidor died Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 at his residence. A native of Gist, Kentucky, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Revel was a member of the Assembly of God in Mauriceville and was a member of the Carpenters Local Union #2007. He served his country in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force...

Vernon Wade Odom

Vernon Wade Odom

Jun 27, 2017

Vernon W. Odom, 66, of Orange, Texas died Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifetime resident of Vidor, before moving to Orange in 1989. He was a member of Calvary Purchase Church in Orange and served his country in the U.S. Navy. Vernon worked for the Orange...

Earl Singletary

Earl Singletary

Jun 25, 2017

Earl Singletary, 89, of Benton, Ark. died Sunday, June 25 after an extended illness. Services will be Saturday, July 1 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Vidor with visitation Friday evening at Vidor Memorial Funeral home. Earl was born in Call Junction, Tex. and moved to Vidor in the late 1930s. He is survived by two sons,...

Minnie Rose Wilkerson

Minnie Rose Wilkerson

Jun 24, 2017

Minnie Rose Wilkerson, 87, of Vidor, TX died Saturday, June 24th, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. Born in Beaumont, she was a longtime resident of Vidor who was self employed as a floral arranger. Minnie loved cooking and working with word puzzles but her greatest passion was spending time with her great granddaughters. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 27, 2017 beginning...

Francis Hall

Francis Hall

Jun 24, 2017

Francis M. Hall, 58, of Vidor died Saturday, June 24th, 2017 at her residence. a native of Beaumont, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Francis was a member of First Baptist Church of Loeb, TX. Cremation arrangement were entrusted to memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Francis is survived by her brothers Carl Edward Goodman, John Ray Goodman, Owen...

Julian "Jeff" Ferguson Ledoux, Jr.

Julian "Jeff" Ferguson Ledoux, Jr.

Jun 23, 2017

Julian "Jeff" Ferguson LeDoux Jr, 74 of Vidor, TX died Friday, June 23rd, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. He was a longtime resident of Vidor who liked to watch T.V. especially "Everybody Loves Raymond" and all sports especially football. Jeff loved eating cajun food but he truly loved to spend time with his friends and family. Jeff is survived by his...

Clinton Davis, Sr.

Clinton Davis, Sr.

Jun 22, 2017

Clint Davis, Sr. 60, of Vidor, TX died Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston. He was a lifelong resident of Vidor who enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on cars. Clint also liked to travel, exploring, and spending time with his friends and family especially his granddaughters. Clint is survived by his loving wife of 36 years;...

Carolyn Marie Burge

Carolyn Marie Burge

Jun 22, 2017

Carolyn Marie Burge, 62, of Vidor, TX died Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. Born in Beaumont she was a longtime resident of Vidor and a longtime member of the Jasper County Go Texan Committee. She loved going to the movies, swimming and having a good time. Carolyn especially spending quality time with her family and loved her boys...

Lorraine Augusta Weeks

Lorraine Augusta Weeks

Jun 18, 2017

Lorraine Augusta Weeks, 67, of Kirbyville, TX died Sunday, June 18th, 2017 in Jasper, TX. A native of Llano, TX she was a former resident of Vidor, TX who loved to spend quality time with her family and friends. Lorraine enjoyed playing cards, games, and being outdoors. She and her late husband fostered many children over the years. Visitation will...

Kenneth Raymond Luce

Kenneth Raymond Luce

Jun 17, 2017

Ken Luce, 76 of Vidor died Saturday, June 17th, 2017 at Altus Hospice in Beaumont. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Ken was a member of First United Methodist Church of Vidor and was a workaholic. He was a past Fire Marshall with the Orange Country Fire Department and was a past Commissioner of...

James "Jimbo" Ernest Rollans

James "Jimbo" Ernest Rollans

Jun 16, 2017

Jimbo Rollans 61, of Vidor died Friday, June 16th, 2017 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Jimbo is survived by his brothers Robert Ray Rollans of Mauriceville, TX, Daniel Victor Rollans of Homa, LA, Michael Wynn Rollans of Vidor, TX, sisters...