Obituaries

Joan Elaine Burgin

Joan Elaine Burgin

Dec 23, 2012

Joan E. Burgin, 77, of Vidor died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at her residence. A native of Port Arthur, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Joan was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial...

Norman Dale Terrell

Norman Dale Terrell

Dec 21, 2012

Norman D. Terrell, 81, of West Lake, LA, died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, LA. A native of Jacksonville, TX, he was a longtime resident of West Lake, LA. Norman was a retired bus driver for Grayhound Bus Lines and attended Gateway Church of God. He served his country in the US Air...

Evelyn Barnes

Evelyn Barnes

Dec 19, 2012

Evelyn Barnes, 84, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. Evelyn was a longtime resident of Vidor and was a member of Vidor Church of Christ. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in...

Charles Arnold Mcneely, Sr

Charles Arnold Mcneely, Sr

Dec 17, 2012

Charles A. McNeely, 77, of Vidor died Monday, December 17, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Charles was a native of Rose City, TX, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Charles retired from Gulf States Utilities after 40 years as an Engineer. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Vidor and a member of the...

Wendel 'Buddy' Melton Weaver

Wendel 'Buddy' Melton Weaver

Dec 15, 2012

Wendel 'Buddy' Weaver, 76, of Vidor died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. A native of Florence, AL., he has lived in Vidor for 27+ years, and was a retired electronics warfare systems technician and mechanic with the United States Navy. Buddy served his country in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Conflict. Funeral services...

Maggie Hetzel Crosby

Maggie Hetzel Crosby

Dec 13, 2012

Maggie Crosby, 83, of Vidor died Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Maggie was a lifelong resident of Vidor and a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints of Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with...

Brandon Anthony Croft

Brandon Anthony Croft

Dec 13, 2012

Brandon A. Croft, 27, of Vidor died Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, he was a longtime resident of Vidor, and was a heavy equipment operator with T&T Construction. Brandon loved fishing, hunting, animals, people, and kids. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at...

Rose Marie Bagesse Sampson

Rose Marie Bagesse Sampson

Dec 12, 2012

Rose Marie Bagesse Sampson, 82, passed from this life peacefully at her home with her family by her side on December 12, 2012. Rose was born in Port Arthur, Texas on July 23, 1930 to Carlo and Genevieve Bagesse. Rose devoted her life to God, her husband of 62 years Stanley Sampson, SR., her 4 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren....

Catherine Louise Marsh

Catherine Louise Marsh

Dec 12, 2012

Catherine L. Marsh, 66, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Andrews, NC., she has lived in Vidor since 1998, and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, December 14, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial...

Kennith Edward Marks

Kennith Edward Marks

Dec 11, 2012

Kennith E. Marks, 69, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at his residence. A native of Tullahoma, TN., he has lived in Vidor since 1990, and was a retired security guard with Trinity Industries in Vidor. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012...

John Alman Denson

John Alman Denson

Dec 11, 2012

John A. Denson, 76, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Henderson, TX., he has lived in Vidor since 1964, and was a retired owner-operator of Denson Enterprises. John was a member of First Christian Church in Vidor, a member of Blackmer F. & A.M. Lodge #422 in San...

Bessie L. Womack Turner

Bessie L. Womack Turner

Dec 7, 2012

Bessie L. Womack Turner, 86, of Vidor, died Friday, December 7, 2012, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. She was born on August 8, 1926, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Myrtle and Ira Hopkins, and had been a resident of the Vidor area since 1951. She was an amazing seamstress. Bessie and her first husband, Howard R. Womack, Sr., now...

Sue Ann Brodnax

Sue Ann Brodnax

Dec 6, 2012

Sue Ann Brodnax, 71, of Vidor died Thursday, December 6, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, MO. A native of Coffee County, AL, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Sue was a member of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor and was a active member in Rachel Sunday School Class. She was a loving wife, mother and...

Delane 'Bubba' Lear

Delane 'Bubba' Lear

Dec 5, 2012

Bubba Lear, 66, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Minden, LA., he has lived in Vidor since 1973, and was a retired railroad engineer after 39 years with Kansas City Southern Railroad. He served his country in the United States Air Force. Bubba enjoyed little league coaching, being with...

Elaine Roberts

Elaine Roberts

Dec 5, 2012

Elaine Roberts, 85, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Rayburn Health Care in Jasper, Texas. A native of Sour Lake, she has lived in Vidor since 2005 and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park...

Agnes Elena Miller

Agnes Elena Miller

Dec 4, 2012

Agnes E. Miller, 95, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Vidor Health and Rehab Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of Moss Point, MS., she has lived in Vidor since 1982, and was a homemaker. Agnes was a member of First United Methodist Church of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, December 7,...

Ricky Louis Smith

Ricky Louis Smith

Dec 2, 2012

Ricky L. Smith, 58 of Vidor died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he served his country in the United States Army, and was a boilermaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn...

Glyndia Yvonne Rogers

Glyndia Yvonne Rogers

Nov 30, 2012

Glyndia Y. Rogers, 68, of Vidor died Friday, November 30, 2012 at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Opalaca, TX., she has lived in Vidor for 12 years and was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at...

Jacqueline 'Jackie' Starr Garrett Cockrell

Jacqueline 'Jackie' Starr Garrett Cockrell

Nov 30, 2012

Jackie Cockrell, 68, of Vidor died Friday, November 30, 2012 at her residence. A longtime resident of Vidor, she was a homemaker. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Visitation will begin at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 4,...

Michael Craig Mathews, Sr.

Michael Craig Mathews, Sr.

Nov 30, 2012

Michael C. Mathews, Sr., 66, of Vidor died Friday, November 30, 2012 at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Toledo, OH., he has lived in Vidor for 4 years, and was a retired service tech with Sears & Roebuck, and owner-operator of Mathews Rechargeable Batteries. Michael served his country in the United States Coast Guard. Cremation...