Obituaries
Emmitt Clayton Van Eman
Jul 19, 2012
Emmitt C. Van Eman, 80, of Vidor died July 19, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Born in Elmina, TX, raised in Lufkin and was a longtime resident of Vidor. Emmitt was retired from Gulf States Utilities where he was service foreman and served his country in the US Air Force during the Korean War. Emmitt was a...
Carolyn Ann Milam
Jul 14, 2012
Carolyn A. Milam, 57, of Vidor died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at her residence. A native of Orange, she grew up in Bridge City, and was a Class of 1972 graduate from Bridge City High School. She has lived in Vidor for 2 years and was a SAC teacher with LCM School District in Little Cypress Mauriceville. A Mass of...
Georgia Lee Bryan
Jul 14, 2012
Georgia L. Bryan, 86, of Vidor died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of Silsbee, she has lived in Vidor since 1950, and was a homemaker. Georgia was a member of First Baptist Church of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home...
Kathryn Alice Riley Cockrell
Jul 10, 2012
Kathryn Cockrell, 92, of Vidor died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Vidor, she was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor, Beta Sigma Phi Perceptor Omega Service Sororiety, and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with...
Gary Lee Johnson, Sr.
Jul 10, 2012
Gary L. Johnson, Sr., 74, passed from this life July 10, 2012 at his home in Buna. He was a native of Beaumont, Texas and graduated from South Park High School in 1955, moved to Vidor in 1965 where he resided for 33 years. He retired from Arco Palmer in Port Arthur, Texas in the mid 80's and worked as...
Johnny Ray Cloyd
Jul 8, 2012
Johnny Ray Cloyd, 49, of Vidor died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at his residence. A native of Sulfur Spring, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Johnny attended Turning Point Church in Vidor. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Johnny is survived by his parents Ray and Madeline Cloyd of Vidor, TX, sister Grace Cloyd...
Carol Jean Kennedy
Jul 7, 2012
Carol J. Kennedy, 68, of Vidor died Saturday, July 7, 2012 at her residence. A native of Port Arthur, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Carol was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial...
Joyce Myers
Jul 4, 2012
Joyce Myers, 76, of Vidor died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at her residence. A native of Morse, LA., she was a longtime resident of Orange, she has lived in Vidor for 3 ½ years, and was a homemaker. Joyce was a member of Eastgate United Pentecostal Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, July...
Robert Byron Hendrickson
Jul 3, 2012
Robert B. Hendrickson, 77, of Vidor died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, he has lived in Vidor for 5 years and was a truck driver. Robert was a member of Christ Community Church in Beaumont. Robert served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean War. Funeral services will be held at...
Helen Frances Aldrich
Jul 1, 2012
Helen F. Aldrich, 88, of Vidor died Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, she has lived in Vidor since 1937, and was a retired self-employed bookkeeper. Helen was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Vidor where she was a junior high and high school girls Sunday School teacher for many...
Fay Wesley Bragg
Jun 30, 2012
Fay Wesley Bragg, 56, of Vidor died Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Tampa, FL., he was a longtime resident of Vidor, and a machinist with Metal Forms. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Mr. Bragg was preceded in death by his wife Marsha Louise Bragg. He...
Shela Ann Thibodeaux
Jun 27, 2012
Shela A. Thibodeaux, 58, of Vidor died Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio. She was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with interment to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Visitation will begin at...
Gregory Michael Siebe
Jun 23, 2012
Gregory M. Siebe, 27, of Atlanta, GA, died Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Atlanta, GA. A native of Beaumont, TX, he has resided in Atlanta since 2003. Gregory was a mechanical engineer and graduated for Georgia Tech in 2008 where he was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm...
Lloyd Eugene Smith
Jun 23, 2012
Lloyd Eugene Smith, 82, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. He was a born to Eugene and Minnie Smith September 4, 1928 in Vidor. Lloyd loved his family, fishing, hunting and going to the flea markets. He was a lifelong resident of Vidor and a member of the Carpenters Union. Lloyd was preceded...
Tammy Michelle Williams
Jun 23, 2012
Tammy M. Williams, 31, of Vidor died Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Orange, Texas. A native of Galveston, she has lived in Vidor for 3 years. Committal services will be held at 9:00 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Tammy is survived by her husband...
Edith Odell Thompson
Jun 22, 2012
Edith O. Thompson, 100, of Vidor died Friday, June 22, 2012 at her residence. A native of Anson, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Edith was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Val-Verde Baptist Church in Holland, Texas, with burial to follow at Val-Verde Baptist Cemetery. Visitation will begin...
Laura Maretta Lauderdale
Jun 20, 2012
Laura M. Lauderdale, 75, of Vidor died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at her residence. A native of San Benito, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Laura was a homemaker and a member of Vidor Church of Christ. Graveside services will be held at 12:00 noon at Bald Prairie Cemetery in Bald Prairie, TX. Visitation will begin at 600...
Roland 'Chief' Eugene Dossett
Jun 20, 2012
Roland Dossett, 93, of Vidor died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at his residence. A native of Moselle, MS, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Roland served his country in the US Army and retired from the US Navy. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm...
Donald Hugh Desormeaux
Jun 17, 2012
Donald H. Desormeaux, 81, of Vidor died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Oakgrove Nursing Home in Groves. A native of Bell City, LA., he was a lifelong resident of Vidor, and was a retired machinist with Ideco. He served his country in the United States Army. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at...
George Darrell Hogg
Jun 16, 2012
George D. Hogg, 82, of Vidor died Saturday, June 16, 2012 at his residence. A native of Orange he has lived in Vidor since 1977, and was a retired boilermaker with Gulf Oil. He was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor, and a member of the Madison Masonic Lodge #126 in Orange. He served his country in...