Obituaries

Mary Daniels Calloway
Aug 23, 2012
Mary D. Calloway, 49, of Beaumont died Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Tylertown, MS., she has lived in Vidor since 1999, and was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Antioch Primitive...

Frank Derrel Connor, Sr.
Aug 21, 2012
Frank D. Connor, 69, of Vidor died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, he has lived in Vidor since 1948, and was a retired machinist from Gulfco. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Friday, August 24, 2012 at Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church under the direction of Memorial...
Martin Brodnax
Aug 15, 2012
Martin Brodnax, 71, of Vidor died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Martin was retired from Continental Dredging and Local Union #450 as a heavy equipment operator. He was an active member of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor and was a member of the Pine Forest...
Hubert Dodson
Aug 11, 2012
Hubert Dodson, 79, of Vidor died Saturday, August 11, 2012 at his residence. A native of Angelina County, TX., he has lived in Vidor since 1946. Hubert retired after 35 years as a instrumentation and electrician tech with Firestone. He was Past Master with Vidor Masonic Lodge #1286. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, August 15,...
Linda Danelle White Hall
Aug 11, 2012
Linda D. Hall, 66, of Vidor died Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Jacksboro, TX., she was a lifelong resident of Orange County, TX., and was a retired manager with Gala Hallmark. She was a member of North Orange Baptist Church, Orange Christian Services, North Orange Baptist Church Mission Board, and...
Martin Luther Liston
Aug 9, 2012
Martin L. Liston of Orange, Texas was born on September 11, 1950 in Beaumont, Texas to John and Betty Liston. He attended Orangefield Elementary ,Orangefield High School as well as Beaumont High School where he graduated in 1968 and also studied electronics at Lamar College as well as during his time in service. He served our country in the United...
Shawn David Brashier
Aug 7, 2012
Shawn Brashier, 39, of Lufkin died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in Goodrich, TX. A native of Woodville, TX, he was longtime resident of Vidor before moving to Lufkin. Shawn was a handyman and attended Pentecostals of Pine Forest Church in Vidor. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm...
Marcelene Keeton
Aug 6, 2012
Marcelene Keeton, 85, of Vidor died Monday, August 6, 2012 at Clairmont Nursing Home in Beaumont. A native of Mauriceville, she has lived in Vidor since 1957 and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in...
Lanell 'Nell' I. Ballard
Aug 5, 2012
Nell Ballard, 71, of Vidor died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at her residence. A native of Silsbee, TX, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor. She was a retired loan officer with Vidor State Bank. Nell was a member of the Women's Bowling Association and Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday,...
Marie Joyce Miller
Aug 4, 2012
Joyce Miller, 75, of Vidor died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A native of Abbyville, Louisiana, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Joyce was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor. Joyce was a member of the Altar Society and participated in St. Joseph Altar. A mass of...
Lavella Ellen Alvarez
Aug 1, 2012
Lavella E. Alvarez, 49, of Orange died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. She was a native and a lifelong resident of Orange, TX. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Visitation will be held from 2:00 – 5:00 pm Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home. Lavella was preceded...
Gary Lee Williams
Aug 1, 2012
Gary L. Williams, 59, of Vidor died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Snyder, TX., he was a longtime resident of Vidor and was a retired security guard. Graveside services were held at 3:00 pm on Friday, August 3, 2012 at Restlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of...
Doris Elizabeth Martin Whiteside
Jul 31, 2012
Doris E. Whiteside, 77 of Vidor died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. She was a native and longtime resident of Vidor. Doris was a homemaker and a member of Freeway Church of Christ. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial...
William Ethan Simmons, Jr
Jul 30, 2012
William E. Simmons, 79, of Vidor died Monday, July 30, 2012 at his daughters residence in Vidor. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. William worked for the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal where he retired after 47 yrs of service in the mail room and served his country in the US Army Reserves. Funeral services...
Bobbie Jean Beth
Jul 30, 2012
Bobbie J. Beth, 81, of Vidor died Monday, July 30, 2012 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. She was a longtime resident of Vidor and was a homemaker. Bobbie was a member of First Baptist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, August 2, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to...
Lena Belle Cole
Jul 29, 2012
Lena Cole of Vidor, died Sunday, July 29, 2012 in Bevil Oaks, Texas. She was born January 6, 1918, to Alexander Stephen and Bessie Emley Belle Lemley Norton, in Kaufman County, Texas. Lena was preceded in death by her husband Mike Cole, parents Alexander Stephen and Bessie Emley Belle Lemley Norton, three sisters Addie Mae Fults, Mary Elizabeth Henry, and...
James Otis 'Jimmy' Jones, Jr.
Jul 28, 2012
Jimmy Jones, 51, of Vidor died Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he was a truck driver with RSC Equipment Rental in Beaumont. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, he was a member of the 1979 Vidor Pirate Football state team, and was nicknamed “The Cardiac Kid”. Funeral services will be...
Virginia A. Adams
Jul 28, 2012
Virginia A. Adams, 85, of Vidor died Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Fort Smith, AR., she has lived in Vidor since 1976 and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints under the direction...
Fred C. James
Jul 28, 2012
Fred C. James, born in Sioux City, IA., and passed from this life in Vidor, TX., on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Vidor Health and Rehab Nursing Home in Vidor. Fred has lived in Vidor since 1998, and was a self-employed artist and painter. He served his country in the United States Army during WWII as a Army Corpman and...
Velma Royce King
Jul 25, 2012
Velma R. King, 83, of Vidor died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of Star, TX., she has lived in Vidor since 1991, and was a retired waitress with The Pig Stand in Beaumont, and a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services will be held at...