Obituaries
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...
America Mildred Stephenson
Jul 22, 2012
America Mildred Stephenson, 87, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2012 in Kingwood, Texas. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Allen Roy Stephenson, of Vidor; daughter Cheryl Bacon Weathersby of Lakeland, Florida; daughter Brenda Bacon Blanchard and her husband, Gerald of North Port, Florida; son Charles Stephenson and his wife Phyllis of Lumberton; daughter Sunny Stephenson Hopper...
Peggy 'Jerry' Jeraldyne Terry
Jul 21, 2012
Jerry Terry, 76, of Vidor died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at her residence. A native of Longview, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Jerry was a retired secretary clerk with Gulf States Utilities. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Memorial Funeral...
Cody Dewayne Patton
Jul 21, 2012
Cody D. Patton, 22, of Vidor died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Galveston, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Turning Point Church in Vidor, with burial to follow at Del-Rose Cemetery in Vidor. Visitation will begin...
Carl 'Harry' Edward Barnhart
Jul 20, 2012
Harry Barnhart, 77, of Vidor died Friday, July 20, 2012 at his residence. A native of Livingston, TX, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Carl was a retired heavy equipment operator and was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor,...
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...
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