Obituaries

Helen Frances Aldrich

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Leroy Joseph Borderlon

Leroy Joseph Borderlon

Jun 16, 2012

Leroy J. Borderlon, 77, of Vidor died Saturday, June 16, 2012 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. A native of Marksville, LA., he has lived in Vidor for 40 years, and was a retired machinist with Ideco. He served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor....

Norman Lee Sumrall

Norman Lee Sumrall

Jun 11, 2012

Norman Lee Sumrall passed away on June 11th, 2012 in Salmon, Idaho. He was born April 27th, 1920 in Call, Texas, to Rufus Long Sumrall and Bertha Evelyn Sumrall, the eldest of four brothers, Clifford Maurice, Rufus 'Buddy' Long, and Thomas Williams Sumrall. He graduated from Vidor High School in 1937 and moved to Houston where he worked in a...

Lennie Marie Parker

Lennie Marie Parker

Jun 9, 2012

Marie Parker, 54, of Vidor died Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Groves, TX, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Visitation will begin...

Joshua Aaron Hyde

Joshua Aaron Hyde

Jun 2, 2012

Joshua A. Hyde, 24, of Orange died Saturday, June 2, 2012 in Vidor. A native of Orange, he has lived in Orange for 2 years and was a forklift operator with Kenco Logistics. He was a member of Calvary Tabernacle in Beaumont. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, June 8, 2012 at Restlawn Memorial Park in...

Marcus Leroy Martin

Marcus Leroy Martin

May 28, 2012

Marcus L. Martin, 77, of Vidor died Monday, May 28, 2012 at his residence. A native of Texarkana, AR., he has lived in Vidor for over 40 years, and was a self-employed dump truck driver. He was a member of the Local Teamsters Union. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Memorial Funeral...

Linda 'Lynn' Olean Tynes

Linda 'Lynn' Olean Tynes

May 26, 2012

Lynn Tynes, 63, of Vidor died Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Lynn was owner/operator of Lynn's Landscaping in Vidor and was a member of Eastgate United Pentecostal Church. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at...

George Vernon Gingrich

George Vernon Gingrich

May 25, 2012

Vernon Gingrich, 78, of Vidor died Friday, May 25, 2012 at Harbor Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Covington County, MS, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Vernon was a retired house painter and served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. Cremation arrangement were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial...

Glynn Bolton Newman

Glynn Bolton Newman

May 22, 2012

Glynn B. Newman, 72, a former Vidor resident of 40 years before moving to the Hemphill area of Toledo Bend Lake in 2004, passed away Tuesday, Evening on May 22, 2012 at his residence. He was a 50 year member of the pipefitters Local Union #195. Glynn was preceded in death by his son, Mitchell Glynn (Mickey) Newman; his parents,...

Joseph Lee Rougeau

Joseph Lee Rougeau

May 20, 2012

Joseph L. Rougeau, 88, of Orange, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at his residence. A native of Emad, LA., he was a lifelong resident of Orange, and was a retired electrician with the Stark Foundation in Orange. Joseph served his country in the United States Navy during WWII and was a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. Visitation will...