Obituaries
Joe Parker, Jr.
Jan 25, 2010
Joe Parker, Jr., 75, of Vidor died Monday, January 25, 2010 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. He was born June 29, 1934 at the families old home place in Jasper, which is designated in the Texas Family Land Heritage Program as a Century Farm. He has lived in Vidor since 1957, and was a retired operator with B.F. Goodrich...
Freida Marie Simmons
Jan 25, 2010
Freida M. Simmons, 79, of Vidor died Monday, January 25, 2010 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. Fredia was born October 29, 1930 in DeRidder, Louisiana to Adolf and Pearl Bunge. She was a longtime resident of Vidor and a member of First United Methodist Church in Vidor. Freida was a retired Bookkeeper for Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral...
Charles Allen Garrard
Jan 21, 2010
Charles A. Garrard, 63, of Vidor died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Charles was born November 11, 1946 in Hattesburg, Mississippi to Joe and Mildred Garrard. He was a lifelong resident of Vidor and was a member of the First Church of God in Beaumont. Charles was a self employed Water Well Driller and...
Lamar 'Doc' Junior Holliday
Jan 20, 2010
Doc Holliday, 76, of Vidor died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at his residence. Doc was born September 18, 1933 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi to Jimmie and Eunice (Boleware) Holliday and has lived in Vidor for 41 years. Doc was a Retired Warehouse Supervisor and served his country in the United States Army during Korean War. Funeral services will be held at...

Elsie L. Browning
Jan 20, 2010
Elsie L. Browning, 72, of Vidor died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at her residence in Vidor. Elsie was born December 24, 1937 in Modesto, California to Herbert and Mary Atkinson. She was a longtime resident of Vidor and was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Elsie was preceded in by all her children. She...
Merlene Carter
Jan 19, 2010
Merlene Carter, 72, of Vidor died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at her residence. Merlene was born on April 12, 1937 in Starks, Louisiana to Jerry and Mittie Perkins. She was a longtime resident of Vidor and was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Vidor. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services will be held...
Annie Mae Miller
Jan 16, 2010
Annie M. Miller, 96, of Vidor died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. A native of Blue Bayou, LA., she has lived in Vidor for 62 years, and was a domestic engineer. She was a member of Eastgate United Pentecostal Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on...

Eveline Bivens
Jan 16, 2010
Eveline Bivens, 95, of Vidor died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Vidor Health and Rehab Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of Desoto Parish, LA., she has lived in Vidor for over 20 years, and was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Eveline was preceded in death by her husband Sam O. Bivens, daughter...

Rhonda Earlene Blaylock
Jan 16, 2010
Rhonda E. Blaylock, 60, of Vidor died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, she has lived in Vidor for over 30 years, and was a retired customer service representative with Conns. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with...
Joe Edwin Hodge
Jan 12, 2010
Joe E. Hodge, 75, of Vidor died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he was a retired owner operator of Farmers Insurance Agency in Vidor, where he enjoyed talking and helping his clients. He was a class of 1951 Vidor High School graduate. He loved to travel, and enjoyed being a...
Rachel Helen Stuck
Jan 9, 2010
Rachel H. Stuck, 41, of Vidor died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Marietta, OH., she has lived in Vidor for 20 years, and was a computer drafting engineer with Clyde Bell Engineering. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial Services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on...

John Jack W. Emke
Jan 9, 2010
Jack Emke, 59, of Vidor died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Jack was born on July 26, 1950 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island to John and Betty Emke. He was a longtime residence on Vidor and served his country in the US Army during the Vietnam conflict. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral...
Rosie N. Whitmire
Jan 6, 2010
Rosie N. Whitmire, 86, of Vidor died Wednesday, January 8, 2010 at Vidor Health and Rehab Center. Rosie was born on August 23, 1923 in Beaumont, Texas to Robert and Mertle Revia. She was a lifelong resident of Vidor and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January...

Babara Ruth Wilbur
Jan 4, 2010
Barbara Wilbur, 75, of Vidor died Monday, January 4, 2010 at Christus St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Barbara was born November 22, 1934 in Antlers, Oklahoma to Mark and Dona Robnett. She has lived in Vidor for the past 9 years and was a retired Care giver. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, entombment of cremains...
Margaret Leah Hanson
Jan 3, 2010
Margaret Hanson, 75, of Vidor died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at her residence. Margaret was born on November 9, 1934 in Kansas City, Kansas to Leo and Mary Gee. She was a police officer for 10 years in Olathe, KS and a Para Legal for the law office of John Parks in Humanville, MO for 20 years. Margaret was a...
Arnold Ann Guidry
Jan 2, 2010
Arnold A. Guidry, 68, of Vidor died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at her residence. A native of Port Arthur, she has lived in Vidor for 40 years, and was a retired school bus driver with VISD. She was a member of The Order of the Eastern Star Chapter # 914 in Vidor. A Funeral Liturgy Outside Mass will be celebrated...
Allon Henry Thomas
Jan 2, 2010
Pistol Thomas, 86, of Vidor passed away Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Inwood Crossing Nursing Home in Tomball, TX.. He was born July 5, 1923 in Gist, TX. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he was owner-operator of the Mobil and Texaco service stations in Vidor. He was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor. He was a World...
Nora Ellen Capps
Jan 1, 2010
Nora E. Capps, 85, of Vidor died Friday, January 1, 2010 at her residence. A native of Luton, England she has lived in Vidor for 60 years and was a homemaker. She was a past member of The Order of the Eastern Star Chapter # 910 in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5,...
Alma Hare
Dec 31, 2009
Alma Hare, 84, of Vidor died Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A lifelong resident of Vidor, she was a retired bookkeeper with Meyer Insurance Agency. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 4, 2010 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Vidor under the direction of Memorial...
Clarence Harding Francis
Dec 30, 2009
Clarence H. Francis, 88, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. A native of Trigg County, KY., he has lived in Vidor since 1958, and was a retired machinists with C&D Engineering. He served his country during WWII and the Korean Conflict, and retired from the United States Navy. Cremation arrangements were...