Obituaries

Linda Faye Cochran
Apr 27, 2007
Linda Cochran, 58, of Vidor died Friday, April 27, 2007 at her residence. A native of Greenville, MS., she has lived in Vidor for 9 years, and was a retired chef. Graveside services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Visitation will...

Barbara Elaine Mack
Apr 25, 2007
Barbara Mack, 91, of Vidor died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at her residence. A native of Denham Springs, LA., she has lived in Vidor since 1953, and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Eastern Star chapter in Beaumont. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2007 at First United Methodist Church in Vidor,...

Arvin Earl Hanson
Apr 24, 2007
Arvin E. Hanson, 63, of Vidor died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Vidor Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of West Liberty, KY, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Arvin was a retired Carpenter with local union #502 and served his country in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Pine Forest Masonic Lodge #1420 and...

Jerry Youngblood
Apr 23, 2007
Jerry Youngblood, 69, of Vidor passed Monday, April 23, 2007 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. Born in Port Acres, he has lived in Vidor all his life, and retired from Simco Construction of Groves in 2004. He proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960. He married his high school sweetheart Pat...

Rush Bartlett Green
Apr 21, 2007
Rush “Rusty” Green, 84, of Vidor, TX died on Saturday, April 21, 2007. He was born on April 30, 1922 in Marlin, TX. After graduating High School in San Saba, TX, Rusty proudly joined the United States Army Air Force and was a WW II veteran. He retired from Neches Butane Refinery Co. after 47 years. Left to cherish his...

Melvin Franklin Chesser
Apr 21, 2007
Melvin Chesser, 77, of Vidor died Saturday, April 21, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Melvin was a retired Pipefitter with Local Union #195 and is a member of North Main Church of Christ in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April...

Marjorie Holst
Apr 21, 2007
The gates of Heaven opened and the choir of angels sang “Hallelujah” on April 21, 2007 as they welcomed home our mother, Marjorie “Nana” Holst of Vidor, Texas, as she passed away peacefully into the arms of her Lord with her Family at her side at the Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, Texas after a short illness. Majorie was born...

Timothy Dwight Morris
Apr 21, 2007
Tim Morris, 48, of Vidor died Saturday, April 21, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he was a retired industrial painter. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Williamson Cemetery in Vidor, TX. Visitation will begin at...

Charles Robert Nagel
Apr 19, 2007
Charles Robert Nagel, 91, of Vidor died Thursday, April 19, 2007 at his residence in Vidor. A native of Woden, TX, He has lived in Vidor since 1945. Charles served during WWII in the US Navy SeaBees on a survey crew that surveyed airstrips on islands in the South Pacific, after WWII he attended Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches,...

Handley Bryan Jones
Apr 17, 2007
Handley B. Jones, 83, of Vidor born September 30, 1923 in Pluck, TX., and died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A native of Pluck, TX., he has lived in Vidor for 3 years and was a retired pipe fitter with Local # 195, and was a longshoreman with the ILA. He proudly served...

Robert Wade Walles
Apr 15, 2007
Robert W. Walles, 40, of Vidor died Sunday, April 15, 2007 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he was a pipe fitter and welder with Local # 195. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Visitation will...

Tedd Collins Owen
Apr 15, 2007
Tedd C. Owen, 82, of Vidor died Sunday, April 15, 2007 at his residence. A native of Baxter Springs, KS., he has lived in Vidor for 2 ½ years, and was a minister for 50 years. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during World War II. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of...

Maude Woods
Apr 10, 2007
Maude Woods, age 89 died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 after a lengthy illness. She was born October 18, 1917 in Stowell, Texas to the late Renfro and Pearl Falke. She graduated in 1936 from Stowell High School as Valedictorian and senior class president. She subsequently graduated from Cheniers Business College. She married William Frank Woods March 27, 1943 and they...

Fern Ishmael
Apr 9, 2007
Fern Ishmael, 87, of Vidor died Monday, April 9, 2007 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of Marshall, TX., she has lived in Vidor for 50+ years and was a bookkeeper and housewife. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2007at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor with burial to follow at Forest...

James Wilfred Thibodeaux
Apr 9, 2007
James W. Thibodeaux, 58, of Vidor died Monday, April 9, 2007 at his residence. A native of Anahuac, he has lived in Vidor for 13 years, and was a retired welder after 32 years. He was a proud member of Bible Believers Tabernacle in Warren, TX. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services will begin...

Joseph Patrick Mooney
Apr 7, 2007
Joseph “Joe Pat” Mooney, 49, of Vidor died Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Joe Pat was a machinist and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor. Funeral liturgy outside mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April...

Maurine Theresa Kessinger
Apr 7, 2007
Maurine T. Kessinger, 82, of Beaumont died Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Beaumont Health Care Center in Beaumont, TX. A longtime resident of Vidor, she was a retired school teacher after 8 years with the Hughen School. She was very faithful and active in her church 7th-Day Adventist. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services...

Roy Dean Carter, Sr
Apr 7, 2007
Roy D. Carter, 59, of Vidor died Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was a native and a lifelong resident of Vidor. Roy was retired from the Painters Local Union #103. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at...

James Rufus Conner, Sr.
Apr 6, 2007
James Conner, 33, of Vidor died Friday, April 6, 2007 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. James was a machinist with Gulf Co. for 10 years in Beaumont and was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April...

Mary Young Knost
Apr 5, 2007
Mary Knost, 78, of Bridge City died Thursday, April 5, 2007 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was a native and Lifelong resident of Bridge City. Mary was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 9, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Visitation will...