Obituaries

Bernice Middleton Small
Apr 4, 2007
Bernice Middleton Small, 86, of Vidor died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at her residence in Vidor. A native of Mississippi she was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Bernice was a homemaker and a member of Memorial Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow...

Edgar Wesley Davis
Apr 2, 2007
Edgar W. Davis, 86, of Vidor died Monday, April 2, 2007 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. A native of Deweyville, he has lived in Vidor since 1943, and was a salesman with Norwood Office Supply for 30+ years, and Lamb’s Office Supply for 2 years before retiring. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. He was...

Robert Arnold York
Apr 1, 2007
Robert A. York, 82, of Vidor died Sunday, April 1, 2007 in Vidor, TX. Robert was born in Honey Island, TX April 2, 1925. His family first settled in Hardin County in 1848. Robert moved to Vidor in 1953 and was a member of the Carpenters Local Union #502 in Beaumont since 1954. He was a charter member and a...

Lewis Allen Dyson, Sr.
Mar 30, 2007
Lewis Dyson, Sr., 62, of Vidor died Friday, March 30, 2007 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of DeQuincy, LA., he has lived in Vidor for 20+ years and was a self-employed contractor. Graveside services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor, TX. He is survived by...

Ralph Michael Dorsey
Mar 30, 2007
Ralph Mike Dorsey, 54, of Vidor died Friday, March 30, 2007 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, he has lived in Vidor for 25 years and was a fencing contractor for 25 years with Apex Fencing Co. Graveside services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, under the direction of Memorial...

Brenda Carol Howard
Mar 28, 2007
Brenda C. Howard, 53, of Beaumont, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A lifelong resident of Beaumont, she was a homemaker, and beloved mother. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. She was...

James Carey Maines
Mar 25, 2007
James quot;Jimquot; Maines, 47, of Vidor died Sunday, March 25, 2007 at his residence in Vidor. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Jim worked in the maintenance Department for V.I.S.D. for 22 years and was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor. Funeral liturgy outside mass will be held at...

Doris L. Wright
Mar 22, 2007
Doris Wright, born, March 2, 1937, entered into Heaven surrounded by her loved ones on March 22, 2007. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2007 at First Baptist Church of Vidor. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park of Vidor. Visitation with family and friends will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday March 23, 2007...

Flora Pearl Davidson
Mar 19, 2007
Flora Davidson went to be with our Lord on March 19, 2007. She was born on July 30, 1921 in Lenox, Georgia. Her parents were James Allen and Lola Belle Touchstone Cannington. Flo married Frank “J” Davidson of New Carlisle, OH. on December 27, 1945, at her family home in Lenox. He preceded her in death August 2, 2002. Frank...

Katheryn M. Rose
Mar 18, 2007
Katheryn M. Rose, 69, of Vidor died Sunday, March 18, 2007 at her residence in vidor. A native of Malvern, AR, she lived in Vidor for the past 42 years. Katheryn was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park...

James Fontenot, Sr.
Mar 17, 2007
James Fontenot, Sr., 80, of Vidor died Saturday, March 17, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he was a retired police officer with the Hardin County Police Department. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at Memorial...

Jack Clinton Wilburn, Sr.
Mar 16, 2007
Jack Wilburn, Sr., 65, of Vidor died Friday, March 16, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of Hattiesville, GA., he has lived in Vidor for 21 years and was a retired heavy equipment operator with Hardy Contractors. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 19, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor,...

James Clinton Guidry
Mar 15, 2007
James C. Guidry, 74, of Cleburne, TX., died Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Central Texas Veteran’s Health Care Systems in Temple, TX. A native of Nederland, TX., he has lived in Cleburne for 3 ½ years and was a Heavy Equipment Operator for 26 years with Head Guild Equipment in Nederland, TX. He proudly served his country in the United...

Kerwin Dolven Simmons
Mar 14, 2007
Dolven Simmons, 82, of Vidor died Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of DeQuincy, LA., he has lived in Vidor for 27 years, and was a retired Oilfield Hand. Graveside services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor, TX. He was preceded in...

Herbert Henry Phillips
Mar 12, 2007
Herbert H. Phillips, 87, of Vidor died Monday, March 12, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, TX. He was born on July 18, 1919 in Longville, LA., he has lived in Vidor for 17 years, and was a retired minister after 57 years of faithful ministry. Rev. Phillips was an Ordained Minister of the United Pentecostal Church International...

Hazel Lorene Pool
Mar 12, 2007
Hazel L. Pool, 87, of Mauriceville, died Monday, March 12, 2007 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. She was a lifelong resident of Mauriceville, and was a retired nurse’s aide with Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 16, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at...

Doyle Eugene Norton
Mar 9, 2007
Doyle E. Norton, 66, of Vidor died Friday, March 9, 2007 at his residence in Vidor. A native of Nacodoches, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Doyle was a retired machinist and served his country in the U.S. Army. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 12, 2007 at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor, under...

Wayne L Lee
Mar 9, 2007
Wayne “Lanny” Lee, 62 , of Vidor died Friday, March 9, 2007 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Ft. Worth, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Lanny was a retired UPS Truck Driver. He served his country in the U.S. Airforce during the Viet-Nam Conflict and was a member of First United Methodist Church...

John R. Hufstetler, Jr
Mar 9, 2007
John “Big John” Hufstetler, 51, of Vidor died Friday, March 9, 2007 in Rose City. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. John was a QA/QC manager for Recon in Houston, TX. and was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2007...

Rebecca Lee Becky" Tyler
Mar 7, 2007
Becky Tyler, 24, of Vidor died Wednesday, March 7, 2007 in Brandon, FL. A lifelong resident of Vidor, she has lived in Brandon, FL., for 2 years, and was a homemaker. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Visitation...