Obituaries

Joseph Vivian Darbonne
Jan 1, 2005
Joseph Vivian Darbonne, 73, a beloved father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, January 1, 2005, at 6 p.m. at Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Center in Fort Worth, Texas after an eleven month illness. Funeral: 2:00 p.m. Wednesday the 5th of January at Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor, Texas. Interment: Restlawn Memorial Park of Vidor, Texas. Visitation: 6 to 10 p.m....

Monroe Edgar Malke
Dec 30, 2004
Monroe E. Malke, 81, of Vidor died Thursday, December 30, 2004 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Giddings, TX, he lived in Vidor for 30 years. Monroe retired from the City of Nederland after 33 years as Sanitation Supervisor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2005 at Memorial Funeral Home of...

Barbara Oldbury Tamayo
Dec 29, 2004
Barbara O. Tamayo, 39, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor. She was the owner-operator of Cambios Salon in Vidor since 1987. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 1, 2005 at the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Danny Ray Reynolds, Sr.
Dec 28, 2004
Danny R. Reynolds Sr., 56, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at his residence in Vidor. A native of Baytown, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Danny was a member of Pine Forest Masonic Lodge #1420, VFW Post #8246 and retired from Carpenters Local Union of Beaumont. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Vidor...

Mary Adelene Conner
Dec 24, 2004
Mary A. Conner, 80, of Vidor died Friday, December 24, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of Abbeville, LA., she has lived in Vidor since 1984, and was a housewife. Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery...

Samuel Parker
Dec 23, 2004
Samuel Parker, 77, of Vidor died Thursday, December 23, 2004 at Vidor Manor Nursing Home of Vidor. A native of Carthage, TX., he has lived in Vidor 55 years, and was a retired truck driver with Great Western Trucking. Funeral services will be Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow...

Betty Lou Gibson
Dec 23, 2004
Betty L. Gibson, 78, of Vidor died Thursday, December 23, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of Oakmulgee, Oklahoma she has lived in Vidor for 30+ years, and was a beloved homemaker, and mom. Funeral services will be Friday, December 24, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow...

Ala Risby Webb
Dec 22, 2004
Ala R. Webb, 75, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at his residence. A native of Donna, TX., he has lived in Vidor for 13 months, and was a retired accountant after 46 years, and with the last 13 years being employed by Gooseneck Trailers of Bryan, TX. Graveside services will be Monday, December 27, 2004 at 1:00 p.m....

Monel Holland Kokenes
Dec 21, 2004
Monel H. Kokenes, 77, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 in Vidor, Texas. A native of Moran, TX., she lived in Jasper County for twelve years with Pete Kokenes her late husband of seventeen years, before moving to Vidor in 1988. She was a bookkeeper for Dr. George Campbell M.D., for 15 years, and was a proud past member...

Nolan Charles Boulet
Dec 21, 2004
Nolan C. Boulet, 83, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at his residence. A native of Indian Bayou, LA., he has lived in Vidor since 1956, and was a retired maintenance mechanic after 33 years of faithful service with Dupont Chemical Plant. Nolan proudly served his country in the United States Army during World War II. Funeral services will...
Wilma B. Davis
Dec 17, 2004
Wilma B. Davis, 78, of Trinity, TX, died Friday, December 17, 2004 at her residence in Trinity. A native of San Augustine, TX, she resided in Vidor for 27 years before moving to Trinity 10 years ago for retirement. She was a homemaker and had a dual church membership with Church of God in Vidor and Assembly of God in...

Ruby Opal Mansfiled
Dec 17, 2004
Ruby O. Mansfield, 82, of Vidor died Friday, December 17, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Pineland, TX, she lived in Vidor since 1935. Ruby was a retired Nurse Aid with Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital and was a member of First United Pentecostal Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday,...

Mary Matilda Harper
Dec 17, 2004
Mary M. Harper, 82, of Vidor died Friday, December 17, 2004 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of Reading, PA, she lived in Vidor since 1953. Mary was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 19, 2004 at Memorial Funeral Home of VIdor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in...

Selso Ochoa
Dec 16, 2004
Selco Ochoa, 77, of Vidor died Thursday, December 16, 2004 at his residence in Vidor. A native of Beaumont, he lived in Vidor since 1963. Selso was the owner-operator of Beaumart Paint and Body Shop in Beaumont since 1985. He served his country in the U.S. Army. Cremation arrangements were handled by Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services will...

Walter Iverson Morse
Dec 14, 2004
Walter Morse, 82, of Vidor died Monday, December 14, 2004 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was a native and lifelong resident of Vidor. Walter was a retired pipefitter with Mobil Oil and served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. He was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church and a 50 year member of...
Lenora Youngblood
Dec 7, 2004
Lenora Youngblood, 87, of Vidor, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at her residence in Vidor. A native of Port Arthur, TX, she lived in Vidor for 55 years. Lenora worked in the cafeteria at Vidor High School for 26 years and was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 9,...

Frances Pevey Kluttz
Dec 6, 2004
Frances Kluttz slept in the Lord on Monday, December 6, 2004 at the age of 84. She was born Frances Virginia Pevey on June 11, 1920 to Ruth Commander and Wade Hampton Pevey in Forest, MS. Frances was raised in the Gulfport, MS area and graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. She taught biology to high school students in...

Josephine Hare
Dec 6, 2004
JOSEPHINE HARE Josephine Hare, 77, of Vidor died Monday, December 6, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A native of Liberty, TX., she has lived in Vidor for 50+ years, and was a homemaker. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 10, 2004 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church...

John Wilson Hossley
Dec 1, 2004
J.W. Hossley, 87, of Vidor was born January 13, 1917 in St. Martinsville, LA., and passed on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of St. Martinsville, LA., he moved to Port Arthur, TX in 1929, before moving to Vidor 40 years ago. J.W. proudly served in the United States Navy during World...

Paul David Richardson
Nov 29, 2004
Paul D. Richardson, 74, of Vidor, Texas died Monday, November 29, 2004 at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 2. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home, with burial to follow at...