Obituaries

Myra "Diane" Foreman

Myra "Diane" Foreman

Dec 21, 2017

Myra "Diane" Foreman, 57, of Vidor, TX died Thursday, December 21st, 2017 at her home. A native of Pt. Arthur, TX she was a longtime resident of Vidor and a member of the Vidor Rocks Club. Diane worked for Entergy and retired after 33 years of employment. She liked gardening, animals, rock painting and drawing but she especially loved to...

Elizabeth Haire

Elizabeth Haire

Dec 21, 2017

Elizabeth G. Haire, 79, of Silsbee, TX died Thursday, December 21st, 2017 at Silsbee Oaks Health Care. A native Pleasant Hill, LA she was a longtime resident of Vidor, TX who liked cooking, sewing and working in her flower garden. Elizabeth loved spendting time with her family and friends and loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren very much. Visitation will...

Melba Etta James

Melba Etta James

Dec 19, 2017

Melba Richardson-James, 90, of Vidor, TX died Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 at Vidor Health and Rehab. She was a longtime resident and business woman of Vidor and owned her own restaurant. Melba enjoyed going to the lake and fishing but she especially loved to spend time with her family. She is survived by 3 sons; R.L. Richardson of Vidor, Jerry...

Gregory Kyle Wilson

Gregory Kyle Wilson

Dec 18, 2017

Kyle Wilson, 58, of Vidor, TX died Monday, December 18th, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. He was a longtime resident of Vidor and liked hunting, fishing, and playing golf. Kyle was a welder and a member of Pipefitters Local 195. He is survived by 3 daughters; Mandy Bowers and her husband Robert, Melondy Seamann and her husband Brandon of San Antonio,...

Clara Anderson

Clara Anderson

Dec 18, 2017

Clara Anderson, 95, of Vidor, TX died Monday, December 18th, 2017 in Baytown, TX. A native of Orangefield, TX she was a longtime resident of Duncan Woods, TX. Clara was a cattle rancher and enjoyed deer hunting, crocheting and reading. She loved horses and in her younger years she was a barrel racer. Visitation will be Friday, December 22, 2017...

Cammie Lee Mooney

Cammie Lee Mooney

Dec 18, 2017

Cammie Mooney, 94, of Vidor, TX died Monday, December 18th, 2017 in Orange, TX. A native of Ville Platte, LA she was a longtime resident of Vidor. She liked to study her Bible and work in her garden. Cammie loved cooking, especially her roasts that everyone loved. Visitation will be Thursday, December 28, 2017 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Memorial...

Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Emmert

Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Emmert

Dec 16, 2017

Cindy Emmert, 60, of Nederland, TX died Saturday, December 16th, 2017 at home. A native of Pt. Arthur, TX she lived in Nederland for many years. Cindy was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland and enjoyed singing, playing pool, and helping other people. She enjoyed life and loved her children and grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday,...

Frances Ann Ryder

Frances Ann Ryder

Dec 14, 2017

Frances A. Ryder, 73 of Orange died Thursday, December 14th, 2017 at The Meadows Nursing and Rehab in Orange. Frances was a native and a lifelong resident of Orange. She attended St. Mary's Catholic Church for many years and was the owner/operator of Kid's and Company Day Care for many years in Orange. She was also a member of the...

Louis Edward Stanley

Louis Edward Stanley

Dec 14, 2017

Louis E. Stanley, 69 of Vidor died Thursday, December 14th, 2017 at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. Louis was a member Victory Temple Church in Beaumont and he retired from the Local Carpenters Union. He severed his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. with 2 tour in the Vietnam conflict and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Louis...

Anita Smith

Anita Smith

Dec 14, 2017

Anita Smith, 67 of Vidor died Thursday, December 14th, 2017 at Vidor Health and Rehab. a native of Lake City, TN she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Anita enjoyed reading and was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Anita is survived by her daughters Dawn Boardman of Vidor, TX and Tina Boardman of...

Gladys Marie Blanton

Gladys Marie Blanton

Dec 12, 2017

Gladys Blanton, 80 of Vidor died Tuesday, December 12th, 2017 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. A native of Clayton, OK, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Gladys was a ministers wife and was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor. She was a Medical Assistant and enjoyed writting poetry. Gladys loved her yorky dogs. She also...

Matthew Louis Zambardino

Matthew Louis Zambardino

Dec 10, 2017

Matt Zambardino, 67 of Vidor earned his angel wings and went to be with the Lord Sunday, December 10th, 2017 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, Texas, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Matt was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor and was retired from Bethlehem Steel in Beaumont. he served his country...

Clarence James "Cj" Mayea

Clarence James "Cj" Mayea

Dec 9, 2017

Clarence James "CJ" Mayea. On December 9th, 2017 at 12:18 p.m. while surrounded by his loving wife and four daughters, CJ Mayea smiled one last time, then gently slipped into the arms of the angels. CJ was a 1957 graduate of Vidor High School, retired from the Pipe Fitters Local 195, and a long time resident of Buna, TX. Visitation...

Helen Christine Jones Chandler

Helen Christine Jones Chandler

Dec 9, 2017

Helen Christine Jones Chandler October 26th, 1918 - December 9th, 2017 Helen Chandler, 99 of Vidor was born in San Augustine County, Texas and died December 9th, 2017 in Lake Charles. Helen and her husband Preston lived in Beaumont for a short time and then settled in Vidor where she raised her only child, Brenda. They were longtime members of...

Charlotte Bell Waldrep

Charlotte Bell Waldrep

Dec 8, 2017

Charlotte Waldrep, 86, of Vidor, TX died Friday, December 8th, 2017 in Pt. Arthur, TX. A native of Kountze, TX she was a longtime resident of Vidor who enjoyed traveling, dancing, sewing and crocheting blankets. She also love to spend quality time with her children and grandchildren. Visitation will be Monday, December 11, 2017 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Memorial...

Doye Wayne Smith

Doye Wayne Smith

Dec 6, 2017

Doye Wayne Smith, 76, of Vidor, TX died Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. A native of Ragley, LA he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Doye was a member of Eastgate United Pentecostal Church and a member of the International Longshoreman Association Local 21. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling and was a wood craftsman and made walking canes....

Robert Lester Smith

Robert Lester Smith

Dec 5, 2017

Robert Lester Smith, 69, of Vidor Texas, died peacefully, surrounded by family on December 5th, 2017, at his home in Orange, Texas. Robert was born April 17, 1948, in Houston, Texas to Jean Grace and Lawrence McMellon. Robert could accomplish anything he set his mind to. At a very early age, he was building race cars with friends and focusing...

Jean Walker-Sanders

Jean Walker-Sanders

Dec 3, 2017

Jean Walker-Sanders, 83 of Silsbee, TX died Sunday, December 3, 2017. A native of Taylorsville, MS she loved cooking, gardening and doing yardwork. Jean also liked to hunt and fish but she especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. Jean is survived by 1 daughter; Karolyn Carpenter and her husband Thomas of Buna, 2 sons; Alton Sanders and his wife...

Bertha Juanita Talcott

Bertha Juanita Talcott

Dec 3, 2017

Juanita Talcott, 93, of Vidor, TX died Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 in China, TX. A native of Hulbert, OK she was a homemaker and was a resident of Vidor since 1939 who enjoyed working in her yard and garden, crocheting and knitting. Juanita was a seamstress and a member of Christ Community Church. She was also a former secretary of...

Errett Dee Gipson

Errett Dee Gipson

Dec 2, 2017

Dee Gipson, 80 of Vidor died Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Dee was a member of First United Methodist Church in Vidor and retired from Dupont after 37 1/2 years as a Computer Draftsman. He was a member of the Wood Carvers Guild...