March 23, 2008 06:48 pm
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Services Today
Wayne Ransonette. St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Port Arthur. 10 a.m.
Nancy Ruth Eldridge Parton. Clayton-Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. 6 p.m.
Mary Agnes Frasier. Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches. 2 p.m.
Gladys Irene Lowrey. St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaumont. 10:30 a.m.
Victoria F. Cantu. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Port Arthur. 10 a.m.
Death Notices
Thelma Slone, 80, of Port Arthur died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at her residence. Gabriel Funeral Home.
Mary Agnes Frasier, 95, of Groves died Friday, March 21, 2008. Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches.
Spencer Comeaux, 97, of Port Arthur died Sunday, March 23, 2007 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Hannah Funeral Home.
Bertrand C. Bott, 78, of Nederland died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at his residence. Broussard’s Mortuary in Nederland.
Helen Willis, 86, of Nederland died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Magnolia Manor in Groves. Broussard’s Mortuary in Nederland.
Victoria F. Cantu, 85, of Port Arthur died Friday, March 21, 2008 at her residence in Port Arthur. Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home.
Mary Lenora Wilson, 88, of Port Arthur died Friday, March 21, 2008 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home.
OBITUARIES
Mary Lenora Wilson
Mary Lenora Wilson, 88 years of age, was born in Patoa Oklahoma July 3, 1919, and died on March 21, 2008 at Christus St. Mary’s Hospital in Port Arthur. Lenora and her late husband Raymond P. Wilson were residents of Port Arthur for over 70 years. Lenora operated and owned Wilson’s Beauty Shop for 58 years. Lenora was actively involved in the First Baptist Church of Port Arthur. Lenora was a beautiful, energetic, kind and compassionate woman who put others before herself. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home in Port Arthur with Rev. Don Falke officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. A gathering of friends and family will take place from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at the funeral home.
Her children are the late Jacqueline Hughes-Russell of Port Arthur; her children surviving her are Robert R. Wilson and wife Stevie of Bridge City, and Denise Sperry and husband Mark of Miami, Florida. Her grandchildren are Dr. Jason Wilson, Charles Burch, Jeremy Wilson, Jennifer Wilson, Christopher Sperry and Joshua Sperry. Lenora also she has six great grand children. Lenora was also survived by her brother, Cleo Taylor, Jr. and sister, Barbara Taylor both of Oregon. In lieu of flowers “Memorial Contributions” can be made to First Baptist Church of Port Arthur at 5000 Gulfway, Port Arthur, TX 77642 or the Community Retirement Home at 3141 Procter Street, Port Arthur, TX 77642.
Ruby Higginbotham
PORT ARTHUR - Ruby Higginbotham, 81 of Port Arthur, died Friday, March 21, 2008 at Renaissance Hospital in Groves. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at St. Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church under the direction of Broussard’s in Nederland. Entombment will follow in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Serenity Mausoleum in Port Neches. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday at the mortuary with a Christian Vigil recited at 6:00 pm. Ruby was a native of Church Point, Louisiana, and has lived in Port Arthur the past 63 years. She was a long time member of the St. Paul Alter Society and full time homemaker and mom.
Mrs. Higginbotham was preceded in death by her husband; Alphonse Higginbotham, 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Survivors include daughters, Dolores A. Johnson and husband James E. of Fannett, Texas, Christine Jones and husband Wayne C. Sr. of Port Arthur, Texas, and Ramona Higginbotham of Port Arthur, Texas; sons, Carroll Wayne Higginbotham and wife Cathy of Elko, Nevada, Timothy Higginbotham of Vidor, Texas, Todd Anthony Higginbotham and wife Alicia of Dallas, Texas; 15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren; brother, Leander Touchet and wife Lelia of Nederland; sisters-in-law, Lilly Touchet of Port Arthur and Nita Touchet of Sulphur, Louisiana. Complete and updated information may be viewed at www.broussardsmortuary.com
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