Death notices

Melvin Douglas Cole, 56, of Hardin, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Broussard’s, Major Drive, Beaumont.

Juanita Rubio de Esparza, 53, of Groves, died Thursday, December 3, 2015. Levingston Funeral Home, Groves.

Jerry Lamar Frasier, 70, of Port Arthur, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Clayton Thompson Funeral Home, Groves.

Helen P. Harmon, 86, of Port Arthur, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Gabriel Funeral Home, Port Arthur.

Tawana Banks Kennedy, 35, of Port Arthur, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Hannah Funeral Home, Inc., Port Arthur.

Rita Richter Landry, 83, former resident of Port Arthur, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, died Monday, December 7, 2015. Clayton Thompson Funeral Directorss, Groves.

Virginia McDonald, 92, of Beaumont, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Broussard’s Mortuary, Nederland.

Rita Rugg, 88, of Sour Lake, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Broussard’s, Major Drive, Beaumont.

Frances Lynn Soileau, 82,  of Nederland, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Broussard’s Mortuary, Nederland.

Kevin Willis, 56, of Port Arthur, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Gabriel Funeral Home, Port Arthur.

John Matthew Byrd, 77, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Dorman Funeral Home, Orange.

Van Hare III, of Orange, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Dorman Funeral Home, Orange.

 

Services today

Virginia McDonald, Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, 2 p.m.

Kay M. Stelly, Melancon’s Funeral Home, Nederland, 2 p.m.

Harvey Walters, Melancon’s Funeral Home, Nederland, 10 am.