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Gone But Not Forgotten
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE TAKE THESE MOMENTS TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF OUR FELLOW CLASSMATES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US, WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIVING LEGACY OF THEIR LIVES AND THE PRECIOUS TIME WE HAD WITH THEM.
If you know of someone we have not recognized on this Memory page or have an Obit we have not included, please email Mary Basye Paule at marylpaule@hotmail.com. We want to honor and remember all of our departed Classmates.
Gary Wayne Johns  November 28, 1948 - August 4, 1997
Interment - Forest Lawn, Beaumont, Texas
Floyd Wayne Jordan  June 6, 1949 - June 30, 2007
Interment, National Cemetery, Houston, Texas
Floyd Wayne Jordan, 58 of Crosby, TX, died June 30, 2007. Mr Jordan was employed by Highway Transport, LaPorte. He is survived by his wife, Pamela Jordan; Mother, Marie Kelley; Son, Kenneth Jordan; Five Daughters, Brandy Doster, Katrina Rafuse,Tonya Bounds, Amber White, Kristan Jordan; Sister, Cathy Kirbow; and Twelve Grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday in the Chapel of Deer Park Funeral Directors. Interment will be at Houston National Cemetery. Sandra Jean Killebrew Holmes  Sandra Jean Holmes, 66, of Beaumont, went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, June 1, 2015. She was active with the ladies groups of her church at the Abundant Life Church of Silsbee. She enjoyed cooking and people loved when she brought something she made. She also enjoyed crafts like crocheting, sewing, flower arranging and painting. Sandra will be greatly missed.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Jimmie and Kathryn Killebrew and brother, Jimmie "Dale" Killebrew.
Left to honor her memory is her loving husband of 48 years, Carroll Gene Holmes of Beaumont; children, Carole Holmes of Beaumont, Kathy Buenteo and husband Rudy of Kingwood and Dallas Calvin Holmes of Houston; god-child, Blake Alan “Bitty” Twiner III; sister, Cheryl Killebrew of Buna; grandchildren, Amanda Franks and Trevor Buenteo; great grandchildren, Mason Sauers and Liam Franks and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family will receive friends at the Abundant Life Church of Silsbee Tuesday, June 2, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday June 3, 2015 at the Abundant Life Church of Silsbee, officiated by Bishop Douglas White and Pastor Benjamin White. Interment will follow at Hardin Memorial Park.
Serving as pallbearers will be Kevin Twiner, Blake Twiner, Nathaniel White, Brayden Coots, Rodger Van Dorn and Patrick Starnes. Honorary pallbearers are Joe Perry, Keith Van Dorn, Doug Chapman, David Chapman and Dale Van Dorn. James T. Leach  August 5, 1948 - May 26, 2007
James Thomas Leach, 58, of Lumberton was born August 5, 1948 in Beaumont and went to be with his Lord on Saturday, May 26, 2007. A graduate of French High School, he was a Beaumont resident before moving to Lumberton in 2001. He owned Entergy Air and Sheet Metal Specialities before retiring. James was an avid fisherman and was known at local speedway racetracks.
He is survived by his mother, Gertie Leach of Cheek, sons, Tommy Leach of Vidor, Michael Leach of Baytown, Lewis T. Leach of Bevil Oaks, Chris Leach of Port Neches; daughters, Jamie Allen of California, Keepher and Kalie Leach of Lumberton; granddaughters, Carley and Cassie Leach of Vidor, Ashlyn and Alyssa Leach of Baytown; grandsons, Michael Graves and Mason Allen of California and sister, JoAnn Stuart of Cheek; brother, Louis B. Leach, Jr. of Vista, California.
He was preceded in death by his father, Louis B. Leach, Sr.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Bruce Steven Lewis  June 27, 1948 - December 13, 2002
SP4 US Army Viet Nam, Purple Heart, OLC
Interment - Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, TX LaVerne Brannon (L. B.) Lloyd, Jr.  March 26, 1949 - February 8, 1981
Interment - Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nevada
Alvin Eugene McCandless  Alvin "Gene" McCandless, 53, passed away February 14, 2002 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital, Beaumont, Texas. He lived in Beaumont twenty-six years before making his residency in Lumberton in 1980. Mr. McCandless was also a proud Navy Veteran of the Viet Nam war. He spent twenty-seven years as a process operator for Mobil Oil where he retired only to go back to work as a process operator for Equistar.
Mr. McCandless' funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 17, at Broussard's on Major Dr. with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers will be Darrin Murff, David Murff, Johnny Roberts, Larry Beauchamp, Gary Gorsich and Tony Boatman.
Survivors include his wife, Dianne McCandless of Lumberton; son, Justin Eugene McCandless and his fiance, Jenae Butler of Camano Island, Washington; daughter, Julie Elaine McCandless of Beaumont; brothers, Ronald McCandless and Randy McCandless and his wife, Sarah all of Beaumont; mother, Betty McCandless of Beaumont; aunts, Mary Rogers of Beaumont, Grace Beauchamp of Abilene and Mary Roberts of Anson; uncle, Gordon McCandless of Petersburg, Virginia and four nieces and three nephews.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society or to the charity of your choice.
John Thomas McGown, Jr.  May 27, 1949 - January 15, 1972
Motorcycle accident.
Interment - Hemphill Cemetery
Walter Eugene (Gene) Meredith  June 25, 1949 - April 7, 2009
Walter Eugene Meredith went to be with his Father Tuesday, April 7, 2009, after a courageous battle with brain cancer.
Gene was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on June 25, 1949. His family moved to the Beaumont area soon after that. He was a graduate and class president of the French High School Class of 1967. He was dedicated to planning their class reunions every five years. He planned seven of them with great success. He also received an associate’s degree from LamarUniversity. He married Peggy Pate Meredith on December 13, 1969. Gene and Peggy were blessed with two wonderful children, Jason and Gina. He was a member of Crestwood Baptist church.
Gene retired from ExxonMobil after thirty-one years of service. He truly enjoyed his job, but even more than that he loved the people he worked with and the many true friends he spent those years with. Gene was a man of honor and always put his family first. He was a great storyteller, had a quick wit, and loved making people laugh. His wit and humor will live in the hearts of those who knew and loved him.
He loved fishing, hunting, playing golf, and his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He loved his bike even though he only got to ride it a few times.
Gene is preceded in death by his father-in-law, Charles “Hoss” Pate, Sr.; and sister-in-law, Becky Pate.
Gene is survived by his father, Joe Meredith of Conroe; and mother, Beatrice Meredith of Lumberton; by his wife, Peggy; his son, Jason and his wife Kristan of Lumberton; his daughter, Gina Cox and her husband Allan of Spring, Texas; granddaughter, Gabie and grandson, Tyler both of Lumberton. Gene is also survived by two brothers, Bill Meredith and his wife DeEsta of The Woodlands and Burke Meredith and his wife Donna of Beaumont; brothers–in-law, Charles Pate, Jr. and his wife Ginger of Lumberton, and Paul Pate and his wife Dee of Kingwood; mother-in-law, Juanita Pate; sister-in-law, Brenda Anderson; and ten nieces and nephews.
Timothy J. Mingus  October 30, 1948 - June 17, 2002
TIMOTHY JAMES MINGUS, age 53, passed away on 6-17-2002. He is survived by his brother, Joe Mingus of Katy, TX, sister and brother-in-law, Marty and Joe Cassady of Flower Mound, TX, father, Fred Mingus of Lady Lake, FL, nephews, Kenny Mingus of Cameron, TX and Chad Cassady of Flower Mound, TX, niece, Katy Carter of Lexington, TX, and a million friends. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Toys for Tots.
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