Remembrance

Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston and co-founder of the Anti-Defamation League's Coalition for Mutual Respect

Remember a man of 'Respect'

News Staff

Thursday, September 29, 2022

As the nation mourns the passing of Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston and co-founder of the Anti-Defamation League’s Coalition for Mutual Respect, the Southeast Texas community from whence he hailed is especially heartbroken in the wake of the...

Robert Alverson Jr., 21, of Vidor, died Oct. 2, 1970

Fallen soldiers found, honored on 'Wall of Faces'

Scott McLendon

Thursday, September 8, 2022

After more than two decades of searching for a commemorative photo of each American soldier who died in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) announced in August the location of the 58,281st, and final, photograph. Honored digitally on “The Wall of Faces” found on VVMF.

Destruction from September 11 2001

First responders honored as nation remembers terror attacks

Jennifer Johnson

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Now 21 years old, the children born to a world in the aftermath of al-Qaeda attacks targeting the United States of America will never know the joys of virtually unfettered air travel – nor will they ever know what contributions could have been made to better the world in which we live had the lives...

Larry Hunter

Remembering Larry Hunter

News Staff

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Larry Charles Hunter, 69, passed from this life into the grace of God our father with his wife and two children, their spouses and grandchildren at his side in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 10, 2022, at Baptist Hospital Beaumont.

Reed E. Nichols

Obituary: Reed E. Nichols

News Staff

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Reed E. Nichols, 76, of Beaumont died Wednesday, March 16, 2022. He was born on September 13, 1945, in Beaumont, to Ellen Barton and Howard Grant Nichols. Reed was a United States Army Veteran who served during Vietnam. Reed was a co-owner of Nichols Company for over fifty years.

Charles "Mike" Michael Havard

In Memoriam: Charles "Mike" Michael Havard

News Staff

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Charles “Mike” Michael Havard Sr., 69, of Orange, passed away at his home on Friday, February 18, 2022. Mike was born on Friday, December 19, 1952, in Beaumont, Texas to Mr. Charles Monroe Havard and Mrs. Mildred (Haynes) Havard.

Chris Fisher, Sade Chick, Bill Darling, LaRue Smith, Louis Broussard, Pat Anderson, Guy Goodson

City honors ' nice guy' Lee Smith

Scott McLendon

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Recognizing the life of a man who served on myriad municipal boards in the Southeast Texas community, the Beaumont City Council honored the life of Lee Smith at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Nov. 9.

Obituary: Ray Chesson

News Staff

Monday, October 25, 2021

The Honorable Ray Sanford Chesson, 66, of Hamshire, died Friday, October 15, 2021. He was born January 19, 1955, in Winshire, Texas, to Roy Travis, Sr. “Bo” and Onella Chesson. It’s been said that all a man really has when he pillows his head at night is his honor, integrity and character.

A photo of Lee Smith during his time as Port of Beaumont Commissioner and President.

Remembering a real 'nice guy'

News Staff

Monday, October 25, 2021

When you can’t be anything else, you can always be kind. Or, as Lee Smith’s mother would say, “Just be nice.” Throughout his life, Smith strived to live up his mother’s motto, and he said it served him well. With his passing on Oct.

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