Kenneth Oscar Smith, 71, of Kountze, passed away Monday, January 8, 2024. He was born in Beaumont to Maryalice Seals Smith and Kenneth Harold Smith.

Marjorie Faye McDonald, 84, of Silsbee, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at Mill Creek Nursing Home in Silsbee. She was born on February 8, 1939, in Village Mills to Mary Lucille Tyler Butts and Allen Eugene Butts who, along with her sister, Gloria Gene, preceded her in death.

James Edward Russell, 78, of Silsbee, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2024. He was born in Beaumont to Velma Tatum Russell and Gordon Russell.

Vanessa Nicole “Nicki” Manning, 48, of Lumberton, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024. She was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Carolyn Byrd Corkran and James Corkran.

Wiley Ogden Terrance Tanton, 75, of Silsbee, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2024. He was born in Silsbee to Lothell Rosier and L.C.

Scott Townsend, 53, of Lumberton, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2023. He worked for decades in the construction/ petrochemical industry, both local and nationally.

Janice Faye McKeown, 68, of Silsbee, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2024. She was born to the late Gerald Adaway and Edith Lee Snyder.

Ivy Dewey “T-Boy” Janeaux, 78, of Beaumont, passed away Friday, January 5, 2024, at his home. He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Dewey Janeaux and Olivia Adele Jeffers.

William Alvis “Bill” Gore, 88, of Kountze, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2024. He was born in Village Mills to Jessie Lindsey Gore and Archie Lee Gore.

Georgeina Mae Helms, 71, of Silsbee, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2024. She was born in Dallas to the late James Elbert Cotten and Doris Fern Morris Cotten.