Obituaries

Judge Robert Ward

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JUDGE ROBERT WARD Robert Wilburn Ward, Sr., 79, of Silsbee, died Tuesday, March 28, 2023. He was born on November 17, 1943, in Silsbee, to Ruby Hayes Ward and Sim Nell Ward.

Paula Kiner

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PAULA KINER Paula Annette Williams- Kiner, 69, passed away Monday, April 3, 2023. She was born on December 17, 1953 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to the late Clarence Albert Williams and Hattie “Toots” Corine Osenbaugh.

Thelma Payne

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Thelma Janell Payne, 83, of Lumberton, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2023. She was born in Timpson to Thelma Louise Hardy Butler and Wallace Harold Butler.

David Bryant

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David Allen “Trainwreck” Bryant, 53, of Warren, passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 in an auto accident north of Silsbee. He was born in Port Arthur to Jerry and Carol Bryant and had lived in Warren most of his life and was a sheet metal worker by trade.

Liubov Gelei

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Liubov Gelei, 74, of Lumberton, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023. She was born in the Ukraine to Silva Romanovska and Lictor Viad.

David Smart

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David Charles Smart, 66, of Silsbee, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2023. He was born in Warren to Johnny Smart and Vivian Switzer.

Norman Stewart

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Our father, grandfather, and great grandfather, Norman Duncan Stewart, was born on December 18, 1936. He went to meet his Lord and Savior on March 21, 2023.

Charlene Garsee

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Charlene Garsee, 65, of Warren, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023. She was born in Silsbee to the late Myrtis and John D.

Ernest Krebs

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Ernest Harold Krebs, 95, of Fred, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023. He was born in Lindsay, Texas to John Peter Krebs and Louise Hofer.

Cheral Freeman

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Florence “Janie” Mered-Cheral Darlene DuBose Freeman, 74, of Brookeland and a longtime resident of Lumberton, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023 after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Jasper to the late Kenneth DuBose and Paula Fern Harvey.