Jack E. Beach, 65, of Port Neches, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur.  Born September 16, 1945 to Ethel Faye Girt and Russell Leroy Beach, he was a lifetime resident of the area.  Jack was retired from Huntsman after many years of employment and also was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in the Vietnam War.  He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Nederland, and will be remembered as a man that never met a stranger and had a kind word to say about everyone.  Jack was an avid deer hunter and loved his family dearly.

Funeral service will be 10 A.M. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Nederland with Reverend Dr. Elvin Gibson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches under the direction of Broussard’s 505 12th Street in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be form 5 to 8 P.M. Monday, May 2, 2011 at Broussard’s.

He is survived by his wife of forty-five years, Mary Beach of Port Neches; daughter, Elizabeth Sparks of Port Neches; son, Kenneth Beach and his wife Sarah of Nederland; grandchildren, Eddie Sparks, Jr., Aislinn Sparks, and Kayla and Kara Beach; mother, Ethel Faye Beach; sisters, Jean Ann Howard and her husband Larry of Conroe and Karen Lee and her husband Michael; brother, Ronald Beach and his wife Kathy, all of Nederland; and also survived by a host of additional family and friends.

Jack is preceded in death by his father, Russell L. Beach.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 841125, Dallas, Texas 75284.