Bynum E. “Doc” Maltba, 80, died Thursday, January 13, 2005 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, after a brief illness.
He was a native of Watauga County, North Carolina, from where he left to serve his country in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, and The National Maritime Union for twenty-four years, after which he settled in the Port Arthur and Beaumont area. After retiring from the Maritime Union, Doc worked at Bethlehem Steel in Beaumont as a pipefitter foreman for ten years. After his retirement from there he went into the sawmill business in Vidor and Sour Lake until his retirement about two years ago.
Doc was an active member of the National Rifle Association for approximately fifty years and a very avid deer hunter and owner of 326 Gun Club and in the American Legion Post #0345.
Doc was preceded in death by his parents, Java and Phoebe Maltba and an infant son, Kevin Zane Maltba. Survivors include his sisters, Lena Edmisten of Boone, North Carolina and Grace Isaacs of Vidor; brother, Carl Maltba of Euclid, Ohio; several nephews and nieces and his dear friends, Joe and Joyce Hatcher, The O’Pry family all of Beaumont, and special friend Sable O’Pry Maltba Corbin of Port Arthur.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive; Beaumont followed by burial at China Cemetery under the direction of Broussard’s, North Major Drive. Visitation will be Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 2350 IH 10 East, Beaumont, Texas 77702 or Salvation Army, P.O. Box 2725, Port Arthur, Texas 77643
