Edwin Ray Fountain, 89, of Nederland, died Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Conroe Regional Medical Center. He was born on November 14, 1925, in Port Neches, to Alzenith Ruth Sweeney Fountain and Russell LaFayette Fountain.
Edwin was a United States Navy veteran having served in World War II. He retired after thirty-five years as a supervisor for the water treatment plant at Neches Butane, which is currently Chevron-Texaco.
Survivors include his daughter, Phyllis Earnest and her husband, Ronnie, of Montgomery; grandchildren, Jamie Trice and her husband, Kent, of Benton, Arkansas; Julie Rodriguez and her husband, Rene, of Houston; and Katrina Fountain and her fiancé, Andrew Livingston, of Nederland; great-grandchildren, Madison Earnest, Sophia Livingston, Rylee Livingston, Analise Rodriguez, Haylie Trice, Hannah Trice, and Levi Trice; sisters, Joyce Mosse of Dayton and Jewel Root of Nederland.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Harliene Liggett; sons, Ray, Jr. and Terry Fountain; and brothers, Herbert Lee and Keith Fountain.
A gathering of Mr. Fountain’s family and friends will begin at 11:00 a.m., with his funeral service to follow at 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 13, 2015, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland. Interment, with military honors, will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County, Nederland.
