Leon Lavely, Jr., 78, of Beaumont, Texas passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Beaumont, Texas.

Celebration of Life Visitation Service for Mr. Lavely will be held on Friday, April 23,, 2021 and on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. with a rosary to be recited at 9:30 a.m. at Mercy Funeral Home Chapel in Beaumont, Texas, with the practice of social distancing and facial masks are required.  The Celebration Service for Mr. Lavely will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Mercy Funeral Home Chapel, under the direction of Mercy Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas. The practice of social distancing and facial masks are required. Mr. Lavely Military burial service will be held on Monday, April 26, 2021 at 10:45 a.m. at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas.

Leon Lavely, Jr., of Beaumont, Texas, departed this life on April 17, 2021. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas, to the union of the late Leon Diamond Lavely and Burnette McDaniel. He was the second child of four children.

He was Baptized at an early age at Our Mother of Mercy, Parish.Leon "Jr." as they called him attended Our Mother of Mercy as a youth and then Henderson High, class of 1959 in China, Texas. Upon graduating High School, he attended Prairie View in 1964 receiving a B.A. in Music, also belonging to a music club called The Crescendo.He served his country in the United States Army. He was stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado, and received an honorable dis-charge with a National Defense Service Medal. He also had the opportunity to be stationed in Athens, Greece, Turkey, and Ft. Gordon, Georgia. Mr. Lavely is also a member of the American Legion Club.Leon L. Lavely, Jr., "The Cap" was employed and retired from Union Pacific Railroad as an engineer with 34 years of service. He also served as the past President of the Railroad Employees Service and Civic Club in Beaumont, Texas, and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Trainmen.Leon L. Lavely, Jr., was preceded in death by his mother and father, Leon and Burnette Lavely.He was United in Holy Matrimony to former spouse, Mary E. Bell, in 1969 and to this union were two kids, Andrea Elizabeth Lavely and Lamone Leon Lavely. He also leaves: two grandkids, Dia'Shneke Lavely and Maigan J. Mitchell; two great-grandchildren, Dakota and Denver Graham; three sisters, Norma Jean Lavely Kimble, Donna Maria Woods (George), and Dianna Marie Herrada, all of Houston, Texas; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.