Port Arthur, TX
Clarence Arthur Abshier
1922 — 2021
Clarence Arthur Abshier, 99, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur. He was born January 26, 1922, in Devers, Texas to Ella Clayton Abshier and Emelius Fletcher Abshier. Clarence built his home in Port Acres in 1954 where he lived for sixty-seven years until his death. Clarence was a 1941 graduate of Devers High School in Devers. He headed to San Antonio after graduation where he became a boiler maker apprentice with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Since the war was gearing up, he decided to join the Merchant Marines and traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida to gain experience as a wiper; fireman; oiler; and a pump...