Esther Cordelia Barneycastle Marcontell 94, of Thicket, died Monday April 30, 2012 at Harbor Hospice of Beaumont. A service of Celebration will be held Thursday May 3, 2012 at 2:00P.M. at the West End Baptist Church of Saratoga, with Reverend Bill Campbell, and Reverend Bruce Crosby officiating; interment will follow at Hall cemetery in Thicket. The family will be receiving friends on Wednesday May 2, 2012 from 5:00P.M until 9:00P.M. also at the church. Pallbearers are Homer Loftin, Herbert Shoats, Douglas Hughes, Darren Janczak, Harry Brown, Robert LaFrance, Claude Moore. Honorary pallbearer is Robert Graham. A native and lifelong resident of Thicket she was a homemaker and a member of West End Baptist church for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband Reverend Alfred Marcontell, son, Larry Eugene Marcontell, sister, Alice Carroll Novie Youngman, brother Earl Barneycastle and Mack Barneycastle. Survivors are son, Curtis Harold Marcontell of Thicket; daughter, Rozelle Marcontell Wells of Thicket; brother, Malcolm Louie Barneycastle and wife Melinda of Houston; 7 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 8 great great grandchildren.