Obituaries
Joe Mayford Stringer
Sep 17, 2025
Funeral services for Joe Mayford Stringer, 77, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Promise Land Baptist Church with Brother Wayne Stringer and Brother Trey Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Nogalus Prairie.
Joe Mayford Stringer fulfilled his earthly duties to his country and his family on September 17, 2025. He entered...
John Henry Tatum
Sep 16, 2025
Funeral services for John Henry Tatum, 90, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, September 20, 2025, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Dunk Havard Cemetery.
John Henry Tatum died peacefully at home on September 16, 2025 with his wife of twenty years, JoAnn Tatum, and his beloved dog, Susie, at his side. John...
Frankie Gienell Gibson
Sep 16, 2025
Graveside services for Frankie Gienell Gibson, 77, of Pollok will be held Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at Gann Cemetery with Brother Robert Forrest officiating.
Mrs. Gibson was born January 23, 1948 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Edith (O’Quinn) and James Regnal Westbrook, and died Tuesday, September 16, 2025 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Gibson was a lifetime resident...
Larry Gene Siegert
Sep 14, 2025
Funeral services for Larry Gene Siegert, 81, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Bethel Assembly of God with Pastor Tanner Crawford officiating, along with Andrew James and Pastor D.R. McNaughton. Interment will follow at Wallace Chapel Cemetery. Larry would love it if everyone would wear either maroon or purple and gold.
Mr. Siegert was...
Robert Eugene "Bobby" Chudej
Sep 13, 2025
Robert Eugene “Bobby” Chudej, age 78, died tragically Saturday, September 13, 2025 in Lufkin, Texas. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.
Bobby was born October 21, 1946 in Waco, Texas to Ernest Joseph Chudej and Dorothy Mae (Uptmor) Shilling. He grew up in West, Texas where he started working at an early age, picking cotton and mowing...
Opal Lee Harris
Sep 12, 2025
Funeral services for Opal Lee Harris, 93, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Steve Cowart officiating.
Opal Lee Miller was born at home in the Concord Community of Angelina County, Texas on August 28, 1932, to John Lee Miller and Vina Viola King Miller. As luck would...
Louise Scarborough
Sep 9, 2025
Funeral services for Louise Scarborough, 79, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Trey Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Scarborough was born July 30, 1946 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Lucille (Ellison) and Earl Burl “Buster” Williams, and died Tuesday, September...
Oran Lee White
Sep 6, 2025
Funeral services for Oran Lee White, 85, of Huntington will be held Friday, September 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Dr. Darryl Smith and Pastor Byron Smith officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in Huntington Cemetery.
Mr. White was born July 20, 1940 in Aurora, Illinois to the late Lala (Montgomery)...
Vallie Jewel Benefield Wynne
Sep 6, 2025
Funeral services for Vallie Jewel Benefield Wynne, 83, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Steve Cowart officiating. A private burial will be held in Gilbert Chapel Cemetery.
Born Vallie Jewel Benefield to Earl and Myrtle (Rogers) Benefield on February 14, 1942. She passed Saturday, September 6, 2025...
David Robert "Bob" Pennington
Sep 3, 2025
Memorial services for David Robert “Bob” Pennington, 70, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Karen Norton officiating. A reception will follow in the Carroway Family Reception Room. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.
Bob, beloved husband, son, brother, father, uncle, and healer, was...
Jerry Edward Gibson
Sep 3, 2025
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7
Funeral services for Jerry Edward Gibson, 83, of Huntington will be held Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at New Life United Pentecostal Church in Huntington with Brother Steve Sanders and Brother Greg Koon officiating. Interment will follow in Homer Cemetery.
Jerry...
Linda Jo Tullos
Sep 3, 2025
Funeral services for Linda Jo Tullos, 78, of Apple Springs will be held Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Keith Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Johnson-Tullos Cemetery in Apple Springs.
Mrs. Tullos was born January 28, 1947 in Apple Springs, Texas, to the late Lillie May (Rogers) and A.J. Tullos, and...
Deborah C. Skelton
Sep 3, 2025
Funeral services for Deborah C. Skelton, 71, of Lufkin will be held Friday, September 5, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Tony Holder officiating. Interment will follow in Whitehouse Cemetery.
Mrs. Skelton was born January 20, 1954 in Silsbee, Texas to the late Claudia Estelle (Lowe) and Benton Key, and died Wednesday, September 3, 2025...
John Henry Day
Sep 1, 2025
Graveside services for John Henry Day, 78, of Huntington will be held Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in Huntington Cemetery with Reverend Elton Arnold officiating.
Mr. Day was born June 1, 1947 in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Nellie Beatrice (Lacy) and Fred Terrell Day, and died Monday, September 1, 2025 in a local nursing home.
John resided in...
George Roy Phillips
Aug 30, 2025
Funeral services for George Roy Phillips, 74, of Lufkin will be held Friday, September 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Lighthouse of Prayer Church, 410 Stubblefield Drive, Lufkin, with Pastor John Harvey officiating. Interment will follow at Huntington Cemetery.
Mr. Phillips was born November 24, 1950 in Washington State, and passed away Saturday, August 30, 2025.
George was of the Christian faith...
Jaime Michele Smith
Aug 30, 2025
Memorial services for Jaime Michele Smith, 49, of Diboll will be held Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ronnie Frankens and Brother Gentry Wilkerson officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.
Jaime was born October 6, 1975 in Lufkin, Texas to Peggy (Ferguson) and David “DL” Busby, and...
Carrie Sue Denman (Walling)
Aug 30, 2025
Carrie Sue Denman (Walling), 67, of Trinity, Texas, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at approximately 10:00 a.m.
She was born on April 8, 1958, at Dreux Air Base, France, to Calvin Walling and Minnie Lee (Barton) Walling. Carrie devoted her career to caring for others as a Certified Cardiopulmonary Respiratory Therapist at...
Alvin Lynn "Al" Ross
Aug 27, 2025
Alvin Lynn “Al” Ross, 74, of Lufkin, Texas, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at home. Al was born on February 28, 1951, in Livingston, Texas, to Alvin Lawrence and Wilma Evelyn (Neal) Ross.
Al was a devoted husband and father who loved God, his family, his church, and his community. He always saw the best in others and was quick...
Harold Junior Byrd
Aug 26, 2025
Funeral services for Harold Junior Byrd will be held Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Wilke officiating. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories Memorial Park. The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon prior to the services.
Harold Junior Byrd, 96, of Lufkin,...
Shirley Idell Smelley
Aug 24, 2025
It is with both heartbreak and deep gratitude that we say goodbye to Shirley Idell Smelley, who passed away on August 24, 2025, at the age of 82. A force to be reckoned with, Shirley lived life unapologetically and loved with her whole being. If she loved you, you knew it. She showed up, stood by, fought for, and gave...
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