Tonya Sue Russell Brown

Memorial services for Tonya Sue Russell Brown, 56, of Huntington will be held Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Huntington with John Stanbery officiating, with a reception following in the fellowship hall.

Tonya was born April 21, 1969 in Houston, Texas and passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2025 in Lufkin, Texas following a long battle with cancer.

Tonya was a member of the 1987 graduating class of Huntington High School. She was certified as a Nurse’s Aide and served as a Pharmacy Technician. She was a caring and devoted friend who was always willing to lend a hand and cherished babies and animals. Tonya loved her coffee, Sonic Cokes (easy on the ice), and the Houston Astros. She was a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include her brothers, Billy Jack Russell and wife, Connie of Huntington, Robert Whitaker and Allen Whitaker, both of Chester; sisters, Faye Whitaker of Lufkin, Darla Homniok and husband Butch of Village Mills, Holly Stanbery and husband John of Huntington; stepmother, Marilyn Russell; along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Patsy Hardy Griffith of Lufkin and Jack Wade Russell of Chester.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.