Obituaries

Gibson Peavy "Gip" Friesen

Gibson Peavy "Gip" Friesen

Sep 30, 2025

Memorial services for Gibson Peavy "Gip" Friesen, 75, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Lufkin First United Methodist Church. 

Mr. Friesen was born March 17, 1950 in Lufkin, Texas, and died Tuesday, September 30, 2025 in a local hospice facility.

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

Carroway Funeral Home Lufkin, directors.

Robert Edward "Bubba" Wood

Robert Edward "Bubba" Wood

Sep 29, 2025

Funeral services for Robert Edward “Bubba” Wood, 79, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mark A. Newton and Pastor Truett Newton officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Wood was born January 9, 1946 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Louise (Croom)...

Morgan Montello Wright

Morgan Montello Wright

Sep 29, 2025

Visitation for Morgan Montello Wright, 40, of Pollok will be held Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Carroway Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. at Midway Cemetery in Midway, Texas.

Morgan was born September 27, 1985 in El Campo, Texas, and was called home to be with Jesus Monday, September 29, 2025.

Morgan was...

Jill Culwell Amend

Jill Culwell Amend

Sep 28, 2025

Memorial services for Jill Culwell Amend, 73, of Lufkin will be held Monday, October 20, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Warren Culwell officiating. A reception will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Crown Colony Country Club. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Jill Culwell Amend was born on...

Patsy Ruth (Lewing) Cooper

Patsy Ruth (Lewing) Cooper

Sep 28, 2025

Patsy Ruth (Lewing) Cooper was born December 27, 1930 to Henry “Pat” and Maggie Delois (Derr) Lewing in Many, Louisiana, and passed peacefully in her sleep at home on September 28, 2025. She was 94 years old.

Patsy graduated business school and was working as a legal secretary in Many, LA when she met and married a young Army Lieutenant, Woody,...

Nick Fain

Nick Fain

Sep 28, 2025

Memorial services for Nick Fain, 79, of Huntington will be held Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at White Oak Church (formerly Alco Baptist Church) with Brother Joe Sawyer and Brother Wayne Rhodes officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Fain was born January 5, 1946 in Athens, Texas to the late Virgia Katherine (James)...

Lila Lynn Sitterding

Lila Lynn Sitterding

Sep 26, 2025

Memorial services for Lila Lynn Sitterding, 78, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Miss Sitterding was born March 5, 1947 in Richmond, California, and died Friday, September 26, 2025 in a local nursing home.

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

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Raymond Cary Redd

Raymond Cary Redd

Sep 25, 2025

Graveside services for Raymond Cary Redd, 84, of Lufkin will be held Monday, September 29, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at Sand Flat Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Monday morning at Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Redd was born January 23, 1941 in Lufkin, Texas, and died Thursday, September 25, 2025 in a local hospital.

Memories and condolences may be...

Marquetta "Maggie" Hudson

Marquetta "Maggie" Hudson

Sep 20, 2025

Funeral services for Maggie Hudson, 82, of Huntington will be held Friday, September 26, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother Keith Woolf and Brother Jordan Riley officiating. Interment will follow in the Rocky Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Hudson was born December 11, 1942 in Charleston, West Virginia to the late Okla Verl (Williams) and...

Mark Alan Pearson

Mark Alan Pearson

Sep 19, 2025

Funeral services for Mark Alan Pearson, 62, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Sister Sheryl West officiating.

Mark was born July 15, 1963 in Lufkin, Texas to Dottye Darlene (Gulledge) and Joe Allan Pearson, and died Friday, September 19, 2025 in a local hospital.

Mark was a lifelong resident...

Ethelene Austin Weeks

Ethelene Austin Weeks

Sep 19, 2025

Graveside services for Ethelene Austin Weeks, 84, of Etoile will be held Monday, September 22, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. in Whitehouse Cemetery with Brother Jerry Wilson officiating.

Mrs. Weeks was born November 29, 1940 in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late Luna Faye (Farmer) and Theopolous Austin, and died Friday, September 19, 2025 at her residence.

Mrs. Weeks had resided in the Broaddus...

Mary Alyce Gilmore

Mary Alyce Gilmore

Sep 18, 2025

Funeral services for Mary Alyce Gilmore, 89, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 12:00 noon at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Virginia Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Gilmore was born January 17, 1936 in Palestine, Texas to the late Billie...

Roland "Rolle" Sweat

Roland "Rolle" Sweat

Sep 18, 2025

Graveside services for Roland “Rolle” Sweat, 75, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Wells with Brother Ronnie Merritt officiating.

Mr. Sweat was born June 8, 1950 in Houston, Texas to the late Juanita June (Mathis) and George Rushing Sweat, and died Thursday, September 18, 2025 at home surrounded by family...

Kevin Ray Anderson

Kevin Ray Anderson

Sep 17, 2025

Graveside inurnment services for Kevin Ray Anderson, 59, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in Old Union Cemetery with Brother Lamar Denby officiating and eulogy by Eddie Matthews.

Kevin was born May 16, 1966 in Lufkin, Texas to Cathy (Campbell) and Kenneth Anderson, and died Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at his residence.

Kevin resided in Lufkin...

Joe Mayford Stringer

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...

David Wayne Frizzell

David Wayne Frizzell

Sep 16, 2025

David Wayne Frizzell, age 66, of Lufkin, Texas, passed away on September 16, 2025. Though his life was not without struggle, he was deeply loved by his family and will be remembered with compassion and tenderness.

A graveside service will be held to honor his life Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Jim English Cemetery in Crockett, Texas.

He is...

John Henry Tatum

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

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

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

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...