Obituaries

May 11, 2020

Funeral services for Ray D. Eden, 89, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ford Adkins officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mr. Eden was born June 25, 1930 in Lawton, Oklahoma to the...

May 10, 2020

Memorial services for Robert “Outlaw” Sanders, Jr., 60, of Etoile will be held Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Martin Doran officiating. Burial of cremains will follow in the Homer Cemetery. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Sanders was born December 24, 1959...

May 8, 2020

Memorial services for Lyman Lyndell Eppley, 67, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Congregational Church with The Reverend Randall K. Green officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Lyndell was born June 15, 1952 in Kirksville, Missouri to the late Mary...

May 7, 2020

Fred James Alexander, 92, of Etoile died Thursday, May 7, 2020 in Etoile. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Alexander was born February 20, 1928 in Texas City, Texas.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

May 6, 2020

Bobbye Trantham Burroughs, 88, of Iola, Texas (formerly of Wells, Texas) passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020.

Bobbye was born to Robert Ellis Trantham and Dora (Muckelroy) Trantham May 26, 1931 in Jacksonville, Texas. She graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1947. She married Roy Burroughs in 1949 and after living in several towns in East Texas,...

May 5, 2020

Private family memorial services honoring the life of James Ballard Gibbs, 88, of Lufkin will be held at St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church with Reverend Max Reynolds officiating. Cremation arrangements under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home, directors.

James was born May 9, 1931 in Lufkin, Texas. He was the son of the late Dudley Ludwell Gibbs and...

May 4, 2020

Funeral services for Joyce Cook Ferguson, 86, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Duane Thornton officiating. Interment will follow in the Gann Cemetery.

Mrs. Ferguson was born June 18, 1933 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Hattie (Norris)...

May 4, 2020

Funeral services for Ola Mae (Denman) Gordon, 86, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lamar Denby officiating. Interment will follow in the Rocky Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Gordon was born April 4, 1934 in the Rocky Hill Community of Angelina County, Texas to the...

May 3, 2020

Funeral services for Thomas “Tommy” Sanders, 71, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Judge Donnie Puckett officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

It is with great sadness that the family of Tommy Sanders announces his passing on Sunday, May...

May 2, 2020

Graveside services for Ike Williams, 64, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery with Brother Maynard Phillips officiating.

Mr. Williams was born October 23, 1955 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Edna (McGilberry) and Gordon Williams, and died Saturday, May 2, 2020 in a local hospital.

Apr 30, 2020

Private graveside services for Ernestine Duke Conner, 87, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 2, 2020 in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery with Brother Greg Denman officiating. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Conner was born January 20, 1933 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Vada Mae (Squyres)...

Apr 29, 2020

Graveside services for J.C. Bray, 77, of Lufkin will be held Monday, May 4, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Berry Cemetery with Brother Jay Jackson, Jr. officiating. There will be a come-and-go reception following the services in the fellowship hall of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Mr. Bray was born January 7, 1943 in Kosse, Texas to...

Apr 29, 2020

Funeral services for Helen “Ruthie” Cheshire, 78, of Diboll will be held Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Eastview United Pentecostal Church with Pastor David Hunt and Reverend Leon Wallace officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Cheshire was born October 18, 1941 in Diboll, Texas to the late Mildred...

Apr 28, 2020

Mary Nell Taylor, 91, of Lufkin was born December 28, 1928 in Hortense, Polk County, Texas, and passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in the care of Hospice in the Pines. She was the eldest of seven children born to John Otis and Addie (David) Griffin.

Mrs. Taylor was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She...

Apr 25, 2020

Private graveside services for Mary Ida McFarland, 81, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, April 28, 2020 in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother David Valentine officiating. Interment will follow.

Mary Ida was born January 4, 1939 in Elizabeth, Louisiana to the late David Travis Cole, Sr. and Avis Marion (Cavanaugh)...

Apr 22, 2020

Private graveside services for Randal Mace Doss, 58, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, April 25, 2020 in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery under the auspices of Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 A.F. & A.M. with Brother Ron Meadows officiating.

Randal was born May 22, 1961 in Lufkin, Texas to (the late) William E. Doss...

Apr 22, 2020

Graveside services for Peggy Blackburn Gipson, 85, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, April 25, 2020 in the Newman Cemetery with Reverend Valarie Englert and Reverend Eva Englert-Jessen officiating.

Mrs. Gipson was born April 15, 1935 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Mary (Robertson) and Charles W. Blackburn, and died Wednesday, April...

Apr 21, 2020

Private graveside services for Wydette Johnston Barrett, 92, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, April 23, 2020 in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Dr. Bob Klund officiating.

Wydette was born May 16, 1927 in Lufkin, Texas and entered life eternal on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

Wydette was the widow of Dr. Ned Barrett,...

Apr 20, 2020

Randall “Randy” Hayes, 59, of Lufkin died Monday, April 20, 2020 in a local hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Hayes was born October 18, 1960 in Beaumont, Texas to Joyce (Brown) Hayes Johnson and the late Wayne Hayes. He had resided in Lufkin for 25 years. Mr. Hayes had worked...

Apr 18, 2020

Private graveside services for Tony Milton Nelson, 77, of Lufkin will be held in the Whitehouse Cemetery with Brother D.R. McNaughton officiating.

Mr. Nelson was born August 4, 1942 in Hobbs, New Mexico to the late Vera Mae (Rainbolt) and Benard Milton Nelson, and died Saturday, April 18, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. Nelson had...