Obituaries

Jan 19, 2021

Graveside services for Willie Lamar Cruseturner, 84, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Hester Cemetery in Forest with Brother Chris Rhodes officiating. The family requests that everyone attending wear a mask and social distance.

Mrs. Cruseturner was born February 15, 1936 in Jasper, Texas to the late Katherine Jewell...

Jan 19, 2021

Funeral services with military honors for Gary Neal Hurley, 80, of Diboll will be held Friday, January 22, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Diboll with Pastor David Goodwin officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Hurley was born November 1, 1940 in Minden, Louisiana to the late Dorothy...

Jan 18, 2021

Memorial services for James “Jimi” Dunn, 57, of Buna, formerly of Hudson, will be held Friday, January 22, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Blake Thompson officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Dunn was born November 16, 1963 in Lufkin, Texas, and passed away Monday, January...

Jan 17, 2021

Funeral services for Carol (Taylor) Gartman, 70, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Wilke officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery.

Ms. Gartman was born January 29, 1950 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Eunice (Wright) and Jim Dale Taylor, and...

Jan 16, 2021

Funeral services for Steve Chandler, 65, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Denman Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Jacob Fitzgerald, Brother Ron Meadows, and Matt Chandler officiating. Interment will follow in the Arnold Cemetery in the Forest Community of Cherokee County.

Steve was born July 27,...

Jan 15, 2021

Funeral services for Lillie Janet Sowell, 86, of Lufkin will be held Monday, February 1, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Tommy Kimball officiating. Interment will follow in the Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Sowell was born December 27, 1934 in Baytown, Texas to the late Rueben K. and Lillie Eugena (Ratliff) Kimball, and...

Jan 15, 2021

Graveside services for Bo Letney, 65, of Lufkin will be held Monday, January 18, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Whitehouse Cemetery with Brother Jordan Bryan officiating. The family requests that all attendees wear facial masks.

Mr. Letney was born September 16, 1955 in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri to Eunice Earlene (Stringer) and...

Jan 15, 2021

Ronnette Singleton Nash, 50, of Lufkin died Friday, January 15, 2021 in Wells. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ronnette, daughter of Ronnie and Earleen Singleton of Lufkin, was born August 18, 1970 in Deer Park, Texas.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Jan 14, 2021

A memorial visitation for Timothy Edward “Timmy” Daniel, 58, of Aurora Colorado, formerly of Hudson, will be held Friday, January 29, 2021 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home. Private family services will be held. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Daniel was born September 20, 1962 in Denton County,...

Jan 14, 2021

A visitation for Doris June Spicer Hargis, 87, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 16, 2021 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hargis was born March 6, 1933 in Hamilton, Ohio to the late Delma (Richardson)...

Jan 14, 2021

William R. Hooton, Jr. (87) passed peacefully to eternal life on January 14, 2021 in Conroe, Texas.

William, also called “Bill” or “Dub,” was born on May 9, 1933 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas to parents, William Ross Hooton, Sr, and Thena Delia Bowers Hooton. He was the eighth of nine children who have all preceded...

Jan 13, 2021

Funeral services for Ed (Eddie) H. Burkett, 91, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, January 17, 2021, 3:00 p.m. at Huntington First Baptist Church with Dr. Darryl Smith and Brother Mike Calhoun officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mr. Burkett was born January 7, 1930 in Livingston, Texas to the late...

Jan 11, 2021

Funeral services for Annette (Fletcher) May, 67, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Dwayne Greenwood officiating. Interment will follow in the Glenwood Cemetery in Groveton.

Annette Fletcher May passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, Monday, January 11, 2021. Annette was...

Jan 11, 2021

Funeral services for Mary Kathryn Temple Henderson, 69, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Josh Poage and Kevin Strickland officiating.

Mary was born December 30, 1951 in Lufkin, Texas, the youngest of six kids born to Burnis and Beatrice (Shoemaker) Temple, and died...

Jan 10, 2021

Graveside services for Gary Odis Johnson, 67, of Wells will be held Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mt. Hope Cemetery with Pastor David Goodwin and Brother Daniel Rigsby officiating.

Gary Odis Johnson was born May 3, 1953 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Nadine (Tindall) and Rev. Odis Johnson, and died Sunday, January...

Jan 10, 2021

Funeral services for Bernice “Necy” Anders, 66, of Pollok will be held Friday, January 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bennie Boles and Brother Keith Woolf officiating. Interment will follow in the Bodan Cemetery.

Mrs. Anders was born September 12, 1954 in Corsicana, Texas to the late Vernice (Redd) and...

Jan 9, 2021

James Odom, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great- grandfather and uncle lost his battle with Covid-19 at 5:09 p.m. January 9, 2021.

James is predeceased by his mother, Pauline Frances Chandler; his stepfather, Robert Glen Chandler; his infant sister, Collette Frances Odom; and his father, Ralph Glenn Odom.

He is survived by his beloved wife of...

Jan 9, 2021

Funeral services for Rev. Willie Ray Wade, 83, of Diboll will be held Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend John Boone and Reverend Richard Gray officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery.

Rev. Wade was born July 2, 1937 in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Callie (Browning)...

Jan 7, 2021

Visitation for Herman Herbert Letney of Lufkin will be held Monday, January 11, 2021 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home. The family requests masks be worn. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Whitehouse Cemetery with Brother Odis Bryan officiating.

Herman Herbert Letney passed away January 7,...

Jan 7, 2021

Graveside services for Margaret Leo Murdock Martin, 87, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Largent Cemetery with Brother Wayne Roberson officiating.

Mrs. Martin was born July 19, 1933 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to the late Fannie Meek (Herring) and James Howard Murdock, and died Thursday, January 7, 2021 at home...