Obituaries

Jan 5, 2019

Graveside services for Betty Louise (Albritton) Ward Craig, 84, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the Berry Cemetery with Brother Jimmy Runnels officiating.

Mrs. Craig was born October 10, 1934, and passed away January 5, 2019, in a local hospital. The fourth of eight children born...

Jan 3, 2019

Funeral services for George Allen Cryer, Sr., 78, of Zavalla will be held Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Shawnee Church of Jesus Christ in Huntington with Brother Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery.

Mr. Cryer was born February 6, 1940 in Zavalla, Texas to the late...

Jan 2, 2019

Memorial services with military honors for Raymond H. Trantham, 87, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mark A. Newton officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Trantham was born November 10, 1931 in Jacksonville,...

Jan 2, 2019

Memorial Mass for Melba Louise Toigo, 88, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 12, 2019 at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church with Fr. Guillermo Gabriel-Maisonet officiating. The morning will begin with a visitation at 9:00 a.m. in the Narthex. The Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. in the church followed by the Memorial Mass...

Jan 1, 2019

Memorial services for Wayne Nerren, 83, of Central will be held Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Elton Musick officiating. Per his wishes, cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Nerren was born March 2, 1935 in Lufkin, Texas to...

Dec 31, 2018

Graveside services for Peggy Milligan Perkins, 71, of Lufkin will be held Friday, January 4, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Pollok Cemetery with Brother Keith Bickley officiating.

Mrs. Perkins was born October 29, 1947 in Madisonville, South Dakota to the late Dorothy (Cunningham) and Elmer Milligan, and died Monday, December 31, 2018...

Dec 30, 2018

Funeral services for Janet Kay Reynolds, 64, of Huntington will be held Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Huntington First Baptist Church with Dr. Darryl Smith and Shane Stover officiating. A private, immediate family interment will follow in the Ben Walker Cemetery.

Janet, or “Nanet” as she was known to so...

Dec 30, 2018

Funeral services for Fern Pevoteaux, 98, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Carl Lundberg officiating, with eulogy given by Mike Middleton. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Pevoteaux was born March 9, 1920 in Emad, Louisiana to the late Callie...

Dec 29, 2018

Leslie Ann Zabroski Armes, 47, of Lufkin died Saturday, December 29, 2018 at her residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Ms. Armes was born February 6, 1971 in Houston, Texas, to the late Judy Ann (Butler) and Francis William Zabroski.

Survivors...

Dec 28, 2018

Funeral services for Laura Inez Foster, 99, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery.

It is with great sadness that the family of Ms. Foster announces her passing. She was born October 13, 1919 in Zavalla, Texas...

Dec 28, 2018

Funeral services for Eddie Morris Whitley, 86, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Fred Smith officiating. Masonic graveside services will follow in the Walker Cemetery under the auspices of the Wells Masonic Lodge #915 A.F. & A.M.

Mr. Whitley was born November 15,...

Dec 28, 2018

Funeral services for Melba Schoennagel, 75, of Lufkin will be held Monday, December 31, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Mark Forrest officiating. Interment will follow in the Bennett Cemetery in Apple Springs.

Mrs. Schoennagel was born February 9, 1943 in Groveton, Texas to the late Willie Pauline (Spring) and Robert...

Dec 26, 2018

Funeral services for Josephine “Josie” Spivey, 92, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at First Christian Church Lufkin with Reverend Jack Knox officiating.

Mrs. Spivey was born January 7, 1926 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Jodie (Treadwell) and Ernest L. Bartlett, Sr., and died Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in a...

Dec 26, 2018

Funeral services for James Micheal “Mike” Walker, 75, of Houston, formerly of Huntington, will be held Monday, December 31, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Reverend Lee Maxcy and Dr. Paige Patterson officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Cemetery.

Mr. Walker was born May 22, 1943, in a two-room...

Dec 24, 2018

Funeral services for Robbie Loving Driver, 83, of Corrigan will be held Friday, December 28, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Charlie Hodge officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mrs. Driver was born October 20, 1935 in the Moffett Community of Angelina County, Texas to...

Dec 22, 2018

Mary Ellon Self was born August 31, 1953 in Nacogdoches, Texas, the daughter of the late Oleta Elizabeth (Lee) and William Doyle Self. She died Saturday, December 22, 2018 at her residence in Zavalla, Texas at the age of 65.

Ms. Self was a Licensed Master Social Worker and had been employed by Heart to Heart Hospice...

Dec 21, 2018

Funeral services for Shaila Morris, 73, of Lufkin, will be held Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Denman Avenue Baptist Church with Brother Charles M. Roberts officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Ms. Morris was born April 6, 1945 in Inglewood, California, the daughter of the late Johny Leta (Hawthorne)...

Dec 21, 2018

Funeral services for Ronnie Gay Simms will be held Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Clark Bynum and Erick Jenkins officiating.  Interment will follow in the Harmony Cemetery in Nacogdoches County.

Mr. Simms, a longtime resident of Lufkin, was born November 14, 1947, in Lufkin, Texas, the son of...

Dec 20, 2018

Memorial services for Rita A. Seamans, 74, of Lufkin will be held Friday, December 28, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Seamans was born October 22, 1944 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Virgie (Crawford) and William Aubrey...

Dec 20, 2018

Memorial services for John Wayne Adams, 73, of Lufkin, will be held Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Timberland Drive Church of Christ with Harold Hancock and Reagan McClenny officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the church prior to the service. Interment was held in Largent Cemetery.

Mr....