Obituaries

Dec 8, 2018

Funeral services for Charles Ray McDonald, 77, of Lufkin, will be held Friday, December 14, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Billy Knight and Brother Blackie Cranford officiating. Graveside services will follow in the Narrow Way Cemetery under the auspices of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669, A.F. & A.M.

Mr. McDonald...

Dec 7, 2018

Funeral services for Raymond “Ray” Davis, 63, of Zavalla, will be held Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Dr. Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. Graveside services follow at 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont.

Mr. Davis was born October 11, 1955 in Winnfield, Louisiana to...

Dec 7, 2018

Funeral services for Karen Marie Heil Oates, 57, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Richard Owen officiating. Cremation arrangements will be under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Oates was born December 22, 1960 in Gonzales, Texas to...

Dec 7, 2018

Graveside services for Mike Beard, 58, of Conroe will be held Monday, December 10, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Narrow Way Cemetery with Brother Nathan Pannell officiating.

Mr. Beard was born September 19, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Wanda A. (Puterbaugh) and Donald L. Beard, and died Friday, December...

Dec 6, 2018

George Breant Puryear, 72, of Lufkin died Thursday, December 6, 2018 in a local nursing home. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Puryear was born November 21, 1946 in the Rocky Hill Community of Angelina County, Texas to the late Ozelle (Nichols) and John Breant Puryear.

Dec 5, 2018

Funeral services for Gloria Nettles Hanson, 89, of Zavalla will be held Monday, December 10, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Zavalla First Baptist Church with Brother Stephen Forrest officiating. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the Nettles Cemetery in Livingston.

Mrs. Hanson was born April 11, 1929 in Nederland, Texas...

Dec 4, 2018

Roger Dale Carlin, 66, of Pollok died Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at his residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Mr. Carlin was born August 6, 1952 in Texas City, Texas to Bessie Evelyn (Shotwell) and Edward Carlin, Jr. He was a proud Vietnam...

Dec 3, 2018

Funeral services for Glenn Attebery, 90, of Bryan, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Horace Fletcher officiating. Graveside services will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park under the auspices of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 A.F. & A.M.

Dec 3, 2018

Funeral services for Donald “Donnie” McAdams, 72, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Wayne Roberson officiating and Mike Jones delivering the eulogy. Entombment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park Sunset Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at 4:00 p.m. after the service...

Dec 2, 2018

Funeral services for Marion Sue Chambers, 57, of Lufkin, will be held Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Eastview Pentecostal Church with Brother David Hunt and Brother M.H. Shubert officiating. Interment will follow in Bronson Cemetery.

Ms. Chambers was born November 30, 1961 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Mary Jo (Golden) and the late...

Dec 1, 2018

Funeral services for Royce Eugene Byrd, 87, of Lufkin, will be held Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Blackie Cranford and Brother Steve Cowart officiating.  Interment will follow in Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mr. Byrd was born December 1, 1931 in Huntington, Texas, the son of the late Hettie Belle...

Nov 30, 2018

Graveside services for Naoima Joyce Richard, 86, of Lufkin, will be held Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in the Berry Cemetery with Brother Ron Meadows officiating.

Naoima was born February 21, 1932 in Angelina, Texas to the late Alvie Sheridan and Bertha Lee (McCoy) Selman and died Friday, November 30, 2018, at Spring Creek Village,...

Nov 30, 2018

Funeral services for Debbie Luce Pugh, 61, of Lufkin, will be held Monday, December 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Steve Cowart and Brother Adrian Neal officiating.  Interment will follow in Simpson Cemetery.

Mrs. Pugh was born January 10, 1957 in Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of the late R.V. (Johnson)...

Nov 30, 2018

A private memorial service for Lynn Edward Gray, 54, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the home of Melissa and Scott Green. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Gray was born February 17, 1964 in Kountze, Texas, the son of Richard Gray and Margie (Quine)...

Nov 30, 2018

Funeral services for Betty Doris “Dot” Havard, 86, of Zavalla, will be held Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Jackson Colwell officiating. Interment will follow in the Concord Cemetery.

Mrs. Havard was born July 19, 1932, in San Augustine County, Texas, the daughter of the late...

Nov 27, 2018

Funeral services for Jesse C. Johnson, 69, of Hudson will be held Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Kevin Poage officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Largent Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson was born June 17, 1949 in Linden, Texas to the late Ruby (Lofton) and...

Nov 27, 2018

Graveside services for Garrett Wayne Corbett, 72, of Hondo, Texas, will be held Monday, December 3, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Aldredge Cemetery.

Mr. Corbett was born July 18, 1946, in La Marque, Texas, to the late Margaret Katherine (Bush) and Samuel Clayborne Corbett.  He died Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at his residence in Hondo.

Nov 26, 2018

Funeral services for Velma Blake Cotton, 93, of Lufkin will be held Friday, November 30, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Lufkin First Church of the Nazarene with Dr. Jerry Spann officiating. Private family committal will follow.

Velma Blake Cotton died in Lufkin, Texas Monday, November 26, 2018. Born December 30, 1924, near Telephone, Texas, to Frank and...

Nov 26, 2018

Graveside services for Janet Diane Kilgore, 73, of Diboll will be held Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Forest Haven Cemetery with Billy Sims officiating.

Mrs. Kilgore was the second child of Charlene Ella Mae (Ray) and Wesley Purcell, born December 6, 1944 in Seattle, Washington. She died Monday, November 26, 2018 at her...

Nov 25, 2018

Clifford Lowry, 88, of Etoile passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018 after a brief illness. At his request, there will be no services. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Lowry was born April 5, 1930. He served in the U.S. Navy and served as Vice President and Treasurer of LCTX.

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