Obituaries

Nov 5, 2018

Memorial services for John Edward West, 66, of Huntington will be held Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Clay Precup officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. West was born May 18, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan to Madeleine Elizabeth (Owen) and the late Aubrey St....

Nov 5, 2018

Funeral services for Hayden Haskins, 76, of Lufkin will be held Friday, November 9, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Steve Shirley, Jerry Fischer, and David Haskins officiating. Masonic rites will be read under the auspices of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 A.F. & A.M. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 3:00...

Nov 5, 2018

Funeral services for Margie Keener, 91, of Diboll will be held Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel at the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Keener was born May 8, 1927 in Wells, Texas to the late...

Nov 5, 2018

Funeral services for Wanda Jean (Winthrop) Dennis, 72, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Randy Brown and Reverend Jerry Dixon officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mrs. Dennis was born March 29, 1946 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Fannie Mae...

Nov 4, 2018

Funeral services for James Ray “Jim” Carswell, 52, of Wylie, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jennifer Steele-Lantis and Reverend Jack Knox, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Knight Cemetery. Memorial services will also be held in Dallas at a later date.

Nov 3, 2018

Funeral services for Harold Smithhart, 82, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Charles M. Roberts and Pastor Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. Entombment services with military honors will follow at the Garden of Memories Memorial Park Sunset Mausoleum.

Mr. Smithhart was born November 29, 1935...

Nov 1, 2018

Funeral services for Jean Franklin Dillahunty, 81, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church with The Reverend Ralph Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Dillahunty was born November 30, 1936 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Irma (Newsom) and Barney...

Oct 31, 2018

Funeral services for Lynn Warner Childress, 65, of Pollok will be held Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Nacogdoches with Pastor Tim Brewer and Jimmy Childress officiating. Interment will follow in the Harmony Cemetery in Nacogdoches County.

Mrs. Childress was born October 8, 1953 in Lufkin, Texas to Ima Jean...

Oct 29, 2018

Graveside services for Willyne Atkinson Gray, 95, of Chireno will be held Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Lower Chireno Cemetery with Reverend H. Ferrar Bentley officiating. Mrs. Gray was born June 2, 1923 in Chireno, Texas to the late Ganelle (Pack) and Willie Jacob Atkinson, and died Monday, October 29, 2018 in a local nursing home....

Oct 29, 2018

Funeral services for Ty Jaramillo Torres, 26, of Weatherford will be held Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jay Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in the Berry Cemetery. Mr. Torres was born October 28, 1992 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Rhonda Gail (Bray) and Larry Jaramillo Torres, and died Monday, October 29,...

Oct 28, 2018

Funeral services for Lacie LeAnne Broderick, 15, of Zavalla will be held Friday, November 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Zavalla High School Gym with Dr. William Barth officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in San Augustine County. Lacie was born January 4, 2003 in The Woodlands, Texas to Tonya Truitt-Lord and Richard Broderick, Jr., and...

Oct 28, 2018

Funeral services for Dorothy Ann Keene, 76, of Bald Hill will be held Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Deacon Jesus Reyes officiating. Interment will follow in the Homer Cemetery.

Mrs. Keene was born September 28, 1942 in Beaumont, Texas to the late Theresa (Foux) and Horace...

Oct 26, 2018

Memorial services for Kimberly Sue Richter, 59, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur, Illinois. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Richter was born August 5, 1959 in Decatur, Illinois to the late Shirley (Williams) and Gerald Dwayne Lawrence,...

Oct 26, 2018

Funeral services for Sandra Sue Bray, 71, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Larry Earl Sikes officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Bray was born December 5, 1946 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Ruth Claire (Kennedy) and Robert...

Oct 25, 2018

Edward Sherman Samuel Ballenger, 78, of Lufkin died Thursday, October 25, 2018 in a local hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Ballenger was born August 17, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska to the late Pearl (Stogdill) and Karl Kenneth Ballenger. Mr. Ballenger owned and operated his own business and was an Appliance Repairman. Survivors include...

Oct 23, 2018

Memorial services for Richard Thompson, 85, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church Lufkin with Reverend Mark A. Newton officiating. A private family burial will be held in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Thompson was born May 18, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to the late Hilda (Grantham) and...

Oct 22, 2018

Funeral services for Jimmy Bob Simms, 86, of Lufkin will be held Monday, October 29, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ben Simms, Weston Reynolds and Chaplain Rick Clark officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Gann Cemetery. Mr. Simms was born August 19, 1932 in Allentown, Texas to the late...

Oct 21, 2018

Memorial services for Deborah Moore Todd (DeDe) 70, of Lufkin will be held Monday, October 29, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church with The Reverend Ralph Morgan officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ms. Todd was born August 23, 1948 in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of the late Mary...

Oct 18, 2018

Funeral services for Sue Dene Perkins, 72, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Terry Hodges officiating. Interment will follow in the Wheeler Cemetery in Wakefield, Texas.

Ms. Perkins was born January 12, 1946 in Wichita Falls, Texas to the late Darrye and Marie...

Oct 17, 2018

Funeral services for Betty Lynn Graham Bennett, 79, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Denman Avenue Baptist Church with Pastor Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Bennett was born January 22, 1939 in Pontotoc, Mississippi to the late Mary (Caffey) and Frank Guyton Graham, and died...