Obituaries

Jun 12, 2018

Funeral services for Gale Vohs, 66, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Michael Vohs and Pastor Steve Comstock officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Gale was born May 5, 1952 in Sandpoint, Idaho to the late Katherine (Schur)...

Jun 11, 2018

Graveside services for Shawna Le (Byars) Plyler, 48, of Huntington will be held Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Zavalla Cemetery with Brother Steve Cowart officiating. Shawna was born October 6, 1969 in Lufkin, Texas to Elmar Jean (Gaskamp) and James Walter Byars, and died Monday, June 11, 2018 in a local hospital. Shawna had resided in...

Jun 9, 2018

Funeral services for Charles Edward DiStefano, 69, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John W. Greene and Fr. Hank Lanik officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. DiStefano was born April 13, 1949 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Lena (Scalise)...

Jun 9, 2018

Funeral services for Retha M. Hill, 81, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 12:00 noon in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Dwayne Thornton officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery. Retha was born July 1, 1936 in Houston County, Texas to the late Jack Johnson and Eurene (Rhone) Johnson, and died Saturday, June...

Jun 9, 2018

Funeral services for Kenneth Darrell Baker, 82, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jimmy Hedges and Pastor Scott Reed officiating. Graveside services under the auspices of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 A.F. & A.M. will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Baker was...

Jun 8, 2018

Visitation for Lynn D. “Bugzy” Chandler, 71, of Groveton will be held Friday, June 15, 2018 at from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Chandler was born March 15, 1947 in Livingston, Texas to Dolly (Jones) and R.D. Chandler, and went to be with our Lord Friday,...

Jun 7, 2018

Graveside services for Irma (Constante) Sarmiento, 61, of Lufkin will be held Monday, June 11, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Whitehouse Cemetery with Chaplain Stephen Willis officiating. Mrs. Sarmiento was born July 1, 1956 in Raymondville, Texas to the late Juanita (Garcia) and Flumencio Constante, Sr., and died Thursday, June 7, 2018 in a local hospital. Mrs. Sarmiento was...

Jun 7, 2018

Funeral services for David LaDel Pitts, 74, of Wells will be held Monday, June 11, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Wells with Brother Horace Fletcher and Brother Andrew Pearle officiating. Interment will follow in the Hester Cemetery in Cherokee County. Mr. Pitts was born December 10, 1943 in Forest, Texas to the late Lilla (McCullough) and...

Jun 6, 2018

Funeral services for Bill Deaton, 85, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jimmy Hedges officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Deaton was born June 24, 1932 in Waco, Texas to the late Useba Barcelona (Geddie) and...

Jun 5, 2018

Funeral services for Marion Cookson Bradford, 97, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Doug Holtzclaw and Reverend Mark Newton officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Bradford was born July 28, 1920 in Roswell, New Mexico to the late H.H. and...

Jun 5, 2018

Memorial services for Lou Langston, 74, of Lufkin will be held Friday, June 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church with The Reverend Ralph Morgan officiating. Mrs. Langston was born to the late Stanton and Hazle Menefee in Dallas, Texas on May 8, 1944, but she grew up and was raised in Center, Texas. She was a...

Jun 5, 2018

Services and entombment for Charles “Sonny” Crenshaw, 76, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park Sunset Mausoleum with Brother Bobby Whisenant officiating. Mr. Crenshaw was born October 4, 1941 in Albany, Georgia to the late Lois (Stone) and Charles Lynwood Crenshaw, and died Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in...

Jun 2, 2018

Funeral services for Edna Mae Davis, 75, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Earl Whitaker officiating. Interment will follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Repast will be held at Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church following the interment. Mrs. Davis was born December 26, 1942 in Sweet Union,...

Jun 2, 2018

Funeral services for Boyce Hendry, 92, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jim Housley officiating. Interment will follow in the Wallace Chapel Cemetery.

Mr. Hendry was born December 25, 1925 in Bering, Texas to the late Dovie (Smith) and Brooks Hendry, and died...

Jun 1, 2018

Funeral services for Samuel Blake McBride, 28, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Mike Tanner and Brother Reagan Jackson officiating. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the Weeks Chapel Cemetery in Newton County.

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May 31, 2018

A Celebration of Life service for Evelyn A. Burklow, 90, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. in the Henderson Chapel of Lufkin First United Methodist Church with Reverend Laura Campbell officiating. Private interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Evelyn was born to Minnie (Barr) and Frank Escol...

May 30, 2018

A Memorial Mass for David Wayne Thomasee, 61, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church with Fr. Hank Lanik officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Thomasee was born August...

May 30, 2018

Funeral services for Elizabeth F. Brock, 69, of Hudson will be held Friday, June 1, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Vic Bass and Brother John Harvey officiating. Interment will follow in the Narrow Way Cemetery.

Mrs. Brock was born May 23, 1949...

May 30, 2018

Funeral services for Joel Talmadge Newman, 88, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Van Johnson officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Newman was born July 18, 1929 at his home in Chester, Texas...

May 29, 2018

Funeral services for K. E. “Cotton” Thompson, 90, of Huntington will be held Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Reverend Steve Sanders and Reverend David Hunt officiating. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Thompson was born...