Obituaries

Feb 6, 2018

Funeral services for Tommy Gene Woody, 87, of Huntington will be held Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Huntington First Baptist Church with Dr. Darryl Smith officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Woody was born April 18, 1930 in Sweetwater, Texas to the late Vera (Landers) and Archie Gilmore...

Feb 6, 2018

Memorial services for Jimmy West, 59, of Broaddus will be held Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Josh Campbell officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. West was born February 9, 1958 in Concord, North Carolina to the late Doris (Lefler) and James Franklin...

Feb 3, 2018

Robert Giles Johnston, known to family and friends as “Bob,” passed away in Lufkin, Texas on February 3, 2018, at the age of 75 years. Bob was born in Houston, Texas on September 20, 1942 and graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School and the University of Houston. He served in the United States Navy and worked for many...

Feb 3, 2018

Funeral service for Charlotte Ann Krenek, 68, of Lufkin will be held Friday, February 9, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Timber Creek Church with Pastor Jeremy Yancey officiating. Private graveside services will be held in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Krenek was born April 5, 1949 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Billie Joe (Hughes) and Charles Downing...

Feb 1, 2018

Funeral services for Dixie Lynn Ditsworth, 78, of Pollok will be held Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bobby Whisenant officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Ditsworth was born September 7, 1939 in Galveston, Texas to the late Dorothy Dixie (Henderson) and Sibert Driscoll Gault,...

Feb 1, 2018

Funeral services for Richard Arlen Havard, 81, of Zavalla will be held Monday, February 5, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Larry Innerarity and Brother Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery. Mr. Havard was born October 24, 1936 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Oddie Mae (Squyres) and Aaron...

Jan 31, 2018

Funeral services for Gowland T. “Goldie” Bass, 64, of Hudson will be held Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Clint Smith, Brother Mark Harrop, Brother Jeremy Grisel, and Brother Marty Gilbert officiating. Graveside services with fire department honors will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Bass was...

Jan 31, 2018

Graveside services for Jane Skelton Cutler, 77, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Old Union Cemetery with Pastor Ty Phillips officiating. Mrs. Cutler was born March 9, 1940 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Ouida (Cruse) and Ruel Skelton, and died Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in a local nursing home. Mrs....

Jan 31, 2018

Billy Gene Robinson, 61, of Lufkin died Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in Lufkin. Burial will be held in Boonetown Cemetery. Mr. Robinson was born November 9, 1956, in Trinity, Texas to Sybil (Madden) and William Frank “Bill” Robinson. Survivors include his sons, Billy Robinson (Faust) of Jacksonville, Jack Robinson and Kevin Robinson, both of Lufkin; daughter, Elizabeth Robinson of Lufkin;...

Jan 30, 2018

Visitation for Martin “Jim” Netherland, 90, of Huntington will be held Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Netherland was born November 3, 1927 in Paradise, Kansas to the late Murial (Thurston) and Paul Netherland, and died Tuesday, January...

Jan 30, 2018

Funeral services for Darla Kaye Runnels, 60, of Pollok will be held Friday, February 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Keith Bickley officiating. Interment will follow in the Gann Cemetery. Darla was born August 28, 1957 in Lufkin, Texas to Annette (Chambers) and Kenneth Runnels, and died Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in a...

Jan 28, 2018

Graveside services with military honors for SFC Charles Leroy “Chuck” Thetford (Ret.), 77, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Arlington National Cemetery with the Fort Myer, Virginia U.S. Army Chaplain officiating. Chuck was born September 14, 1940 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Pauline Lavera (Johnson) and Charles Louis Thetford. He was...

Jan 28, 2018

Funeral services for Dixie Lee Hickman Humphrey, 71, of Diboll will be held Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Michael Brittain officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Humphrey was born December 2, 1946 in Diboll, Texas to the late Annis Myrtie (Anderson) and Donnivan Moody Hickman,...

Jan 27, 2018

Otto Jordan Brittain, 95, passed from this life Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Ridgecrest Retirement Center in Waco.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Zaidee Mildred (Watson), his parents, Otto and Ruth (Jones) Brittain, and his sisters Ruth Dixon, Louise Lindsey, and Joyce Hooser.

Otto was born August 21, 1922...

Jan 26, 2018

Funeral services for Harold Stephen Gregory, 69, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Harold Seago officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Stryker Cemetery in Corrigan.

Mr. Gregory was born November 21, 1948 in Dallas, Texas to the late Willie...

Jan 23, 2018

We will celebrate the beautiful life and heavenly homecoming of Virginia Ann Taylor, 93, of Lufkin Monday, January 29, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Henderson Chapel of Lufkin First United Methodist Church with Virginia’s grandson, Senior Pastor Chris Taylor of Marysville Community Church, Washington and Rev. Dr. Jerome Brimmage, Senior Pastor of Lufkin First United Methodist Church officiating....

Jan 23, 2018

Funeral services for Marguerite Adams, 102, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Newton officiating. Interment will follow in the Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center, Texas.

Mrs. Adams was born October 23, 1915 in Center, Texas to the late Flossie (Pate) and Frank...

Jan 22, 2018

Graveside services for Millie Turner, 70, of Huntington will be held Friday, January 26, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Jonesville Cemetery with Brother Horace Fletcher officiating. Ms. Turner was born September 1, 1947 in Lufkin, Texas to the late May (Havard) and Luther Day, and died Monday, January 22, 2018 in a local hospital. Ms. Turner had resided in...

Jan 22, 2018

Funeral services for Jackie “Tiki” Kunkel, 84, of Huntington will be held Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Jimmy Roberts and Brother Keith Stanley officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Cemetery. Mrs. Kunkel was born October 25, 1933 in Clovis, New Mexico to the late Mary Barbria (Kelly)...

Jan 22, 2018

Mr. Paul R. Riehle, 82, of Lufkin died Monday, January 22, 2018 in a local hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Cremains will be interred in the Lakeview Cemetery in Coleraine, Minnesota. Mr. Riehle was born September 24, 1935 in Foxhome, North Dakota to the late Catherine (Streitz) and Charles Riehle, and died Monday, January...