Obituaries

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.

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Dec 20, 2018

Funeral services for Barbara Ann Forrest, 76, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mark A. Newton officiating.  A private family burial will be held.

Mrs. Forrest was born December 29, 1941 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Ruby (Skinner)...

Dec 19, 2018

Funeral services for Donald “Don” Craig, 85, of Lufkin will be held Friday, December 21, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Louie Lawson officiating. Interment will follow in the Concord Cemetery.

Don was born May 1, 1933 in Henderson, Texas to the late Ethelyn (Linney) and George...

Dec 18, 2018

Funeral services for Ernest Webster Rutland, Jr., 93, of Sugar Land, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Friday, December 21, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in the Henderson Chapel of Lufkin First United Methodist Church with Reverend Dr. Jerome Brimmage officiating. Interment will follow in the Glendale Cemetery.

Dec 18, 2018

Funeral services for Martha Trevathan Gresham, 88, of Hudson will be held Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bryan Lipscomb officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Gresham was born August 23, 1930 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Mary Estella “Stella” (Palmore)...

Dec 18, 2018

Memorial services for Butch Garber, 78, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at Greater Love Tabernacle with Pastor Ronnie Frankens officiating. Interment will be held in the Houston National Cemetery at a later date.

Mr. Garber was born August 15, 1940 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to the late Iris Ludine (Taylor)...

Dec 18, 2018

Funeral services for Lessie E. Graham Grimes, 81, of Zavalla will be held Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Zavalla First Baptist Church with Dr. Jacob Fitzgerald and Pastor Stephen Forrest officiating. Graveside services will follow in the Concord Cemetery under the auspices of the Homer Order of the Eastern Star #938.

Mrs. Grimes was...

Dec 18, 2018

Graveside services for Howard Hansbro “Bubba” Drake, 83, of Silverton, Colorado will be held Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 12:00 noon in the Oakwood Cemetery in Cold Spring, Texas with Reverend Martin Doran officiating. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Howard’s life.

Mr. Drake was born December 6, 1935 in Houston, Texas to the late Fannie...

Dec 18, 2018

Graveside services for Vona Belle “Bonnie” Dukes, 93, of Diboll will be held Friday, December 21, 2018 at 12:00 noon in the Garden Chapel of Chapelwood Memorial Gardens in Texarkana with Pastor Phillip Dunn of Central Baptist Church of Texarkana officiating.

Mrs. Dukes was born August 15, 1925 in Richards, Texas to the...

Dec 16, 2018

Graveside services for Raymond Bernard Slomba, 83, of Lufkin will be held Friday, January 4, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Holy Rosary Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mr. Slomba was born February 17, 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Frances and Louis Slomba, and he went to be with the Lord Sunday,...

Dec 14, 2018

Funeral services for David Kent Outlaw, 73, of Zavalla will be held Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Ricky Stanford and Darrell Longino officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Outlaw was born October 26, 1945 in Zavalla,...

Dec 14, 2018

Funeral services for James Bennett, 76, of Lufkin, will be held Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Kevin Poage officiating.  Interment will follow in Wallace Chapel Cemetery with military honors provided by a U.S. Air Force Honor Guard.

Mr. Bennett was born September 18, 1942 in Alba, Wood...

Dec 14, 2018

Funeral services for Ruby “Jack” Thompson, 86, of Lufkin, will be held Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Greater Love Tabernacle with Reverend Ronnie Frankens officiating. Interment will follow in Ryan Chapel Cemetery.

Mrs. Thompson was born August 1, 1932 in the Burke Community of Angelina County, Texas, the daughter of the late Loma...