Obituaries

May 9, 2017

Funeral services for Judy Berry, 70, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ron Meadows officiating. Interment will follow in the Berry Cemetery. Mrs. Berry was born March 26, 1947 in La Grange, Texas to Eugenia (Pospisil) and Johnny Kallus, and died Tuesday, May 9, 2017...

May 8, 2017

Memorial Services for Hollis Weldon Harvey, Sr., 62, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 12, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jim Housley and Brother Jim Maddox officiating. Cremation arrangements will be under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Harvey was born March 31, 1955 in Houston, Texas to Nancy Elouise...

May 7, 2017

Mass of Christian Burial for Delilah Mishelle Olivares, 10, of Diboll will be held Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with Fr. Gavin Vaverek and Fr. Raymundo Garcia officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening in the Carroway Funeral Home...

May 7, 2017

Memorial services for Jerry C. Bowman, 74, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Cindy Doran officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Bowman was born June 1, 1942 in Alamogordo, New Mexico to Dorothy (Marks) and Walter D. Bowman, and...

May 5, 2017

Funeral services for Pauline Mildred White, 93, of Houston, formerly of Huntington, will be held Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington. Interment will follow in the Huntington Cemetery. Mrs. White was born March 23, 1924 in Stillwell, Oklahoma to the late Betsy (Smith) and Jeff Tindle, and died Friday, May...

May 4, 2017

A service to celebrate the life of Betty Joe Sherman Johnson, 90, of Arlington, Texas, formerly of Lufkin, Texas, will be held Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Philip Johnson and Paul Johnson officiating. Interment will be held in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Lufkin. Betty was born January...

May 2, 2017

Funeral services for Charlcye M. Colburn, 89, of Shreveport, Louisiana, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Friday, May 5, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Stephen Lantis officiating. Private interment will be held in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Colburn was born July 31, 1927 in Pollok, Texas to the late...

May 2, 2017

John H. Courtenay, 95, of Lufkin died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at his residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Courtenay was born April 16, 1922 in Greenport, New York to the late Mary Elizabeth (Halpin) and John Clifford Courtenay. He had resided in Lufkin since 1966. Mr. Courtenay served in the U.S. Navy...

May 1, 2017

Funeral services for Reba Andrews Lee, 75, of Zavalla will be held Friday, May 5, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother William Lee, Brother Larry Innerarity, and Brother Steve Rye officiating. Interment will follow in the Naroway Cemetery. Mrs. Lee was born August 19, 1941 in Port Neches, Texas to the late Ora...

Apr 30, 2017

Graveside services with military honors and masonic rites for John Vernon Short, 93, of Norman, Oklahoma, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Military honors will be presented by the U.S. Army Honor Guard, with masonic rites under the auspices of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 A.F. & A.M....

Apr 30, 2017

Graveside services for Nell Thompson Cox, 91, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Gilbert Chapel Cemetery with Pastor Michael Harris, Jr. officiating. Mrs. Cox was born October 3, 1925 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Emma (Vansau) and Lee R. Thompson, and died Sunday, April 30, 2017 at her residence. Mrs....

Apr 28, 2017

Funeral services for Barbara Lynn Purvis Speer, 70, of Huntington will be held Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Scott Wallace officiating and cremation to follow. Mrs. Speer was born October 29, 1946 in Shamrock, Texas to the late Doris (Avery) and Tommy Seals, Jr., and died Friday, April 28, 2017...

Apr 27, 2017

Funeral services for Mary Ellen Luce, 87, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Reverend Joe Stanley officiating. Interment will follow in Gann Cemetery. Mrs. Luce was born December 22, 1929 in Angelina County, Texas, the daughter of the late Mattie L. (Tucker) and E.V....

Apr 27, 2017

Yahannah Yisrael, 71, of Lufkin died Thursday, April 27, 2017 in a Houston hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ms. Yisrael was born July 5, 1945 in Renton, Washington to the late Irma Jean (Forsythe) and George Earl Beckworth. She had resided in Lufkin for 20 years and was a Real Estate...

Apr 27, 2017

Funeral services for Robert “Robby” A. Ward, 63, of Lufkin will be held Monday, May 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Johnson and Fr. Francis O’Dowd officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Robert was born January 14, 1954 in Orange, Texas to Rose Lee (Marshall) and the late George...

Apr 26, 2017

Funeral services for Jonathan Derik Agee, Sr., 36, of Huntington will be held Friday, April 28, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Lesly Wilkinson officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Oddfellows Cemetery. Mr. Agee was born August 22, 1980 in Lufkin, Texas to Lorene (Denman) and the late Jon Lynn...

Apr 26, 2017

Funeral services for Amos S. Lewis, 78, of Diboll will be held Friday, April 28, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Buster Grigg and Reverend Kenny Hibbs officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Lewis was born November 27, 1938 in Isney, Alabama to the late Annie L. (Muddy) and...

Apr 25, 2017

Graveside services under the auspices of the Wells Masonic Lodge #915 A.F. & A.M. for Jarrod “Heath” Choate, 45, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Tom Havard Cemetery with Brother Lesly Wilkinson officiating. Heath was born June 24, 1971 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Judy Ann (Havard) Barnett and William...

Apr 24, 2017

Funeral services for Eloise Maxine (Frauenberger) Magaldi Havard, 90, of Lufkin will be held Friday, April 28, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother Charles M. Roberts officiating. Mrs. Havard was born May 14, 1926 in Nowata, Oklahoma to the late Gladys (Waters) and Melvin Frauenberger,...

Apr 23, 2017

Memorial services for James Lendale Reaves, 66, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at Soul’s Harbor Apostolic Temple. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Reaves was born February 26, 1951 in McKenzie, Tennessee to the late Ruth (Tegethoff) and James Lyn Reaves, and died Sunday, April 23, 2017...