Obituaries

Aug 7, 2017

Funeral services for Betty Grace Richardson, 82, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Elton Musick officiating. Interment will follow in the Gann Cemetery. Mrs. Richardson was born September 16, 1934 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Blanche (Murphey) and Emmett Harlan “Skinny” Williamson, and died...

Aug 5, 2017

Memorial services for Mary Louvenia Miller Standley, 67, of Lufkin will be held Friday, August 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Max Reynolds officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mrs. Standley was born December 24, 1949 in Tyler, Texas to the late Louvenia (Baxter) and Inlow Lee...

Aug 3, 2017

Funeral services for Dustin Kayleb Coulter, 21, of Zavalla will be held Monday, August 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Reverend Virginia Harrison officiating. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery. Dustin was born October 5, 1995 in Lufkin, Texas to Stacy Clarine (Townsend) and Kenneth Christian Coulter, and died Thursday,...

Jul 28, 2017

Memorial services for Virginia Rosemary Serafino Geraci, 79, of Lufkin will be held Monday, July 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church with Deacon Gary Trevino officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Christian Burial of the cremains will be held at a later date. Rosemary was born November 16,...

Jul 26, 2017

Memorial services for Gary “Flash” Nash, 63, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ford Adkins officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Nash was born October 16, 1953 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Norma (Hadaway) and Jimmie Nash, and...

Jul 26, 2017

Theodora Duncan was welcomed into the world January 1, 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She left a body that failed her Wednesday, July 26, 2017. What a lady and a life well-lived.

Theodora was married to Dr. Everett Duncan until his passing in 1971 and was a loving and devoted mother to her daughter Tody Sindelar (New...

Jul 21, 2017

Funeral services for Bobby Eugene Smith, Sr., 80, of Lufkin will be held Monday, July 24, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Martin Baker officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in the Keltys Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born December 11, 1936 in Schwab City, Texas to the late Johnnie Thelma (Barnes) and...

Jul 19, 2017

Funeral services for Sylvia Ann (Greenville) McCreary, 71, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 12 noon at Parkview Baptist Church with Brother Gary Forrest officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Mrs. McCreary was born April 7, 1946 in Galveston, Texas to the late Virginia (Scrafoni) Greenville and James Hilton “Boots” Greenville, and died...

Jul 18, 2017

Graveside services with military honors for Royal Luther Powell, Sr., 79, of Pollok will be held Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Glenwood Cemetery in Groveton with Brother Keith Bickley officiating. Mr. Powell was born October 11, 1937 in Groveton, Texas to the late Pheaby (Skaines) and Luther Powell, Jr., and died Tuesday, July 18, 2017...

Jul 17, 2017

Raymond Fore, 73, of Lufkin died Monday, July 17, 2017 in a local hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Fore was born May 26, 1944 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Eleanor (Nelson) and Willard Black Fore. Mr. Fore was an avid outdoorsman and a lifetime runner. He volunteered at Ratcliff Lake and the Davy...

Jul 17, 2017

A reception to celebrate the life of Jo Nellwyn Clifton, 77, of Zavalla will be held Saturday, August 26, 2017 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Zavalla City Hall. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mrs. Clifton was born January 18, 1940 in Basile, Louisiana to the late Mable (LaFleur) and Clarence Edward Davis, and...

Jul 17, 2017

Mary Ann (Gaubert) Soignet, 70, of Pollok died Monday, July 17, 2017 at her residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Soignet was born November 28, 1946 in Thibodaux, Louisiana to the late Joyce Rita Mae (Ayo) and Lionel Julius Gaubert. A resident of Thibodaux...

Jul 15, 2017

Graveside services for Jerry Lee “Cigarman” Wagstaff, 69, of Nacogdoches will be held Monday, July 17, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Hebron Cemetery in Broaddus.

Mr. Wagstaff was born August 15, 1947 in San Augustine County, Texas to the late Pauline (Blanch) and Johnnie Wagstaff, and died Saturday, July 15, 2017 in Nacogdoches. Mr. Wagstaff was...

Jul 12, 2017

Funeral services for Betty L. “Aunt Rusty” Miller, 91, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Brian Wiggins officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Miller was born March 31, 1926 in Moundsville, West Virginia to the late Sadie Beatrice (Batton)...

Jul 12, 2017

Funeral services for Gladys Aylene Conn, 81, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother Leon Wallace and Brother Johnny Perry officiating. Interment will follow the services.

Mrs. Conn was born January 19, 1936 in Union, Mississippi...

Jul 11, 2017

Mass will be celebrated for Richard E. Houghton, 87, of Lufkin Friday, July 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church with Fr. Joe Kannampuzha officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. Thursday evening at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church. Mr. Houghton was...

Jul 10, 2017

Memorial services for Hilda Marie Blaker Mitchell, 94, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. at Christ Congregational Church with The Reverend Randall K. Green officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Hilda Marie Blaker Mitchell was born September 30, 1922 in Cumberland, Maryland. She was one of...

Jul 10, 2017

Funeral services for Mary Ann McGuire Philmon, 81, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain John Bingham officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Philmon died Monday, July 10, 2017 following an extended battle with Parkinson’s Disease and its complications. She...

Jul 7, 2017

Interment for Delma Lois (Carpenter) Mayette, 89, of Lufkin will take place at Wallace Chapel Cemetery in the Hudson Community on Sunday, July 9, 2017. She died peacefully Friday, July 7, 2017 at St. Catherine’s Center in Waco following a short illness. Delma was the second child of six born to George and Lela Carpenter on Nov. 16, 1927...

Jul 7, 2017

Funeral services for Billy Charles Gandy, 87, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Wayne Barth officiating. Interment will follow in the Berry Cemetery. Mr. Gandy was born March 7, 1930 in Athens, Texas to the late Effie Poole and Willie Edd Gandy, and died Friday,...