Obituaries

Jun 4, 2017

Funeral services for Millie Byrd (Young) Martindale, 94, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Steve Willis and Brother Mark Forrest officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Mrs. Martindale was born March 6, 1923 in the Homer Community of Angelina County, Texas to the...

Jun 4, 2017

Funeral services for Jim W. Ivy, 37, of Salt Lake City, Utah, formerly of Huntington, will be held Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Pastor Danny Cryer officiating. Interment will follow in the Brown Cemetery.           Jim was born December 21, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas, and died Sunday, June...

Jun 2, 2017

Funeral services for Thomas F. “Tommy” Hopson, 83, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jerry Spann officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Gann Cemetery. Mr. Hopson was born December 25, 1933 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Ida Myrtle (Dickerson) and...

Jun 2, 2017

A Memorial Mass for Bobby Fern Collier Limerick, 91, of Lufkin will be held Monday, June 19, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church with Fr. Joe Kannampuzah officiating.

Mrs. Limerick was born August 19, 1925, in Palestine, Texas, and passed away Friday, June 2, 2017 in Lufkin, Texas.

Mrs. Limerick...

May 31, 2017

Funeral services for W.F. Maddox, 73, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bryan Lipscomb officiating. Masonic graveside services will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park under the auspices of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 A.F. & A.M. Mr. Maddox was born August 20,...

May 27, 2017

Mildred Ethel Navarro of Hudson, Texas died peacefully in her home Saturday, May 27, 2017 at age 88 after a lengthy illness. Born December 10,1928 in Beaver Dam Township, North Carolina, to the late Florence (Willoughby) and Curley Packer, she was a resident of Houston for more than 60 years. Mrs. Navarro and her husband P.G. Navarro relocated to...

May 27, 2017

Funeral services for Barbara Ann Brantner, 56, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Denman Avenue Baptist Church with Brother Charles M. Roberts and Pastor Paul Brantner officiating. Interment will follow in the Pollok Cemetery. Mrs. Brantner was born August 23, 1960 in Houston, Texas to JoAnn (Davis) and the late Thomas Herd...

May 26, 2017

Funeral services for Dois Harvey Rayburn, 90, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Mark Forrest and Brother Steve Willis officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in San Augustine. Mrs. Rayburn was born February 17, 1927 in San Augustine, Texas to the late...

May 25, 2017

Graveside services for Kelley Reneé Kiambao, 57, of Lufkin will be held Monday, June 5, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. in the Whitehouse Cemetery with Pastor Jerry Spann officiating.

Mrs. Kiambao was born May 16, 1960 in Lufkin, Texas, and died Thursday, May 25, 2017 at her residence. She was a lifetime resident of Lufkin.

Mrs....

May 24, 2017

Funeral services for Jewel Marie (Hayward) Arender, 82, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Newton officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Arender was born January 10, 1935 in Rosepine, Louisiana to the late Ruth (Imler) and Julius Dewie...

May 24, 2017

Funeral services for Sybil (McGilberry) Self, 92, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Marvin Slusher and John Koch officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Self was born March 4, 1925 in Zavalla, Texas to the late Stella (Jones) and Ross...

May 23, 2017

Graveside services for Gerald V. “Gerry” Ward, 64, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Chester with Brother Richard Owens officiating. Mr. Ward was born August 3, 1952 in Corning, New York to the late Maureen Elaine (Daggett) Ward Healy and Ray Eddie Ward, Sr. and died Tuesday,...

May 23, 2017

Celebrations of Life for a life well lived and a man deeply loved, William Russell Lewis, Jr., 85, of Lufkin, formerly of Nacogdoches, will be held Friday, June 2, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas, followed by a service in the PineCrest Retirement Community Chapel in Lufkin at 2:00 p.m. William "Bill" Russell...

May 23, 2017

Funeral services for Archie Ronald “Ronnie” Casburn, 75, of Diboll will be held Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Simon Purvis officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Casburn was born March 6, 1942 in Dacus, Texas to the late Joyce (Perry) and Archie Casburn, and died Tuesday,...

May 22, 2017

Funeral services for Pastor Kenneth Reynolds, 47, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 26, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Clawson Assembly of God with Brother Dennis Land, Pastor Kevin Poage, and Pastor Josh Poage officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Pastor Reynolds was born April 30, 1970 in Port Arthur, Texas...

May 22, 2017

Funeral services for Clay Kosina, 40, of Corrigan, will be held Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother William “Peanut” Glass and Reverend Mardy Guidry officiating. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery in the Barnum Community in Polk County. Mr. Kosina was born March 14, 1977 in...

May 18, 2017

Funeral services for Johnnie “Nanny” Pitts, 79, of Lufkin, will be held Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Livingston and Pastor Jerry Browning officiating. Interment will follow in Old Union Cemetery. Mrs. Pitts was born October 18, 1937 in Trinity County, Texas, the daughter of the late John Barkley...

May 16, 2017

Funeral services for Debbie Ruth Abens, 60, of Huntington will be held Friday, May 19, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Shawnee Church of Jesus Christ with Brother Cary Modisett and Brother Ron Fant officiating. Interment will follow in the Manning Cemetery. Mrs. Abens was born November 8, 1956 in Woodville, Texas to the late Ozella F. (Woodard) and William...

May 15, 2017

Funeral services for Jane Elizabeth Collmorgen Yates, 92, of Redland will be held Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Walker Cemetery. Mrs. Yates was born September 30, 1924 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Annie Jane (Askins) and Julius Arnold Collmorgen, and...

May 14, 2017

Funeral services for Stanley Peterson Benckenstein, II, 67, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 19, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Lufkin with Dr. Keith Whitaker and Reverend Laura Campbell officiating.  Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Benckenstein was born October 26, 1949 in Orange, Texas to the late...