Obituaries

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...

Apr 23, 2017

Funeral services for Ruby Mae Roberts, 74, of Huntington will be held Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Pastor Roger Fancher officiating. Interment will follow in the Jonesville Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts was born August 31, 1942 in Huntington, Texas to the late Ada (Ashton) and Bronson Russell, and died...

Apr 22, 2017

Funeral services for Betty Gean McDaniel, 84, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Harmony Hill Baptist Church with Dr. John W. Greene and Brother Brad Forrest officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery. Mrs. McDaniel was born June 10, 1932 in Roswell, New Mexico to the late Dola and Abe Qualls,...

Apr 22, 2017

Memorial services for Bobbye Lou Bartlett, 90, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Henderson Chapel of Lufkin First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Jerome Brimmage and Pastor Laura Campbell officiating. Mrs. Bartlett was born March 16, 1927 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Sally (Coward) and Robert Harrison York, and...

Apr 21, 2017

A memorial for William Alfred “Bill” Brookshire, 81, of Lufkin and Pasadena will held Friday, May 19, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at University of Houston, in the Houston Room of the Student Center-South. We look forward to sharing more of his accomplishments and stories of our collective times together. William Alfred “Bill” Brookshire, Co-Founder and longtime Chairman of S&B...

Apr 20, 2017

A Memorial Service will be held for family and friends celebrating the lives of Claudia, Bill, and Lettie Morgan on July 1, 2017, at 3:30 p.m., at The Big Thicket House on White Rock Lake, 430 East Lawther Drive, Dallas, Texas 75218. Claudia Lynn Morgan was born August 14, 1952 in Dallas, Texas. She died in a Lufkin hospital...

Apr 19, 2017

Graveside services for Perry Dixon Parker, 56, of Pollok will be held Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Gann Cemetery with Brother Keith Bickley and Brother Patrick Eddings officiating.

Mr. Parker was born November 17, 1960 in Lufkin, Texas to Wanda Joy (Dixon) and Allen Leon “Sonny” Parker, and died Wednesday, April 19, 2017...

Apr 19, 2017

Funeral services for Kammy Leigh Emerson, 51, of Huntington will be held Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Emerson was born February 28, 1966 in Carthage, Texas to the late Elma Ruth (Hight) and Douglas Lovell, and died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in...

Apr 18, 2017

Funeral services for Bettie Jo Pirtle Carpenter, 82, of Lufkin will be held Friday, April 21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Harmony Hill Baptist Church with Dr. John W. Greene and Pastor Stacy Perkins officiating. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the McKnight Cemetery in Cushing. Mrs. Carpenter was born August 19, 1934 in Cushing, Texas...

Apr 13, 2017

Memorial services for Clinton Anthony Saulsbury, 53, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Henderson Chapel of Lufkin First United Methodist Church with Brother Harold Sloan officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Saulsbury was born March 8, 1964 in Dallas, Texas to Kay (Squyres) and the...

Apr 9, 2017

Funeral services for Bobbie J. Seymore, 82, of Tyler will be held Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Eastview United Pentecostal Church with Pastor David Hunt officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Seymore was born July 6, 1934 in Wells, Texas to the late Ruth (Hammond) and Ernest Smith, and died Sunday, April...