Obituaries

Jul 8, 2016

Memorial services for Dolly Slomba, 71, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Gary Trevino officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mrs. Slomba was born October 17, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Elmer and Erna (Curry) Horst, and died...

Jul 7, 2016

Funeral services for Yvonne Howell, 81, of Lufkin will be held Monday, July 11, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jerome Brimmage and Reverend Vicky Paul officiating. Interment will follow in the Gann Cemetery. Mrs. Howell was born April 3, 1935 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Jewel Harrison and Augusta (Garrett)...

Jul 6, 2016

Memorial services for Blitz (Lovick T.) Womack, 75, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Leon Wallace officiating. Blitz was born January 6, 1941 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Lovick T. and Lettie Mae (Burke) Womack and passed away while in Hospice Care in Houston...

Jul 6, 2016

Funeral services for Annie “Billie” Dunn, 88, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Louie Lawson officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery. Ms. Dunn was born February 13, 1928 in Lufkin, Texas to the late John Alfred and Dessie Mae (Hardy) Skelton and...

Jul 5, 2016

Funeral services for Carlton Van Schoubroek, 49, of Pineland will be held Monday, July 11, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Ben Walker Cemetery. Mr. Schoubroek was born January 6, 1967 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Henry W. and Wanda Sue (Horton) Schoubroek and...

Jul 5, 2016

Funeral services for Joyce Crager, 71, of Lufkin will be held Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Crager was born September 7, 1944 in Diboll, Texas to Ellis Jr. Kessinger and Mildred Marqueriette (Hales) Kessinger and died Tuesday,...

Jul 5, 2016

Funeral services for Joyce Marie (Beard) Daniel, 89, of Hudson will be held Friday, July 8, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Father Ralph Morgan and Pastor Bryan Lipscomb officiating and eulogy by Pastor John Withem. Interment will follow at the Calvary Cemetery in Trinity County. Mrs. Daniel was born November 16, 1926 in...

Jul 4, 2016

Funeral services for Arthur Morris Fletcher, 90, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Horace Fletcher officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Glenwood Cemetery in Groveton. Mr. Fletcher was born April 27, 1926 in Groveton, Texas to the late Arthur D. “Red”...

Jul 4, 2016

Jack W. Tucker, 99, of Lufkin passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 in Lufkin. Services will be held Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Pastor Cindy Doran officiating. Military honors will follow at the graveside. Mr. Tucker was born April 11, 1917 in...

Jul 3, 2016

Funeral services for Charles Ray Baker, 72, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ronnie Frankens, Brother Jess Slider, and Brother Myrton Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Baker was born November 29, 1943 in Moscow, Texas to the late Johnny...

Jul 1, 2016

Graveside services with military honors for Greg H. Back, 65, of Huntington will be held Monday, July 4, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Treadwell Cemetery. Mr. Back was born July 27, 1950 in Houston, Texas to the late George Henry Back and Virginia Mae (Jones) Back Sumrall, and died Friday, July 1, 2016 in a local nursing home....

Jun 27, 2016

Funeral services for Donald G. Thornhill, 65, of Moscow will be held Friday, July 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Reverend Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Feagin Cemetery in the Hortense Community of Polk County. Mr. Thornhill was born July 11, 1950 in Lufkin, Texas to the late...

Jun 25, 2016

Memorial services for Carol Baye, 74, of Diboll will be held Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Stephen Courtney officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mrs. Baye was born October 29, 1941 in Butte, Montana to the late Troy William Howell and Julia Moore and...

Jun 24, 2016

Funeral services for Leah Faye Richardson Rudd, 81, of Lufkin will be held Monday, June 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John W. Greene officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Rudd was born March 1, 1935 in Crockett, Texas to the late Della Mae (Graham) and...

Jun 23, 2016

Jase Thomas “JT” Runnels, 89, of Lufkin died Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Lufkin. Graveside services are to be on June 25, 2016 at 10 am at Runnels Cemetery in Broaddus. A memorial service will follow at 4 pm at Carroway Funeral Home in Lufkin.

Mr. Runnels was born September 18, 1926 in Broaddus, Texas to the...

Jun 22, 2016

Funeral services for John Michael “Mike” Puryear, Sr., 67, of Etoile will be held Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bobby Russell and Brother John Spurgeon officiating. Interment will follow in the Sims (Rocky Hill) Cemetery. Mike was born July 30, 1948 in Lufkin, Texas to the late John B....

Jun 22, 2016

Funeral services for Arthur Brooks, Jr., 89, of Lufkin will be held Monday, June 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Lufkin First Assembly with Annette Lee and Frank Latimer officiating. Interment will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery in Alto, Texas. Mr. Brooks was born December 2, 1926 in Alto, Texas to the late Arthur Brooks, Sr. and Gladys (Finch)...

Jun 20, 2016

Funeral services for Rodolph Cleveland Halliburton, 72, of Huntington will be held Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Robert Baggett officiating. Mr. Halliburton was born July 1, 1943 in Arkansas to the late William and Virgie (Beaty) Halliburton and died Monday, June 20, 2016 in the Southland Rehabilitation...

Jun 20, 2016

Billy “Bill” Black, 87, of Lufkin died Monday, June 20, 2016 in Livingston. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Mr. Black was born April 1, 1929 in Sulphur Bluff, Texas to the late Ralph J. and Stellean (Baugh) Black. Formerly of Gilmer, he had resided in...

Jun 19, 2016

Funeral services for William Leon Hampton TAMU ‘49, 87, of Rockport will be held Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Elton Musick officiating, with the eulogy given by Mr. Hampton’s grandson, John Hancock. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Gann Cemetery. Mr. Hampton was born October 26,...