Obituaries

Gertrude Weems Conner

Gertrude Weems Conner

Oct 30, 2014

Funeral services for Gertrude Weems Conner, 97, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother Charlie Walker officiating. Interment will follow the services. Mrs. Conner was born February 6, 1917 in Angelina County, Texas to Richard and Pearly (Berry)...

Collie H. Edgar

Collie H. Edgar

Oct 27, 2014

Graveside services for Collie H. Edgar, 96, of Lufkin, will be held Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cleveland City Cemetery with Reverend Patty Bergfield officiating. Mr. Edgar was born November 23, 1917 in San Leon, Texas to John Wallace and Minnie L. (Hubler) Edgar, and died Monday, October 27, 2014 in a local hospital. A...

Helen Ann Glenn

Helen Ann Glenn

Oct 27, 2014

Mass of Christian Burial for Helen Ann Glenn, 75, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with Fr. Francis O’Dowd officiating. Interment will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the Pilgrim Cemetery in Elkhart. Rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday evening in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel....

Norman W. Ross

Norman W. Ross

Oct 27, 2014

Funeral services for Norman W. Ross, 90, of Lufkin will be held Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Vic Bass officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery. Mr. Ross was born July 11, 1924 in Houston, Texas to Vernon B. and Phyllis Mollie (Cress) Ross, and died Monday,...

Sue Coleman Morgan

Sue Coleman Morgan

Oct 26, 2014

Memorial services for Sue Coleman Morgan, 79, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church Lufkin with Sr. Pastor D. Nick Sholars officiating. Private interment will be held in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Morgan was born November 27, 1934 in Trinidad, Texas to Ellen Louise (Ballow)...

Janice Onita Thompson James

Janice Onita Thompson James

Oct 25, 2014

Funeral services for Janice Onita Thompson James, 81, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Jim McDonald officiating. Interment will follow in the Simpson Cemetery. Mrs. James was born November 17, 1932 in Angelina County, Texas to Robert Lee “Bob” and Laura Ethel (Choate) Thompson, and died...

Edward Phillips, Jr.

Edward Phillips, Jr.

Oct 24, 2014

Funeral services for Edward Phillips, Jr., 89, of Lufkin will be held Monday, October 27, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Mr. Phillips was born April 26, 1925 in Leesville, Louisiana to Ruby Lee (Caples) and Edward Phillips, Sr., and died Friday, October...

Elaine Cooper

Elaine Cooper

Oct 24, 2014

Funeral services for Elaine Cooper, 50, of Zavalla will be held Monday, October 27, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Zavalla First Baptist Church with Dr. Jacob Fitzgerald and Pastor Joel Hitchcock officiating. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery. Ms. Cooper was born July 20, 1964 in Lufkin, Texas to Charles and Grenetta “Jo” (Wade) Cooper, and died...

Georgia Mae "Ma" Stewart Lemen

Georgia Mae "Ma" Stewart Lemen

Oct 23, 2014

Funeral services for Georgia Mae “Ma” Stewart Lemen, 81, of Huntington will be held Monday, October 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Dr. Charles Williams officiating. Interment will follow in the Cochran Cemetery. Mrs. Lemen was born November 15, 1932 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to George Milton and Mary Philanie (Walker) Stewart....

Jim B. Massingill

Jim B. Massingill

Oct 23, 2014

Funeral services for Jim B. Massingill, 83, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Trey Ainsworth officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Massingill was born October 15, 1931 in Lufkin, Texas to Glenn and Fannie (Aldredge) Massingill, and died Thursday, October 23, 2014...

Earl Ray Havard

Earl Ray Havard

Oct 22, 2014

Funeral services for Earl Ray Havard, 83, of Hudson will be held Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Swain Barker, Brother Kenneth Adaway and Brother Calvin Kersh officiating. Interment will follow in the Narrow Way Cemetery. Mr. Havard was born December 29, 1930 in the Manning Community, Angelina County, Texas...

R.A. Brookshire

R.A. Brookshire

Oct 22, 2014

Memorial services for R.A. Brookshire, 80, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Lufkin’s First Baptist Church with Reverend Bob Klund and Reverend Aubrey Knox officiating. A reception will follow the services in the Church Parlor. Mr. Brookshire was born October 10, 1934 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Winifred (Washburn) and Austin...

Ruby Mae Powers Jones

Ruby Mae Powers Jones

Oct 22, 2014

Funeral services for Ruby Mae Power Jones, 92, of Huntington will be held Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Reverend Joe D. Stanley officiating. Interment will follow in the Blue Springs Cemetery in Etoile. Mrs. Jones was born May 30, 1922 in Etoile, Texas to Robert Bryant and Hallie...

Lounette Watford Anderson

Lounette Watford Anderson

Oct 22, 2014

Graveside services for Lounette Watford Anderson, 82, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Blue Springs Cemetery in Etoile with Brother Charles M. Roberts officiating. Mrs. Anderson was born March 6, 1932 in Rehobeth, Alabama to the late Bonnie (Swann) and Auburn Allen Watford, and died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in a...

Laverne (Thompson) Turner

Laverne (Thompson) Turner

Oct 22, 2014

Funeral services for Laverne (Thompson) Turner, 89, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Don Schultheis officiating. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Turner was born April 26, 1925 in Angelina County, Texas to Alex and Gracie (Chancey) Thompson, and died Wednesday, October...

Gladys Wise Wilkerson

Gladys Wise Wilkerson

Oct 18, 2014

Funeral services for Gladys Wise Wilkerson, 93, of Hudson, will be held Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bryan Lipscomb and Milford Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Wilkerson was born February 6, 1921 in San Augustine, Texas to the late Mittie Isabell...

Ivis A. Teer, Sr

Ivis A. Teer, Sr

Oct 18, 2014

Funeral services for Ivis A. Teer, Sr., 87, of Lufkin, will be held Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary of Lufkin’s First Baptist Church with Reverend Aubrey Knox officiating. Masonic graveside services will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park under the auspices of Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669, A.F. & A.M. Mr. Teer was...

Lisa Anne Ruskin

Lisa Anne Ruskin

Oct 16, 2014

Visitation for Lisa Anne Ruskin, 51, of Lufkin, will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Carroway Funeral Home. Mrs. Ruskin was born March 22, 1963 in Houston, Texas, and died Thursday, October 16, 2014 in Angelina County from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors

Vinez L. Minton

Vinez L. Minton

Oct 16, 2014

Funeral services for Vinez L. Minton, 85, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Vic Bass officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery. Mrs. Minton was born September 9, 1929 in Angelina County, Texas to the late William Fred and Lilly (Thigpen) Stephens, and...

Dennis Kilgore

Dennis Kilgore

Oct 16, 2014

Visitation for Dennis Kilgore, 49, of Lufkin, will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Carroway Funeral Home in Lufkin. Mr. Kilgore was born November 18, 1964 in Lufkin, Texas, and died Thursday, October 16, 2014 in Angelina County. Dennis is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Rocky and Tina Kilgore; his son,...