Obituaries

Aug 7, 2014

Robert Glen Simmons, 79, of Lufkin, was born on March 19, 1935 in Orange, Texas. He died Thursday, August 7, 2014 in Lufkin, Texas. Mr. Simmons was the son of Raford Gilbert Simmons and Linadine Smith Simmons. He graduated from Lufkin High School and from Sam Houston State University with a bachelor of science degree. He was a veteran...

Aug 6, 2014

Funeral services for Gertie Davis Duncan Jones, 92, of Trinity, will be held Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Friendship Harbor Church in Sebastopol with Pastor Reagan Duncan and Reverend John Budd officiating. Interment will follow in the Chita Cemetery. Mrs. Jones was born May 11, 1922 in the Nogalus Prairie Community of Trinity County, Texas...

Aug 5, 2014

Funeral services for Tommy Stanley, 45, of Zavalla will be held Friday, August 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the Shawnee Church of Jesus Christ with Brother Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Tom Havard Cemetery. Mr. Stanley was born July 1, 1969 in Lufkin, Texas to Kenneth and Sherry (Keely) Stanley, and died Tuesday, August 5,...

Aug 4, 2014

Graveside services for Charles Tommy Hines, 78, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Old Union Cemetery with Pastor Bryan Lipscomb and Brother Dee Black officiating. A reception will follow at Providence Baptist Church. Mr. Hines was born May 22, 1936 in Angelina County, Texas to Marvin L. and Myrtie (Deaton) Hines,...

Aug 2, 2014

Funeral services for Estelle Tullos Lee Gandy, 92, of Apple Springs will be held Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Lindsey Nimmons officiating. Interment will follow in the Bennett Cemetery. Mrs. Gandy was born May 19, 1922 in Trinity County, Texas to John Edward and Ada (Barton) Tullos. She joined...

Aug 2, 2014

Funeral services for Brenda Cook Koenig, 55, of League City, formerly of Huntington, will be held Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Jackson Colwell officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Oddfellows Cemetery. Mrs. Koenig was born July 12, 1959 in Pasadena, Texas to Juan Leon and Bennie...

Jul 31, 2014

Funeral services for Billy F. Holcomb, Sr., 89, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Mark Livingston and Reverend Jerry Browning officiating. Interment will follow in the Gann Cemetery. Mr. Holcomb was born September 21, 1924 in Lufkin, Texas to Earl A. and Elva (Bynum) Holcomb,...

Jul 30, 2014

Funeral services for Jack Norris Tinsley, 56, of Huntington will be held Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Huntington First Baptist Church with Dr. Darryl Smith and Brother Kevin Hopkins officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Cemetery. Mr. Tinsley was born October 12, 1957 in Lufkin, Texas to Lamar and Clauda (Roberts) Tinsley, and died...

Jul 30, 2014

Funeral services for Anthony Wayne Bentley, 73, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Bentley was born March 18, 1941 in Zavalla, Texas to Jim T. and Myrtie (Caples) Bentley, and died...

Jul 30, 2014

Visitation for Luther Otis “Luke” Blood, 65, of Huntington, Texas will be held Saturday, August 2, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home in Huntington, TX. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Esler Pentecostal Church in Pineville, LA with Reverend Marlow Shubert and Reverend Roger Toney officiating. Entombment will...

Jul 29, 2014

Funeral services for James W. Sanders, Sr., 83, of Lufkin will be held Friday, August 1, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery. James Wesley Sanders was born September 15, 1930 in Angelina County, Texas, the sixth child of the late Hiram Bell Sanders,...

Jul 29, 2014

Memorial services for Frank Booth Stevenson, 86, of Lufkin will be held Monday, August 4, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Stevenson was born October 15, 1927 in Caddo Mills, Texas to Charles A. and Elizabeth (Boothe) Stevenson,...

Jul 28, 2014

Helen Louise Stafford, 96, of Lufkin, passed away peacefully on the 28th day of July, 2014. Helen was born in Troup, Texas to Buford Wilkinson and Ida (Florence) Wilkinson on the 16th day of May, 1918. She attended Troup High School where she met the love of her life, M.V. “Monty” Stafford. They lived in Troup until they moved...

Jul 28, 2014

Memorial services for Tom “Tommy” Tatum, 61, of Douglas, Georgia will be held Monday, August 4, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at The Lodge, located at 104 W. Shepherd Avenue, Lufkin, with the Reverend Randall K. Green of Christ Congregational Church officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Tatum was born April 30, 1953 in...

Jul 25, 2014

Jean Rhinehalt Wareing, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 25, 2014 in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, with whom she lived in Lufkin, Texas. Jean, previously of Georgetown, had resided in Lufkin for the past seven years. Graveside services will be held Friday, August 1, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. in the Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, 2800...

Jul 15, 2014

Funeral services for Wesley Oliver Glover, 92, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Reverend Stephen Lantis officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Glover was born June 10, 1922 in Tioga, Texas to...

Jul 15, 2014

Memorial services for Ernest L. Bartlett, Jr. of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church with Senior Pastor D. Nick Sholars officiating. Private entombment will be in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Bartlett was born January 7, 1926 in Lufkin, Texas the son of the late Jodie...

Jul 15, 2014

Funeral services for Deborah Loving Bufis, 58, of Lufkin, will be held Friday, July 18, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Lancewood Baptist Church with Brother Louie Lawson and Pastor Kevin Poage officiating. Interment will follow in Largent Cemetery. Ms. Bufis was born August 13, 1955 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and died Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in a Lufkin...

Jul 15, 2014

Funeral services for Veronica “Vikki” Ledford, 40, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Dr. Darryl Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Fielder Memorial Cemetery. Ms. Ledford was born January 22, 1974 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and died Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in a Lufkin...

Jul 15, 2014

Memorial services for Mary Jane “Janie” Lentz, 65, of Lufkin will be held Friday, July 18, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Henderson Chapel of First United Methodist Church Lufkin with Sr. Pastor D. Nick Sholars officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Lentz was born April 25, 1949 in McCook, Nebraska...