Obituaries

Feb 29, 2024

Funeral services for Charlie Arthur Graham, 63, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother David Merritt officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Apple Springs.

Mr. Graham was born September 30, 1960 in Bossier City, Louisiana to Catherine Marie (Anderson) and Quincy...

Feb 28, 2024

Victor Ray Reese, Jr., 75, of Lufkin died Wednesday, February 28, 2024 in a local hospice facility. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Reese was born November 17, 1948 in Yoakum, Texas to the late Ruth Evelyn (Roose) and Victor Ray Reese, Sr. He served in the U.S. Navy for six years...

Feb 27, 2024

Funeral services for Gayle Ann Kirkland Tompkins, 77, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Cindy Doran and Reverend Martin Doran officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Park in Nacogdoches.

Ms. Tompkins was born December 30, 1946 in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late...

Feb 27, 2024

Graveside services for Lisa Sue Temple Sitze, 63, of Nacogdoches will be held Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Old Union Cemetery with Brother John Harvey officiating.

Lisa was born March 1, 1960 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Billie (Oates) and Powell Temple, and died Tuesday, February 27, 2024 in a Tyler hospital.

Feb 26, 2024

Memorial services for Emma Joy (Graham) Briggs, 92, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Trey Ainsworth officiating.

Emma was born January 4, 1932 in Apple Springs, Texas to the late Ruby Pearl (Standley) and Charlie Asbury Graham, and died Monday, February 26, 2024...

Feb 25, 2024

Funeral services for Hartzel Erskin Jones, 85, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Gene Elrod, Brother Aaron Wilson, and Milton Wade officiating. Interment will follow in the Jones Prairie Cemetery in Leggett.

Hartzel Erskin Jones was born October 4, 1938 in Livingston, Texas...

Feb 25, 2024

Virginia Kay Whipple, 67, of Lufkin died Sunday, February 25, 2024 in Lufkin. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Whipple was born December 1, 1956 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Feb 24, 2024

Funeral services for Rena Mae Brock, 88, of Huntington will be held Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother Jackson Colwell officiating. Eastern Star graveside services by Huntington Chapter #938 will follow in the Gann Cemetery.

Mrs. Brock was born March 16, 1935 in Ferriday, Louisiana to...

Feb 23, 2024

A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life for Jeff Blackwood, 67, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. in his beloved pasture at the family farm, as we unite, sharing stories of a life well lived. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Jeff was born September 4, 1956,...

Feb 23, 2024

Memorial services for Lou Willie Green Lewis, 88, of Nacogdoches will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Nacogdoches with Brother Homer Murray officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ms. Lewis was born April 25, 1935 in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Velma...

Feb 23, 2024

Funeral services for Benjamin Samuel Dunn, 36, of Huntsville, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jim Newton and Brother Robert Forrest officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery.

Ben was born November 25, 1987 in Lufkin, Texas and died Friday, February...

Feb 21, 2024

Funeral services for Annie Catherine Bryan, 57, of Huntington will be held Monday, February 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Butch Duncan and Sister Gina Harrison officiating. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery.

Mrs. Bryan was born March 13, 1966 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Mae...

Feb 21, 2024

Funeral services for Kenneth Simms, 80, of Lufkin will be held Monday, February 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bobby Johnson and Brother Mark Youngblood officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in Gann Cemetery.

Mr. Simms was born August 3, 1943 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Mary...

Feb 20, 2024

Melba Lee Jones Bates was born in Holly Springs, Arkansas February 28, 1923 to Johnie William Jones and Myrtle (Shankle) Jones. She passed from this life February 20, 2024. She was 100 years old, lacking eight days of being 101.

Melba attended schools in El Dorado, Arkansas and Vivian, Louisiana, where she graduated from high school. She...

Feb 19, 2024

Funeral services for Richard Martin Donovan, 87, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery.

Richard was born April 8, 1936, in Jasper, Texas to Vina (Ener) and Allen T. Donovan and died, with family by his side, Monday, February...

Feb 19, 2024

Funeral services for Eulavia Marshall Hopkins, 85, of Zavalla will be held Friday, February 23, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. at Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church with Brother Joel Hitchcock and Brother Jackson Colwell officiating. Interment will follow at Zavalla Cemetery.

Mrs. Hopkins was born May 11, 1938 in Zavalla, Texas to the late Lillie Eulalia (Gilliland) and...

Feb 18, 2024

James Edward Bolt, Jr., known as Sky Bolt to his biker brothers, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, February 18, 2024. He was born in Houston, Texas and was 56 years old.

James worked for Baker Hughes-Panametrics Digital Solutions of Houston, Texas for 23 years as Service Technical Leader and Global Trainer.

A memorial service will be...

Feb 17, 2024

Funeral services for Rose Lee Marshall Ward, 87, of Lufkin will be held Friday, February 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Fr. Francis O’Dowd officiating. Interment will follow in Whitehouse Cemetery.

Rose was born March 12, 1936 in Orange, Texas to the late Mary (LaRussa) and Van Marshall, and died Saturday,...

Feb 17, 2024

Kenneth Wayne Rodgers left this world Saturday, February 17, 2024 due to health complications. He was very devoted to his family. Kenneth shared a close relationship with his granddaughter October. She chose to say this about her grandfather.

"My grandpa was a very good man, and I love him very much. My favorite memory of him that...

Feb 17, 2024

Funeral servcies for Jason Wayne Gearhart, 44, of Lufkin will be held Monday, February 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lamar Denby officiating. Interment will follow in Wallace Chapel Cemetery.

Mr. Gearhart was born August 28, 1979 in Greensburg, Indiana, and died Saturday, February 17, 2024 in a local hospital....