Obituaries

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....

Feb 17, 2024

Funeral services for Oluwasiji Kemi Tanimonu, 51, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Phil Novak officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Oluwasiji Kemi Tanimonu, born April 18, 1972 to Michael and Julianna Tanimonu in Lagos, Nigeria, went to...

Feb 16, 2024

Funeral services for Prentice Douglas “Jack” Bryan, 92, of Pollok will be held Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Elton Musick officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Broaddus.

Mr. Bryan was born December 10, 1931 in San Augustine, Texas to the late Maggie (Rayburn)...

Feb 16, 2024

Connie Lynn Heaton Gates of Allentown, Texas passed away Friday, February 16, 2024 in Lufkin, Texas after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born August 23, 1951 in Lufkin, Texas and was the youngest of 12 children born to the late Sarah Delbert (Dunn) and E.C. Heaton.

Connie worked for Lufkin State Supported Living Center and...

Feb 16, 2024

Funeral services for James Calvin Allen, 67, of Diboll will be held Friday, February 23, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at First Pentecostal Church of Diboll with Pastor Doug Hogsten officiating. Interment will follow at Gann Cemetery.

Mr. Allen was born September 22, 1956 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Amma Louise (Herrin) and James Buford Allen, and...

Feb 16, 2024

Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Grimes Hamilton of Lake Jackson, formerly of Huntington, will be held Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Thomas Riley and Brother Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in Jonesville Cemetery.

Dorothy Mae Grimes Hamilton was called home at the age of...