Obituaries

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...

Feb 15, 2024

Graveside services for Steven Edward Flurry, 31, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 12:00 noon in the Tom Havard Cemetery with Pastor Elizabeth Fudge officiating.

Steven was born November 12, 1992 in Lufkin to Tammy (Williams) and Stewart Flurry, and died Thursday, February 15, 2024 at his residence.

Steven graduated high...

Feb 15, 2024

Funeral services for Alton Truett Barley, 93, of Huntington will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin. Graveside services with military honors from the U.S. Marine Corps and masonic rites under the auspices of the Homer Masonic Lodge #254 A.F. & A.M. will follow at Berry Cemetery.

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Feb 15, 2024

Funeral services for Jody Brett “Buckwheat” Clowers, 57, of Lufkin will be held Monday, February 19, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Stephen Courtney officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Clowers was born March 6, 1966 in Kettering, Ohio to the late Peggy Jan (Butler)...

Feb 14, 2024

Mass of Christian Burial for Hector E. Cortez, 79, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with Fr. Jose Marin officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Friday evening in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel.

Mr....

Feb 14, 2024

Charles Ray Smith, Sr. of Lufkin, Texas passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2024 in Lufkin, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Monday, February 19, 2024 in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin, Texas.

Charles was born March 31, 1947 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Carolyn Marie (Norsworthy) and Claude M. Smith....

Feb 13, 2024

Warren Elledge was born on March 29, 1955 in Brownwood, Texas. He passed this life unexpectedly at his residence in Lufkin, Texas on February 13, 2024. If you knew Warren, you’d think it was odd that he didn’t prepare us all for his departure. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Nell Clardy.

Warren is...