Obituaries

Jan 23, 2024

Funeral services for Larry Gene Sapp, 67, of Huntington will be held Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:00 noon in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Mark Crawford officiating. Interment will follow in Huntington Cemetery.

Mr. Sapp was born March 26, 1956 in Midland, Texas to the late LaNell (Horn) and Larry Don Sapp,...

Jan 21, 2024

Funeral services for Wanda Mewborn Mullins, 63, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Randy Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Mullins was born May 29, 1960 in Diboll, Texas to the late Donnie Jo (Hickman) and William Leon Mewborn,...

Jan 21, 2024

Funeral services for Carey Bryan Wesley, 80, of Etoile will be held Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Charles Williams, John Harper, and Larry Trekell officiating. Interment will follow in the Rocky Hill Cemetery.

Carey was born February 15, 1943 in Lufkin, Texas to Charlcie Mae (Wallace) and Grady...

Jan 21, 2024

Shirley Lois Olive, 75, of Zavalla died Sunday, January 21, 2024 at her residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Olive was born February 21, 1948 in Texas City, Texas to the late Connie Lois (Morris) and C.J. Crisp. She retired as Office...

Jan 21, 2024

Funeral services for Dolly Hill Whitaker, 86, of Diboll will be held Friday, January 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Denman Avenue Baptist Church with Brother Ron Meadows and Pastor Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. Graveside services will be Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at South Park Cemetery in Pearland with Reverend John D. McDuff officiating.

Dolly...

Jan 20, 2024

Funeral services for Pauline Bledsoe, 77, of Huntington will be held Friday, January 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother Lamar Denby officiating. Interment will follow in Huntington Cemetery.

Mrs. Bledsoe was born February 13, 1946 in Durant, Oklahoma to the late Dessie (Pierce) and Clyde Sheffield, and passed...

Jan 20, 2024

Graveside services for Charles Ray Seale, 77, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Gann Cemetery with Victor Dominey officiating.

Mr. Seale was born February 14, 1946 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Rosa Olive (Craig) and William Hermon Seale, the fifth of seven children.  He died Saturday, January 20, 2024...

Jan 18, 2024

Graveside services for Gabriel Javier Flores Garcia, infant son of Victoria Flores and Raul Garcia, will be held Friday, January 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Largent Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Friday at Carroway Funeral Home.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Jan 17, 2024

Funeral services for Eloise Placker, 88 of Apple Springs will be held Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church Groveton with Brother Keith Jones and Brother Matt Sharrock officiating. Interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery in Groveton.

Eloise Placker, beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, friend, and wife, entered into God’s heavenly kingdom on January...

Jan 16, 2024

Funeral services for Tony Spivey, 66, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Chance Lewis officiating. Interment will follow in Berry Cemetery.

Mr. Spivey was born December 10, 1957 in Jesup, Georgia, and died Tuesday, January 16, 2024 in a local hospice facility. He...

Jan 15, 2024

Funeral services for Joe Arnold Kelley, 77, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Lufkin First United Pentecostal Church officiated by Brother Joe Stanley. Graveside services with military honors will follow at Narrow Way Cemetery.

Joe was born July 9, 1946 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Georgia Lois (Thomas) and...

Jan 15, 2024

Funeral services with military honors for Lyle Carpenter, 93, of Lufkin will be held Friday, January 19, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John W. Greene officiating. Interment will follow in the McKnight Cemetery in Cushing.

Mr. Carpenter was born December 18, 1930 in Houston, Texas to the late Minnie Lee...

Jan 13, 2024

Thomas Leamon Strickland, 92, of Lufkin, Texas, passed away on Saturday, January 13th, 2024. He was a truly kind and intelligent man. Thomas, Tom to most, was born on June 13, 1931, in Sun, West Virginia, a small coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, where his father worked in the local coal mining industry.

Mr. Strickland...

Jan 12, 2024

Kenneth Cunigan, 93, of Lufkin died Friday, January 12, 2024 at his residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ken was born June 29, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Albert Cunigan and Bessie (Shepherd) Cunigan.

He was raised in Kentucky and graduated from Anneville Institute.  He joined the Air Force and...

Jan 11, 2024

Vada Mae Carrell, 89, of Huntington died Thursday, January 11, 2024 at her residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Carrell was born July 14, 1934 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Evie (Trahan) and Dave Hopson.

Vada was a lifelong resident of Angelina County. She worked at Brookshire Brothers...

Jan 10, 2024

Funeral services for Christine James, 82, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Doyle Hodge and Pastor Dennis Hodge officiating. Interment will follow in Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mrs. James was born July 17, 1941 in Grapeland, Texas to the late Ruby Lena (Collier) and Sydney...

Jan 9, 2024

Graveside services for Rebecca Ann “Becky” Anderson Bartlett, 71, of Huntington will be held Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. at Huntington Cemetery with Brother Adrian Neal officiating.

Mrs. Bartlett was born March 4, 1952 in Houston, Texas to the late Sarah Alice (Dixon) and Andy Harold Anderson, and died Tuesday, January 9, 2024 in a...

Jan 8, 2024

Funeral services for Ronnie Keith Clark, 77, of Mt. Enterprise will be held Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Kent Childers officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Clark was born November 27, 1946 in Marshall, Texas to the late Vivian (Hensley) and...

Jan 8, 2024

Tony Samford, 85 of Etoile, previously of Burnet, Texas, passed away peacefully in his sleep Monday, January 8th, 2024 in a Lufkin nursing home. He was born February 16, 1938 in Shelby County and raised by his mother, Auvy Nell Chandler and his grandmother, Estelle “Mammy” Samford. He was of the Baptist faith.

After graduating from Shelbyville...

Jan 8, 2024

Visitation for Warren Stacy Guy, DDS, PhD, 81, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, January 10, 2024 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home. Private family graveside services will be held.

Dr. Guy was born September 7, 1942 in Dallas, Texas to the late Mary Katherine “Kittie” (Sloan) and Joseph Cleburne “Jake” Guy, and died...