Obituaries

Jul 18, 2023

Funeral services for Todd Allen Lea, 45, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Todd Core and Dr. John W. Greene officiating. Interment will follow in the Tennessee Cemetery in Timpson.

Mr. Lea was born July 7, 1978 in Baytown, Texas, and died Tuesday,...

Jul 18, 2023

Funeral services for Ima Jean Weisinger, 93, of Diboll will be held Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 12:00 noon in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Rosemary S. Berry, CLM and Drew McAngus officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Weisinger was born March 16, 1930 in Diboll, Texas to the late...

Jul 16, 2023

Walter Keith “Paco” Estes, 60, of Lufkin died Sunday, July 16, 2023 in Lufkin. Memorial services will be held Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Carpenter's Way Baptist Church with visitation beginning at 9:15 a.m. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Estes was born June 9, 1963 in Lufkin, Texas....

Jul 16, 2023

A private celebration of life for Robert S. Singleton, 81, of Lufkin (Pollok), Texas will be held at a later date with close friends and family in attendance. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home in Lufkin, Texas.

Robert “Bob” Singleton was born April 15, 1942 in Houston, Texas to the late Lisetta Elizabeth...

Jul 16, 2023

Funeral services for Stacey Len Boykin, 55, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Cary Modisett officiating. Interment will follow in the Tom Havard Cemetery.

Mr. Boykin was born August 10, 1967 in Lufkin, Texas and died Sunday, July 16, 2023 at his residence....

Jul 15, 2023

Funeral services for Zack S. Faris, 21, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Joel Hitchcock officiating. Interment will follow in Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Zack was born October 29, 2001 in Lufkin, Texas, and died Saturday, July 15, 2023 in DeBerry, Texas, from injuries...

Jul 14, 2023

Roy Gene Staggs of Lufkin, Texas, formerly of Ashdown, Arkansas, died July 14, 2023. Born October 3, 1936, he was the son of Allen Clyde and Nora Petet Staggs. He was predeceased by his parents; sister, Judy Shirley; and brother, Allen Clyde, Jr. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Myrna Kirton Staggs; and daughters, Sharon Hunter...

Jul 11, 2023

Funeral services for Betty Truett, 87, of Lufkin will be held Friday, July 14, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lamar Denby officiating. A private interment will be held in the Huntington Cemetery.

Mrs. Truett was born May 28, 1936 in the Shawnee Prairie Community of Angelina County, Texas to the...

Jul 10, 2023

Graveside services for Jo Ann Dixon, 89, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Houston National Cemetery.

Mrs. Dixon was born January 22, 1934 in Fort Worth, Texas, and died Monday, July 10, 2023 in Lufkin.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Jul 7, 2023

Funeral services for James Walter Thomas, Jr., 89, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Todd Partin and Patrick Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Largent Cemetery.

Mr. Thomas was born November 2, 1933 in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Annie Vera (Bobo) and James...

Jul 5, 2023

Funeral services for Carol Ross Thompson, 74, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother John Harvey officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Thompson was born August 4, 1948 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to the late Etta Loraine (McAlpine)...

Jul 4, 2023

Visitation for Marlin Wayne Hughes, 74, of Corrigan will be held Friday, July 7, 2023 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church Corrigan, followed by graveside services in the Union Springs Cemetery with Brother Charlie Hodge officiating.

Marlin Wayne Hughes was born January 22, 1949 in Lufkin, Texas to the...

Jun 30, 2023

Funeral services for Ed Kellie Mays, Jr. 80, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with  Brother Kent Childers officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Ed, known to his friends and family as “Buddy”, was born October 8, 1942 in Jasper,...

Jun 29, 2023

Funeral services for Rodney Eugene Roebuck, 58, of Zavalla will be held Monday, July 3, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Larry Innerarity officiating. Interment will follow in the Rocky Hill Cemetery.

Rodney was born March 10, 1965 in Lufkin, Texas and went to his heavenly home Thursday, June...

Jun 27, 2023

Funeral services for Cara RaeAnn Murry, 41, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dana Walker and Brother Carl Ray Walker officiating. Interment will follow in the Ben F. Walker Cemetery.

Cara was born September 13, 1981 in Lufkin, Texas and passed away Tuesday, June...

Jun 25, 2023

Graveside services with military honors for Joe L. Spangler, Sr., 87, of Pollok will be held Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Gann Cemetery in Pollok with Chaplain Lt. Col. Hyral “Buddy” Walker, USAF officiating.

Joe was born July 3, 1935 in Gregg County, Texas to the late Everett Buford and Mary Virginia (Harris)...

Jun 25, 2023

Graveside services for Kenneth LeRoy Burnett, 72, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Shiloh Cemetery in Mt. Enterprise with Brother Orval Miller officiating.

Mr. Burnett was born November 13, 1950 in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Arie Lucille (Busby) and Ralph Bennett Burnett, and died Sunday, June 25, 2023...

Jun 25, 2023

Shirley Ann Cates, 85, of Lufkin died Sunday, June 25, 2023 at her residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Cates was born February 3, 1938 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Maxie (Murphey) and Hiram Fletcher Broomfield. She was a lifetime resident of Lufkin.

Mrs. Cates graduated as Valedictorian...

Jun 20, 2023

Funeral services for Jason Wayne Ryan, 45, of Nacogdoches will be held Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Bobby Ryan officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery.

Jason was born May 12, 1978 in Houston, Texas to Lillian Laverne (Vardeman) and Bobby Glenn Ryan, and died Tuesday,...

Jun 20, 2023

Funeral services for Carolyn Davis Johnson, 78, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Leroy Smith officiating. Graveside services will follow at 12:30 p.m. in the Carlisle Cemetery in Trinity County with Brother Raymond Smith officiating.

Mrs. Johnson was born January 19, 1945 in...