Obituaries

Apr 16, 2023

Funeral services for Earl Lyfate Roberts, 80, of Huntington will be held Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Deacon Gary Trevino officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Roberts was born December 17, 1942 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Mildred Irene...

Apr 15, 2023

Funeral services for Shirley Applewhite Woolf, 87, of Lufkin will be held Friday, April 21, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Keith Woolf and Brother Steve Cowart officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Cemetery.

Mrs. Woolf was born November 24, 1935 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Johnnie (Johnson) and...

Apr 15, 2023

Funeral services for Mary Dale Laenger, 77, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. Interment will be in the Keatchie Cemetery in Keatchie, Louisiana.

Mrs. Laenger was born August 19, 1945 in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late Frances (Boyd) and Francis...

Apr 13, 2023

The memorial service for Judy Carrell, 71, will be held Saturday, April 29, 2023 in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin, Texas. Family visitation will start at 12:00 noon with the memorial service starting at 1:00 p.m.

A celebration of life will follow at Knotin Top (2524 US 69N, Lufkin), with arrivals starting at 2:00 p.m....

Apr 13, 2023

Funeral services for Kathleen Cheever Nick, 89, of Hudson will be held Friday, April 21, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Vernell Bonner officiating. Interment will follow in Largent Cemetery.

Mrs. Nick was born August 27, 1933 in San Antonio, Texas to the late Ellen (Parrish) and Leslie L. Cheever, and...

Apr 11, 2023

Funeral services for Dorothy Lee Camp Schroeder, 88, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Laura O’Neill and Stacy Perkins officiating. Interment will follow in Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Schroeder was born May 28, 1934 in Quinlan, Texas to the late Sis Melvina (Scott) and...

Apr 10, 2023

Funeral services for Grace Dean Parker, 90, of Lufkin will be held Friday, April 14, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with David Coon and Allen Lee officiating. Interment will follow in Creek Cemetery in Austonio.

Mrs. Parker was born March 18, 1933 in the Pearson Chapel Community of Houston County, Texas to...

Apr 9, 2023

Funeral services for Deidra Cruse, 57, of Hudson will be held Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Scott Reed officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery.

Deidra was born April 7, 1966 in Lufkin, Texas to Jane (Due) and Larry Chappell, and died Sunday, April 9,...

Apr 7, 2023

Funeral services for Vernon A. Swor, 80, of Huntington, will be held Monday, April 10, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin, Texas, with Kyle Campbell and Jim McDonald officiating. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery. Vernon passed away surrounded by his family at home in Huntington, Texas, on April 7, 2023....

Apr 5, 2023

Funeral services for Jamie Kirk Keene, 54, of Huntington will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother Kent Childers officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Jamie was born March 25, 1969 in Lufkin, Texas to Cassandra Ann (Glover) and Curtis...

Apr 5, 2023

“TO PUBLISH THE PASSING OF JEFFERY JOE WESTBERRY, WE MUST ADMIT,

COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITH A STANDARD OBIT.

BECAUSE NOTHING ABOUT HIM WAS AVERAGE OR BARE,

AS THE FAMILY’S FREE SPIRIT, HE REMAINS ICONIC AND RARE.

ON JULY 15, 1953, IN FREEPORT, TEXAS, JEFF WAS BORN TO THOMAS AND...

Apr 1, 2023

Graveside services for Dolores V. Nick, 88, of Hudson will be held Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Largent Cemetery.

Mrs. Nick was born November 16, 1934 in Los Angeles, California to the late Paz (Martinez) and Jesus Romo Valadez, and died Saturday, April 1, 2023 in a local hospice facility.

Mrs. Nick...

Mar 30, 2023

Funeral services for Shirley M. Terrell, 88, of Diboll will be held Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Ryan Chapel United Methodist Church with Reverend Charles Weeks III officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery.

Mrs. Terrell was born March 1, 1935 in Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of the late Inez (Roberson) Bowman...

Mar 30, 2023

Funeral services for John Riley O’Quinn, 93, of Pollok will be held Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Keith Bickley officiating, with Masonic rites under the auspices of the Wells Masonic Lodge #915 A.F. & A.M. Interment will follow in the Gann Cemetery.

Mr. O’Quinn was born August...

Mar 30, 2023

Graveside services for Linda Chamblee Brumble, 76, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Jonesville Cemetery with Brother Lamar Denby officiating.

Mrs. Brumble was born September 16, 1946 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Marjorie (Kimbrough) and Oca Lee Harris, and died Thursday, March 30, 2023 at The Joseph House.

Mar 27, 2023

Memorial services with military honors for Hobert “Butch” Marler, 80, of Etoile will be held Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Shirley Creek Baptist Church. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Butch was born September 15, 1942 in Cassville, Missouri to John Thomas Marler and Addie (Payne) Marler, and died Monday,...

Mar 26, 2023

Memorial services for Terri SuLema Owen Anderson, 62, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Wildwood Country Church, 149 CR 1155, Ratcliff, Texas with Brother Roy Patrick officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Terri was born July 28, 1960 in Houston Texas to the late Jerry...

Mar 26, 2023

Funeral services for Jeremy Scott Atkinson, 44, of Pollok will be held Monday, April 3, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Paul Gates officiating. Interment will follow in the Pollok Cemetery.

Jeremy was born March 22, 1979 in Lufkin, Texas to Debbie Jean (Rector) and Nathan Atkinson, and died Sunday, March...

Mar 25, 2023

Funeral services for Virgil Gayle Havard, 67, of Diboll will be held Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Greater Love Tabernacle with Brother Ronnie Frankens and Brother Gentry Wilkerson officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery.

Mr. Havard was born May 15, 1955 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Verdie Marcille (Small) and...

Mar 24, 2023

Diane Mullins Pennington, beloved wife, daughter, sister, stepmom, aunt and Educator, passed away peacefully Friday, March 24, 2023 (her birthday) due to complications from cancer. She faced her death with the courage, grace and dignity befitting the wonderful lady that she was.

While her family always came first, one of the great joys of her life was...