Obituaries

Feb 22, 2023

Graveside services for Deanna Faye (Hayes) Thomas, 82, of Huntington will be held Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Huntington Cemetery with Pastor Scooter Kelley officiating.

Mrs. Thomas was born May 21, 1940 in Huntington, Texas to the late Vera Lynn (Fancher) and Robert Brooks “Buster” Hayes, and died Tuesday, February 22, 2023 in a...

Feb 22, 2023

Graveside services for Stephen Jennings, 56, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Largent Cemetery with Brother Gene Elrod officiating.

Mr. Jennings was born September 6, 1966 in Lufkin, Texas, and died Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in a local hospital.

Mr. Jennings was a lifetime resident of Lufkin and...

Feb 21, 2023

Graveside services for Jesse Kelly Cravy, Sr., 78, of Lufkin will be held Friday, February 24, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at Whitehouse Cemetery with Jesse Kelly “Tre” Cravy III officiating, and eulogy by Jesse Kelly Cravy, Jr.

Mr. Cravy was born July 27, 1944 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Mary Alice (Card) and Jesse B Cravy,...

Feb 21, 2023

Funeral services for Nancy “Helen” (Kennedy) Jackson, 90, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mark A. Newton officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Jackson was born September 18, 1932 in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late Jewell (Fuller)...

Feb 20, 2023

Grace Elizabeth Barnett, 89, of Lufkin passed away peacefully February 20, 2023 after a long lived, Faithful, life.

Grace was born February 4, 1934 to Harry and Gladys Morriss in White Flat, Texas where the family lived on a farm. When Grace was 12 they moved to New Mexico and eventually settled in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Her...

Feb 20, 2023

Memorial services for Milton J. Martin, 80, of Wells will be held Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Paul Mettlen officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Martin was born August 5, 1942 in Jacksonville, Texas to the late Ida Marlene (Chandler) and...

Feb 18, 2023

Funeral services for Mark Dee Palmore, 64, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Elton Musick officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery.

Mr. Palmore was born October 22, 1958 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Katherine Ida (Haak) and Robert Vernon Palmore,...

Feb 16, 2023

Funeral services for Ralph Eugene Cannon, 55, a lifelong resident of East Texas, will be held Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lamar Denby officiating. Interment will follow at Kitchens Cemetery.

Ralph was born June 11, 1967 in Laredo, Texas. He entered the Kingdom of Heaven to join...

Feb 14, 2023

Graveside services for Brandy Michele Stewart, 48, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in Gilbert Chapel Cemetery with Pastor Stan King officiating.

Mrs. Stewart was born April 2, 1974 in San Augustine, Texas to Nancy Jane (Coulter) and E.C. Kennon, and died Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at her residence.

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Feb 13, 2023

Memorial services for Daniel Wesley Burges, 62, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Carpenter’s Way Baptist Church with Pastor Mark Wilke officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Burges was born September 21, 1960 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Loney Verlene (Jones) and Daniel...

Feb 13, 2023

Graveside services for Gilmore Franklin Cox, 63, of Lufkin will be held Monday, February 20, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother Horace Fletcher officiating.

Mr. Cox was born March 7, 1959 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Marye Evelyn (Hubbard) and Gilmore “Cotton” Cox, and died Monday, February 13, 2023...

Feb 10, 2023

Funeral services for Barbara (McClendon) Smithheart Brookshire, 68, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Seth Bowman officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Brookshire was born February 9, 1955 in Freeport, Texas to the late Melva Ruth (Burkett)...

Feb 10, 2023

Funeral services for Bettye Grace (Baker) Platt of Lufkin will be held Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Henderson Chapel of First United Methodist Church Lufkin with Brother Bryan South and Reverend Dr. Jerome Brimmage officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

What a jewel we lost today. A mother...

Feb 9, 2023

Funeral services for Earl Coolidge Weaver, 96, of Zavalla will be held Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Lakewood Baptist Church in Zavalla with Pastor Watson Franks and Pastor Wes Wright officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Broaddus Cemetery.

Mr. Weaver was born October 6, 1926 in Perryville, Arkansas to the...

Feb 9, 2023

A private Celebration of Life for Travis Merle McLin, 84, of Lufkin will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Travis was born September 9, 1938 in Cleveland, Texas to the late Annie (Purswell) and Orree McLin, and died Thursday, February 9, 2023 at his residence.

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Feb 8, 2023

Funeral services for Ola Marie (Brock) Aldredge, 72, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Cory Capps officiating. Interment will follow in the Shofner Cemetery.

Ms. Aldredge was born May 30, 1950 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Ola Dee (Alexander) and...

Feb 7, 2023

Graveside services with inurnment for Harry Bayard Reed, Jr., 76, of Huntington will be held Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Gann Cemetery with military honors. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Reed was born January 31, 1947 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania to the late Gwendolyn (Haltom) and Harry Bayard...

Feb 3, 2023

Charles Hearn, Sr., age 82, of Lufkin passed away February 3, 2023 due to a sudden illness.

He was born in Lufkin June 10, 1940 to Travis and Zelda Hearn. He attended Lufkin schools followed by Stephen F. Austin State University. Charles married his wife, Donna (Gildner) Hearn, in 1960. He worked for 40 plus years and...

Feb 3, 2023

Graveside services for Janet Lee Schooley, 74, of Dallas, formerly of Pollok, will be held Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Pastor Ford Adkins and Chaplain Greg Freijo officiating.

Mrs. Schooley was born March 10, 1948 in Taylor, Texas to the late Jeaneva (Stone) and Wayne Corky Knox,...

Feb 1, 2023

Funeral services for Johnny “Jake” Stringer, 79, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Wayne Stringer and Brother Robert Hargrave officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in San Augustine County.

Mr. Stringer was born January 12, 1944 in Lufkin, Texas...