Obituaries

Nov 19, 2021

Memorial services for Raymond William Hill, 85, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Chestnut Drive Baptist Church with Brother Blackie Cranford officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Hill was born October 30, 1936 in Maryville, Tennessee and died Friday, November 19, 2021 in a...

Nov 19, 2021

Timothy William Ashley, 43, of Lufkin died Friday, November 19, 2021 at his residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Timothy was born March 29, 1978 in Nacogdoches, Texas. To Carol Jean (Dowlearn) and Jim Don Ashley.

Timothy was a logger. He will be remembered as friendly and good natured. He...

Nov 19, 2021

Funeral services for David Louis Murphy, 70, of Lufkin will be held Monday, November 22, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Luis Salazar  and Pastor Steve Comstock officiating. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Murphy was born February 19, 1951 in Lufkin, Texas to the late D.L. “Jim”...

Nov 17, 2021

Memorial services for Susan Annette Cole, 61, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Dennis White officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ms. Cole was born August 26, 1960 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Barbara Ann (Burnette) and...

Nov 16, 2021

Funeral services for Jeff D. Arriola, 54, of Lufkin will be held Friday, November 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Joe Zwall officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Berry Cemetery.

Jeff was born September 6, 1967 in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Emma Jean (Tillis) and...

Nov 15, 2021

Funeral services for Edna Jo McClendon, 85, of Lufkin will be held Friday, November 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Keith Woolf and Brother M.L. “Bud” Magee officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery.

Mrs. McClendon was born February 11, 1936 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Edna Alice...

Nov 14, 2021

Funeral services for Charmis “Nana” Nerren, 71, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with Brother Steve Cowart officiating. Interment will follow in Shofner Cemetery.

Mrs. Nerren was born March 5, 1950 in Hutchinson, Kansas, and died Sunday, November 14, 2021 at her residence.

Mrs. Nerren...

Nov 12, 2021

Funeral services for Jerry Dwane Browning, 80, of Lufkin will be held Friday, November 19, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Keltys First Baptist Church with Pastor Chris Taylor, Pastor Aaron Wilson, and Dr. Mark Livingston officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Jerry Dwane Browning went home to be...

Nov 10, 2021

Graveside services for Sereta Thornton, 71, of Palestine, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Jonesville Cemetery with Harold Hancock and Clay Thornton officiating.

Mrs. Thornton was born December 13, 1949 in Palestine, Texas to the late Addie (Lamb) and Alton Samuel Pheonix, and died Wednesday, November 10, 2021...

Nov 10, 2021

Funeral services for Sherman Lynn Snelson, 68, of Huntington will be held Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Shawnee Prairie Missionary Baptist Church with Brother Jackson Colwell officiating. Interment will follow in the Manning Cemetery.

Mr. Snelson was born November 24, 1952 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Helen Joyce (Weaver) and Lynn Heidt Snelson,...

Nov 10, 2021

Memorial services for Richard Ralph “Rick” Carlton, 82, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at the Huntington Civic Center on Hwy 69 South in Huntington. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Carlton was born July 12, 1939 in Houston, Texas to the late Ethel and Ralph...

Nov 8, 2021

Funeral services for Wendell Wayne Turner, Sr. 89, of Pollok will be held Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jim Maddox officiating. Graveside services will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the Grice Cemetery in Gilmer.

Mr. Turner was born October 11, 1932 in Gilmer, Texas to the late...

Nov 8, 2021

Private graveside services for Gaylene Sheffield Jones, 62, of Huntington will be held in the Sheffield Family Cemetery with Reverend Gary Forrest officiating.

Mrs. Jones was born August 26, 1959 in Lufkin to Marian (Williams) and C.L. Sheffield, and died Monday, November 8, 2021 in a local hospital.

Gaylene had resided in Huntington most of...

Nov 7, 2021

Private graveside services for Louise Farr, 84, of Lufkin will be held in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother Lamar Denby officiating.

Mrs. Farr was born August 24, 1937 in San Augustine to the late Alma Pearl (Butler) and John Henry Jamison, and died Sunday, November 7, 2021 at The Joseph House.

To...

Nov 7, 2021

Graveside services for Patty M. Labrozzi, 58, of Huntington will be held Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Rocky Hill Cemetery with Brother Cary Modisett officiating.

Patty was born November 6, 1963 in Dallas, Texas to Lucille (Arnold) and Rufus Curry, and died Sunday, November 7, 2021 at her residence.

Patty had...

Nov 7, 2021

Graveside services for Linda Smith, 81, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Old Union Cemetery with Pastor Scott Reed officiating.

Ms. Smith was born March 13, 1940 in Athens, Texas to the late Mae Etta (Woodall) and Charles Morrison, and died Sunday, November 7, 2021 in a local nursing...

Nov 6, 2021

Graveside services for Linda Sue Davis, 76, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in Sunset Memorial Park in Nacogdoches with  Brother Mark Green officiating.

Ms. Davis was born January 2, 1945 in Jasper, Texas to the late Betty Sue (Choate) and Albert W. Davis, and died Saturday, November 6, 2021 in...

Nov 5, 2021

Private graveside services for Wayne Welch, 62, of Lufkin will be held in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Brother Keith Bickley officiating.

Wayne was born September 28, 1959 in Lufkin to Dixie (Wiley) Welch and the late Kenneth Ray Welch, and died Friday, November 5, 2021 in a local hospital.

Wayne was a...

Nov 1, 2021

Funeral services for Donald A. Rieves, 85, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Chris Taylor officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow at 2:00 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery in Teague, Texas with Reverend Richard Gillet officiating.

Mr. Rieves was born November 14,...

Nov 1, 2021

Funeral services for George H. Tillar, Sr., 92, of Lufkin will be held Friday, November 5, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Blackie Cranford and Pastor M.E. Lyons officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mr. Tillar was born March 30, 1929 in Lufkin, Texas to...