Obituaries

May 26, 2021

Memorial services for Eleanor Pinkerton Estes, 83, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2 p.m. at St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church with Father Thomas Morris officiating. A reception will follow. Entombment of cremains will be held in the St. Cyprian’s Columbarium.

Mrs. Estes was born February 4, 1938 in Lufkin, Texas to the late...

May 25, 2021

Funeral services for Dorothy (Eddings) Brock, 94, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Eric Barton officiating. A celebration reception will immediately follow in the Carroway Family Reception Room.

Mrs. Brock, known to most as Grandma or the Chick-fil-A lady, was born May 9,...

May 24, 2021

Funeral services for Daniel Wesley Brent, 72, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Cindy Doran officiating. Interment will follow in the Enon Cemetery in Houston County.

Mr. Brent was born September 18, 1948 in Crockett, Texas to the late Wesley and Reba (English)...

May 24, 2021

Graveside services for Audrey “Big Mama” Hefner, 82, of Wells will be held Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Wells with Pastor David Goodwin officiating.

Mrs. Hefner was born August 15, 1938 in Wells, Texas to the late Minnie (Seymore) and Vernon Cheatom, and died Monday, May 24, 2021 in...

May 23, 2021

Funeral services for Billy Gene McCarty, 73, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 28, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Berry Cemetery.

Mr. McCarty was born October 27, 1947 in Dallas, Texas, and died Sunday, May 23, 2021 at his residence.

Mr. McCarty worked in...

May 17, 2021

Virginia Hulsman was born November 19, 1942 in Fairborn, Ohio to (the late) Perry and Birdie (Shope) Willis, and died Monday, May 17, 2021 in Lufkin, Texas.

Ms. Hulsman had resided in Lufkin for many years.  She retired from Hudson ISD after 30 years of employment as Secretary of Food Service. She was a loving Mom and...

May 16, 2021

Private family graveside services for Harold Wayne “Pappaw” Porter, 91, of Lufkin will be held in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery with Reverend Rick Martin and Reverend David Hunt officiating.

Harold was born December 14, 1929 in Huntington to the late Charlie Lee Porter and Beatrice McBryde Porter and passed away Sunday, May 16, 2021.

Harold...

May 16, 2021

Funeral services for Misty Michelle DuBose, 46, of Mineola, formerly of Lufkin and Nacogdoches will be held Friday, May 21,2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Scott Reed officiating.  Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Misty was born April 16, 1975 in Lufkin to Warren Paul DuBose and...

May 15, 2021

Funeral services for Basil Edward Sims, 64, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Harmony Hill Baptist Church with Dr. John W. Greene and Brother Keith Woolf officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Sims was born January 1, 1957 in Fort Worth, Texas to Mary...

May 12, 2021

Funeral services for David Wayne Powell, 52, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Mike Nance officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Powell was born October 29, 1968 in Fort Knox,...

May 11, 2021

Avery Alderman Rhodes went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Daughter of B.W. Sanderson and Wayne Alderman, Avery was born December 5, 1968. Avery grew up in Jasper, Texas, and attended Sam Houston State University and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University. In 1993 she married Charles “Chuck" Rhodes Jr., and they most...

May 10, 2021

Geraldine (Gerry) Bradford of Lufkin, Texas passed from this life May 10, 2021.

She was born September 4, 1939 in Hugoton, Kansas to Kenneth L. Betsworth and Goldie Cobb Betsworth and was one of 7 siblings.

Gerry graduated from Hugoton High School in 1957 and was an Honor Student.

Gerry married Larry Bradford...

May 10, 2021

Memorial services for Leah Elizabeth Lackey, 54, of Huntington will be held Monday, May 31, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ms. Lackey was born October 7, 1966 in Pasadena, Texas, and died Monday, May 10, 2021 in Huntington.

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May 9, 2021

Graveside services for Betty Lou Anderson, 88, of Humble, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the New Hope Cemetery in Center with Brother Tim Verner officiating.

Ms. Anderson was born August 6, 1932 in Center to the late Thelma (Lansford) and Odis Walker, and died Sunday, May 9, 2021...

May 9, 2021

Funeral services for Emmlene “Emm” (Batson) Burnaman, 78, of Etoile will be held Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Brother Lamar Denby officiating. Interment will follow in the Blue Springs Cemetery in Etoile.

Mrs. Burnaman was born July 9, 1942 in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Edna...

May 6, 2021

Funeral services for Mac Weldon White, 45, of Hudson will be held Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jerry Ancira officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Sand Flat Cemetery.

Jesus welcomed Mac Weldon White home Thursday, May 6, 2021. He was born February 2,...

May 6, 2021

Funeral services for David Thornhill, 73, of Huntington will be held Monday, May 10, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Dr. Darryl Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Oddfellows Cemetery. The family requests everyone wear masks due to Covid 19.

Mr. Thornhill was born September 12, 1947 in...

May 4, 2021

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Brenda (Short) Themis, 62, of Kingwood, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation arrangements will follow under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ms. Themis was born August 31, 1958 in Clarksville, Texas to the late Jeanette...

May 3, 2021

Memorial services for Kathryn Harris, 81, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 7, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Southside Baptist Church with Pastor Randy Brown officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Harris was born November 23, 1939 in Houston, Texas, and died Monday, May 3, 2021 in Lufkin.

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May 2, 2021

Funeral services for Donald Smith “Chip” Hart, Jr., 56, of Apple Springs will be held Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Michael Due, Dr. Brent Hawkins, and Judge Doug Page officiating. Interment will follow in the Bennett Cemetery in Apple Springs.

Mr. Hart was born July 21, 1964...