Obituaries

Jul 23, 2021

Funeral services for Carrol “Gene” Hargis, 88, of Lufkin will be held Monday, July 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside services will follow at 11:30 a.m. in Melrose Cemetery in Nacogdoches.

Mr. Hargis was born December 16, 1932 in Sacul, Texas to the late Iva Marcella (Sullivan) and Arlington Vertis Hargis,...

Jul 21, 2021

Funeral services for Richard Bryan Womack, 67, of Hudson, will be held Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Dalton Smith officiating.  Interment and Masonic rites will follow in Narrow Way Cemetery.

Mr. Womack was born November 3, 1953 in Victoria, Texas, the son of the late Florence (McGilvra)...

Jul 17, 2021

Memorial services for Dr. C.H. McClure, 73, of Galveston, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Hunter and Ronny DuPree officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Dr. McClure was born September 9, 1947 in Mercedes, Texas to...

Jul 14, 2021

Funeral services for Shirley Hearn, 76, of Pasadena will be held Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother James McKenzie and Brother Calvin Kersh officiating. Interment will follow in the Carrell Cemetery.

Mrs. Hearn was born August 3, 1944 in Huntington, Texas, to the late Sally Marie...

Jul 14, 2021

Funeral services for G.P. “Jerry” Bourrous, 94, of Pollok will be held Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bobby Ryan, Brother Simon Purvis, Bob Flournoy, and Paul Cockrell officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Fairview Cemetery.

Mr. Bourrous was born September 29, 1926 in...

Jul 13, 2021

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 East Texas lost a good man. Keith Socia, 59, passed peacefully at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

Keith was born November 29, 1961 in Center, Texas to Jimmy and Faye (Ramsey) Socia. He grew up one of five children and stories of their childhood always bring on the kind of...

Jul 13, 2021

Funeral services for Marie Bullock Ward, 99, of Bowling Green, Kentucky will be held Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Jim Vaughan officiating. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Ward was born December 5, 1921, in Grassland, Texas, to the late Lettie Fidelia (Cooper) and James...

Jul 12, 2021

Graveside services for Victor Neil Allison, Jr., 67, of Huntington will be held Friday, July 23, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Treadwell Cemetery with Dr. Jacob Fitzgerald officiating.

Victor was born September 19, 1953 in Venezuela, South America to the late Victor Neil Allison, Sr. and Madalyn (Brown) Allison Jones, and died Monday, July 12, 2021...

Jul 12, 2021

Funeral services for Phil Clark, 54, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Milton “Scooter” Kelley officiating. Interment will follow in the Huntington Oddfellows Cemetery.

Phil was born March 14, 1967 in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Dorothy (Lazarine) and George Henry Clark, and...

Jul 12, 2021

Tasha Lynn Lavergne, 32, of Coldspring died Monday, July 12, 2021 in a local hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Tasha was born November 6, 1988 in Houston, Texas to Terry Lynn (Carroll) and Terry Joseph Lavergne.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Jul 11, 2021

Visitation for Bryan Patrick Smith, 47, of Zavalla will be held Thursday, July 15, 2021 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home in Lufkin. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Bryan was born August 28, 1973 in...

Jul 8, 2021

Funeral services for Betty Mosley Russell, 89, of Magnolia will be held Monday, July 12, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with John Helbig officiating. Interment will follow in Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Russell was born June 28, 1932 in the Bald Hill Community of Angelina County, Texas, and...

Jul 8, 2021

Funeral services for James Robinson, Jr., 29, of Huntington will be held Monday, July 12, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery.

James was born June 7, 1992 in Lufkin, Texas to Becky (King) and James B. Robinson, Sr., and died Thursday, July 8, 2021...

Jul 7, 2021

Graveside services for Bennie Clayton Duren, 93, of Huntington will be held Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in Jonesville Cemetery with Jim McDonald, Thomas Riley, and Kyle Campbell officiating, with Dave Duren sharing family memories.

Clayton was born August 20, 1927 in Ewing, Texas to the late Ida Mae (Neal) and James Curtis Duren, and...

Jul 5, 2021

Graveside services for Diann Smith, 73, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Burketown Cemetery in Apple Springs with Brother Bill Bailey officiating.

Mrs. Smith was born August 8, 1947 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Ivalene (Wilson) and Chester Allen, and died Monday, July 5, 2021 in a...

Jul 5, 2021

Memorial services for Betty Lou Poskey, 61, of Longview, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 12:00 noon in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ron Meadows officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Poskey was born January 18, 1960 in Lufkin, Texas to Lucy Pauline (Spears)...

Jul 5, 2021

Visitation for Millie Palmieri, 76, of Etoile will be held Friday, July 9, 2021 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Carroway Funeral Home. Entombment will be held in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Joplin, Missouri at a later date.

Mrs. Palmieri was born September 16, 1944 in Fort Worth, Texas and adopted by Helen Ida (Sanders) and Oscar...

Jul 4, 2021

Funeral services for Jimmy Ray Hathorn, 77, of Apple Springs will be held Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Robert Lankford and Brother Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Bennett Cemetery in Apple Springs.

Mr. Hathorn was born July 19, 1943 in Lufkin, Texas to the...

Jul 4, 2021

Funeral services for John David May, Jr., 85, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jimmy Hedges and Pastor Randy Brown officiating, with Tom Dunn delivering a eulogy. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

John David...

Jul 3, 2021

Funeral services for John R. Black, Jr., 91, of Brenham, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Cindy Doran officiating, with masonic rites under the auspices of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 A.F.&A.M. Interment will be in the Largent Cemetery.

John R. Black,...