Obituaries

Mar 31, 2021

Funeral services for Joe Donald Ruby, 87, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reagan McClenny officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery.

Mr. Ruby was born July 18, 1933 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Helen Marie (Thompson) and Joe Byron Ruby. He...

Mar 30, 2021

Funeral services for Glenda A. Foster, 77, of Lufkin will be held Friday, April 2, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Joe Stanley officiating. Interment will follow in the Freeman Cemetery.

Mrs. Foster was born May 14, 1943 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Irene (Ford) and Barto Graham, and died...

Mar 24, 2021

Mass of Christian Burial for Ann (Thomas) “Mimi” Montes, 70, of Lufkin will be held Monday, March 29, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with Fr. Denzil Vithanage officiating. Interment will follow in Moral Cemetery in Nacogdoches County. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. The family requests...

Mar 23, 2021

Funeral services for Doyce Jean Capps Childers, 89, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John W. Greene and Bishop M.E. Lyons officiating. Interment will follow in the Gilbert Chapel Cemetery.

Mrs. Childers was born February 21, 1932 in Lufkin, Texas to the late...

Mar 23, 2021

Graveside services for Terry “Mac” McAdams, 66, of Hudson will be held Friday, March 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Largent Cemetery with Pastor Kevin Poage officiating.

Terry was born November 15, 1954 in Lufkin, Texas to Marie (DuPree) and Johnnie McAdams, and died Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in a local hospice facility.

Terry...

Mar 23, 2021

Masonic graveside services for George Felix Conner, 91, of Lufkin will be held Friday, March 26, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery with Brother Greg Denman officiating under the auspices of the Homer Masonic Lodge #254 A.F. & A. M. with honors by the Texas DPS Honor Guard.

Mr. Conner was born December 23,...

Mar 22, 2021

Graveside services for Tommy L. Hollingsworth, 74, of Hudson will be held Friday, March 26, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Largent Cemetery with Brother Bill Hall officiating.

Mr. Hollingsworth was born September 3, 1946 in Woodville, Texas to the late Davilla (Cameron) and Lou Oliver Hollingsworth, and died Monday, March 22, 2021 at his residence. He...

Mar 21, 2021

Alena Wanda O’Neill of Hudson joined her many friends and family in Heaven Sunday, March 21, 2021 at the age of 90. She was born October 10, 1930 to Ernest Hill and Lenis Higdon Hill in Hitson (Fisher County), Tx.

Her mother died when she was only 5 months old. She grew up on her grandparents’ cotton...

Mar 21, 2021

Funeral services for Jamerion “Mario” Mitchell, Sr., 32, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bradley Hale officiating. Interment will follow at the family’s farm.

Jamerion was born April 16, 1988 in Lufkin, Texas, and died Sunday, March 21, 2021 in Hillister. He was...

Mar 20, 2021

Mrs. Dorothy Tompkins Kenley of Crockett (formerly of Lufkin) was born October 7, 1927 in Lufkin, Texas to Lois Hazel Gibbs and Jesse Glenn Tompkins. She died on March 20, 2021 at her home on Kenley’s Mustang Prairie Ranch near Austonio.

Dorothy grew up in Lufkin, graduated from Lufkin High School in 1944 at age 16, and...

Mar 19, 2021

A Celebration of Life for Edsel Wayne Smith, 80, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jacob Fitzgerald and Jim Myers officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Edsel was born September 22, 1940 in Dallas, Texas to the late...

Mar 19, 2021

Funeral services for Glenda Rae Hawthorn, 77, of Lufkin will be held Monday, March 22, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Dr. Michael Reese officiating. Interment will follow.

Glenda Rae Hawthorn was born to Havery Byrum and Melicent (Ragle) Byrum July 30, 1943 in...

Mar 18, 2021

Bettie Sue was born about 10 minutes before her twin sister Bennie Lou at home in Etoile, Texas to Luella and Bean Muckelroy on February 23, 1938.

Bettie played basketball, volleyball, and was on the boy’s baseball team at Woden High School. After graduation, she attended business school in Lufkin and began her career as a secretary...

Mar 17, 2021

Funeral services for Mozelle Walker, 96, of Hallettsville will be held Saturday, March 20, 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 Cemetery.

Mozelle was born June 26, 1924 in Hemphill, Texas to the late Lillie (Cochran) and James Henry Walker, and...

Mar 16, 2021

Funeral services for Milburn Henry Powell, 76, of Lufkin will be held Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jerry Young officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mr. Powell was born February 5, 1945 in Jasper, Texas to the late Zora Beatrice (Roberts) and Rev. Mack A....

Mar 15, 2021

Funeral services for Judith Marie “Judy” Blandford, 78, of Apple Springs will be held Friday, March 19, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lewis Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Bennett Cemetery in Apple Springs.

Judy was born September 4, 1942 in Springfield, Illinois to the late Garnet (Treat) and...

Mar 12, 2021

Funeral services for Bobby Gene Stanbery, Sr., 88, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Steve Cowart officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mr. Stanbery was born April 25, 1932 in Van Zandt County, Texas to the late Mildred (Curry) and James...

Mar 11, 2021

Kenneth Ford, 70, of Huntington died Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Lufkin. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Ford was born July 16, 1950 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Mar 10, 2021

Funeral services for Albert William Tatrai, Jr., 73, of Huntington will be held Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Dr. Darryl Smith officiating. Graveside services with military honors will be held Friday, March 19, 2021 at 1:45 p.m. in the Houston National Cemetery.

Mr. Tatrai was born...

Mar 10, 2021

Graveside services for Terry Don Cutler, 54, of Hudson will be held Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Old Union Cemetery with Jeff Kolk officiating.

Mr. Cutler was born May 13, 1966 in Lufkin to the late Jane L. (Skelton) and Donald Ray Cutler, and died Wednesday, March 10, 2021 in a local hospice...