Obituaries

Jun 4, 2022

Funeral services for Judith “Judy” Huggins, 86, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Steve Killam officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Wells.

Mrs. Huggins was born December 23, 1935 in Wells, Texas to the late Myrtle (Bowman) and John...

Jun 2, 2022

Funeral services for Alice Jean Deaton, 85, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jeremiah Moss and Craig Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Deaton was born December 14, 1936 in Beggs, Oklahoma to the late Daisy Mae (Miller)...

May 31, 2022

May 4, 1941 to May 31, 2022

Memorial services for Janene Turner Haynes of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Robert McKinney and Brother Elton Musick officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Janene Turner Haynes...

May 29, 2022

Funeral services for Patricia Ann “Pat” Mullins, 80, of Pollok will be held Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Keith Bickley and Brother James Kitchens officiating. Interment will follow in the Pollok Cemetery.

Mrs. Mullins was born April 5, 1942 in Houston, Texas to the late Ida Lee...

May 29, 2022

Funeral services for Martha Mills Christenson of Rockwall, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Elwyn M Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Dr. Darryl Smith officiating. Interment will follow the services.

Martha Christenson passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022 in Rockwall, Texas at...

May 28, 2022

Funeral services for Aubrey Quinn Elliott, 84, of Houston will be held Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ronnie Frankens officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Aubrey Quinn Elliott was born in Gilmer, Texas to Leo and Vola (Borden) Elliott, November...

May 28, 2022

Memorial services for Robert Lee Havard, 79, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel, located at 2704 S. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin, Texas with Pastor Todd Core officiating. Burial of cremains will be during a private ceremony with family at Fielder Memorial Cemetery. Cremation arrangements are under the...

May 27, 2022

Funeral services for Charolette Ann Minyard, 64, of Lufkin will be held Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pam Burnette and Brother Kenneth Lowry officiating. Interment will follow in the Blue Springs Cemetery in Etoile.

Mrs. Minyard was born August 5, 1957 in Nacogdoches, Texas, and died Friday, May...

May 27, 2022

Cremation arrangements for Barbara Denise Marze, 51, of Lufkin are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Ms. Marze was born October 3, 1970 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Vickie (Vardeman) Phillips and Bobby Lamon. She went running into the arms of Jesus Friday, May 27, 2022, surrounded by close family. Ms. Marze was a devout...

May 24, 2022

Funeral services for Juanita Smith, 96, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 27, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Michael West officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mrs. Smith was born November 19, 1925 in Huntington, Texas to the late Mae Ella (Havard) and Robert Russell Renfro, and...

May 24, 2022

Funeral services for Eddie Gene Strube, 77, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 27, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Steve Cowart officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Strube was born June 10, 1944 in Biloxi, Mississippi, and died Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in...

May 21, 2022

Funeral services for Gwendolyn (Praker) Sanders, 84, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church Lufkin with Pastor Mark Newton officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mrs. Sanders was born December 9, 1937 in Galveston, Texas to the late Martha Elouise (Shepherd) and Russell Joseph Praker, and...

May 21, 2022

Daniel Lee Jensen, 56, of Huntington died Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Lufkin as the result of a motorcycle accident. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Daniel was born September 4, 1965 in El Paso, Texas to the late Judy Ann (Youngjohn) and Daniel...

May 21, 2022

Funeral services for Robert Elton Brock, 91, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Hunter Allen and Pat Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery.

Mr. Brock was born June 21, 1930 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Evie Catherine (Brown) and...

May 20, 2022

Funeral services for Allen Harris Proctor, 65, of Corrigan will be held Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Barnum First Baptist Church in  Corrigan with Brother Calvin Bittick officiating. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery.

Mr. Proctor was born March 9, 1957 in Houston to Frances (Ives) and Noel B. Proctor, and died...

May 19, 2022

Alvin Clinton Saxton, Jr., 75, of Lufkin died Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Lufkin. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mr. Saxton was born September 6, 1946 in Angelina County, Texas.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

May 16, 2022

Memorial services for Denise Bennefield, 65, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with Fr. Denzil Vithanage officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Denise was born October 14, 1956 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Earlene (Lazarine) and Troy McLendon Stubblefield, and...

May 11, 2022

Graveside services for Janet Lonis Gregory, 78, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in the Stryker Cemetery in Corrigan with Harold Seago officiating.

Mrs. Gregory was born July 16, 1943 in Livingston, Texas to the late Lucille (Lunsford) and Maxey V. Haverland, and died Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at her residence....

May 9, 2022

Graveside services for Darleen Vanderford, 78, of Lufkin will be held Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in the South Park Cemetery in Pearland with Pastor Randy Fowler officiating.

Mrs. Vanderford was born August 11, 1943 in Houston, Texas to the late Juanita (Roberts) and W.H. Foster, and died Monday, May 9, 2022 at her residence...

May 7, 2022

Naomia Gilcrease Anthony, 85, of Diboll died Saturday, May 7, 2022 at her residence. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Anthony was born May 1, 1937 in the Saron Community of Angelina County, Texas to the late Roberta (Stanley) and Ed...