Obituaries

Dec 17, 2021

Funeral services for Vernon Burkhalter, 93, of Diboll, will be held Monday, December 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Ryan Chapel United Methodist Church in Diboll with Reverend David Goodwin, Jason Huffman, and Brother Charles Weeks officiating. Masonic graveside services will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery under the auspices of the Burke Masonic Lodge #833 A.F. & A.M....

Dec 16, 2021

Funeral services for Jesus Aguilar, 56, of Diboll will be held Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Primera Iglesia Bautista de Diboll with Enrique Perez officiating. Interment will follow in the Forest Haven Cemetery.

Mr. Aguilar was born October 12, 1965 in Piedras Negras, Mexico to Bertha (Alvarez) and Santos Aguilar. On Thursday, December 16,...

Dec 15, 2021

Funeral services for Mary Horton Murphy, 67, of Lufkin will be held Monday, December 20, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at Clawson Assembly of God with Pastor Luis Salazar officiating. Interment will follow in the Fielder Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Murphy was born April 21, 1954 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Geraldine (Roberts) and C.W. Horton, and died...

Dec 15, 2021

Funeral services for William O’Dean Lee, 82, of Zavalla will be held Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Brother Russell Bryan, Brother J.P. Hopkins, Brother Willie Wooten, and Brother Van Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Narrow Way Cemetery.

Mr. Lee was born April 28, 1939...

Dec 15, 2021

Graveside services for Norma Jean Burnett, 85, of Ore City, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Friday, December 17, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Narrow Way Cemetery with Mae Mullins officiating.

Mrs. Burnett was born September 15, 1936 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Effie May (Battles) and George Wesley Johnson, and died Wednesday, December 15, 2021...

Dec 15, 2021

Visitations for Hong Thi Nguyen, 89, of Lufkin will be held from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021, and from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, December 19, 2021 at Carroway Funeral Home. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Sunday. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Nguyen was born August...

Dec 13, 2021

Lillian Gladys Hughes, 75, of Lufkin went to be with the Lord Monday, December 13, 2021.

Mrs. Hughes was born October 5, 1946 in Houston, Texas to the late Lillian May (Kent) and Albert Hegmann. A loving soul undaunted by the skepticism of...

Dec 13, 2021

Family graveside services for Gerrie Gray, 77, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Lower Chireno Cemetery with Brother Wayne Roberson officiating.

Gerrie was born to Estill B. Gray and Willyne (Atkinson) Gray December, 13, 1944 in Nacogdoches, Texas. She passed away Monday, December 13, 2021 in Lufkin.

She...

Dec 13, 2021

Funeral services for Jeffery Scott Platt, 56, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Don Rodgers officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery.

Mr. Platt was born April 21, 1965 in Houston, Texas, and died Monday, December 13, 2021 in a Tyler hospital....

Dec 13, 2021

Toby Roland, at age 53, left us much too soon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Dwayne Greenwood officiating. Interment will follow in the Largent Cemetery.

Toby was born August 4, 1968 in Lufkin, Texas and died in a local hospital Monday, December...

Dec 12, 2021

Graveside services for Randy Clyde Reid, 71, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at White Rock Cemetery in Shelby County with Kyle Campbell officiating.

Mr. Reid was born September 30, 1950 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Meredith (Koonce) and Clyde Reid, and died Sunday, December 12, 2021 in a local...

Dec 10, 2021

Graveside services for Neva Cassels Holmes, 79, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Newman Cemetery with Brother Ricky Carrell officiating.

Mrs. Holmes was born July 26, 1942 in San Augustine, Texas to the late Mildred (Holland) and Garland Waley, and was raised by Mamie (Russell) and Edward Cassels. She died...

Dec 9, 2021

Funeral services for Margie Jo Bowser Chalker, 71, of Lufkin will be held Monday, December 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother David Snelson officiating and eulogy by James Gray. Interment will follow in the Shady Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches.

Mrs. Chalker was born August 16, 1950 in Lufkin, Texas to...

Dec 9, 2021

Funeral services for Virginia Bryan Ellis, 84, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Williams officiating. Interment will follow in the Shofner Cemetery.

Mrs. Ellis was born July 15, 1937 in Angelina County, Texas to the late Willie V. (Collins) Bryan Bean and...

Dec 9, 2021

Funeral services for Brax Haney, 82, of Lufkin will be held Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mark Newton officiating. Entombment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Haney was born April 3, 1939 in Lilbert, Nacogdoches County, Texas to the late Della (Bradshaw) and...

Dec 7, 2021

Memorial services for Barbara Lanier Holmes, 91, of Lufkin will be held Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. in the Henderson Chapel of First United Methodist Church Lufkin with Reverend D. Nick Sholars and Reverend Dr. Jerome Brimmage officiating. Interment will be prior to the services at 9:30 a.m. in the Jasper City Cemetery.

Barbara Lanier...

Dec 5, 2021

Graveside services for Robert L. “Bob” Denum, Jr., 97, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 12:00 Noon at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park with Pastor Ford Adkins officiating.

Mr. Denum was born May 4, 1924 in Lufkin to the late Mary (Gibson) and Robert Lee...

Dec 5, 2021

Funeral services for Roger N. Brock, 79, of Hudson will be held Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Gary Forrest officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mr. Brock was born August 20, 1942 and passed away Sunday, December 5,...

Dec 5, 2021

Funeral services for Nellev Pillows Forrest, 89, of Apple Springs will be held Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Lonnie Vallance and Reverend Monica Massey officiating. Interment will follow in the Bennett Cemetery in Apple Springs.

Mrs. Forrest was born September 17, 1932 in Groveton, Texas to the...

Dec 4, 2021

Graveside services for Bennie Lee Brawley, 61, of Pollok will be held Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Strong Cemetery in Huxley. Visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning prior to the service.

Bennie was born May 4, 1960 in Shelby County, Texas and died Saturday, December 4, 2021 in...