All Obituaries

          Funeral services for Stetson Hunter “Rev” Tobias, 21, of Burke, will be held Sunday, May 27, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. at Shafer Funeral Home in Lufkin with Rev. Drew Rivers officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Grove Cemetery.         On January 2, 1997, Stetson Hunter Tobias was born into this world, to Clifton Tobias and LaTonya...

          Funeral services for Joseph Todd Basham, Sr., 45, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, May 26, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Shafer Funeral Home in Lufkin with Bro. John Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Gann Cemetery.           Mr. Basham was born May 2, 1973 in Lufkin, Texas, the son of Joey Basham Jr. and Shawn (Taylor)...

          Funeral services for Jessica Nadine Ferguson, 29, of Etoile, will be held Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Shafer Funeral Home in Lufkin with Bro. Jerry Perritte officiating. Interment will follow at Shofner Cemetery.           Mrs. Ferguson was born September 11, 1988 in Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of Michael Lee...

          Funeral services for Daphna (Brashears) Whitehead, 91, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, May 19, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Shafer Funeral Home in Lufkin with Bro. Steve Cowart officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery.           Mrs. Whitehead was born March 19, 1927 in Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of the late...

            Funeral services for Walt Malone, 78, of Pollok, will be held Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Shafer Funeral Home in Lufkin with Richard Smiley officiating.  Interment will follow at the Pollok Cemetery.  Following the burial, the family will have a reception at Kiwanis Park Pavilion #2 in Lufkin. ...

          Funeral services for Brenda Sue Kinner Gibson, 66, of Lufkin, will be held Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Denman Avenue Baptist Church in Lufkin with Bro. Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. Interment will follow at Bennett Cemetery in Trinity County.           Mrs. Gibson was born February 3, 1952 in Lufkin, Texas, the...

          Alina Mariana Byerly, infant daughter of Garry Don Byerly Jr. and Katie Scarlett (Evans) Byerly, of Lufkin, was born and died on April 29, 2018 in a local hospital.           Alina is survived by her parents, Garry and Katie Byerly; brother, Logan Byerly of Lufkin; and grandparents, Jacqueline and Wayne Evans of Lufkin.           Cremation...

         Funeral services for Achamma George, 88, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, May 5, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at Shafer Funeral Home in Lufkin with Rev. Dr. Jerome Brimmage officiating. Interment will follow at the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.           Mrs. George was born March 26, 1930 in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, the daughter of M.P. George and Mariam (Fenn) George, and died Saturday,...

          Memorial services for Betty Redd, 63, of Lufkin, will be held Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 3:00 p. m. at Shafer Funeral Home in Lufkin with Bro. Quentin Matthews officiating.           Ms. Redd was born March 14, 1955 in Livingston, Texas, the daughter of James Tolar and Velma (McNeil) Henry, and received her angel wings Tuesday, April 24, 2018 in...

          Funeral services for John “Papa John” Marshall, 85, of Lufkin, will be held Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at Harmony Hill Baptist Church with Stacy Perkins officiating. Interment will follow at Whitehouse Cemetery.           On January 12, 1933 a most wonderful man named John (Papa John) Marshall was born to Clifford M. Marshall and Katie (Willis) Marshall in...