Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home

Mary Jane Woolwine Gray was born April 21, 1944 in Diamond, West Virginia to Golden and Sylvia Woolwine. She passed from this earth to be with our Heavenly Father November 1, 2024 in Ada, Oklahoma. She was 80 years old. She loved the Lord and going to church. She enjoyed crocheting, gardening, sewing, reading, cooking, helping others, but mostly she loved her family and took great joy in her great grand daughters. She is survived by her daughters, Linda Midkiff and husband Randy, Julie Hatton, Lisa Beecher and husband Woody, and Hassie Taylor. Grandchildren, Jason Goodman and wife, Jennifer, Joshua Goodman, Amanda Thetford, and husband Raymond, Bryar Beecher and wife Dustye, Rachel...

Graveside inurnment service for Daniel Lee Kenner, 79, of Lufkin will be held at 4PM on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at Gann Cemetery. Mr. Kenner was born November 14, 1944, in Lufkin, Texas, son of the late William David Kenner and Lillie Mae Mosely Kenner. He passed away Thursday, October 17, 2024. Daniel proudly served in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967 during the Vietnam Conflict. He was awarded a Purple Heart. After many years, he retired from the Brookshire Brothers Warehouse. Survivors include son, William Duane Kenner of Lufkin; grandson, Austin Don and Chloe Kenner of Lufkin; nephews, Donnie and Debbie Hearrell, and Eric Hearrell; nieces, Terrie and Sam Starr, Kristy and...

Memorial service for Roger Allen Thomas, 88, of Newton will be held at a later time. Mr. Thomas was born July 6, 1936 in Corrigan, Texas, son of the late Eula Mae Ingram and Augustus Raymond Thomas. He passed away peacefully at Shady Acres Betty House in Newton, Texas on Saturday, July 20, 2024. Roger enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending time with his family. He graduated from Nacogdoches High School and later proudly served in the Army National Guard. After decades of service, he retired from Sullivan Graphics. Roger was a member of Herty Baptist Church. Survivors include daughter, Jana Cates and husband, Allen; grandchildren, Cassie Cates Riegle and Colby Thomas Cates, and wife,...

Rhonda Irene Horton Rhonda Irene Horton of Lufkin Texas passed away Sunday morning June 9, 2024 in a local nursing home. She was 54 years of age She was born to the late Greta and Ronald Horton Sr., October 9, 1969 and lived a joyful life thereafter. Rhonda enjoyed and loved many things in her life such as her family and friends that she had meet in her life. It could be said that she never meet a stranger and everyone was a friend to her. She enjoyed sewing and knitting things, loved reading and had a love for music, which she enjoyed to dance to. She leaves behind to cherish her a sister, Raquel Gilbert-Reaume of AZ, two brothers; Donald Dewayne Horton of...

Funeral service for Shirley Blackburn, 82, of Lufkin, will be held at 2:30PM on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the Elwyn Marcus Gipson Chapel of Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mrs. Blackburn was born March 23, 1942 in Malakoff, Texas, daughter of the late Naomi (Ford) and Murray Noble. She passed away Thursday, June 6, 2024 in the Southland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Shirley was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Survivors include husband, George Blackburn of Lufkin; children, Carol Blackburn of Diboll, Joe Blackburn and wife, Debra of Lufkin, and Georgia Beam of Lufkin; grandchildren, Tony Beam II and wife Maddie,...

Memorial service for Rosa Dianne Lovett, 72, of Lufkin, will be held at a later date. Rosa was born March 26, 1951 in Nacogdoches County, daughter to the late Rosa Lee (Branton) and Earnest Blanton. She passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2023 at the Larkspur Nursing Home. Mrs. Lovett loved watching N.C.I.S. She loved her family and fur- baby, Tara. She enjoyed nursing before she retired. Survivors include son, Charles and Angie Lovett of Huntington; daughter, Teresa and Doug Erbey of Huntington; brother, James and Jean Owens of Huntington; sister, Janie Kenner of Nacogdoches; grandchildren, Chris and Nicole Battles, Destiny and Johnny New, Candance and Jason Nichols, Casey Erbey, Justin...

Memorial service for Rosa Dianne Lovett, 72, of Lufkin, will be held at a later date. Rosa was born March 26, 1951 in Nacogdoches County, daughter to the late Rosa Lee (Branton) and Earnest Blanton. She passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2023 at the Larkspur Nursing Home. Mrs. Lovett loved watching N.C.I.S. She loved her family and fur- baby, Tara. She enjoyed nursing before she retired. Survivors include son, Charles and Angie Lovett of Huntington; daughter, Teresa and Doug Erbey of Huntington; brother, James and Jean Owens of Huntington; sister, Janie Kenner of Nacogdoches; grandchildren, Chris and Nicole Battles, Destiny and Johnny New, Candance and Jason Nichols, Casey Erbey, Justin...

Loretta Freeman, 87, of Lufkin, Texas was born on May 22, 1935 in Ironto, Virginia to Helen (Perdue) and Fred E. Knoeller and passed away at Larkspur Nursing Home on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Loretta loved to sew and collected hens on a nest. She also loved square dancing and enjoyed traveling in an RV. She will be truly missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Pamela and Mike McCroskey from Bronson, Texas; and her son, Jeffrey Lynn Freeman from Lufkin, Texas; grandson, Duane "Frog" Stubblefield and wife Stacy of Arlington; great grandchildren, Zachary Stubblefield, Zane Stubblefield and Adalyn Stubblefield all of Arlington; sister, Shirley Wolf;...

Mike Giles, 79, of Apple Springs, was born October 1, 1942 in Redlands, California, the son of the late Mildred (Collins) and William Jennings Giles. He passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Giles was a loving husband, father and grandfather, who loved being around his family. He served his country in the United States Navy for four years and afterward worked for Dow Chemical as a welder. He loved the Dallas Cowboys and enjoyed watching their games. Survivors include his wife, Betty Giles of Apple Springs; daughter and son-in-law, Naomi and Tony Goins of Apple Springs; son and daughter-in-law, Edgar and Dawn Giles of Magnolia; son, Henry Giles of Apple Springs;...

Linda Louise (Pokey) Blake, 88, of Diboll, Texas was born on January 23, 1934 in Weches, Texas; and passed away on February 18, 2022, at a local hospital in Lufkin, Texas. Mrs. Blake was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed raising babies and always kept a happy home. She enjoyed cooking, came from a long line of love, and raised everyone. She enjoyed bowling in her younger years and playing dominoes of any kind later in life. Mrs. Blake was survived by her brother, James Alton "Mutt" Minton, and sisters-in-love Sandra Minton, Nancy Jo Minton, and Rosemarie Minton; children, Diane Marie Hilton and husband Scott Hilton of Riverside, California, Lynn...