All Obituaries

Mr. Billy Wayne Durham, age 86, of San Augustine County, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Stone Creek Village Care Center in San Augustine, Texas.  Born September 4, 1935, in O'Donnell, Texas, to parents Morris Durham and Vivian (Gaddis) Durham and also William Clark who raised him.  He was a lifelong resident of San Augustine after having moved from Beaumont area.   He met and married his sweetheart, Ima Jean Dykes.  Throughout their years,...

Mr. Don Harvey Vaughn, age 75, of San Augustine County, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2021, at CHI St. Luke’s Medical Center in San Augustine, Texas. He was born June 3, 1946. in Galveston, Texas, to parents Peggy (Burnett) and Harvey Vaughn. Don lived in the Huntington area of Angelina County, Texas, for most of his life before moving to San Augustine County in recent years. He graduated from Huntington High School and later served his country in the U.S. Army in...

Coach Crow Norvell was born in a modest shack of a home outside of the rural unincorporated town of Wright City, Texas to Effie Mae Bankston Norvell and her rugged hard working oil field husband, Walter Jacob Norvell on November 20, 1936.  He departed this life peacefully in the presence of family at 11:11 am on January 21, 2022 at the age of 85 years, 2 months and 1 day. Warren Jake (as his mom referred to him) attended New London Schools after it had been rebuilt due to the tragic...

Mrs. Deborah Kaye Carrell, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend joined her Savior in heaven on Thursday, January 20, 2022. She is reunited with Kenneth, her husband of 49 years, who preceded her in death. Deborah was a resident of Broaddus, Texas for over 40 years. She served in several different capacities in the community. In her past she worked for San Augustine drycleaners, Broaddus ISD, and several other local establishments. She was a member of Harvey Creek...

Misty LeeAnn Black, age 46, of Broaddus, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 1, 2022, at CHI St. Luke's Medical Center in San Augustine, Texas. Born May 28, 1975, in Nacogdoches, Texas, she was a longtime resident of the Broaddus area. Mrs. Black was a deputy in the office of the San Augustine County Tax Assessor/Collector. Family was very important to Misty, who enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, watching them play softball and supporting their activities....

Kathryn Key Barclay, age 83, of Nacogdoches, Texas, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at Nacogdoches Medical Center. She was born February 10, 1938, in Geneva, Texas, to parents Freddie Hazel (Bland) and King David Key. She grew up in the area and had deep family roots in San Augustine and Sabine Counties and had lived in Nacogdoches for the past several years. Mrs. Barclay enjoyed outdoor work and took great pride in caring for her lawn. Mrs. Barclay had worked in retail sales for...

Herbert Thomas (Tom) Johnson, age 79, of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021, at his San Augustine home. Tom was born November 23, 1942, in Lubbock, Texas, to parents Herbert (Herb) and Billie (Mitchell) Johnson. He grew up in Lubbock and attended Monterey High School and Texas Tech in Lubbock.  Tom worked for the Bell System (which included Western Electric, S.W. Bell, AT&T, Nokia, and Lucent Technologies) for 42 years.  Tom began his career in...

Mr. Wyman Earl Tompkins, age 84, of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Tompkins was born August 19, 1937, in Sabine County, Texas, to parents Hamp and Abbie (Harville) Tompkins. He grew up in the Geneva area and attended school in Hemphill. He was a longtime resident of San Augustine and worked a number of years at Noble & Company as marine mechanic. He was also a U.S. Army veteran. Wyman had enjoyed fishing throughout his life. He...

Mrs. Freddie Merel Butler, age 86, of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021, at Nacogdoches Medical Center Hospital. Mrs. Butler was born June 22, 1935, in Nacogdoches County, Texas, to parents Ethel Mae (Lee) and Henry Russell "Dick" Knous and had been a longtime San Augustine County resident. She was a graduate of Chireno High School. An important of her life was her family. She helped work the family's cattle and poultry farm while also being an...

Mr. Grady A. Lewis, age 95, of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at his residence in the Hawthorne Community. Mr. Lewis was born October 28, 1926, in San Augustine County's Steep Creek community to parents Ivy B. and Leona (Crocker) Lewis. He was a longtime resident of Lafayette, Louisiana, before returning to the San Augustine area. In Lafayette, he retired as sales manager for Patterson Rental Tools and was active with the First Baptist Church. He proudly...