Charles Thomas Chambliss

Services for Charles Thomas Chambliss, 80, of Lufkin, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 12, 2017 in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Gary Forest and Bro. Jerry Collins officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Chambliss was born January 6, 1937 in Center, Texas, the son of the late Viola (Fenley) and Thomas Leonard Chambliss. He went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, May 8, 2017. Mr. Chambliss was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was retired from Texas Foundries. He enjoyed traveling and visiting battlefields around the world. He loved the Dallas Cowboys. He enjoyed being around people and never met a stranger. Mr. Chambliss proudly served his country in the United States Navy on the U. S. Aircraft Carrier Oriskany. Survivors include his wife, Emma "Betty" Willoughby Chambliss; daughters, Cynthia Raines, Debra Blackburn and husband Joe, and Mary Chambliss; grandsons, Charles Raines and wife Yam, Cory Penick, and Robert Raines and wife Melissa; great-granddaughters, Charla and Kaelee Raines; great-grandsons, Cash and Eli Raines; sisters, Lena Chambliss, Barbara McCauley and husband W. H., and Beverly McCauley and husband Travis; brothers, Terry Chambliss and wife Elena and Wayne Willoughby; and a number of other family members. In addition to his parents, Mr. Chambliss was preceded in death by his brother-in-law, Alvis Buddy Willoughby and wife Helen; and sisters-in-law, Rosa Jordan King and Maxine Oswalt and husband Dennis. Pallbearers will be Rob Raines, Charles Raines, Bobby Fisher, Kenneth Noble, Robert Earl Jordan, Shane Willoughby, and Cory Penick. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Blackburn, James Valddez, Bill Wesley and M. G. Carlson. Friends are invited to visit with the family from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening at the funeral home. Wise words from his 6-year old grandson Cash: "How special that they get to live in Heaven and our hearts forever. They are always with us." Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home./Carolyn Jeanine Shofner Feazell/Services for Carolyn Jeanine Shofner Feazell, 84, of Lufkin, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2017 in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Stacy Perkins officiating. Interment will follow in the Walker Cemetery. Mrs. Feazell was born August 17, 1932 in the Redland Community of Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of the late Billie (Lindsey) and Owen Shofner. She passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017 in a Nacogdoches nursing facility. Mrs. Feazell was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a tough lady who could handle anything. She was co-owner of Feazell’s City Bakery along with her husband Frank. She also had worked at Lee’s Jewelers. Survivors include her sons, Charles Lane Feazell and wife Sandy and Chris Loren Feazell and wife Tressa; daughters, Cynthia Lynn Feazell Counts and husband Jimmy Counts and Carol Lisa Feazell Clark; grandchildren, Brent Feazell, Andrea Ashworth, Cody Strickland, Casey Strickland, Christin Sikes, Elliott Counts, Gretchen Seidel, Silas Schulze, Heather Schulze, Joshua Feazell, and Jacob Feazell; great-grandchildren, Emily Foster, Cameron Seidel, Lauren Straight-Boyd, Cara Feazell, Logan Feazell, Katelyn Sampson, Journey Lovell, Jason Lovell, Gabby Negrete, Ciera Strickland, Hayden Strickland, Gavin Sikes, Gracen Strickland, Samuel Strickland, Creed Sikes, Ethan Strickland, Kaysen Feazell and Kye Feazell; special cousin, Don Beatty; and a number of other family members. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Feazell was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Edwin Feazell in 1997. Pallbearers will be Casey Strickland, Silas Schulze, Brent Feazell, Joshua Feazell, Jacob Feazell and Justin Sikes. Mrs. Feazell’s family wishes to extend special thanks to Hospice in the Pines for their loving care shown to her. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening at Gipson Funeral Home. Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com. Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home.