Funeral service for Stephen Edward Foster, 45, will be held at 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at Laird Funeral Home with Bro. Jackie Yates and Bro. Jerry Wilson officiating.  Interment will follow at Eden Cemetery.  Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 12:00pm at Laird Funeral Home.  A full obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Memorial Service for Carole Deptula, 80, of Nacogdoches will be held at 3:00pm on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at Fairview Methodist. Visitation will be held from 1:00-3:00pm prior to the service.  Mrs. Deptula passed away on March 7, 2026 in Nacogdoches. She was born on July 30, 1945 in Chicago, IL to Marion and Bertha Mathews. Being born in Chicago, to a mother who sang nursery rhymes and practiced piano throughout her childhood, Carole developed an extensive love of music.  She ...

Funeral services for Danna Garrett will be held at 11:00am on Monday, March 9, 2026, at Laird Funeral Home officiated by Bro. John McGuire. Interment will follow at Cold Springs Cemetery in Garrison. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 10:00am to 11:00am on Monday, March 9, 2026. Danna Shae Pugh Garrett, 77, of Nacogdoches, Texas, passed away on March 5, 2026. She was born July 29, 1948, in Garrison, Texas, to Joshua and Ida Shipp, the youngest of seven children. After her ...

Delores Jean “Dee” Holland Baker, age 94, passed away in Nacogdoches, Texas, on March 4, 2026. Dee was born on July 16, 1931, in Galveston, Texas, to Jess Hulon Holland and Dorothy Louise Lewis Holland. Delores grew up on Galveston Island alongside her siblings and many friends and relatives. After graduating from Ball High School, Dee worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Galveston. Dee married her high school sweetheart, Donald Clifton Baker, on March 29, 1952. The ...

Mass Christian Burial for Juan Martin Martinez-Castro, 24, of Nacogdoches will be held at 9:00am on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 5:00-7:00pm with Rosary at 6:00pm on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at Laird Funeral Home. Juan passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2026 in Nacogdoches.  Juan Martin Martinez Castro was born and raised in Nacogdoches. He graduated from Nacogdoches High School. ...

Funeral services for Carol Alice (Prouty) Butler, 87, of Chireno will be held at 11:00am Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Chireno Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Lower Chireno Cemetery.  A visitation will be held prior to the service from 10:00am to 11:00am on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Chireno Methodist Church.  Carol Alice Prouty Butler was born in Houston to parents, Clifton G. and Althea Prouty on October 13, 1938. She passed away at home in Chireno on February 28, ...

A memorial visitation for Tommy Ray Albea, 90, of Nacogdoches will be held from 5:00-6:30pm on Monday, March 2, 2026 at Laird Funeral Home. Mr. Albea passed away on Friday, February 27, 2026 in Nacogdoches. Tommy was born on August 19, 1935 in Timpson, Texas to Cora Palmer.  At the age of 12 he was adopted by Jack and Georgia Hall Albea. He attended A&M University for one semester before returning to Nacogdoches and Stephen F. Austin.  He went to work for United Gas Pipeline ...

On February 26, 2026, Ruby Ann Weber passed from this life into the immediate presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  After almost 30 years, she was reunited with Bill, the love of her life. Ruby was born in Yorktown, Texas on June 16, 1930, to Dave and Mary Sowa Spellman.  After graduating from Cuero High School, she worked as a long-distance telephone operator for Southwestern Bell.  Ann first met Bill on a double date where they arrived with others but left having ...

A memorial visitation for Deborah Ann Williams, 61, of Nacogdoches, will be held from 4:00 to 6:00pm on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at Laird Funeral Home. Deborah passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, in Conroe. She was born on October 29, 1964, in Dallas to Vernon and Mary Lee (Reynolds) Williams. Deborah grew up in Lewisville, Texas. Everyone called her Deb but those close to her known her as Derba. Her family moved to Nacogdoches in 1981 where she graduated Nacogdoches High School in ...

A memorial visitation for Sherry Warnell Miller, 65, of Nacogdoches will be held from 2-4pm on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at Laird Funeral Home. Mrs. Miller passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, in Houston. Sherry Miller was born on February 20, 1961, in Center the daughter of Junior Miller and Levi Vernell English Miller.  She spent her childhood in the far reaches of east Texas, growing up in Center and attending school at Shelbyville ISD.  Sherry was a daughter, ...