Carolyn Lane's Obituary
Funeral services for Carolyn Lane,78, of Lufkin will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, January 30, 2021, in the Colonial Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow in the Berry Cemetery.
Mrs. Lane was born on July 6, 1942, in Lufkin, and died on Thursday, January 20, 2021, in Houston. Carolyn Jones Lane was born to Jim Jones and Mary Brandon in Lufkin, Texas, on July 6, 1942, where they lived until she was five years old.
Carolyn was the 7th child out of 8 children. They moved to Houston, Texas where she attended school and eventually met and married Thomas Dulaney. They had a family that included 5 children. Carolyn was a caregiver for numerous people. She loved each and every one of them and they always said how caring and thoughtful she was. Carolyn's real joy was spending time with her kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. They were the light of her life. She loved spending time with her middle daughter Katrina watching fireworks and eating the best-friend shrimp and fish ever cooked by Craig. She read so many books swapped Mith Jeff and Ruth Jameson and enjoyed every book. She also loved sharing recipes with her baby daughter, Glynis, and going to eat Mexican food together. Shopping with her oldest daughter Shelia was a blast because they would take all day and she loved it. She loved spending time fishing with her two boys Jimmy and Chris and could sit on the fishing bank all day if you let her. She loved running all over town and to the Casino with her baby sister Judy.
On January 20, 2021, Carolyn Jones Lane went to meet her Heavenly Father in Baytown, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her mother, father, brothers, 3 sisters, both sons, and 2 grandsons.
Survivors: Judy Snider of Lufkin, Shelia and (Grady Parker) of Lufkin, Katrina and (Craig Jameson) of Katy, and Glynis Selmeczy of Parma, Ohio. She is also survived by 14 grandkids, 20 great-grandkids, 2 great-great-grand kids, and numerous nieces and nephews.
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