TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Robert Edward Sellers, Jr.

Robert Edward Sellers, Jr., age 55, of Simms, Texas, passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at a local hospital. He was born on September 11, 1968, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church – Simms,…

Faye Inez Wendeburg

Faye Inez Ingram Wendeburg, age 93, of Wake Village, Texas, passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2023. She was born to Charles and Jesse Ingram on August 8, 1930, in Grapeland, Texas. Mrs. Wendeburg spent her working days as a…

Robert Yalmer Mortensen

U.S. Veteran Robert Yalmer Mortensen, age 97, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, October 12, 2023 in a local hospice facililty. Mr. Mortensen was born March 5, 1926 in Texarkana, Texas. He was retired from Union Pacific Railroad, member of the…

Timothy Allen Rayburn

Timothy Allen Rayburn, age 35, of Fouke, Arkansas died Thursday October 12, 2023 at his residence. Mr. Rayburn was born June 23, 1988 in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was a former heavy equipment operator. Timothy enjoyed doing mechanic work, carpentry, and…

Mary Wanda Lee Whitaker

Mary Wanda Lee Whitaker, age 92 years, 10 months and 1 day, of Texarkana, TX, passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 in a local nursing home. Mary was born on December 10, 1930 in Texarkana Arkansas to Ivy Lee…

Beauford Harold Edmond

Beauford Harold Edmond was born February 5, 1953 in Cason, Texas to the parentage of Beauford Tom and Vera Lee Smith Edmond. He was the second born of six siblings. Beauford was preceded in death by his parents, Beauford and…

Robert B. Morton

U.S. Veteran Robert (Bob) Morton Mr. Robert B. Morton, age 90, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Tuesday, October 10, 2023, in a local hospital. Mr. Morton was born April 3, 1933, in Heber Springs, Arkansas, to C. D. (Cloy) Morton and…

Robin Faulknor

Robin Faulknor, 62, of Texarkana, passed away on October 8, 2023. She was born June 16, 1961, to Tony and Louise Basham in Clarksville, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her son, Ricky Neil Faulknor…

Susan Walker

Susan Walker, age 74, of Texarkana, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2023. Susan was born on March 17, 1949 to Paul and Dorothy Shivley in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was a supporter of the Texarkana Humane Society by fostering…

Bobby Lyn Anderson

Bobby Lyn Anderson, age 36, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023 in a local hospital. Bobby was born on January 2, 1987 in Texarkana, Texas to Thomas Anderson and Janet Hudson. Bobby worked as an instrument…

Donald Richard Epperson

Donald Richard Epperson, dedicated husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and man of faith passed away on October 6, 2023, at the age of 84 in his hometown of Texarkana, Texas from late-stage Multiple Myeloma, a bone marrow cancer. His family was…