TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Esta Ann Smith

Esta Ann Smith, age 93, of Texarkana, Texas, died Friday, September 1, 2023 at her residence. Mrs. Smith was born February 28, 1930 in Texarkana, Texas. She was a retired school teacher having taught in Arlington, Texas and at Pleasant…

Joe Allen

Joe E. Allen, 86, of Texarkana passed away on August 31, 2023. He was born on July 8, 1937 to James and Audrey Allen in Texarkana. He was a member of the Wake Village First Baptist Church the Elks Lodge.…

Walter Everett Cox

Walter Everett Cox, age 56, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 31, 2023. Mr. Cox was born on December 7, 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee, and lived in Horn Lake, Mississippi, for…

James Porter Towers

Mr. James Porter Towers was born March 15, 1937, in Bodcaw, Nevada County, Arkansas to the late Foster S. Sr. and Ruby McKinney Towers. He departed this life on Monday, August 21, 2023, at his home in Houston, Texas. He…

James (Jim-Bo) Starkey

James Donald (Jim-Bo) Starkey, age 84, of Hooks, Texas departed this life to be with his Lord and Savior on August 28, 2023, at his home surrounded by his beloved family and friends. He was born on April 29, 1939…

Steven Lee Green

Steven Lee Green, age 68, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, in a local hospice facility surrounded by his family. Mr. Green was born June 23, 1955, in Texarkana, Arkansas, and was a lifetime resident of the…

LaTrisha Lynn May Smithson

LaTrisha Lynn May Smithson, 51, passed away on August 29, 2023. She was born on November 5, 1971, in Mount Pleasant, Texas to Marvin Smithson and Evelyn Shippey. LaTrisha was an employee at Wal-Mart for 14 years. She had recently…

Betty Watkins

Betty Ann Watkins, 88, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on August 29, 2023. Betty was born February 15, 1935, in Parkersburg, West Virginia to Carl and Madeline Waldeck. She graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1953. As a cheerleader, Betty…

Henry Lee Murray

Henry Lee Murray, 84 years of age, from New Boston, Texas, passed from this earth on August 28, 2023, surrounded by his loving family just the way he wanted. He was born in Bradley, Arkansas on May 3, 1939, to…

Betty Watkins

Betty Ann Watkins, 88, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on August 29, 2023. Betty was born February 15, 1935, in Parkersburg, West Virginia to Carl and Madeline Waldeck. She graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1953. As a cheerleader, Betty…