TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Mary Coen

Mary Louise Coen was born May 23, 1932 in Long Pine, Nebraska. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of Hardy United Methodist Church. She was dearly loved by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by…

Johnnie Helen Wilson

Johnnie Helen Wilson, age 79, of Texarkana, Texas, died Saturday, June 10, 2023 in a local hospital. Mrs. Wilson was born February 18, 1944 in New Boston, Texas. She was formerly employed with the Housing Authority in New Boston, Texas,…

Cathryne McKenzie

Mrs. Cathryne Ray McKenzie, age 82, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 9, 2023. Mrs. McKenzie was born October 27, 1940, in Texarkana, Arkansas, and had lived most of her life in Texarkana. She…

Birtie Lee Smith

Birtie Lee Smith, age 91 of New Boston, Texas passed away Friday, June 9, 2023 at her residence surrounded by her family. Mrs. Smith was born in New Boston, Texas on September 6, 1931, to Willie and Flora Thompson. She…

Bobby Webster Janes

Bobby Webster Janes, age 95, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, May 25, 2023, in a local hospice facility. Mrs. Janes was born September 6, 1927, in Texarkana, Texas. She taught kindergarten and first grade for 40 years for the Fort…

Anthony D. Burks

Mr. Anthony D. Burks, 58, passed away peacefully on May 29th, 2023. Anthony, affectionately called “Amp“ by his family and friends, was born on December 26th, 1964 in Texarkana, Arkansas to the late Doris Ann Burks Blackmon. He was raised…

Ruth Bemis

Ruth Taylor Bemis, age 96, of Redwater, Texas, died Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Bemis was born December 11, 1926, in Honey Grove, Texas to Charles and Beulah (Clements) Taylor. She was a member of…

John David Carter

John David Carter, 42, passed away on June 6, 2023 at his residence in Texarkana, Arkansas. Graveside services will be held 10 AM Saturday June 10, 2023 at Everett Cemetery in Hooks, Texas. The family will receive friends from 5…

Rodney Dupree

Rodney Dupree, 74, of Texarkana, Texas passed away on June 6, 2023, at a local hospital. Mr. Dupree was born on January 18, 1949, in Atlanta, Texas to Clarence and Daisy Dolly Dupree. He served in the Texas National Guard,…

Dora McCulley

Dora Ann McCulley, age 78, of Texarkana TX, passed away on June 3, 2023, at Christus St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. Dora was born on May 24, 1945, in Monahans, TX to Charlie Paul and Annie Gilline (Jean) McCulley.…

Ida Lou Nicholson

Ida Lou Nicholson, age 80, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, June 5, 2023, at her residence, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Nicholson was born June 22, 1942, in Texarkana, Arkansas. She…

Melva Shafer

Melva (Mel) Laverne Shafer, 93, of Redwater, Texas went to her final resting place on Sunday, June 4, 2023, following a brief illness. She was born in Redwater on May 6, 1930 to Edgar and Lela McCloskey. She was a…