TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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James Burnett

U.S. Veteran James Paul Burnett, age 87, of Longview, Texas, died Monday, December 5, 2022, in a Longview hospital. Mr. Burnett was born December 19, 1934, in Texarkana, Texas. He was a veteran of the United States Army and an…

Susie Johanna Autrey Jaixen

Susie Johanna Autrey Jaixen daughter of Dave S and Agnes Wetz Autrey born in Hooks, Texas June 12, 1927. Susie went to Shreveport Louisiana and trained as a nurse at Schumpert Hospital with the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate…

Wayne Banks

U.S. Veteran Michael “Wayne” Banks, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away at Wadley Regional Hospital on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Wayne was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 28, 1942, to Verna Anderson Banks and Richard Banks, Sr. He graduated from…

James Pride

James Russell Pride, age 76, of Texarkana, Texas, passed peacefully on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Christus St. Michael Hospital after a long, but courageous battle with metastatic prostate cancer. James was born on September 14, 1946, in Naples, Texas…

Wanda Jean Davis

Wanda Jean Davis, age 90, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 1, 2022. Mrs. Davis was born May 1, 1932, in Miller County, Arkansas, and was a lifetime resident of Texarkana.…

Marilyn Grantier

Marilyn Player Grantier March 8, 1950 – November 25, 2022. Passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 25, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents William H. Player and Jacquelyn P. Player and her sister, Dianne P.…

Patsy Thornton

Patricia Ann (Patsy) St. John Thornton of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on December 1, 2022, at Cornerstone Assisted Living in Texarkana. Patsy was born August 27, 1940, in Houston, to parents Robert Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth Church St. John. After…

Carolyn Christine Eldridge

Carolyn Christine Williams Eldridge, age 77, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away November 30, 2022, in a local hospice facility after a lengthy illness. Carolyn was born on February 14, 1945, in Bowie County to her parents Hugh Leroy “Dink” and…

Ricky Wayne Hopkins

Ricky Wayne Hopkins, Sr., age 66, of Texarkana, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Hopkins is preceded in death by his father and mother, Richard and Wanda Hopkins; and one sister, Tina…

Thomas “TJ” Jim Rhoades

U.S. Veteran Thomas Jim “TJ” Rhoades, age 93 of New Boston, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2022 in a local nursing facility. Mr. Rhoades was born March 29, 1929 in Winnsboro, Texas to Pollard and Elizabeth Rhoades. He was…

Olford Wright Jr.

Olford Wright, Jr. 68 passed November 21, 2022. Visitation Friday, December 2, 2022 from 3:00-5:00 PM Jones Stuart Mortuary. Service December 3, 2022 12:00 PM Mt. Zion First Baptist with Rev. Alford Jerrigan, Eulogist. Burial at Chapelwood Gardens. [AdSense-B]

Joseph Jerome Hawkins

Reflection of His Life “In His own way and for His own purpose, God reached down from his earthly gardens and removed one of His strongest flowers, because He saw He was getting tired, so He took him home to…

Thomas James Starks

Thomas James Starks, 88, of Ogden, Arkansas passed from this life on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at his residence. Thomas James fondly called “T.J.” was the oldest child born to the union of the late VeEster and Pearl Pitts Starks…

Melvina Jones

Mrs. Melvina Sims Jones, age 84, of Waco, Texas, died November 28, 2022, at her residence. Mrs. Jones was born June 6, 1938, in Miller County, Arkansas. She was a member of the Church of the Redeemed in Waco, Texas,…