TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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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,…

Donna Sutton

Donna T. Sutton, age 79, of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, November 28, 2022, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Sutton was born September 12, 1943, in Texarkana, Arkansas to Clifton LeGrand and Mary Swanger LeGrand. She was retired from Swepco…

Tommy Sidney Waggoner

Tommy Sidney Waggoner, age 79, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 28, 2022, at his home, surrounded by his family. Mr. Waggoner was born on February 6, 1943, in Texarkana, Arkansas,…

Helen Walker

Helen Marie Walker, age 80, of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, November 28, 2022, in a local hospital. Mrs. Walker was born June 21, 1942, in Hooks, Texas to Christopher Rose and Bessie Sullivan Rose. She was retired from Red River…

Webster Addison

U.S. Veteran WEBSTER ADDISON Morris Webster Addison, age 75, of Texarkana, Texas, died Sunday, November 27, 2022, at his residence. Mr. Addison was born December 6, 1946, in New Boston, Texas to Jeff Morris Addison and Mary Ellen White Addison.…

Onzell Dodson

Onzell Dodson, age 92, of Fouke, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, November 27, 2022, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Dodson was born May 13, 1930, in Fouke, Arkansas, and was a lifetime resident…

Kathy Jean Purtle

Kathy Jean Purtle, age 73 of Maud, Texas passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022 in a Dallas Hospital. Mrs. Purtle was born September 9, 1949 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas to James and Juanita Smith. She was retired after 42 years…

Randy James Rawls

Randy James Rawls, age 64 of New Boston, Texas passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022 in a local hospice facility. Mr. Rawls was born October 18, 1958 in Hughes Springs, Texas, He was preceded in death by his parents, James…

Ellen “Pauline” Firth

Ellen Pauline Firth passed away November 26, 2022 at Hospice of Texarkana. Mrs. Firth was born March 8, 1933 in DeKalb, Texas to Jasper Foster and Geneva Flanery. She was a housewife and a member of God’s Little Acre Church,…

Pat Yvonne McKeehan

Pat Yvonne McKeehan, 66, of Fouke, AR, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully in her sleep on Thanksgiving morning, November 24, 2022, in her home. Pat was born on January 13, 1956, in Silver City, New Mexico. Pat, who was lovingly…

Charles Champion

Charles H. Champion, 82, of Wake Village, Texas died Wednesday, November 23, 2022, in Wadley Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Champion was born at home on a Sunday morning, February 4, 1940, in Texarkana, Texas to Horace H. and Viva…