TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Elizabeth Ann Soyars

Elizabeth Ann Soyars died Wednesday, October 19, 2022. She was born in Amarillo, Texas on December 14, 1965, and was preceded in death by her mother, Cynthia Folda Soyars and her father, Dr. James Edward Soyars. She started her life-long…

Paula Davenport

Paula Dawn Davenport, age 56, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, October 20, 2022, at her residence. Ms. Davenport was born April 8, 1966, in Hugo, Oklahoma to James and Ann Smallwood. Paula was a member of Hampton Church of Christ.…

Angela Kay Shields

Angela Mcleod Shields, age 72, of Texarkana, AR, (formally of Ft. Worth, TX), left her earthly body to join her Heavenly Father on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at her residence. Angela was born on November 4, 1949 to her parents,…

Linda “Lynn” Wilson

Lynn Wilson, age 73, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 20, 2022, in an Ashdown nursing home. Lynn was born on April 29, 1949, in Steelville, Missouri, and lived in Texarkana…

Fay Morrison

Virginia Fay Morrison, age 88, of Texarkana, Texas, died October 19, 2022, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Morrison was born March 15, 1934, in Talco, Texas to Henry and Lucy Williams, the second child of their ten children. Fay…

Janice Elanor Page

Janice Elanor Page, age 79, of Texarkana, Arkansas went home to be with her Lord and Savior October 19, 2022, in a local hospice facility surrounded by her family. Ms. Page was born December 12, 1942, in Mt. Holly, Arkansas.…

Catherine (Cathy) Marie Parks

U.S. Veteran Catherine Marie Parks (Cathy), age 67, of Hooks, Texas, born December 22, 1954, in Ridgewood, New York the youngest of 5 children returned home to her heavenly Father on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, no longer in pain unburdened…

Joy Cobb

Gwendolyn “Joy” Sturgeon Cobb, age 87, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022. Joy was born in Texarkana, Arkansas on October 1, 1935, to John Clayton and Clara Fay Sturgeon. She was raised in Texarkana and graduated…

Phillip Lloyd

Phillip Dan Lloyd peacefully and joyfully went Home to be with Jesus on October 17, 2022. He was born in San Diego, CA on January 30, 1944 to his parents Phillip and Verda Lloyd. It was through his beloved mother…

June Johnson

June Johnson, age 84, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022, at her home. She was born on October 12, 1938, in Smackover, Arkansas, to Levi “Hawk” and Stella Pierce. Mrs. Johnson spent her working days as…

Reba Jones Leftwich

Reba Jones Leftwich, age 83, of Wake Village, Texas died Sunday, October 16, 2022, at The Retreat on Kenwood, a local Assisted Living Facility. Ms. Leftwich was born May 28, 1939, in Lockesburg, Arkansas. She was retired from Cooper Tire…

Yolanda Evans

Yolanda Evans, 63 of Texarkana, TX gained her wings October 17, 2022. Funeral Service Friday, October 21, 2022 at Jones Stuart Mortuary at 12:00 PM with Shelby Smith, Eulogist. Burial New Hope Cemetery, Doddridge, AR. [AdSense-B]

Mary Katherine Bradford

Mary Katherine Bradford, age 76, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2022. She was born on October 5, 1946, in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Bradford spent her working days as a crafter. She would spend her days making…

Ruth Alice Sneed

Ruth Alice “Morrow” Sneed, 78, of Texarkana, AR passed away on October 14, 2022 at her residence in Genoa, AR. Ruth was born December 21, 1943, in Prescott, AR to James Rufus and Thelma Eunice Morrow. She eventually met and…