TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Ruth Brassfield

Ruth Brassfield, age 80, of Bogue, KS passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. She was born on July 16, 1941 to James and Opal Bane in Redwing, MN. She is preceded in death by her parents, two sons, James…

Kimberly Henry

Kimberly “Kim” Henry, age 34, of Texarkana, passed away on November 9, 2021 from complications due to spina bifida. Her smile and laugh were contagious. And she had a love for Bingo and frog legs. She is preceded in death…

Linda Sue Mattson

Linda Sue Mattson, age 57, of Texarkana, Arkansas died on November 9, 2021 in a local hospital surrounded by her family. Ms. Mattson was born December 23, 1963 in Texarkana, Texas and was a lifetime resident of Texarkana. She was…

Cynthia Short

Cynthia Irene Gould Short was born in Bauxite, Arkansas on December 29, 1934, to Leonard and Mae Gould. She left this world on November 7, 2021. She was a lifelong Christian and was a member of St. Alban’s Anglican Parish…

Javon Gooden

Javon Nathaniel Gooden aka “Mad Maxx”, was born October 1, 2001 in Texarkana, TX. He gained his Wings on Sunday, October 31, 2021 and went home to be with the Lord. Javon has always been talented and had such a…

Vida Jannette Brine

Vida Jannette Brine, age 89, of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, November 8, 2021. Mrs. Brine was born November 12, 1931 in Malta, Texas. She was retired from Red River Army Depot and was a member of First Baptist Church, Texarkana.…

Doris Carter

Early in the morning, on the first day of the week, a glorious and miraculous event happened in Terrell, TX. Doris Ann Hensley Carter’s spirit was released from a body of suffering and pain to return to her Beloved Creator!…

Amora Marie-Brooke Aleman

Amora Marie-Brooke Aleman, 2, of Hooks, Texas passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021. She was born September 5, 2019 in Texarkana, Texas to Michael and Karmyn Aleman. She is preceded in death by her grandmother Cindy Minter, uncle Jose Aleman,…

Robert Knox

Robert Wayne Knox was born on March 7, 1965. He was loved every day of his life by his mother, Molly Knox, and his father, James Knox. He was 56 when he died on November 5, 2021 at the end…