TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Lynn Hopkins Barfield

Mrs. Lynn Barfield, born October 10, 1944 in Texarkana, TX. She was an active member of Tapp Memorial United Methodist, New Boston, TX. She quietly departed this life Tuesday, October 5, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband…

Woodrow Cleveland Plunkett

U.S. Veteran Woodrow Cleveland Plunkett, age 92, of Texarkana, Texas, died Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Plunkett was born June 2, 1929 in Plunkettville, Oklahoma. He was a retired contractor, member of the First Baptist Church, Texarkana…

Carl K. Scott

U.S. Veteran Carl K. Scott, age 71, of Texarkana, Arkansas died Tuesday, October 5, 2021, in a local hospital. Mr. Scott was born December 25, 1949, in Los Angeles, California. He was retired from Crest Chevrolet in San Bernadino, California.…

Joan Ellen Bryant

Joan Ellen Bryant, age 94, passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in Texarkana, Texas. Joan was born on June 7, 1927 to John and Emma Dolder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated high school in Milwaukee in 1945 and attended…

Timothy Allen Webb

Timothy Allen “Tim” Webb, age 59, of Texarkana, Texas, died Sunday, October 3, 2021 surrounded by his family. Mr. Webb was born July 6, 1962 in Houston, Texas and lived in Houston most of his life. Tim was a retired…

Dorothy Jane Byrd

Mrs. Dorothy Jane Smith Byrd, age 83, of Texarkana, Texas, died Friday, October 1, 2021, in a local retirement center. Mrs. Byrd was born February 11, 1938, at Texarkana, Texas. She was a Homemaker and was preceded in death by…

Faye Sharp Wagnon

Faye Sharp Wagnon, age 95, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died October 1, 2021 in Ruston, Louisiana. Mrs. Wagnon was born March 14, 1926 in Norphlet, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of the Beech Street First Baptist Church. She…

Mark Lummus

William Mark Lummus, age 60, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, September 30, 2021, in a Bossier City, Louisiana hospital. Mr. Lummus was born September 17, 1961, in Fort Riley, Kansas and was a member of the RLDS Church. Mark was…

Sammy Ray Pool

Sammy R. Pool, 48, of New Boston, TX passed away September 30, 2021. He was born January 7, 1973, in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, to Alvin Pool and Teresa Gauntt. He married Robbie Redman on March 21, 2009. He was employed…

Donald Eugene Powell

Donald E. Powell, 59 of Simms, TX passed away September 30, 2021. Donald was born to Thomas E. & Charlotte Faye Powell in Ardmore, OK on February 4, 1962. He was married to his wife Teresa in 1981 and would…

Marilyn Strickland

Marilyn Lee Strickland, age 73, of New Boston, Texas, died Thursday, September 30, 2021, in a local hospital. Mrs. Strickland was born May 6, 1948, in Converse, Louisiana and was a member of First Baptist Church Nash. She was an…