TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Jessie Ross

Jessie Ross, age 90, of Hooks, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Jessie was born on May 30, 1931, to George and Josie Ross. He was an Air Force veteran and a retired business owner. He is preceded…

Rovine Hickson

Rovine Hickson, age 85, of Fouke, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, August 30, 2021. Mrs. Hickson was born April 24, 1936 in Lewisville, Arkansas and lived in Fouke most of her life. She…

Michael Lee Potts

Michael Lee Potts, age 51, of DeKalb, Texas, died Monday, August 30, 2021 in a local hospital. Mr. Potts was born November 14, 1969 in Texarkana, Texas. He was a Pharmaceutical Driver and owner of Loco Hombre Whitetail Ranch. He…

A&M Receives Donations

Texas A&M University-Texarkana received a $40,000 donation from the Patterson Troike Foundation as a part of its anniversary scholarship initiative. The university, celebrating 50 years as an institution, 25 years as a member of The Texas A&M University System, and…

William Jean

William Thomas Jean, age 32, passed away after a lengthy illness on Monday, August 30, 2021. William was born in Texarkana, Texas on September 9, 1988 to Alan Bradley Jean and Cassie Henry Jean. He attended primary school, K-3 through…

Imogene Tibbit McAuley

Imogene “Gene” Tibbit McAuley, age 89, of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, August 30, 2021 in a local hospital. [AdSense-C] She was born on January 1, 1932, to A.J. and Essie Jones Tibbit in Texarkana, Texas. She attended Arkansas High School…

Susie Sipes

Susie Van Sipes, age 79, of Hooks, Texas, died Monday, August 30, 2021, in a local hospital. Mrs. Sipes was born April 11, 1942, in Texarkana, Texas to James and Essie Lindsey. She was a homemaker, an excellent cook and…

Georgia Mae Helms

Georgia Mae Helms, age 90 of Maud, Texas passed away Sunday, August 29. 2021 at her residence. Mrs. Helms was born August 20, 1931 in Texarkana, Texas. She was a Retired Administrative Assistant with the US Army Corps of Engineers,…

Loma Rachel King

Loma Rachel King passed away at her home on August 28, 2021 at 94 years of age surrounded by her loving family. She was the oldest of two children born to Lenice and Auburn (A.V.) Rachel. She graduated from Atlanta…

Darrell M. Gearlds, Jr.

On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, the angels were instructed to visit the ICU at St. Michael’s Health Care Center, to invite 55 year old, Darrell Gearlds, Jr., husband of Michelle, father to eight children, and ten grandchildren, to take a…

George Ray Rumsey

George Ray Rumsey, age 77 of Atlanta, Texas, went to be with the Lord while in a Texarkana, Texas hospital on Sunday, August 22, 2021 surrounded by his family. George was born on September 24, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas to…