TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Lurlynn Hickerson

Lurlynn Hickerson age 83, of Texarkana, Texas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 25, 2021, in a local hospital. Mrs. Hickerson was born November 5, 1937, in Texarkana, Texas, and was a lifetime resident…

Gary Thomas Jones

Gary Thomas Jones, age 73, of Texarkana, Texas passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at his home. He was born November 22, 1947, in Texarkana, Texas. Gary is survived by his former wife, Jackie Jones, and his children: Jennifer…

Jerry Jones

Jerry Thomas Jones, age 75, of Texarkana, Arkansas died on February 25, 2021 at a local hospital. Mr. Jones was born December 22, 1945 in Texarkana, Texas. He was a member of Mandeville First Baptist Church and was a retired…

Sally Ann McInvale

Sally Ann Glover McInvale, age 76, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, February 25, 2021 in a local nursing facility. Mrs. McInvale was born May 6, 1944, in Texarkana, Arkansas. She was retired from the Baptist Book Store and was a…

Nellie Higgins

Nellie Ruth Higgins, 84, of Naples, Texas was called home by the Lord February 14, 2021. Nellie was born in Blackwell, Texas in 1936. She was a homemaker and attended church services for the Apostolic faith. Nellie was a beloved…

Diane Louise Gates

Diane Louise Gates, age 60, of Mount Pleasant, Texas passed away on February 16, 2021 at a local care facility. Ms. Gates was born on September 30, 1960 in Texarkana, Texas to her parents Billy and Audrey Brush Dowd. She…

Jeffrey Don Stone

Jeffrey (Jeff) Don Stone, age 63 of Texarkana Texas departed from this world February 18, 2021 at his home. Born January 8, 1958 in Laporte, Indiana to Milton Ray and Catherine Sullivan Stone. He is survived by his wife of…

David Wood

David Leo Wood, age 79, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at a local hospital. David was born on January 15, 1942 in Bloomburg, Texas to Edgar Heath Wood and Willie Ruth Wood. He worked for the city as…

Sue Purifoy

Sue M. Purifoy, age 74 of Genoa, Arkansas took her final set of wings Monday morning February 22, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her family, after a two-month valiant fight with cancer and assisted nobly in her final days…

Marty Carpenter

Martin “Marty” Eugene Carpenter, age 64, of New Boston, Texas, died Sunday, February 21, 2021, in New Boston, Texas. Marty was born July 21, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was a former employee of Red River Army Depot where…

Juanita Mae Greer

Juanita Mae Greer, age 98, of Texarkana, Texas passed away on February 20, 2021 in a local care facility. Mrs. Greer was born on July 18, 1922 in New Boston, Texas to her parents Henry F. and Florence Sanford Heflin.…