TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Bobby Holt

Bobby Charles Holt, age 88 of Texarkana, Texas passed away on March 12, 2021, at a local assisted living facility. Mr. Holt was born on November 1, 1932 to Thomas and Hazel Holt in Clarksville, Arkansas who preceded him in…

Emma Lee Burns

Emma Burns, age 73 of Simms, Texas passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021 at a local assisted living. Ms. Burns was born October 7, 1947 in Simms, Texas to William Carl and Lottie May. She was retired from Red River…

Carolyn McDowell

Carolyn Lee Whitefield McDowell, age 75, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021 in a local hospital. Mrs. McDowell was born March 1, 1946 in Miller County, Arkansas and was a lifetime resident of Miller County. Carolyn was an…

Steven S. Cook

Steven S. Cook, of Chidester, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at a Camden hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Cook was born October 15, 1971 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for the…

Margaret Ann Manning

Margaret Ann Manning, age 89 of Texarkana Arkansas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday March 9th, 2021 surround by her loving family. Margaret was born on September 19th, 1931 in Grandview Texas. She was a member…

Linda Gayle Harvey

Linda Gayle Harvey, age 79, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, March 8, 2021. Mrs. Harvey was born April 13, 1941 in Miller County, Arkansas and was a life time resident of…

Jerry Lynn West

Jerry Lynn West age 65 of New Boston, Texas went home to be with the Lord on March 8, 2021. Mr. West was born September 27, 1955 in Gainesville, Texas. He was retired from TXDOT and was a missionary to…

Ola Modine Jansen

Ola Modine Chaney Jansen, age 88, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 7, 2021 in a local hospital. Mrs. Jansen was born May 10, 1932 in Texarkana, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of the North Heights Pentecostal…

Michael Jaynes

U.S. Veteran Michael Dean Jaynes, age 69, of Texarkana, Texas, died Saturday, March 6, 2021, in a local hospital. Mr. Jaynes was born April 13, 1951, in Texarkana, Texas to Margie and Harold Jaynes. He was a veteran of the…

DeAnna Lynn White

DeAnna White, age 57 of Maud, Texas passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 at a local Hospice facility. Ms. White was born October 21, 1963 in Texarkana, Texas to Lewis and Ollie Mae White. She was a Project Manager for…

Betty Rose Daniel

Mrs. Betty Rose Purifoy Daniel, age 89, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Friday, March 5, 2021 in a local hospital. Mrs. Daniel was born August 6, 1931 at Genoa, Arkansas, and had lived all of her life in Miller County. She…

Margie Evans

Margie Maurice Evans, age 90, of Texarkana, Texas, died Friday, March 5, 2021, in a local nursing center. Ms. Evans was born July 11, 1930, in Patmos, Arkansas to Birl and Opal Winberry. Margie loved to bowl and at one…

Dorris Jean Garrett

Dorris Garrett, age 89, of Texarkana, Texas passed away March 5, 2021 in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Garrett was born on July 29, 1931 to Homer Haywood and Jewel Allene Barton Haywood in Hughes Springs, Texas. She lived for…

Deane Starnes

Dorcas Deane Starnes, age 97, of Texarkana, Texas, died Friday, March 5, 2021, at her son’s residence. Mrs. Starnes was born May 3, 1923, in Truscutt, Texas to Benton and Louella Westbrook. She was a wonderful homemaker who took great…

Hollis Brooks

U.S. Veteran Hollis Tex Brooks, age 85, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, March 4, 2021, in a local nursing facility. Mr. Brooks was born February 21, 1936, in Blossom, Texas and was a veteran of the United States Air Force.…