TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Paul Crowe

Paul William Crowe passed away peacefully at his home on December 30, 2020. He was born April 24, 1935, in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He spent his youth in Springhill, Louisiana where he was the quarterback for the state champion Lumberjacks in…

John Thomas Johnson

John Thomas Johnson age 50 of Hooks, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born September 1, 1970 in Naples, Texas. He was a Cook at Sonic and is preceded in death by his…

Myrl Wood

Myrl E. Wood went to her heavenly home Wednesday, December 30, 2020. She was born September 15, 1928, in Port Lavaca, Texas to Samuel and Nora Hall. She was retired from Red River Army Depot’s personnel department after having worked…

Curtis Lee Pope

Curtis Lee Pope, 56, of Bandera, TX and formerly of Texarkana, TX passed from this life on Monday, December 28, 2020 in a tragic automobile accident. He was born in Texarkana, TX on November 3, 1964 to parents, Billy Ray…

Thad Gordon Beasley

Thad Gordon Beasley, 87, of Conway, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020 from natural causes. Gordon was born on June 1, 1933 to Tommy and Patty Weaver Beasley in Fulton, Arkansas. Gordon was the youngest of seven siblings.…

Delbert Baker

Delbert Lee Baker, age 83 of Texarkana, Arkansas died on December 27, 2020 at his residence with his loving wife of twenty-three years by his side. Delbert was born September 12, 1937 in Romance, Arkansas and was a Veteran of…

Ronald Coleman

Ronald W. “Fig” Coleman, born May 26, 1944 in Springhill, LA to Chester and Aimee Coleman went to be with the Lord on December 29, 2020 at his residence in Texarkana. He was raised in the Liberty Eylau Community where…

Albert “Butch” Cook, Jr.

Albert “Butch” Cook, Jr., age 74, of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, December 28, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Cook was born March 31, 1946, in Clarksville, Texas. He was the owner of Allied Termite and Pest Control of Idabel, Oklahoma…

Elsie Mae Henry

Elsie Henry was born May 14, 1925 in Antioch, Texas. She went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus on December 28, 2020. She is survived by a brother Donald Robinson and a sister Joye Boone. She was…

Goldie Pearl Akins

Goldie Pearl Akins, age 89, of Texarkana, Texas, died Sunday, December 27, 2020 in a local hospital. Mrs. Akins was born July 14, 1931 in Kerman, California. She was a homemaker and member of the North Heights Pentecostal Church of…

Doris Caldwell

Doris Caldwell, age 60 of New Boston, Texas passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 at her residence. Ms. Caldwell was born March 17, 1960 in Los Angeles, California to Donald and Janet Tyson. She spent her spare time volunteering for…

Charles Allen McDowell, Jr

Charles Allen McDowell, Jr, 40, of Texarkana passed away December 26, 2020. He was born January 8, 1980 to Charles McDowell, Sr and Cinthia Chavis in Texarkana. He is survived by his father, Charles A. McDowell, Sr of Texarkana; mother,…

Ruth Ann Sullivan

Ruth Ann Mitchell Sullivan, age 76, of Texarkana, Texas passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 in a local hospital. Mrs. Sullivan was born December 30, 1943 in Springhill, Texas and was retired from EZ Mart. She was preceded in death…

Ophelia Mae Miller

Ophelia Miller, age 75 of New Boston, Texas passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Miller was born March 19, 1945 in Atoka, Oklahoma to Joe and Lydia E. Jones Dillard. She was a retired cashier, a…