TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Rebecca Mazoch

Rebecca Lynn Payne Mazoch, age 69, of Texarkana, TX passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at Hospice of Texarkana. She was born January 18, 1951, in El Campo, TX, to Dr. Billy Lee Payne and Virgie Hightower Payne. She is…

Carol Jean Kruse

Carol Jean Kruse was born on September 21st, 1940 in Paris, Texas to Ruby Lucille Thompson and Jack Morgan. She grew up in New Boston and moved to Euless, Texas with her beloved husband of 62 years, Eldon Ray Kruse.…

Infant Abram Ball

Infant Abram Mitchell Ball, died Monday, December 14, 2020, in a local hospital. He was born December 14, 2020, to Adam and Paige Ball of Wake Village, Texas. Survivors include his parents along with his twin brother, Ezra Ball; brother,…

Gerald Dawson Cox

Gerald Dawson Cox, age 81 of DeKalb, Texas passed away Saturday, December 12, 2020 in a local Nursing facility. Mr. Cox was born March 26, 1939 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was retired as a sheet metal mechanic at…

Robert Ellis Long

Robert Ellis Long, 88, of Texarkana, Texas passed away December 16, 2020 in the comfort of his home. He was born September 23, 1932 in Texarkana, Arkansas. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force where he served…

Mary Ann Price

Mary Ann Price, age 88, of Genoa, Arkansas, died on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in a local hospital. Mrs. Price was born December 21, 1931 in Beaumont, Texas. She was a retired nursing assistant for Dr. Burnett and a Christian.…

Kinsler Reece Duncan

Kinsler Reece Duncan, newborn, passed away December 15, 2020. He was born December 12, 2020 to Kyle Duncan and Bailey Flournoy in Texarkana, Texas. He is survived by his parents, Kyle and Bailey; grandparents, Glenn and Gina Duncan of Ashdown,…

Billy Randell Roberts

In Loving Memory of BILLY RANDELL ROBERTS October 8, 1928 – December 14, 2020 Billy Randell Roberts, 92, of Texarkana, TX, passed away peacefully from natural causes on December 14, 2020. He was born in Terrell, Texas, on October 8,…

Patsy Ruth Henry Smith

Patsy Ruth Henry Smith, 88, of Texarkana, Arkansas passed away December 14, 2020. She was born July 15, 1932 in Bluff City, Arkansas. She worked at Red River Army Depot where she retired after 40 years of service. She took…

Bruce Summers

Douglas Bruce Summers, age 74, of Wake Village, Texas, died Monday, December 14, 2020, in a local nursing facility. Mr. Summers was born March 28, 1946, in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was the owner of The Boat Shop and a member…

Minor Wallace Davis

Minor Wallace “Wally” Davis, Jr., age 87, of Texarkana, Texas, died Sunday, December 13, 2020 in a local hospice center. Mr. Davis was born in a Texarkana Hospital on November 26, 1933 in Texarkana, Texas and grew up on a…

Nick Shane Crabtree

Nick Shane Crabtree, age 61, of Texarkana, Texas, died Saturday, December 12, 2020 in a Dallas, Texas hospital. He was born September 18, 1959 in Muncie, Indiana. He was a construction contractor, attended the Church Under the Bridge and was…

Dr. Frank Worley

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 Dr. Frank Asbury Worley, age 80, of Redwater, Texas, died Saturday,…