TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Carol Scoggins

Carol Anne Murphy Scoggins, more often called NA, 70 of Texarkana, Arkansas gained her wings November 12, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 28, 1950 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Coleman Patrick Murphy and Neldridge Pearl Gillespie…

Jeanette Griffith

Marie Jeanette Griffith, age 83, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died on Friday, November 13, 2020 in a local hospital. Mrs. Griffith was born February 21, 1937 in Fouke, Arkansas. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and Order of the…

Beverly Jones

Beverly Jean Jones, age 80, of Queen City, Texas, died Friday, November 13, 2020, in a local hospital. Mrs. Jones was born September 25, 1940, in Gilmer, Texas to Ross and Minnie Bell Carrington. At the age of 3, her…

Venita “Frostie” Turner

Venita “Frostie” Turner, age 90, of Texarkana, Texas, died Friday, November 13, 2020, in a local hospital. Mrs. Turner was born February 19, 1930, in Missouri. Known to all as “Frostie”, Mrs. Turner was famous for her beautiful flower gardens…

Norma Stewart Dellinger

Norma Stewart Dellinger, age 86 of New Boston, Texas passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020 in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Dellinger was born October 3, 1934 in Paris, Texas. She was a Legal Secretary and is preceded in death…

Stella J Ark

Stella J. Ark of Texarkana, Texas passed away November 11, 2020 in a local nursing home. Mrs. Ark was born on June 16, 1926 in Flint Michigan to her parents Hessie and Lillian Gillispie. She was a homemaker and loved…

Martha Jean Gay

Martha Jean Bocox Gay, age 70, peacefully left this imperfect world on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at her home surrounded by those who loved her most. She was born in Ashdown, Arkansas on June 16, 1950 and raised in Texarkana,…

Dale Boyd Yarberry

Dale Boyd Yarberry, 68, of Leary, Texas, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, in Oakley, Kansas, on a hunting trip with his lifelong friends, Danny Rackley and Skeet Amason. Dale was born in DeKalb, on November 3, 1952,…

Pauline Rumbo

Pauline M. Rumbo, age 100 of Terrell, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Rumbo was born December 29, 1919 in New Boston, Texas. She was the third child of Elmer and Annie Spear. Pauline married…

Betty Jenice Karr

Betty Jenice Karr age 74 of DeKalb, Texas passed away November 11, 2020 in DeKalb. Ms. Karr was born April 19, 1946 in Kingman, Arizona. She attended the Assembly of God Church, New Boston and is preceded in death by…

Herbert Elton Cox

Herbert Elton Cox Jr., of Texarkana, Arkansas passed away November 10, 2020 in a local nursing home. Herbert was born on July 27, 1937 in Fouke, Arkansas to his parents Herbert Cox Sr. and Rosa Pierce. He was a printer…

Joe Allen Gazzolo Sr.

Joe Allen Gazzolo Sr., 98, of Texarkana, Texas passed away November 10, 2020. He was born March 5, 1922 in Texarkana, Arkansas to Joseph Henry Gazzolo and Dollie Mae Tawater Gazzolo. He was retired from Union Pacific Railroad. He served…

Megan Nicole Daniel

Megan Nicole Daniel, 17, of New Boston, Texas, passed away Sunday, November 08, 2020 in DeKalb, TX. Megan is preceded in death by her Poppa, Larry Daniel, of New Boston, TX, her great grandfathers, Lowell H. Daniel and Newton G.…

Hazel Laverne Stout

Hazel Laverne Stout, age 91, of Fouke, Arkansas died on Monday, November 9, 2020 at a local hospital. Mrs. Stout was born January 1, 1929 in Miller County. She was a homemaker and a member of Fouke Church of Christ.…

Jean Fountain

On Sunday, November 8, 2020, Nora Jean Evans Fountain passed away in a local nursing home after working valiantly to overcome the effects of a stroke. She was born July 25, 1926 in El Dorado, Arkansas to the late Walter…