TXK TODAY STAFF

TXK TODAY STAFF

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Novie Rene McKnight

Novie Easley McKnight, 75, of Nash, Texas passed away on February 27, 2021 at home. She was born November 18, 1945 in Fouke, Arkansas to Clyde Easley and Lorene Hoffmeister. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Fouke and…

Jameson Edward Rocca

Jameson Edward Rocca of Texarkana, Texas, gained his angel wings at an early age of 11 months as he passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at his home. Jameson was born March 25, 2020 in Texarkana, Texas to Michael…

Gary Strickland

Gary Strickland, age 74 of New Boston, Texas passed away Saturday, February 27, 2021 at the Ponderosa Nursing Facility in DeKalb, Texas. Mr. Strickland was born March 2, 1946 in Hampton, Arkansas to Jessie and Reba Strickland. He served on…

Terry Turner

Shelby Wheeler “Terry” Turner was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, on November 12, 1946 to Shelby Wood Turner and Elizabeth Maude Cowl. His parents had moved to Texarkana from St. Albans, West Virginia, for his father to work at Red River…

Bobby Doyle Hensley

Bobby Doyle Hensley, Jr. age 55, of Fouke, Arkansas, died Friday, February 26, 2021 in a Shreveport, Louisiana hospital. Mr. Hensley was born October 23, 1965 in Texarkana, Arkansas. He was a rancher and a Christian. Bobby never met a…

Roy Pate

Roy B. Pate, 84, of Texarkana, Arkansas passed away February 26, 2021. He was born October 2, 1936 to Jewell and Myrtis Gilley Pate in Bowie County. He was a member of the First Assembly of God and retired from…

J.D. George

John Dexter George, age 80, of Vivian, Louisiana, former of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Wednesday, February 25, 2021 at his home. Mr. George was born May 20, 1940 in Fouke, Arkansas and lived in Texarkana most of his life. He was…

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…