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Michael Todd Smiley, age 39, of Hooks, Texas, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at his home. Mr. Smiley was born on November 18, 1981 in Texarkana, Texas to Dewayne and Mary Smiley. He was employed at Paradise Service Company in…

Ernestine Dillard Bridges, age 85, of Hooks, Texas, died Monday, January 18, 2021, in a local hospital. Mrs. Bridges was born July 28, 1935, in Tom, Oklahoma to Harvey and Vesta Edmondson Dillard, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Bridges…

Walt Oliver, age 79, of Denton, Texas, formerly of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, January 18, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Oliver was born February 7, 1941 in New Boston, Texas. He was retired partner of Altech Construction, member of the…

Chester Franklin Cox, age 84, of Texarkana, Texas, died Sunday, January 17, 2021 in a local hospital. Mr. Cox was born June 18, 1936 in Muscogee, Oklahoma. He was retired from Comet Electronics, was a charter member of the Christ…

Linda Elise Greenlee, age 80, of Wake Village, Texas died Sunday, January 17, 2021 in a local hospital. Mrs. Greenlee was born December 3, 1940 in Camden, Arkansas to William Edward Bumpas and Jewell Elise Purifoy Bumpas and was a…

Alva Lee Lafayette, age 96, of Fouke, Arkansas went to be with her Lord and Savior, January 17, 2021 at her residence. Mrs. Lafayette was born March 24, 1924 in Fouke, Arkansas and was lifetime resident. She was a homemaker…

Algerene Newman, age 84 of Omaha, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021, at her daughters peacefully in her sleep. Mrs. Newman was born on June 2, 1936, in Cass County, Texas, to Lonnie and Nora Sims. She worked…

Melba Faye Phillips, of Texarkana TX., went home to be with her Lord on January 17th, 2021. When she passed, she was at home surrounded her family. Services to Honor Her life will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 23rd…

Madelynn Skye “Maddie” Hickman Russell, infant daughter of Kandice Hickman and Matthew Russell went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, January 16, 2021 surrounded by her family in Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Maddie was born December…

Gary Allen Robinson, age 73, of Texarkana, Texas passed away on January 16, 2021 in a local hospital. Mr. Robinson was born on April 3, 1947 in Miller County to his parents Frank and Mettie Robinson. He worked as a…

Dennis J. Waters, 74, of Nash, Texas passed away January 16, 2021. He was born July 1, 1946 to James Daniel and Mary Ellen Young Waters in Queen City, Texas. Dennis was a private investigator, owner of Waters Investigation Agency,…

William “Robert” Eldridge, age 78, of Texarkana, Texas passed away January 15, 2021 in a local hospice facility. Mr. Eldridge was born on December 13, 1942 in Miller County to his parents John William and Polly Correne Eldridge. He served…

William “Bill” E. Vaughan, Jr., age 93, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021, in a local hospital. Mr. Vaughan was born August 6, 1927, in Queen City, Texas and was a veteran of the United States Army…

Jane Fanning Scott Sullivan, 82, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on January 14, 2021, at Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana. She was born on July 27, 1938, in Dallas, Texas, to William Jeffress Fanning and Merle Barrett Fanning. Growing…

Michael “Mike” Dean Thompson, age 70, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, January 14, 2021, in a local hospital. Mike was born August 30, 1950, in Texarkana, Arkansas to Awin Thompson and Betty Holloway Thompson. He graduated from Redwater High School…