Category Texarkana Obituaries

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, 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 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…

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 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, 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 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…

Bobby Edward McCoy Sr., age 83, went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 25, 2021. Mr. McCoy was born on August 5, 1937 in Pinsonfork, Kentucky to his parents, Winfred and Opal Runyon McCoy. He was a…

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…

John E Coleman, 80, of Texarkana, AR and Maud, TX passed away on February 21, 2021 in Texarkana, TX.  John was born in Simms, TX on February 14, 1941 to Otis and Ellen “ Bea” Coleman.  John spent the last…

Nellie Ruth Higgins, 84, of Naples, Texas was called home by the Lord February 14, 2021. Nellie was born in Blackwell, Texas in 1936. She was a homemaker and attended church services for the Apostolic faith. Nellie was a beloved…

Diane Louise Gates, age 60, of Mount Pleasant, Texas passed away on February 16, 2021 at a local care facility. Ms. Gates was born on September 30, 1960 in Texarkana, Texas to her parents Billy and Audrey Brush Dowd. She…

Jeffrey (Jeff) Don Stone, age 63 of Texarkana Texas departed from this world February 18, 2021 at his home. Born January 8, 1958 in Laporte, Indiana to Milton Ray and Catherine Sullivan Stone. He is survived by his wife of…

David Leo Wood, age 79, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at a local hospital. David was born on January 15, 1942 in Bloomburg, Texas to Edgar Heath Wood and Willie Ruth Wood. He worked for the city as…

Sue M. Purifoy, age 74 of Genoa, Arkansas took her final set of wings Monday morning February 22, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her family, after a two-month valiant fight with cancer and assisted nobly in her final days…