Arkansas High School Texas Alumni Obituaries

Pastor Kerry L. Newburn was born in 1952 in Arkadelphia Arkansas. He confessed his calling into the ministry in 1975 at First Baptist Church in Malvern Arkansas. From that moment forward he committed his life to the service of God and His people. Pastor Newburn proudly served his country as a vetera...

Adalia Cecilia Forte Rodwell Krivulka was born December 03, 1951, in Texarkana Arkansas to Rev. Ulycess and Jimmie Mae Forte. She was called home to be with our Lord on June 26, 2025.She had a lifelong commitment to learning and education. She graduated from Texas High School. She later obtained a...

Oscar Lee Matthews Jr. 71 passed away on Tuesday January 13 2026 at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport LA. Lee was born on October 22 1954 to Oscar and Quida Matthews in Texarkana Arkansas. Lee loved playing baseball basketball and tennis at school and in summer leagues. He graduated from Texas High S...

Danny Gene Lummus Sr. age 70 of Hooks Texas went home to rest with his Lord and Savior on Friday January 2 2026 following a brief illness. Danny was born on August 14 1955 at St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana Arkansas to Wanda and William Bill Lummus. Raised in Texarkana Danny graduated from Arkansa...

Hershel Wayne Buddy Phillips 82 of Wylie Texas passed away peacefully on January 172026. He was born January 4 1944 in Texarkana Arkansas to Hershel Winston Phillips andMyrtle Daisy Brown Phillips. Buddy graduated from Arkansas High School in 1962 where he was voted Most Popular his senior year a re...

Rodger Dale Thomason, age 78, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, passed away on January 29, 2026. Rodger was a graduate of Bloomburg High School, Bloomburg, Texas, and Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas. He served in the Texas Army National Guard and Army Reserve.Rodger is preceded in death by...

Michael Bruce Dodson 81 of Texarkana Texas passed away on December 22 2025 in Little Rock Arkansas surrounded by loved ones. Mike was preceded in death by his mother Eloreen Ewing Dodson his father Arvle Dodson his fraternal twin brother Charles Milton Dodson and his infant daughter Angie Lynn Dodso...

Gladys Guinn Allen 94 of Houston formerly of Beaumont died in her home January 5 2026 surrounded by her family and friends. She was born in Port Arthur to Corrie Gladys Andrews Guinn of Troup and Leland Lee Guinn of Rusk. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School until moving to Beaumont High where ...

Barney was born in Dermott Arkansas on Thursday April 17 1958 the son of Louis Hurd Sr and Earlene Jones. Barney grew up in Dermott and McGehee Arkansas. While in high school Barney met love of his life Deatrice Lattimore. They had been together for 46 years. After moving from Arkansas to Beloit Bar...

Jimmy Evans was born in Roswell New Mexico on August 22 1951 to JD and Leona Evans. He was the baby of the family with two big sisters Patricia and Velma. Jimmy went to high school in Muleshoe Texas where he met his sweetheart DLinda Loyd. They were married October 16 1971. Jimmy and DLinda have thr...

Mrs. Donna Faye Hays departed this life for her eternal heavenly home on January 2, 2026, in Mena, Arkansas, at the age of 78.Donna was born on July 16, 1947, in Brady, Texas.She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston, Texas, in 1965 and attended Bethany Nazarene College, where she ...

Dr. Betty Sue Ball age 93 passed away peacefully on February 8 2026. Betty was born on September 13 1932 in Little Rock Arkansas to Edmond and Anna Ball. Betty graduated from Mt. St. Marys High School in Little Rock Arkansas in 1950 and received her BS in Medical Science from the University of Arkan...

Clyde was born June 5 1934 on the North High Bank of Mill Creek in Miller County Arkansas in the Shiloh community outside of Texarkana Arkansas to parents Robert Francis Haak and Ruth Rose Haak. Ever the storyteller Clyde spun yarns about childhood days in the Arkansas bottoms hunting trapping furs ...

Richard was born February 14 1962 to Laura Ann and Marshall Killingsworth in Sumter South Carolina. Richards dad was in the Air Force and the family moved several times during his childhood. When he was four the family moved to Austin Texas. A year later they movedto Taipei Taiwan. The Chinese child...

Mrs. Caroline M. Whitley passed away at the age of 90 on Monday January 12 2026 in Santa Fe. Caroline was born September 5 1935 in Smackover Arkansas but grew up and finished school in Three Rivers Texas. It was while in high school that she met Earl Whitley and it was love at first sight. On her 20...

Cynthia Sindi Faye Hudgins age 76 passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family and entered the arms of Jesus on Tuesday December 30 2025. She was born on February 21 1949 in Sterling Colorado to Irvin and Verna Johnson. Sindi was of the Baptist faith and was baptized at Unity Baptist Churc...

Alan "Buck" Lee Rennick has passed away due to natural causes on February 2 2026 in Brighton Colorado. Buck was born to Leland and Hellen Rennick ne Fairchild on January 23 1938 in Wichita Kansas. Buck and his younger brother Cork worked with their parents on the family farm in Maize Kansas raising ...

Gregory Joseph Donahoe age 50 passed away on Wednesday December 24 2025 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was born on November 25 1975 in Virginia Beach Virginia and lived a life marked by warmth humor and an unmistakable personality that left a lasting impression on everyone he met. As a...

Doyle Wayne Hicks known as Bus to his mother and many of those who knew him best and lovingly known as Papa to his family passed away surrounded by family on Sunday January 11 2026 at the age of 87. Doyle was born on March 10 1938 in Gideon MO to Comer and Ethel Lott Hicks of Lone Star MO. He gradua...

Thelma Marie Nelson was born December 21 1937 in New Boston Texas. She was the third of three children born to the loving parents the late George Nelson Sr. and Julia PerryNelson. Her eldest sister Ella Mae Turner and brother George Nelson Jr. preceded her in death. At the early age of 10 Thelma ac...

Samantha Jolene Cantu beloved daughter mother sister granddaughter niece aunt cousin and friend to many went to be with the Lord on August 3 2025 in Cleburne Texas. Memorial services will be 1200 noon Saturday August 16 at Hubbard Cowboy Church with Pastor Butch Boatright officiating. Samantha was b...

Ronald Lee Propst 73 of Smyer TX was born November 30 1952 in Lubbock Tx. He graduated from Lubbock High School and received a Music Composition Degree from Texas Tech. He was a veteran of the United States Army and played in the Army Band. Ronald went to be with the Lord Thursday January 1 2026. He...

Malcolm Jacque Anderson ("Jack"), a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully on December 30th, 2025, at the age of 86, surrounded by his loving family.Jack is preceded in death by his parents, Ferrell Jack Anderson and Chloeris Jacqueline Jacques. He is survived by his cheris...