Obituaries

Obituaries for November 16, 2018

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  LARRY ANTWINE

  Larry Antwine, 64, of Texarkana, Ark., died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in a Texarkana, Texas hospital. Mr. Antwine was born Dec. 17, 1953, in Texarkana. He was a retired mechanic …

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  JAMES AUSTIN

  James Avery Austin, 46, of Texarkana, Texas, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in a local hospital. Mr. Austin was born Nov. 13, 1972, in Texarkana, Texas. He was a laborer …

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  DORETHA BERRY-CRINER

  MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas—Doretha Berry-Criner, 74, of Quitman, Texas, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Tyler, Texas. Ms. Berry-Criner was born Sept. 8, 1944. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at …

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  LULA DODD

  Lula Mae Dodd, 94, of Texarkana, Texas, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in a local nursing home. Ms. Dodd was born Oct. 10, 1924, in Hooks, Texas. She was a …

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  JAMES DOWNS JR.

  James Dewey Downs Jr., 94, of Ashdown, Ark., died Tuesday, Nov, 13, 2018, in a local hospice. Mr. Downs was born Oct. 22, 1924, in Carbondale, Texas. He was retired …

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  FLORRIS ELLINBURG

  Florris "Skeeter" Ellinburg, 89, of Texarkana, Ark., died Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in a local nursing home. Mrs. Ellinburg was born Jan. 20, 1929, in Shreveport, La. She was a …

• BRENDA GIVENS

  Brenda Givens, 65, of Atlanta, Texas, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Texarkana, Texas. Arrangements are pending with Jones Stuart Mortuary.

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  LAWRENCE JESTER JR.

  ATLANTA, Texas—Lawrence Leon Jester Jr., 90, of Atlanta died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Mr. Jester was born June 20, 1928, in Clebit, Okla. He was a retired District Engineer with …

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  SYLVIA KEILBERG

  Sylvia Irene Keilberg, 69, of Texarkana, Ark., died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in a local hospital. Mrs. Keilberg was born March 9, 1949, in Halifax County, N.C. She was a …

• HAZEL KELTY

  CLARKSVILLE, Texas—Hazel Jo Kelty, 90, of Clarksville died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Mrs. Kelty was born Nov. 15, 1927, in Clarksville. She was a retired veterinary clinic worker, former antique …

• ELSIE MAHAN

  ASHDOWN, Ark.—Elsie Marie Melson Mahan, 88, of Fayetteville, Ark., died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Fayetteville. Mrs. Maham was born June 7, 1930, in Clarksville, Ark. She was retired from …

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  DONNA McMELLON

  NEW BOSTON, Texas—Donna Gay McMellon, 54, of Simms, Texas, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at her home. Mrs. McMellon was born Aug. 12, 1964, in Longview, Texas. She was a …

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  MORRIS NEIGHBORS

  Morris A. Neighbors, 92, of Atlanta, Texas, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in an Atlanta hospital. Mr. Neighbors was born March 27, 1926, in Texarkana, Texas. He was a retired …

• ALICE PATTON

  HOPE, Ark.—Alice Palmer Patton, 83, of Bob Hope Village, Fla., died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, after a brief illness. Mrs. Patton was born Dec. 11, 1934, in Sodus, N.Y. She …

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  WILLIE RICHARDSON

  QUEEN CITY, Texas—Willie Duane Richardson, 57, of Texarkana, Texas, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in a Texarkana hospital. Mr. Richardson was born Nov. 20, 1960, in Atlanta, Texas. He was …

• WILLIAM SIMMONS SR.

  ASHDOWN, Ark.—William Sidell Simmons Sr., 87, of Ashdown died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at his home. Mr. Simmons was born Oct. 16, 1931, in Williamstown, W.Va. He was retired from …

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  HARVEY SIMS

  DeKALB, Texas—Harvey Ray Sims, 55, of Greenville, Texas, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Leonard, Texas. Mr. Sims was born April 8, 1963, in Amarillo, Texas. He was a licensed …

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  RONALD SKINNER

  Ronald Skinner, 81, of Texarkana, Ark., died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in a local hospital. Mr. Skinner was born Sept. 24, 1937, in Texarkana. He was retired from the Air …

• LILA TURNER

  LINDEN, Texas—Lila Mae Turner, 68, of Linden died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Arrangements are pending with Reeder-Davis Funeral Home. Online registration is at reeder-davis.com.

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  GERALD WAGES

  ATLANTA, Texas—Gerald "Jerry" Wages, 77, of Atlanta died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at his home. Mr. Wages was born March 6, 1941, in Benton, Ark. He was a retired truck …