After sorting through paperwork and interviewing

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Special thanks to
Shawn Edmonds and
Leslie Bates
Y
ou’ve all been waiting -- and here it
is! After sorting through paperwork
and interviewing over 200 Beautiful
Women, 60 Beautiful Women, 20 in each of
three categories, have been chosen!
What an exciting and amazing group of
women we had to choose from! Here is how
our process worked:
Women were nominated by email or mail in
nominations. Each woman was then notified
that she had been nominated and asked to
submit her responses to several questions.
An interview time was set and each woman
came in for a short interview. From each of
these things, our top 60 was chosen.
What were we looking for? We were looking
for women who were beautiful on the inside
and outside! Women whose hearts were full
of love for others -- and that love showed in
the things she did for her family, her church,
her community. Women who went above
and beyond what was required of their job,
and who spent their free time giving back to
the community.
And, oh my goodness, we found a lot of
them! The decisions made by our nonbiased judges were difficult for them -imagine if those decisions had to be made
by those of us who knew many of them!
(We were so glad we did not have to make
them!)
So, out of the over 200 women who were
nominated, we now share with you our three
categories of 20 Most Beautiful Women in
the Ark-La-Tex!
Now it’s time to vote! You can vote once
in each category per day during the month
of December! The top women in each
category will be featured in our February
2010 ALT, as well as 3 runners-up!
p.s. Be thinking, ladies! Next year we
will have “The 20 Most Handsome Men
in the Ark-La-Tex!” Be thinking about the
nominations you will be making!
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Amanda Harp
How I’m involved
• Member of First
Baptist Church –
Atlanta, Texas
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Sponsor of benefit
golf tournament for
St. Jude Children’s
Hospital
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Fundraiser for
American Cancer
Society
My family
• Married to Micah
Harp; daughter,
Annabelle and
expecting a new daughter, Sadie, in December
Amber Carter
Lawrence
How I’m involved
Active member of
the Junior League of
Texarkana – recording
secretary
• Committee member
of Susan G. Komen
Race for the Cure Texarkana
• Honorary chair of the
2009 American Heart
Association Heart Ball
• Member of the Circle
of Friends at Arkansas
Children’s Hospital
• Member of Williams
Memorial United
Methodist Church
My family
• Married to Zachary Lawrence; son, Saxton
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My favorite words of wisdom
• “If I had a world of my own, it would all be nonsense!”
-Alice from Alice in Wonderland
• “Try not to be a man of success but rather a man of
value.” -Albert Einstein
My parting thought
• “Life is way too short to always have a frown on your
face.”
My parting thought
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“The legacy I would like to leave would not be my
successes or objects but rather the values I try to
live by in my life simple but true…”treat others as you
would like to be treated.”
Category One - Ages 21-35 . Vote now at www.alt-mag.com
Ashley Walker
Autumn Dawson
How I’m involved
How I’m involved
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Active member of the
Texarkana Chamber of
Commerce
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Ambassador for the
Chamber in Marshall,
Texas
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Volunteer for
Texarkana Race for
the Cure
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Past member of
Kiwanis Club
My family
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Mom to puppy, Diva; daughter of Derrick and Gay
Durrant
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“Always remember that God has a plan for your life. If
you listen, He directs you every step of the way. When
you stop listening is when you lose your way.”
My parting thought
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“I want to be a mentor for women to help them see
what God can do for their lives if they just put him first.”
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Staff pastor at Church
on the Rock
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College ministry
mentor for 100
students
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Teaches married
Sunday School class
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Participates in various
community outreach
events
My family
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Married to Joe;
daughters, Malachi and Judah
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“Love is Real, God is Love.”
My parting thought
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“I believe we were all created for a purpose and I think
the investment you make in the lives of others yields a
great reward.”
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Chrystal Sloan
How I’m involved
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Member of Arkansas
Municipal Auditorium
Commission
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Member of the Bowie
County Sheriff’s K-9
Search and Rescue
Team
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Member of the Miss
Southwest Arkansas
Scholarship Pageant
Organization
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Past volunteer at the
Running WJ Ranch
My family
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Married to Andre; daughter, Macy
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“The first duty of a human being is to assume the right
functional relationship to society – more briefly, to find
you a real job, and do it.” – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
My parting thought
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Heather Marie Beach
How I’m involved
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Member of Wake
Village First Baptist
Church
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Volunteer for
Texarkana Race for
the Cure
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Volunteer for March of
Dimes
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Participates in United
Way Campaigns
My family
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Married to Kyle
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“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your
consent.”
My parting thought
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“Passing on knowledge, perseverance and
compassion would be my ideal legacy.”
“I wish to be remembered as a great role model and
an inspiration to young ladies for my dedication to
God, my family, myself, and my career.”
Erin Kristin Duke
How I’m involved
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Member of Heritage
Baptist Church
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Ambassador for the
Texarkana Chamber of
Commerce
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Member of the
Texarkana Race for
the Cure committee
Heather Brent Tutulo
How I’m involved
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My family
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Daughter, Blakely
Kristin
My favorite words of
wisdom
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“Don’t criticize someone until you have walked a mile
in her shoes.”
My parting thought
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“I’d like to be known as someone that stood up for
what she believed and that could always be counted
on to see a task through to completion.”
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Member of Trinity
Baptist Church
Fundraiser for
various community
organizations
including CASA,
Texarkana Animal
Shelter, Battered
Women’s Shelter
Volunteer for
Texarkana Race for
the Cure and Relay
for Life
My family
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Engaged to Jay
Barnette; daughter,
Trinity; son, Chase; parents, Kenneth and Mary Harris
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“Beauty may only be skin-deep, but ugly goes clean
to the bone.”
My parting thought
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“No matter what obstacles you find in your path, trust
in the Lord and accept help from your loved ones and
all your hopes and dreams can be achieved. We are
NEVER too busy to love.”
Jan Anderson
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Baptist Church
Moore’s Lane
Volunteer at Pleasant
Grove Elementary
School
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Member of Pleasant
Grove Parent/
Teacher Association
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Participant in Bible
Study Fellowship
International
Jennifer Hughes
How I’m involved
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Member of Harvest
Texarkana Board of
Directors
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Member of Culinary
Arts Board at
Texarkana College
wisdom
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My family
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Married to Kurt; sons,
Tucker and Buck; daughter, Rose
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“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about itself.” –Matthew 6:34
“Be bold and mighty
forces will come to
your aid.” –Basil King
My parting thoughts
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“I would love … simply to pass
on that one must leave the world
better than it was found.”
My parting thoughts
“[I want my legacy to be] that I believed in Jesus as
the Son of God and my Lord and that this faith carried
on to my children and others.”
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Kate Reynolds
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Baptist Church
Moore’s Lane
Mentor to youth at
First Baptist Moore’s
Lane
Volunteer in various
outreach projects
Prayer and Bible
Study leader at
Theron Jones
My family
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Married to Matt;
parents, Jay and
Susan Tidwell;
expecting a new
addition due in April
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“You can have a great knowledge of God and a great
faith in God and fail to communicate if you do not
have a loving attitude.” –Jeannie Birge and Debbie
Schreve
My parting thoughts
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Kimberly Craven
Busby
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Baptist Church
Moore’s Lane
Member of VIP
Volunteer team
Mentor for Pleasant
Grove High School
boys’ basketball team
Mentor for youth at
First Baptist
My family
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Married to Clay; son,
Owen
wisdom
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“God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied
in Him.”
-John Piper
My parting thoughts
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“I want people to remember me and to think, “Wow,
she really loved Jesus” because in the end, that’s all
that really matters!”
“Right now, our 2 year old looks at me like I’m the love
of his life. If that is still the case when he marries the
next love of his life, then I couldn’t ask for more as a
mother.”
Katie Jackson
How I’m involved
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Provisional member of
the Junior League of
Texarkana
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Member of Partners in
Education
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Member of the
Texarkana Chamber
of Commerce
Lindsey Leigh
Pilgreen
How I’m involved
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Member of Redwater
First Baptist Church
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Active volunteer at the
Morriss school
My family
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My family
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Married to Larry; sons,
Landon and Lance
wisdom
• “Life is
what you make of it.”
My parting thoughts
• “I want my legacy to be that I was an
honest, genuine person that truly
cared for her family, loved ones and
community with all of her heart.” 14
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Married to Gregg;
daughter, Logan; son,
Knox
wisdom
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For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord,
“They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give
you a future and a hope.” –Jeremiah 29:11
My parting thoughts
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“I believe in truth, honesty, fairness and the sanctity of
this country, as well as the church.” www.alt-mag.com
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Maria Rodriguez
How I’m involved
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Member of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church
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Active member of
various community
outreach projects
How I’m involved
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My family
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Natalie Nichols
Married to Sergio;
daughter, Erika;
sons, Sergio, Jr. and
Nicholas
wisdom
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My family
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• “Courage is the discovery that you
might not win, but you are willing to try
even though you might lose.”
My parting thoughts
• “Always try and be the best that you
can be.”
Member of First
Baptist Church
Moore’s Lane
Member of Volunteers
in Preschool program
District 4 Coordinator
for Smart Girl Politics
Creator of www.
texarkanatea.ning.
com and www.
politicalintegritynow.
com
Participant in “The
Baby Borrowers”
Married to Chet; sons,
Mackenzie, Zackary
and Benjamin; daughter, Etta
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“If not you, who? If not now, when?”
My parting thoughts
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“I think I took the hard road so that some other young
girls might learn from my choices and realize that they
are beautiful inside and out.”
Melinda Carlow
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Baptist Church New
Boston
Director of the New
Boston Chamber of
Commerce
Co-chair for the
Student Health
Advisory Committee,
New Boston ISD
Volunteer at New
Boston Middle School
My family
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How I’m involved
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“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
me.” – Philippians 4:13
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“[It is] important to make sure that daily my family
knows how much I truly love them… [and that my
children] would put faith and family first…”
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Married to Ben; son,
David; parents, David and Diana James
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My parting thoughts
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Active member of
Trinity Baptist Church
Co-chair of Heart Ball
Volunteer for
the Alzheimer’s
Association and CASA
Member of the
Texarkana Race for
the Cure committee
Executive Director
of Miss Texas’
Outstanding Teen
Co-producer of the
Miss Texas pageant
My family
Married to Blake; daughter, Malori; son, Mason
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Stacy James Mayo
“Marriage is not about trying to find someone
to complete you. It’s not about two empty souls
finding each other; it’s about two completely whole
souls joining together to build a life together.”
–Charles Stanley
My parting thoughts
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“I want to be looked at... as a Godly woman… [a
woman] who loves her family… and loves to build up
her community…” Tracy Erin Lilly
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Baptist Church
Moore’s Lane
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Mentor to young
women with eating
disorders
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Volunteer in children’s
ministry at First
Baptist
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Teacher at Vacation
Bible School
My family
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Married to Chris;
daughter, Austyn
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“To love yourself is the beginning of a lifelong
romance.”
My parting thoughts
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“I want my legacy to be one of love and laughter. [I
want] to be someone who actually did something and
not someone who tried to do something.”
Whitney Jackson
How I’m involved
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Member of Church on
the Rock
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Youth Pastor at
Church on the Rock
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Volunteer at “I love
Evelyn”
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Sponsor of
Revolutionary Prayer
Movement
My family
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Married to Travis; dog,
Chloe Belle; children,
all the youth at Powerhouse
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“The world is not dangerous because of those who
do harm, but because of those who look at it without
doing anything.” –Albert Einstein
My parting thoughts
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“The most important thing for me is to serve and help
others. I hope my life inspires others to pursue their
God given destiny…”
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Anne Wren
How I’m involved
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Member of Harvest Texarkana Board of Directors – Finance Chair
Graduate of Leadership
Texarkana
Member of First Baptist
Church
Member of Texas and
Arkansas Society of
CPAs
Member of AICPA
Former Chair of St.
Edward’s Finance Committee
My family
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Married to Fred; Sons,
Joey and William
Wren, Christopher
and Matthew Duff
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“The true test of character is how you treat someone
that can do nothing for you.”
My parting thought
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“I want my family and friends to know that I led an
honest and faithful life… that I worked and played
hard, earned an honest dollar and shared it…”
Danielle Duhon
How I’m involved
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Member of First Baptist Church Moore’s
Lane
Member of Café
Class Bible Study
Volunteer leader with
YoungLife ministries
Member of Run the
Line Half Marathon
Committee
Planner for Kids Run
the Line, Too!
Former Chair of St.
Edward’s Finance
Committee
My family
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Married to Philip; daughters, Grace, Ellie and Sophie
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me.” –Philippians 4:13
My parting thought
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“I want to be known as a woman who made a difference in the lives of others by ‘doing’ more and ‘saying’ less.”
Category Two - Ages 36-50 . Vote now at www.alt-mag.com
Beth Pesek
How I’m involved
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Member of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church
Secretary of the PG
Showstoppers Booster
Club
Volunteer for Weight
Watchers Lose for
Good
Volunteer for Harvest
Texarkana
My family
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Married to Leon; son,
Trey; daughter, Katie
wisdom
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“Watch your thoughts,
for they become words.
Watch your words, for
they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
- Author Unknown
My parting thought
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“I’d like to pass down two legacies. First to my family,
I’d like to pass the family traditions that mean so much.
Family is the most important support system. Reach
out when you need a hug, a cry, help or just to talk. For
my students, I’d like to pass the legacy that hard work,
perseverance and good character are traits of successful people. You can achieve anything you desire. Just
make up your mind and do it.”
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Debbie Schreve
How I’m involved
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Lane
Leader of adult women’s Sunday School
class
Teacher of lunch Bible
Study
Member of several
Praise Teams
Speaker at local and
national Family Life
Marriage Conferences
My family
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Married to Jeff; daughters, Jill Budzilowski, Amy and Sarah
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“Coincidences are miracles in which God chooses to
remain anonymous.”
My parting thought
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“[I want to be known as a woman] who walked with
the Lord in such a way that others knew without a
word being spoken, that I belonged to Christ; who
kept her priorities right: God, then my husband, then
my children, then my church and job.
Genia Bullock
How I’m involved
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Member of Junior
League of Texarkana
Member of Women
for Texas A&M Texarkana
Member of TRAHC
African American
Committee
Member of Wilbur
Smith Rotary Club
My family
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Married to Ron; son,
Jordan; daughters,
Jada and Jordan
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“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that
nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” –
Oprah Winfrey
My parting thought
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“[I want to be known as] a person who practiced what she preached: Don’t let life pass you by,
get out there and make your dreams come true.
Give back to the community you live in and be the
change you want to see in your community. “
Jane Portis
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Member of First Presbyterian, Texarkana
Member of Circle of
Friends – Arkansas
Children’s Hospital
Member of Texarkana
Animal League
Director of Youth,
Children and Education at First Presbyterian, Texarkana
My family
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Daughter, Laura Alyse
Davis
wisdom
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” – Nelson Mandela
My parting thought
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“[I want people to know] that I worked hard to
become aware of the needs of others and did my
best to help and encourage others to do the same,
any time that I could.”
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Joni Crabbe
How I’m involved
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Lane
Member of Texarkana
Community Ballet
Company
My family
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Sons, Ryan, Blake
and Tye; daughter,
Cassie; granddaughter, Presley
wisdom
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“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than
care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more
than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work.” -William Arthur Ward
My parting thought
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“[I want] to have been a good influence on young
people so that they can use their talents and reach
their goals in life. And, to be a friend to all that have
touched my life.”
Katheryn Wright
Hicks
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Member of Hampton
Road Church of Christ
Associate member of
the Vietnam Veterans
Association Local Chapter 278
Member of the Bowie
County Republican
Women
Member of the Republican Party of Texas
Member of Star of Texas
Republican Women
Member of Bowie County Patriots and Texarkana Tea Patriots
My family
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Husband, Rusty; son, Steven; daughter, Holly;
grandson, Hunter; grandparents, George and Norma
Campbell; parents, William Wright and Doris Talley
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“Anything worth having is worth going the extra mile
to obtain.”
My parting thought
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“What I hope everyone [knows] me by is that I am
a true believer in God, in this country and that I am
a Patriot at heart.”
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Keely Bledsoe
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Member of Williams
Memorial United
Methodist Church
Member of Williams
Day School Board
Sustainer in Junior
League of Texarkana
Teacher for 4 – 5
years old in Alive at
Five class
Past member of Texarkana Volunteer Center, United Way Texarkana and the Stuff the
Bus program
Served on Heart
Association and Texarkana Race for the
Cure committees
Kelli Bevers Lovell
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My family
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Husband, Mark; daughters, Blaire Elizabeth and Marlee Brooke
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“Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude
toward us.” –Earl Nightingale
My parting thought
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“I want to live life to its fullest and not to regret. Life
is far too short to be unhappy.”
Member of St. James
Church, Texarkana
Member of American
Cancer Society Board
Co-chair of Relay for
Life Committee
Volunteer for Alzheimer’s Alliance of Texarkana
Member of Twin City
Marketing Alliance
Son, Patrick; brother
and sister-in-law,
Bradley and Christine
Bevers
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“You drink from a well you didn’t dig.”
My parting thought
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“…not everything is a rose garden,
sometimes it starts out as a weed patch,
we have the opportunity to cultivate the
soil… It’s just up to us what we grow.
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Lara Alexander
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Lane
Founder of Women
for A&M-Texarkana
Sustainer in the
Junior League of Texarkana
Past-president of the
Women for the Arts
Former Chair of
Picassos at the Perot
and the Heart Ball
Past president of the
Wadley Guild
My family
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Husband, Van; sons, Mitch and
Dustin; daughter-in-law, Keasha
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“Discipline determines destiny.”
My parting thought
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“I want my family and friends to
know I loved them.”
LeAnne Wright
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Member of First United
Methodist, Texarkana, AR
Member of Kiwanis Club
Member of Race for the
Cure Texarkana Steering
Committee
PTA Vice-President of
North Heights Junior High
School
Class President of 2009
Leadership Texarkana
class
Sustainer in the Junior
League of Texarkana
Council Member for the
International Paper Community Advisory Board
Vice-President of Arkansas
Women for Education
Local Alumni Chapter
President for Delta Delta
Delta
Associate Member of May Dale Garden Club
Member of Women for the Arts
Member of Women for A&M-Texarkana
Student Affairs Council Representative of A&M-Texarkana
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Husband, Tim; son, Anderson
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My family
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“Live life to the fullest.” -Ernest Hemingway
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“I want people to remember me for my ‘love’ for life
and for being a caring wife, mother and friend!”
My parting thought
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Monica Atkinson
How I’m involved
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Member of Heritage
Baptist Church
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Volunteer in Heritage
Baptist Vacation Bible
School
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Participant in various Bible studies and
other women’s ministry events
My family
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Husband, Nick; sons,
Jason and Randall Hillis; daughters, Stephanie and Melissa Hillis; stepsons, Koy Atkinson and
Kelvin Hicks
Rae Shelia Thigpen
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Member of Tabernacle
Missionary Baptist
Church
Volunteer at Randy
Sam’s Homeless Shelter
Past Board Member for
the United Way
Board Member for Twin
City Black History Association
Board Member for Salvation Army
Committee Member for
Texarkana Race for the
Cure
Member of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Lifetime Member of
NAACP
Member of Medical Mission Team to San Raymundo, Guatemala
My parting thought
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“This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice
and be GLAD in it…no matter what!”
“I want my children and my family to remember me
as a woman who works very hard to love very much.
I believe that we definitely “reap what we sow.”
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“If I can help somebody as I pass along then my living shall not be in vain.”
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Selena Jeffries
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Sustainer in Junior
League of Texarkana
Served as Community
Vice President, Public
Relations and Provisional Co-chair in Junior
League
Board member for Texarkana Race for the Cure
Board member for
Texarkana Symphony
Orchestra
Member of Women for
the Arts
Volunteer with Junior
Achievement
AVID mentor at Texas
High School
Tiffany Nelson
McFarland
How I’m involved
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Member of Heritage
Baptist Church
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Member of Junior
League of Texarkana
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Participant in Teen
Court
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Member of National
Adoption Day Committee
My family
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Married to Bryan; daughters, Kayla and Kara
My parting thought
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I strive to be down-to-earth and to treat people nicely.
I have tried to focus on where I can offer as much of
myself as I can to be helpful. ”
Husband, Derric;
daughters, Ashley Osborne and Ava McFarland
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“You must be the change you wish to
see in the world.” -Mahatma Ghandi
My parting thought
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“[I want my legacy to be] that I have
been a good mother and wife and
made a difference!”
Theresa McDonald
How I’m involved
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Church Moore’s Lane
Volunteer for FBC TV
Ministry
Volunteer at Runnin’ WJ
Ranch
Volunteer for various
philanthropic projects at
Texarkana College
Adviser for Phi Beta
Lambda at Texarkana
College
Member of Phi Beta
Lambda National Awards
Program Committee
Tina Richardson
How I’m involved
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Member of Enon First
Baptist Church in
Atlanta, Texas
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Member of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc
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Co-founder of Organized for the Needs of
Every Child, Inc.
My family
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My family
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Husband, Charles;
son, Roger Bartley
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“And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose.” –Romans 8:28
My parting thought
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“I would like to be remembered not only as a professor
that cared about a student’s education, but someone
that cared for the student as a whole.”
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Parents, Charlie and
Bobby Richardson
and James and Mary
Keaton
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“If I can help someone along the way …then my living
will not be in vain.”
My parting thought
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“I want my legacy to be that I was a bridge builder who
paved the way for others passing through this world
aspiring to be good citizens and great leaders. “
Tonya Domokos
How I’m involved
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Tobacco Education
Prevention Project
Director for BEAT
Tobacco Control
Community Liaison
for Youth Special Prevention Units – four
counties
Former Co-director of
Safe Haven Baptist
Homeless Shelter
My family
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Husband, Alex;
daughter, Rachel;
son, Nicholas; grandchildren, Tallen and
Payton
Tracy Spradlin
How I’m involved
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“If you are being run out of town, get in front
of the crowd and make it look like a parade.”
- Sally Stanford.”
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My parting thought
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“It is amazing to me what a little time, care, love and
sometimes just one small gesture of
kindness can do for one person, one family.”
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Member of Tapp Memorial Methodist Church,
New Boston
Member of Texarkana
Chamber of Commerce
Member of New Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Sponsor of local 4-H and
FFA activities
Sponsor of Pioneers
Days in New Boston
Sponsor of Four States
Fair & Rodeo Calf Scramble
Participant in various
local charity and school
fundraisers
My family
Husband, Bill; son,
Payton Laney; daughters, Megan Laney, Ashley and Amanda Spradlin
“God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the
day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.”
My parting thought
“I would like my legacy to be remembered as the person
who always strived to be the best person I could possibly
be and that I instilled the values in my children to live life to
the fullest and that they can achieve any goal in life and to
never give up on their dreams.”
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Ann Atchison
Nicholas
How I’m involved
Member of Beech Street
First Baptist Church
Volunteer dance teacher
in the Beech Street
youth arts program
Member of Texarkana
Community Ballet
Founding member of
Texarkana Habitat for
Humanity and Women
for the Arts
Member of TEX*REP
Current president of
the American Legion
Auxiliary
Volunteer for and
participant in Texarkana
Race for the Cure
Volunteer for the 2010
Heart Ball
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My family
Daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Anthony Sayadian;
son, Hamilton and Daughter, Martha Grace; grandchildren,
Ethan, Anna and Lauren Sayadian
•
“Here… it takes all the running you can do to keep in
the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you
must run at least twice as fast as that.” The Red Queen in
“Through the Looking Glass,” Lewis Carroll
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My parting thought
“I want my children, my grandchildren and my students
(who are like my children) to be stronger in their beliefs,
stronger in their character, stronger in their faith, stronger
in their hope, stronger in their vision and stronger in their
willingness to engage and participate in life, having known
me.”
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Claudia Snow
How I’m involved
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Church Moore’s Lane
Immediate past
president of Women
for the Arts
Member of Texarkana
Community Ballet
Chair of Party with
Picassos
Member of TRAHC
Board
Secretary of Susan
Sanderson Garden
Club
State board member
and East Texas
regional director of
Leadership Texas
My family
•
Married to Pete; son and daughter-in-law, Justin and
Jennifer; daughter and son-in-law, Tiffany and Jared
Horton; granddaughters, Madelyn and Kathryn Snow,
Lydia and Julianna Horton
•
“If you sit still, you’ll rust.” –Leah Williams,
grandmother
My parting thought
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“[I want my children and my grandchildren] to
remember my sense of humor and optimism… [to
remember] that they can make a difference, see
the value in volunteerism and involvement in their
community.”
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Beatty Palmer
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Church of the
Nazarene
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Teacher of Sunday
School for 60 years
•
Volunteer to benefit
countless people in
need
My family
•
How I’m involved
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“The Lord perfects those things that concern you.” –
Psalm 138:8
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“[I want others to know] that I loved the Lord and
loved people.”
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“Greatness is not in where we stand, but what direction
we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind
and sometimes against it – but sail we MUST and not
drift, nor lie at anchor.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes
My parting thought
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Married to Roger;
daughters and sonsin-law, Lindsey and
Gregg Pilgreen and
Kristin and Cody
Spencer; grandchildren
Logan and Knox
Pilgreen, Gage and
Dane Spencer
My parting thought
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Member of Wake
Village Baptist Church
Chair for Partners in
Education, Texarkana
Independent School
District
Volunteer to benefit
people and animals in
need
My family
Daughter, Ann
Whittenburg;
grandchildren, Greg
Niemeyer and Kim
Icenhower; 4 great
grandchildren
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Debbie Lindsey
Sheppard
“[I] challenged each student to be a strong and
independent person… [and to understand that]
excellence is never an accident. Everyone needs
direction, never be afraid to ask.”
Gayle Burrow
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Baptist Church
Moore’s Lane
Volunteer for
Texarkana Race for
the Cure
Board member and
past president of
Texarkana Community
Ballet
Volunteer and
dance teacher at
Watersprings Ranch
Sustaining member
of Junior League of
Texarkana
Member of TRAHC
Former board member
and parents club
president for St. James Day School
My family
•
Married to H. T., son, Trey; daughter, Ali
•
“Live. Love. Laugh.”
My parting thought
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“My children are my legacy…and their children.”
Jo Ann Rice
How I’m involved
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Member of Hamilton
Memorial AME
Church
Leader of the Young
Women Initiative
Co-chair of the TV
Ministry
Third Vice President
of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc.
Member of YWCA
board
Past President of
Literacy Council and
Ronald McDonald
Charities
Member of Junior
League of Texarkana
Vice Chair of
American Heart Association Heart Walk
Secretary of Women for A&M
My family
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Married to Arties; daughter, Josette
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“Service is the rent we pay for living.”
My parting thought
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“[I want to] inspire people to better themselves and
our community.”
Janet Green
How I’m involved
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Member of Central
Baptist Church,
Texarkana
Volunteer at the Red
Cross Festival of
Trees
Mentor students in the
Texarkana Arkansas
School District
My family
•
Married to Ronnie;
sons, Rustin and
Trenton
wisdom
•
“No time like the present.”
My parting thought
•
“May those who come
behind me find me faithful.”
Joyce Cook
How I’m involved
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Member of Pleasant
Grove Parent Teacher
Association
Member of Athletic
Booster Club at
Pleasant Grove High
School
Volunteer for
American Heart
Association
Volunteer for the
American Cancer
Society
Participant with the
United Way, American
Red Cross and
Texas State Trooper
Association
Member of Republican Women’s Association
My family
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Married to Christopher; daughter and son-in-law,
Robin and Shane Holland
•
“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are
small matters compared to what lies within us.” –
Ralph Waldo Emerson
My parting thought
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I think I want my legacy to be that my life provided
the world a positive contribution, and that I was a
team player.”
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Joyce Wilson
How I’m involved
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Volunteer for Martin
Luther King “Act of
Kindness” project
Volunteer for
Texarkana Race for
the Cure
Volunteer
cheerleading coach
for Faith, Hope &
Love, Inc.
Lifetime member of
the PTA
Contributor to United
Way and Whitney
Kelly Scholarship
Fund
Linda Kay Lilly
How I’m involved
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Church
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Member of Women for
the Arts
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Volunteer for the
Runnin’ WJ Ranch
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Member of the Four
State Reining Horse
Association
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My family
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Married to Taft;
children, Greg, Michelle, Shaun, LeJay, Andre,
Adrian, Shawn and William
• “Life’s most urgent question is: What
are you doing for others?” –Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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My parting thought
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“[I hope] that I have created a bright
spot in someone’s life with a kind word,
a smile, or just a simple thank you.”
•
My family
Married to Mike; son
and daughter-in-law,
Chris and Tracy Lilly;
daughter and son-inlaw, Jaime and Jason
Cobb; grandchildren, Austyn Lilly, Aiden, Alex and
Andrew Cobb; parents, Alvin and Marie Gibson;
mother-in-law, Reba Lilly
“Go your way… and be not grieved and depressed,
for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah
8:10
My parting thought
“[I want to know] that my life is a testimony of my
love for God and my family.”
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Margarite ‘Skeet’
Jolley
How I’m involved
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Member of Hooks
First Methodist Church
Chairman of the
church board
Member of the finance
committee
Founder of the
Shepherd’s Shop
Volunteer in numerous
church activities
Volunteer for Hooks
Independent School
District
Caretaker for church
member in assisted
living
Mary Katherine
Weber
How I’m involved
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Member of Williams
Memorial United
Methodist Church
Founder of WOW –
Williams on Wednesday
Board member of
Hospice of Texarkana
Board member of
Conifer Girl Scout
Council
Inaugural board member
for Texarkana Race for
the Cure
Member of Women for
the Arts
Volunteer at
Cornerstone Retirement
Community
My family
My family
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Son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Tanda;
grandson, Chad Jolley; granddaughters, Lara
Jolley and Kirby McCasland; great grandson, Cade
Jolley
“Always be honest and truthful and treat others as
you would like to be treated. Live each day to its
fullest.”
My parting thought
•
“[I want] to be remembered as someone who has
touched people’s lives in a special, helpful way.”
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Married to Patrick;
daughter and son-in-law, Katherine and Ty Patterson; son
and daughter-in-law Michael and Mary Elizabeth Weber;
son, the late Charles Weber; daughter-in-law, Tiffany Bell;
grandchildren, Evelyn, Jackson and Martha Patterson ,
Charlie and Katie Bell; parents, Martha and Nick Margrave
“After the storm the birds sing. Why shouldn’t we?”
–Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
My parting thought
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“[I want people to know] that I got it – that I realized
that life is very short and every day is priceless,
especially for those you hold dearest to your heart.”
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Mary Ted Mayo
How I’m involved
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Member of First
Baptist Church
Moore’s Lane
Member of FBC praise
team and choir
Officer of Dogwood
Garden Club
Member of Texarkana
Music Teachers Association
Member of Friends of
the Library
Volunteer at Runnin’
WJ Ranch
Fellowship chair of
Encouragers Sunday
school class
Member of the Friends
of St. Michael’s Foundation
My family
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Married to Gary; daughter and son-in-law, Susannah and Gene Joyce; son, Joe; granddaughters,
Caroline and Catherine
Pam Orr
How I’m involved
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My family
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Married to Keith;
daughters, Alison,
Ellen and Emily; son,
John
wisdom
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“We shall never know
all the good that a simple smile can do.” - Mother
Teresa
My parting thought
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Member of Williams
Memorial Methodist
Church
Chairman of American
Heart Association Heart
Ball
Opportunities Angel Guild
President
Volunteer for CASA and
Pi Phi Alumni Club
“I can do ALL things through Christ who
strengthens me.” –Philippians 4:13
“I hope my legacy is that I was a good friend, sister,
mother, daughter, and wife. I think what we teach
our children is our greatest legacy. I hope (as all
parents do) that their lives are full of happiness and
that they contribute positively to society.’”
My parting thought
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“Just as God loves all of mankind, my love for
them is unconditional.”
Norma Harrison
How I’m involved
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Lane
Member of the Golden
Circle Bible class
Treasurer of the Altrusans
Corresponding secretary of Chapter V, PEO
Member of Women for
the Arts
Member of Women for
Texas A&M
Member of Friends of
the Library
Study Fellowship
Paula Magness Knight
How I’m involved
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My family
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My family
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Son, Jon Pringle; daughters, Jan Price and Larkin
Jarvis; stepdaughters, Beverly Harrison, Ellen Oliver
and Kathryn Goff
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“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.” –
Thomas Moore
My parting thought
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“I would hope to be remembered as having been
fair and compassionate with every person who
came into my life and I hope to have been a help to
those in need.”
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Missionary in Davao
City, Philippines – 1994
– 2006
Owner of Blue Isle
Expressions Custom
Jewelry Designs, a ministry to fund the Philippine
Missionary Baptist Seminary in Davao City
Speaker in various local
and regional churches
Married to Glenn; son
and daughter-in-law,
Matthew and Judy;
daughter and son-inlaw, Jenny and Mark
Clements; daughter,
Juliana; grandchildren, Noah, Mahlah, Nathan and
Rhoda Mae Clements; Keilah and Keizah Knight;
parents, the late Paul Magness and Vada Magness
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My parting thought
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“When people mention my name [I want them to]
say, WOW, what a lady she was. [She was] very God
fearing, fun loving, crazy, had NO FEAR, trustworthy,
honest and a wonderful wife, mother, daughter and
Nana.”
Rebecca Gayle Adair
Hines
How I’m involved
Member of Hampton
Road Church of Christ
Owner of Gayle’s and
Abby Gayle’s
Image consultant for
women throughout the
Texarkana area
Volunteer for various
local charities and philanthropic events
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My family
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Married to Roger,
sons, Roger, Jr., Kevin
and Scott
Shirley Pesek
How I’m involved
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wisdom
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“God grant me the
serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to
know the difference. -The Serenity Prayer
My parting thought
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“I want to be remembered for the sincere love I have
for my customers and community. [I have been]
inspired by how I could transform my customers into
feeling good about themselves. I sit them down, listen
to their needs, and teach them things that will enhance
their natural beauty. I would also like to be remembered for my example of commitment to my husband,
our sons and their families.” Member of Sacred
Heart Women’s Society
Eucharist Minister at
Sacred Heart
Member of Junior
League of Texarkana
Past president and
charter member of
Texarkana Lawyers’
Wives Club
Past president of
Gateway Garden
Club
Charter member and
current board member of the Opportunities Foundation Board
My family
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Married to Leon; sons, Leon, Jr. and Philip; daughter,
Cathy Long
My parting thought
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“I want people to remember me for my
smile and encouragement. I want to be
like my husband who has the biggest
heart in the world and cares so much
about his family and friends.”
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Teresa Shipp
How I’m involved
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Member of the Church of
Christ
Member of Delta Kappa
Gamma Professional
Honor Society for Teachers
Member of the Daughters of the American
Revolution
Member of Arkansas
Women for Education
Former member of Board
of Directors for Tri-Community Neighborhood
Center
Actively involved in
church ministries
Campaign manager for
Mayor Horace Shipp
My family
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Lifetime member of
St. Edwards Catholic
Church
Active volunteer with St.
Edwards youth group
Study Fellowship
State Treasurer of the
Arkansas Occupational
Therapy Association
Member of TSAD PTAs
Volunteer for Easter
Seals
Volunteer for Temple
Memorial Treatment
Center
Member of Arkansas
Municipal Auditorium
Commission
Member of Texarkana
Museum Board
Member of Main Street Board
Member of Texarkana Library Board
President of Law Wives
My family
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
–Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
My parting thought
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How I’m involved
Married to Horace;
daughter and son-in-law, Julie and James Davis; son and
daughter-in-law, Justin and Araceli; grandson and wife,
James and Lacey Davis; grandson, Ethan; great grandson,
James IV
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Theresa Ann Poff
‘’I want my legacy to be that I was an outstanding
teacher – one that was fair and just with each student.
I loved all my students and treated them equally; yet, I
strived and was successful in giving each of them the
individual, one-on-one attention they needed.”
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Married to Franklin; sons, Franklin, William and Christopher
“Live each day as if it is your last… Tomorrow is not
promised.”
My parting thought
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“I would like to be remembered as one who was kind
to all people, but my children are my greatest legacy.”
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