TEXARKANA “I love telling people where I’m from. The water tower on the way into town says
Joe Anderson , NFL Player Miller Barber , Professional Golfer and Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Jesse Belvin , Rock and Roll Singer, Pianist and Songwriter
Jarrion Lawson , Sprinter and Long Jumper
Joshua Logan III , Stage and Film Director—Pulitzer Prize Winner Ryan Mallett , NFL Player Edwin “Eddie” Matthews , MLB Player and National Baseball Hall of Fame Durwood Merrill , MLB Umpire Will Middlebrooks , MLB Player Craig “C. Mo” Monroe , MLB Player Mac Morgan , Bass Baritone Singer Dustin Moseley , MLB Player Ross Perot , Businessman, Billionaire, Philanthropist and Presidential Candidate in 1992 and 1996 Molly C. Quinn , Actor Collin Raye , Country Music Singer Ben Rice , Grammy Winning Record Producer, Vocal Producer, Musician and Mix Engineer Bill Rogers , Professional Golfer Sarah Huckabee Sanders , White House Press Secretary and Candidate for Governor of Arkansas Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino , Publisher and Businesswoman Billy Sims , Heisman Winner and NFL Player A. Maceo Smith , Pioneer Civil Rights Leader Harmonica Slim , American Blues Harmonicist, Singer and Songwriter Rod Smith , NFL Player Gunnar Stansson , Screenwriter Drew Stubbs , MLB Player Jeremiah Trotter , NFL Player Nathan Vasher , NFL Player Michael Wacha , MLB Player Frank D. White , Former Governor of Arkansas Otis Williams , Co-founder of The Temptations
it all—‘Texarkana is Twice as Nice!’ I loved growing up there and I love when I’m headed back home for a visit.”
J.B. Bobo , Magician Dan Blocker , Actor Tra Carson , NFL Player
Bessie Coleman , First African American Woman Airplane Pilot David Crowder , Musician Ellen DeGeneres , Comedian, Television Host, Actress, Writer and Producer Dorothea Church , Model Nancy Curtis , Opera Singer Carl Finch , Grammy Winning Musician Ocielia Gibson , Speaker and Author William “Bill” Glass , NFL Player and College Football Hall of Fame Kenny Graham , AFL and NFL Player Corinne Griffith , Actress, Producer and Author Jessica Haas , Speed Painter Cobi Hamilton , NFL Player Slade Heathcott , MLB Player Rich Houston , NFL Player Mike Huckabee , Former Governor of Arkansas, Presidential Candidate and Television Host LaMichael James , NFL Player Jacque “Jack” Jenkins , NFL Player Brandon Jones , NFL Player Nate Jones , NFL Player Parnelli Jones , Professional Race Car Driver and Racing Team Owner Scott Joplin , Composer and Pianist Jeff Keith , Musician
David Crowder
“It’s a great small town and I was blessed to grow up in a place with a strong sense of community—where people genuinely cared about one another and helped each other.”
Sarah Huckabee Sanders TXK Roots— Texarkana Magazin e
“(Texarkana was) a good place to grow up. It was a
small town, but big enough to ‘spread your wings’ a little.” Collin Raye TXK Roots— Texarkana Magazin e
“I am just grateful that I had such a fun childhood in Texarkana. It’s the little things… I don’t take that for granted.”
Gary Kusin , Entrepreneur Tracy Lawrence , Country Music Singer
Molly C. Quinn TXK Roots— Texarkana Magazin e
8 | Texarkana Community Directory | Spring 2021
Spring 2021 | Texarkana Community Directory | 9
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