Mattie Colleen White Kirk

July 22, 1934 - July 25, 2020

Mattie Colleen White Kirk, 86, left this vale of tears Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Texarkana, TX. She was born in Wilson, OK, July 22, 1934, to Sidney Samuel White and Clarice Deborah Johnson White. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior as a teen and joined the Methodist Church. She attended Magnolia High School and graduated in 1952. Colleen was a dog lover and began her love affair with them as a teenager when she owned her first, a German Shorthaired Pointer named Jerry. In later life, her fur babies gave her hours of pleasure, and they were rarely far from her side. She volunteered many hours with CCAPS Dog Shelter. Always a neatnik about her home as well as her person, she was seldom without makeup, her hair done just right, and cute clothes. To that end, she worked many years at Merle Norman Makeup. Later she found her true calling when she began work at Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. She became a Licensed Funeral Director August 2, 1983. A friend said it was her special ministry, and that it was always a comfort seeing Colleen at the many funerals she attended there. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Sidney Forest White, and her sister Beverly White Otwell. She is survived by her husband of 27 years Eddie Kirk of McNeil, AR, three children, Steven Franks and wife Betty, Richard Franks and wife Judi, and Phyllis Franks Austin and husband Dub, all of Magnolia. Her seven grandchildren, Lee Franks, of McNeil, AR, Meg West (Kaleb), of Allen, TX, Jeremy Franks, of Greenbrier, AR, Lauren Choffel (Clarence), of Franklin Park, IL, Peyton Franks, Shreveport, LA, Raegan Austin and William Austin, both of Magnolia, and eight great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Sydney White Holder of Palacios, TX and Shelia White Maynard, of Gunter, TX as well as a step daughter Lacey Miner of El Dorado, KS, step grandson Jacoby Miner of El Dorado, KS, and several nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. in Magnolia with a graveside service following at 10:30 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery with Dr. Eric Goble officiating. The family requests memorial donations be made to the CCAPS animal shelter, PO Box 2003, Magnolia, AR 71754. To sign the online guest book or to share a memory visit www.lewisfuneralhome.biz