Benjamin Derrell Scoggins

Benjamin Derrell Scoggins obituary, Nash, TX

Benjamin Derrell Scoggins

Benjamin Scoggins Obituary

Published by Legacy on May 26, 2025.
Benjamin Derrell Scoggins, age 71, of Texarkana, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at Hospice of Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas. He was born on June 9, 1953, in Texarkana -Miller County, Arkansas, to Aaron Monroe and Lue Ella Scoggins.
Mr. Scoggins worked as a Mechanic and Logger. In his free time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, and tinkering with anything he could fix. He was a wonderful and loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend.
He was preceded in death by his wife Rhonda Scoggins; parents Aaron (Dollie) and Lue Ella Scoggins; and sisters Vernia and Nita.
Left to cherish his memory are the daughters Christy Scoggins Haddock and husband Brandon, Lisa Wright and husband Floyd; sisters Retha Hassell, Linda Miller, Eunice Mills and Jeanie Ray and husband James; brother Roy G. Scoggins; eight grandchildren Alyssa Terry and husband Austin, Aaron Adcock, Tyler Haddock, Tanner Haddock, Connor Haddock, Amber Wright, Krista Wright, and Hailey Wright; six great-grandchildren Waylon Terry, Rosalie Haddock, Jocelynn Haddock, Kash Haddock, Bonnie Benton, and Luka Bloyd; and a number of other relatives and friends.
Graveside service will be Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Rocky Mound Cemetery in Fouke, Arkansas, with Brother Steve Minter officiating.
The family will be at the home of Jeanie and James Ray, 9088 FM 1398, Hooks, Texas.

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