Aaron Kidd

Aaron Kidd lived in Texarkana and, by public accounts, was 31 years old at the time of his death on March 29, 2016. Public reporting about that day is sparse on details about Aaron’s life beyond the facts surrounding the event, but the record confirms he was a local resident and part of a family and neighborhood where everyday disagreements and difficult decisions were part of ordinary life.

Because there is no published family obituary located in major local sources, much of Aaron’s private life — the people who loved him, the work he did, and the personal hopes he carried — do not appear in the public record accessible to researchers. That absence does not reduce his human worth: he was a person connected to others, and his life mattered to family members and neighbors who knew him beyond newspaper coverage.

This remembrance honors Aaron as an individual rather than focusing on the circumstances of his death. Where the public record is limited, the appropriate response is quiet respect: to acknowledge his existence, the place he called home, and that people close to him experienced a loss. If family members or close friends wish to add memories — stories of his personality, work, interests, or the relationships that defined him — those contributions would help make a fuller and more personal memorial.

Aaron’s passing touched a community in Texarkana. This page offers a place to recognize his life, to name him, and to provide a respectful space for those who knew him to remember him by the ordinary, human details that matter most.