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| Tawfiq, Aysha Ginger 234887 |
| Birth: 06/10/1993 Death: 08/19/2005 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: See Notes (NOT PLOTTED) |
| Record Source: The Paris News |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/14/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Aug. 21, 2005: 'CLARKSVILLE SISTERS DIE IN OKLAHOMA FIRE - MOORE, Okla., Two Clarksville sisters --- one 12 and the other 8 --- died Friday in an early-morning fire during a visit to their father and stepmother's house. Firefighters found Aysha Tawfiq, 12, and Zara Tawfiq, 8, in a bedroom. They were pronounced dead at area hospitals, Moore Deputy Fire Chief Gary Bird said. Joint funeral services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Clarksville, where the sisters attended church. 'Zara was faithful in our AWANAS program, and Aysha was very faithful in our youth program,' the Rev. Mark Gossett, said. 'This is one of those things that show us we never know what tomorrow may bring and reminds us life is precious,' he said. The girls' 16-year-old brother, Radi, escaped through a bedroom window during the fire and told firefighters the two girls were still inside, Bird said. Because of smoke in the home, firefighters had to use thermal imagers to find the girls. 'All accidental causes have been ruled out as a cause of the fire, which was reported at 5:19 a.m.,' Bird said. Investigators were still looking for the origin of the blaze. The family told firefighters that a small fire had started in the front room of the house Thursday night, and they thought they had put it out and did not notify firefighters, Bird said. 'It appears that one of the two victims may have set both fires,' he said. The girls' father and stepmother, Wael and Linda Tawfiq, were at work when the blaze began, Bird said. Their mother, Tracy Tawfiq, arrived at the home from Clarksville later Friday morning. 'It is just horrible,' neighbor Patty McAlister said. 'My heart aches for them. There is nothing you can say.' McAlister drove the father, his wife and his son to Children's Hospital, where the girls were taken. The distraught family gathered quietly on an incline outside the house Friday while firefighters investigated. They declined to talk about the fire. Moore is about 11 miles south of Oklahoma City on Interstate 35. (Staff writer Mary Madewell and the Associated Press contributed to this report.)' THE PARIS NEWS, Aug. 21, 2005: 'CLARKSVILLE, Aysha Ginger Tawfiq, 12, and sister Zara Lee Tawfiq, 8, both of Clarksville died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, in Moore, Okla. Joint services are set for 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, in the First Baptist Church of Clarksville with the Rev. Mark Gossett and the Rev. A. B. Kellam officiating. Burial follows in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Clarksville Funeral Home. The family receives visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, at Clarksville Funeral Home. Aysha Ginger Tawfiq was born June 10, 1993, in Texarkana. She attended Clarksville schools and played with the Sparks basketball team. Zara Lee Tawfiq was born Nov. 28, 1996, in Paris. She also attended Clarksville schools and was a member of the Blue Angel softball team, where she was an Allstar. They were preceded in death by grandparents, Tracy and Ginger Reppond, and Radi Tawfiq. Survivors include father, Wael Tawfiq of Moore, Okla., and mother, Tracy Tawfiq of Clarksville; step-parents, Linda Tawfiq and Paul Morgan; grandmother, Hamda Tawfiq of Jordan; brother, Radi Tawfiq of Clarksville; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends.' THE PARIS NEWS, Sep. 07, 2005: 'INVESTIGATION INTO FIRE CONTINUES - An investigation continues into an Aug. 19 fire that took the lives of two Clarksville sisters, Moore, Okla., fire department officials said Wednesday. 'We have a set fire and it is still under investigation,' Fire Marshall Jeff Lindsay said Wednesday. 'We have a set fire and we have not been able to rule out the children.' Aysha Tawfiq, 12, and Zara Tawfiq, 8, were found in a bedroom of the home and were pronounced dead at area hospitals. The girls' 16-year-old brother, Radi, escaped through a bedroom window during the fire and told firefighters the two girls were still inside, Moore Deputy Fire Chief Gary Bird said. Because of smoke in the home, firefighters had to use thermal imagers to find the girls, who were visiting their father and stepmother at the time of the predawn blaze. The family told firefighters that a small fire had started in the front room of the house the day before, and they thought they had put it out and did not notify firefighters, Bird said. The girls' father and stepmother, Wael and Linda Tawfiq, were at work when the fire began, Bird said. Their mother, Tracy Tawfiq, arrived at the home from Clarksville later that morning. Moore is about 11 miles south of Oklahoma City on Interstate 35.' |