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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, November 12, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Virgie Brantley
Mrs. Virgie E. Ames Brantley, 89, of Hope, died Monday, November 3, 2003, at Heather Manor Nursing Home in Hope. She was born October 7, 1914, in Nevada County, to Jonathan Pitt and Elizabeth Bailey Ames. She was a owner/operator of a pawn shop and sas st...
Etta Russell
Etta Lucille Russell, 72, of Prescott, passed away on Monday, November 3, 2003, at Baptist Health in Little Rock. Mrs. Russell was born on May 18, 1931, in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, the daughter of Joseph L. and Cassie E. (Morrison) Marsh. She was a homem...
Dorotha Franks
Dortha Franks, 81, of Prescott, passed away November 7, 2003 at Hillcrest Nursing Center. She was born March 4, 1922, near Prescott to Edgar and Mary B. Smith, but grew up in Deming, New Mexico. She graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1942 from the Masoni...
Harold Steed
Harold David Steed, 62, of Minden, La., died November 6, 2003, in Minden. He was born in Laneburg. He was a retired Military Air Force Reserve. Survivors include: wife, Janette Steed of Minden, La.; son, Dennis Richard Steed of Shreveport, La.; two daught...
Ernest Robison
Ernest "Rob" Robison, 63, died October 18, 2003. He was born June 10, 1940. He was the Commander with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Leo Mann Post 8671 on Wildcat Rd. He served his country in Korea and Vietnam. Survivors include: his mother, one sister, thr...
Lydia Miller
Lydia M. Miller, 84, of Magnolia, died Friday, November 7, 2003, at the Beverly Healthcare Center in Hot Springs. She was born January 24, 1919, in Nevada County. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker. Survivors include: two daughters, Jo Catherine Rice and husband...
Mary Ruble
Mary Sheila Ruble, 52, of Hot Springs, died Saturday, November 8, 2003. She attended Chidester Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her son, Jerry Moore and two brothers. She is survived by her sons, Randall Pettit of Hot Springs and James Pettit o...
Wolves fall short against Ashdown, face Dollarway Friday nigth
Mistakes and turnovers proved to be more than the Curley Wolves could overcome as Prescott fell 21-6 to Ashdown Friday night. The loss dropped Prescott to second in the 7AAA for the state playoffs, which begin Friday, Nov. 14. However, the Wolves will pla...
Huckabee's new education plan: solution or recipe for disaster
Is Gov. Mike Huckabee's new plan for education the solution to the problem or a disaster in the making? This is the question looming before all Arkansans with Huckabee's Leadership for Education Accountability and Reform Now (LEARN). Under the proposed ac...
Unemployment rises slightly in Nevada County
Nevada County's unemployment rate rose from 3.6 percent in August to 3.9 percent in September. These figures are according to the Arkansas Employment Security Division (ESD). Unfortunately, the same could be said for several surrounding counties. Clark ...

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