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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 1, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Margaret Reed
Mrs. Margaret Ann Reed, 84, of Emmet, passed away Monday, August 23, 2004 in Linrock Health and Rehab Nursing Center in Texarkana, Texas. She was born April 13, 1920, in DeAnn to Odas and Ivey Ruth Prince Honeycutt. She was a retired Shanhouse employee an...
Richard McKelvy
Richard P. McKelvy, 53, of Conway, formerly of Little Rock, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2004, at his home after a 9 month battle with melanoma. Mr. McKelvy was born August 24, 1950, in Prescott, to Herman Orland McKelvy and Nell Wanda Walker McKelvy ...
John Adams, Jr.
John T. Adams, Jr., 95, of Imboden, passed away, Sunday, August 1, 2004, at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Born May 10, 1909, in Prescott, son of John T. and Mary Eula Blakley Adams, Sr. Mr. Adams was a retired farmer and a memb...
Augustus Moncrief
Graveside funeral services for Augustus Z. Moncrief, 87, was Tuesday at noon at the DeAnn Cemetery in Prescott. A native of Prescott, Mr. Moncrief lived in Los Angeles where he died on August 21, 2004. Mr. Moncrief was the son on Earlie Norton Moncrief an...
Nellie Wise
Mrs. Nellie "Doot" Warren Wise, 75, of Emmet, passed away Monday, August 23, 2004, at her home. Sister Nellie Wise, affectionately known as "Doot" by some family members and friends, was born November 28, 1928, to the proud parents, the late Jyner Warren...
Cecil Steed
Mr. Cecil James "Pete" Steed, 71, Prescott, died Friday, August 27, 2004, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab Center in Prescott. He was born June 30, 1933, in Emmet, to Rufus James and Hazel Wingfield Steed. He was a member of Missionary Grove Baptist Church of ...
Lill Caldwell
Lill Cox Caldwell, 78, died August 22, 2004, in Galveston, Texas, after complications from heart disease. She was born November 13, 1925, in Nevada County, to Lee and Mollie Baker Cox, the youngest of eight children, who were all born in the same house. S...
New library board installed
Details on when to meet, along with naming officers, were handled by the Prescott-Nevada County Library Board. The official Board met for the first time Thursday, Aug. 26, at the library. Howard Taylor was named chairman, with Prissy Traczewitz tabbed as ...
Ross part of congressional delegation to visit Iraq
Congressman Mike Ross recently visited with members of the Arkansas National Guard in Iraq. He said there are pockets of stability, and a few areas are relatively safe, but there is a long way to go before the new government will be able to handle the pol...
Annual fair underway in county
This year's fair is here. The 68th Annual Nevada County Fair runs through Sept. 5, with the theme: "Wind up Your Summer at the Nevada County Fair". There have been some changes to the fair this year, mostly in personnel. Sheila Cannon has taken over duti...
Nevada students fare well on tests
When the 2004-2005 school year opened at Nevada there were questions about how students would respond to the new dress code. First day results, according to Frank Bradley, Nevada principal, were good as only 14 students showed up not wearing uniforms. The...
No election at Nevada
There will be no election held for the open position on the Nevada School Board. At the Board's August meeting, resolutions were passed to go with absentee and early voting instead of holding a full election as there is only one candidate. David Beard is ...

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