Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 2, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

James Worthington

James W. (Jim) Worthington,63, passed away on February 3, 2005, at his home in Huxley, Texas. Jim was born on May 26, 1941, in Prescott to John Tillman Worthington and Nancy Gist Worthington. Funeral services were held on Sunday, February 6, 2005, at Tole...

Edna Ratcliff

Edna Pauline Alsobrook Ratcliff, 85, of Stamps, died Thursday, February 24, 2005, at the Magnolia Hospital in Magnolia. She was born January 2, 1920, in Cale, to the late Edgar and Zula May Godle Alsobrook. Mrs. Ratcliff worked many years as a nurse at th...

Leon Jackson

Leon Jackson, 72, of Prescott, died Monday, February 21, 2005, at his home. Mr. Jackson was born October 10, 1932, in Prescott. He was preceded in death by his wife and one son. Survivors include one daughter, Dorthea Jackson Lacy of Gurdon; one son, Leo...

Complaint heard

Nevada's School Board meeting opened with a 90-minute executive session. There had been complaints about an instructor and the Board allowed those with grievances to speak their piece. After a trio of people had spoken, the board remained in executive ses...

Exchange student learns about Prescott

There are some major differences between Prescott, Arkansas and Lima, Peru. One of the major ones is population. Prescott has a little more than 4,000 residents while Lima's population is several hundred thousand. Another difference, according to Geraldin...

Council passes resolutions for new industry

Four resolutions were approved by the Prescott City Council to help get a new business underway. Actually, the resolutions were for two businesses being housed in the same building, the old Prescott manufacturing plant. One of the businesses is Southern S...