Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 16, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Lillian Davis

Lillian P. Campbell Clark Davis, 83, of Emmet, died Thursday, March 3, 2005, at the Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born January 11, 1922, in Lewisville. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was a devoted m...

Walter May

Walter "Doc" May, Jr., 78,of Arkadelphia, died March 8, 2005, at his home. He was born May 22, 1926, in Clark Co., the son of the late OdomWalter and Faye Arnold May. He was retired owner of M&M Fence Co. and after retirement he worked part-time for AllCa...

Hautie Huskey

Mrs. Hautie L. Wardlaw Huskey, 92, of Blevins, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born February 15, 1913, in Redland Community of McCaskill, to Robert and Linnie Chism Wardlaw. She was a retired Postmaster of Blevins Po...

Mildred McRae

Mrs. Mildred Avery McRae, 95, of Hot Springs, died Saturday, February 26, 2005, at her home. She was born on December 28, 1909, in Prescott to Ike I. and Bertha Hale Avery. She was a former supervisor with Green Thumb Project and Homemaker. She was a memb...

Everett Poche

Mr. Everett "Bud" Joseph Poche, 102, from Emmet, died Sunday, March 6, 2005, in Gold River, Calif. He was born on May 2, 1902, in Thibodaux, La. He was a retired bank teller. He attended Central Baptist Church in Prescott. He lived with George and Dixie C...

L.C. Thomas

Mr. L.C. Thomas, 92, of Okolona, died Saturday, March 5, 2005, in Murfreesboro Nursing Center in Murfreesboro. He was born November 7, 1912, in Pike County to Cal and Mary Dixon Thomas. He was a pulpwood worker for Charlie Couch of Antoine. He was a membe...

Paul Hardman

Mr. Neely "Paul" Hardman, 82, of Laneburg, died suddenly on Saturday, March 12, 2005, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on December 13, 1922, in Quinland, Texas, to William B. and Mamie Tuttle Hardman. He was a retired truck driver. He served ...

Rufus Marlar

Mr. Rufus G. Marlar, 82, of Prescott, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on April 28, 1922, in Nevada County to William A. and Zee Sandifer Marlar. He was a mechanic, a WWII Army Veteran serving in the Pacific Theat...

Myrtle Sutton

Mrs. Mytle Sutton, 88, of Hope, died Tuesday March 8, 2005, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on August 20, 1916, in Emmet, to Albert and Trudy Purtle Hamilton. She was a homemaker, mother, former clerk with a J.C. Penny's and West Dept. Stor...

Norris Rateliff

Mr. C. Norris Rateliff, 74, of Hope, died Wednesday, March 9, 2005, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born November 18, 1930, in Patmos to Ocie Otto Judson Rateliff and Sara Hunt Rateliff. He was a retired Fire Plow Operator with the Arkansas Fores...

Carol Thompson

Mrs. Carol Crowley Thompson, 74, of Bryant, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2005, in a Hot Springs Hospital. She was born May 16, 1930, in Arkadelphia to William Robert and Carabelle Etchison Thompson. She attended Henderson State University, was a patte...

Patricia Belcher

Ms. Patricia Belcher, 68, of Prescott passed away Monday, March 7, 2005, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. Graveside services were 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield, La. Burial followed. Arrangements under th...

Children's Week April 4-8

Plans for Children's Week are pretty much in place. Children's Week will be observed the first week in April, with activities planned for area children each day. Prissy Traczewitz, event chairman, said this year's Children's Week is shaping up to be the b...

Overpass project getting closter to becoming a reality

Prescott is one step closer to getting an overpass connecting Highways 67 and 371. Fourth Congressional District Representative Mike Ross (D-Ark.) announced the U.S. House of Representatives approved funding in the amount of $2.64 million for the project....

Arts League sets busy schedule

A balloonist will be on hand for the annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 26. The balloonist is sponsored by the Artesian Arts League. He will tie balloons into various shapes for children while they await thei...