Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 22, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Alleen Daniels

Mrs. Alleene T. Daniels, 91, of Texarkana, formerly of Prescott, died Monday, March 13, 2006, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana, Texas. She was born on November 27, 1914, in Prescott to Byrd and Goldie Herron Tippitt. She was a Licensed Practi...

Jo Parker

Mrs. Elizabeth Jo Parker, 79, of West Memphis, formerly of Prescott, died Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at Methodist Central Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. She was born on December 27, 1926, in Prescott, to Ed and Annie Black Dickerson. She was retired from Style ...

Ruth Newth

Mrs. Ruth E. Holder Newth, 83, of Prescott, died Thursday, March 16, 2006, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on May 17, 1922, in Prescott, to L.A. and Emma Catherine Crank Holder. She was retired from Firestone and former cafeteria worker. ...

Leonard Black

Mr. Leonard J. Black, 75, of Willisville, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Mr. Black was born April 12, 1932, in Chickasha, Okla., to the late John Willie and Ruby Fay (Leonard) Black. He was a 32-year res...

Jean Bonds

Mrs. Jean Phenea Munn Bonds, 86, of Little Rock, formerly of Prescott, died Thursday, March 16, 2006, in Little Rock. She was born on August 11, 1920, in Prescott to Thomas Owen and Lula Beth Barham Munn. She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Churc...

Varrie Young

Mrs. Varrie Young, 89, of Prescott, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Hearthstone Assisted Living Care, Irving, Texas. She was born on June 28, 1917, in Blevins to Clem and Ellen Maxwell Harris. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Mt. Ephesus Bapt...

Heidi Hoglund

Miss Heidi Lane Hoglund, 18, of Hope, died passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, in Magnolia as a result of an auto accident. She was born on September 28, 1987, in Magnolia to Bill and Terri Neal Hoglund. She was a freshman student at Southern Arka...

James Collier Jr

Mr. James Aubrey Collier, Jr., 84, of Hope, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Christus-Schumpert Grace Home/Hospice in Shreveport, La. He was born on February 16, 1922, in Hempstead County, to Jessie Aubrey J.A. and Lillie Henry Collier. He...

Arts League learns dangers of smoking

Tina Blevins spoke to the Artesian Arts League about the dangers of secondhand smoke. Blevins, Nevada County Tobacco Prevention Coordinator, told those gathered, at the regular meeting Tuesday, March 14, secondhand smoke contains nearly 5,000 chemical c...

Children's Week plans done

Plans for Childrens Week are pretty much in the bag, so to speak. Prissy Traczewitz, with the Prescott-Nevada County Health Alliance, told Alliance members there will be a lot of good things going on this year for Childrens Week, which is scheduled fo...

Blevins laments cooperation between political parties

Tom Blevins, chairman of the Nevada County Republican Committee, lamented the lack of cooperation between parties in the county. Its unfortunate in a community of this size, he said, not to have people of both parties get together, discuss the issue...