Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 23, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Prescott's graduating class is 59 strong

The graduation of the Class of 2007 was a lesson in the five senses. Five of the top seniors offered up speeches on touch, sight, smell, taste and hear. Jordan Haynie began with smell. She said the thought of Prescott High School will always memories of...

Firestone dedicates distribution center

Politicians and members of the Firestone staff were joined by members of the community May 18 for an official ribbon cutting ceremony at the plants newest addition - a 153,000 distribution center. This project represents an $11 million investment in ...

Quorum Court considers jail issues

How far should the county go in order to cut medical expenses and is there a way to gain control of the situation without putting prisoners - and the county - in danger? Those were questions addressed by the Nevada County Quorum Court during the regular...

Cox takes over local command

Lt. Col. Brad Cox has taken over command of the local National Guard, including the Tom Bussey National Guard Armory at Prescott. Cox said hes excited about the command, but said hes also very aware of the huge responsibility the command entails. Cox...

Scott Tipton

Mr. Scott Tipton, 35, of DeQueen, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in DeQueen Medical Center in DeQueen. He was born on Oct. 25, 1971, in Stuttgart, to Joe Ronnie and Margaret Joyce Capps Tipton. He was a Tyson Service Technician. He was a Baptist and an Arm...

James Ward

Mr. James Edward Ward, 64, of Hope, died Monday, May 14, 2007, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana. He was born on June 28, 1942, in Nevada County to H.O. and Alta Marie Tye Ward. He was a self-employed owner/operator truck driver/mechanic w...

Shirlene Willett

Mrs. Shirlene Fowler Willett, 63, of McCaskill, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. She was born in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 12, 1943, to William Bill and Louise Barber Fowler. She was a clerk at Roadw...

Ida Haynie

Mrs. Ida Rae Hamilton Haynie, 74, of Little Rock, formerly of Prescott, died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at her home. She was born on Aug. 2, 1932, in Prescott, to Sammy Hamilton and Nola Brown Hamilton Graham. She graduated from Henderson State University...

Charlie Spencer

Charlie Ernest Spencer, 80, of Prescott, was called to his heavenly home on Friday, May 18, 2007. Mr. Spencer was a retired carpenter, an US Navy veteran of WWII and a member of Park Missionary Baptist Church. He is survived by his loving wife Leada Le...

Nadine Wortman

Mrs. Nadine Dillard Wortman, 72, of Rosston, died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at her home. She was born in Rosston on April 8, 1935, to Hollis A. and Edith Mathis Dillard. She was a member of the Lafferty Road Baptist Church in Pasadena, Texas. Her honeymoo...

Chlois Newman

Mrs. Chlois Cummings Newman, 93, of Prescott, died after a lengthy illness Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born Nov. 4, 1913, in Farmerville, La., to Genie and Sally Mackie Wynne Cummings. She graduated from Draughn B...

Brenda Hart

Brenda Carol Rhodes Hart, 59, of Prescott, formerly of Texarkana, Texas, died Saturday, May 19, 2007, in Texarkana. She was a retired registered nurse. She was preceded in death by her father, Roy Rhodes and great-niece, Rhenyx Adams. Her survivors i...

Patsy Digiovanna

Mrs. Patsy Louise Digiovanna, 42, of Temecula, Calif., formerly of Prescott, died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, in Prescott. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but will be announced by Brazzel/Cornish Funeral Home of Prescott.

Education on club's agenda

With a continued increase in the number of motorcyclists, one group is seeking to educate both the public and the bikers, and to share information about this popular pasttime. Arkansas Bikers Aiming Toward Education has more than 2,500 members with an ac...