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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 18, 2007 edition of Gurdon Times

Local businessman dies at age 93
An inspiration. A gentleman. A generous person. Those were just a few of the things Gurdon residents have to say about James Austin Capps Sr. Capps died Saturday, April 14, at Arkadelphia. Better known around town as simply Austin, Capps was a Gurd...
Ross speaks at annual awards banquet
U.S. Congressman Mike Ross hit an array of topics during his address to those gathered to honor area citizens during the Ila Upchurch Community Corporations annual awards banquet April 14. Ross said Congress has been out of session for two weeks. He sai...
Disturbance on wheels leads to man's arrest
A Stephens man was arrested in Gurdon on Wednesday, April 11, after what police are calling an unusual chain of events. According to Gurdon Police Officer Chris Russell, he was on the parking lot between Rehkopfs grocery and Red-E-Mart on Arkansas 53 whe...
Mount Zion pastor receives award
The pastor of a Gurdon church was recognized for his community involvement during the Ila Upchurch Community Corporations annual recognition banquet in Prescott April 14. Rev. William Colbert, pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Gurdon, was award...
On my mind
At last the truth is out. I am not the father of Anna Nicole Smiths baby! I find it amazing how fast news travels nowadays. I find it equally amazing how the 24-hour news networks have come to define news. It is tragic that Anna Nicole Smith died of an a...
Opal Malcom
Opal Faye Malcom Arnold, age 86 of Curtis, died Friday, April 13, 2007, in Baptist Health Center-Arkadelphia. She was born May 27, 1920, in Clark County to Oscar and Annie Lee Franklin Malcom. She was a homemaker and a member of the Curtis Baptist Church...
James Austin Capps Sr.
Colonel James Austin Capps Sr. (Ret. USAR), 93, of Gurdon, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 14, 2007. Col. Capps was born in Dobyville, on Nov. 22, 1913, as the eldest child of Della Mae Wingfield Capps and James Roy Capps. ...
Bette DuVall
Bette Rushing DuVall, 79, of Benton, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007. She was born on August 29, 1927, in Arkadelphia. Mrs. DuVall retired from Caldwell Elementary in Benton after thirty years as a fourth grade teacher and was a member of the First U...
Willie OHart
Willie OHart, 93, of Gurdon, died Friday, April 13, 2007. He worked in a lumber mill and was of the Assembly of God Faith. He is survived by two sons, James and Frank OHart of Gurdon; two grandchildren, Angelie Cruz of Hot Springs and Tammy Arzole of...

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