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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 4, 2002 edition of Nevada County Picayune

James House
Mr. James Lafayette "Fate" House, 80, of Powderly, Texas (formerly of Prescott) died Sunday, November 24, 2002 at Christus St. Joseph Hospital in South, Texas. He was born December 21, 1921 in Nevada County to Joseph Washington and Tennie Paralee Raines H...
Lela Ridling
Mrs. Lela Faye Ridling, 80, of Prescott, died Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. She was born August 5, 1922, in Clairmont, Texas to George and Nola Faye Stanley Biggs. She was a homemaker and a member o...
Juanita Carrie'
Juanita Selwood Gasque Carrie', of Camden, died Friday, November 22, 2002. Mrs. Carrie' began life July 18, 1917. She grew up in and around Marion, South Carolina. Mrs. Carrie' began a long and fruitful teaching career which had its roots in Georgetown an...
Geneva Cottingham
Mrs. Geneva Ann Thompson Cottingham, 69, of Prescott, died Saturday, November 30, 2002, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on February 2, 1933, in Big Springs, Texas, to Jerry S. and Alta Evans Thompson. She was a homemaker and mother. She was...
Olen McKinney
Olen Alfred McKinney, the oldest of 11 children, was born on January 5, 1919, to the late Anthony E. McKinney and Cornelia Wallace in Rosston (Nevada County). His early education was in Rosston, where he graduated in 1938. He served in the United States A...
Virginia Woods
Virginia Lee Woods, 47, of Austin, Texas, formerly of Blevins, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at 8 a.m. She is survived by her parents, Mary and Thomas Billingsley; two daughters, Michelle Gagne and Carrie Naron; six grandchildren; ex-husband, M...
Wolves post 33-17 quarterfinal win part 1
Prescott's Curley Wolves are one step closer to a possible rematch with Nashville. The Wolves were less than gracious guests as the squad rudely sent the Ozark Hillbillies packing from the football field to the basketball court with a 33-17 win in quarter...
Wolves post 33-17 quarterfinal win part 2
The drive was capped with Martin hitting Lewis from the three for the touchdown with 1:18 left in the first quarter. The Wolves opted for a two-point conversion, and were successful, making it 21-0. Prescott was flagged for being offside on the kickoff, p...
Families unhappy with Nevada Board's decision
Border disputes led four families to question the Nevada School Board recently. The families, all living within the Nevada School District, have been sending their children to Emmet Schools, and when notified of the situation, they asked the Nevada board ...
Task Force arrests trio on drugs
Three Prescott men were arrested on drug charged by the South Central Arkansas Drug Task Force recently. According to court records, the task force arrested Alfonzo Harris, age and address unknown, for two counts of delivery of a controlled substance, nam...
Federal funds are available to test feasibility of new ideas
People have good ideas all the time. The problem is how to get them from the idea stage into production. Fear not, there is an answer. Mildred Holley, lead consultant with the Arkansas Small Business Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Lit...

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