Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 2, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Lena Ulmer

Lena Mae Ulmer, 77, of Cabot, died Sunday. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Dora Burke, and husband, Herman Ulmer. She is survived by two brothers, Joe and Virgil Burke of Prescott; three sisters, Elsie Smith, Julia Polston and Bessie ...

Luther Harris

Luther B. Harris, 89, of Oakland, Calif., died Monday, June 16, 2003, in a hospital in California. Luther was born November 21, 1913, in Prescott to the parentage of the late Daniel Harris and Elizabeth Jackson Harris. He was a member of St. John Baptist...

Lealon Campbell

Lealon "Lela" Campbell, 93, of Hope (formerly of Emmet), died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born January 15, 1910, in Nevada County, to J.H. "Adam" and Doshie Lough Pratt. She was a homemaker and dietary aid at Presco...

Geneva Walthall

Geneva Irvin Walthall, 89, of Camden, died Saturday int the Ouachita Medical Center in Camden. Mrs. Walthall was born January 29, 1914, in Bluff City, the daughter of William and Minnie Riddling Irvin. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Edgar Johnson

Mr. Edgar Wayne Johnson, 58, of Hope, formerly of Prescott, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Hot Springs, after a lengthy illness. He was born January 27, 1945, in Nevada County, to Lee and Alice Gill Johnson. He was a truck d...

Lucy Calhoun

Lucy Mae Stokes Calhoun, 87, of Little Rock, passed away Friday, June 27, 2003, at the Regional Nursing Center of Bryant. Lucy was born September 25, 1916, in Bluff Springs, to Joshua Sydney and Althea Erwin Stokes. She attended and graduated from Lanebu...

Parker low bidder on rural water project

Bids for the rural water project were opened Thursday, June 19, with John Parker of Palenstine the low bidder. Parker's bid was $2,897,778.50 for the pipe work. The low bidder for the water tanks was Circle P Welding. Circle P's bid was $285,626. Construc...

Full slate on tap for McRae Reunion

Independence Day will take on a new meaning this year, as it kicks off the 6th Annual McRae Reunion. The opening session for the reunion will be held at 10 a.m. at the McRae Middle School cafetorium with the McRae alma mater played by Mattie Tidwell. Foll...

Bigger is not better where obesity concerned

Saying obesity in America is like saying water is wet. It's an obvious problem, and one only getting worse as the nation's children are more obese than ever. This is the information provided to the Prescott-Nevada County Health Alliance at its June meetin...