Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 9, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Mary Glass

Mrs. Mary Alice Glass, 81, of Prescott, died Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana. She was born on November 3, 1921, in Hempstead County to Will and Alice Howell McCain. She was a member of Park Missionary Baptist Chur...

Ila Whipple

Ila Whipple, 71, of Konawa, Okla., died Monday, June 30, 2003, a Norman, Okla. Hospital. She was born December 30, 1931, in Sutton to Charles Vernon Garrett and Lillie Faye Gentry Garrett. She graduated from Cale High School and from Dalton Business Colle...

Lucy Heath

Lucy Heath, 75, of Prescott, died Sunday, June 29, 2003. Mrs. Heath was a beautician for Merle Norman, a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was born January 6, 1928, in Pitkin, La. to William B. and Laura West Maricle. She is survived by her loving a...

Marie McMaster

Mrs. Marie E. Huskey McMaster, 89, of Okolona, died Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at Twin Rivers Health and Rehab in Arkadelphia. She was born June 6, 1914, in Hempstead Co. to James A. and Alice Yarberry Huskey. She was a homemaker and zipper seamstress with Le...

Lennie Smith

Lennie Belle Smith, passed from this life on July 1, 2003, in Tampa, Fla. She was born July 4, 1915, to Matt and Olar Bumpers Sullivan. Ms. Smith was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hope and a retired seamstress with Hancock Fabrics. She ...

James Meeks

James Harvey "Jamie" Meeks, 75, of Delight, died Friday, July 4, 2003, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Hot Springs. He was born on September 15, 1927, in Clark County to Levi (Lee) and Hettie Thomas Meeks. He was a retired pulpwood hauler. He was a memb...

Josie Forbes

Josie M. Forbes, 80, a retired employee of Harbison-Fisher, went to be with God Saturday, July 5, 2003, in Fort Worth, Texas. Josie Forbes was born July 20, 1922, in Rosston. She was preceded in death by her husband, L.D. Forbes, in 1970. Survivors includ...

Hundreds gather for sixth McRae Reunion over holiday weekend

A gathering of more than 100 Tigers was sighted at McRae Middle School Friday, July 4. Of course, it was a different sort of Tiger, as those on hand were there for the opening session of the sixth McRae Reunion. The session opened remembering two committe...

Inmates escapes from Nevada County Jail July 4, but turns himself in

Independence Day took on a different meaning for an inmate of the Nevada County Jail. Around 8:30 a.m., Friday, July 4, when the prisoners were put into the yard for exercise, one, Sedric Martell McKillion, escaped by climbing over the fence, according to...

Texas mission group helps out in Prescott

Imagine spending part of a summer vacation roofing someone else's house, painting for someone else or building ramps for others. And, imagine doing this for nothing. Or, rather, raising the money so those who received help paid nothing. This is exactly wh...