Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 27, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

William McNatt

William McNatt, 67, of Maud, Tex., died Monday, August 18, 2003 at St. Michael Health Center in Texarkana, Tex. He was born June 4, 1936, in Lewisville. Mr. McNatt was a Owner of Quality Motors in Texarkana, member of The Rock Creek Baptist Church. He wa...

James Taylor

James E. Taylor, 63, of Bayou George passed away unexpectedly Thursday, August 14, 2003. He has been a resident of Bayou George since moving here from Prescott in 1997. He was a very generous man who was loved and respected by all who knew him. During his...

Marie Loe

Mrs. Marie Dale Jones Loe, 83, of Hope, died Monday, August 18, 2003 in Wadley Regional Medical Center, Texarkana, Tex. She was born February 22, 1920, in Boughton, to John Thomas and Adelaide Cook Jones. She was a retired cafeteria cook from Laneburg Pub...

Opal May

Mrs. Opal L. May, 86, of Hope, died Saturday, August 23, 2003, in Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. She was born November 19, 1917, in Bodcaw, to George W. and Mattie M. Tye Huckabee. She was a homemaker and a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope....

Council passes buck on smoking issue

Prescott's City Council passed the butt on the no-smoking ordinance. At its regularly monthly meeting, Monday, Aug. 18, the council opted to have the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce do a survey of businesses in the area to get their take on a s...

Playground equipment becomes controversial

What began as a report on playground equipment for Livingston Park became controversial. Mary Godwin, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce, presented the Prescott City Council with a drawing of where playground equipment wi...