Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 21, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ruby Buie

Ruby Ann Buie, of Prescott, passed away in Prescott Manor Nursing Home on Monday, January 12, 2004, at the age of 100. Mrs. Buie was born on October 3, 1903, in Okolona, the daughter of Jodie and Nettie (Rowe) Witherspoon. She was united in marriage to Ch...

Rachel Hays

Mrs. Rachel Mullins Hays, 81, of Hope, died Thursday, January 15, 2004, at Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas. She was born April 6, 1922, in Hempstead County to Roy B. and Martha Atkinson Franks. She was a homemaker and mother. She was ...

Ida Fielding

Mrs. Ida Belle Fielding, 87, of Prescott, died Friday, January 16, 2004, in Hillcrest Care and Rehab Prescott. She was born November 16, 1916, in Sevier County to Thomas Oden and Annie Baxley Cantrell. She was a homemaker and a member of Park Missionary B...

William Oliver

William James "Red" Oliver, 80, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at his home in Prescott. Mr. Oliver was born on February 9, 1923, in Smackover, the son of Albert Oliver and Lillian Walls Tunnell. He was a graduate of Reader Central High. William e...

Wolves split with Nashville

Prescott's Curley Wolves took care of the Nashville Scrappers in easy fashion Friday night, Jan. 16. The Wolverettes, though, did not. The Wolves finished the night with a 60-36 win over Nashville, while the Wolverettes fell 49-28. WOLVES  60 SCRAPPERS ...

Burkes indicted for embezzlement from Shackelford Funeral Home

FORT SMITH  A Prescott husband and wife have been indicted in U.S. District Court on a variety of federal charges stemming from their operations of Shackelford Funeral Home in Prescott. According to a press release issued by Tom Gean, U.S. Attorney for t...

Several projects to be finished

A number of projects began in 2003 should be completed in 2004, according to Jon Chadwell, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office. One of the more important projects, Chadwell told the Nevada County Quorum Court at it...

Major changes to occur in education

There will be major changes in education starting with the 2004-2005 academic year, which begins in August. Rick McAfee, superintendent of the Nevada School District, explained some of the changes schools will face at the January meeting of the Nevada Sch...

Allen pleads not guilty to murder of wife

A 31-year-old Nevada County man charged with murdering his wife entered a plea of not guilty Monday, Jan. 12. John Allen, of Rosston, was charged with the murder of his wife, Julie Ann Allen, 36, of Huron, Tenn. The incident occurred, according to Nevada...