Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 28, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Janice Porter

Janice Caudle Porter, 67, of Bodcaw, died January 19, 2004, at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. She was a bookkeeper for Bodcaw and Nevada Schools and secretary and recorder for City of Bodcaw, and treasurer for the Bodcaw and Waterloo Water System. She w...

Katherine Kalba

Mrs. Katherine Kalba, 78, of Prescott, died Tuesday, January 20, 2004, in Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Tex. She was born November 4, 1925, in DeWitt to Cecil and Ola Jacobs Huddleston. She was a teller with Southwest Federal Savings and Loa...

Peter Orisko

Mr. Peter Orisko, 84, of Bodcaw Community of Rosston, died Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born April 14, 1919, in Great Falls, Montana to Michael and Anna Orisko. He was a retired Master Sargent with the U.S. Army. He ...

May Green

May Bell Green, 83, of Magnolia, died Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at Magnolia City Hospital. She was born May 7, 1920, in Nevada County to the late Luchus Berry and Tina Green. She was a homemaker; a member of Antioch West Baptist Church and a former Sunda...

Jodie Parr

Jodie Carolyn Higginbotham Parr, 70, of Royal, died Sunday, January 18, 2004 at a hospital in Texarkana. Mrs. Parr was born May 17, 1933, in Caney. She was a devoted member of First Baptist Church of Royal. Jodie taught Sunday school and sang in the churc...

Katherine Hale

Mrs. Katherine Matthews Hale, 90, of Prescott, passed away Friday, January 23, 2004, at Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Tex. Katherine was born March 15, 1913, in Glenwood, to George W. and Nona Harper Matthews. She was a graduate of Hope High...

Thomas Billingsley

Mr. Thomas Arthur Billingsley, 81, of Blevins, died Friday, January 23, 2004, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born December 31, 1922, to Lillard and Golda Hendrix Billingsley. He was an employee of Potlatch. He was a member of Prescott Church of ...

Jimmy Tittle

Mr. Jimmy Tittle, 40, of Rosston, formerly of Columbus, died Saturday, January 24, 2004, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced by Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.

Mary Bulaney

Mrs. Mary Belle Dulaney, 78, of Oviedo, Fla., died Monday, January 19, 2004, at Avande Nursing Home, Orlando, Fla. She was born June 22, 1925, in Oakland, Fla., to J. "Bo" and Maggie Belle Warren Porter. She was a grocery store cashier. She was a Baptist....

Wolves spank Gurdon

Prescott's senior teams made short work of the Gurdon Go-Devils Tuesday, Jan. 20. The Wolves and Wolverettes made the short road trip, with the Wolverettes posting a 61-49 win, while the boys hammered the Devils 66-48. WOLVES 66 DEVILS 48 Gurdon has had t...

Fire station bid accepted

Bids were accepted for a fire station/parks department building on the east side of Prescott, but not without considerable discussion. James Roy Cornelius, a member of the Prescott City Council, argued in favor of tabling deciding at the Jan. 19 meeting, ...

District "attacking" federal requirements

Attack, attack, attack. This was the key word at the Prescott School Board meeting Tuesday, Jan.20, as each school told what was being done to meet state and federal requirements. It began with Prescott High School Principal Carroll Purtle telling the boa...

Much work to be done on street project

David Jones, with Marlar Engineering, explained what will happen with the street construction project in Prescott when it begins. This was done at the Jan. 19 meeting of the Prescott City Council. Jones said the project will be beneficial to Prescott once...