Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 14, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Jewelle Jenkins

Jewelle Gee Wilson Jenkins, long time resident of El Dorado, died at DeWitt on Sunday, April 4, 2004, where she had lived since 1997. Mrs. Jenkins was born in Prescott on August 26, 1913, the daughter of Henry Johnston and Jewelle Temperance Gee Wilson, w...

Hugh DeWoody

Hugh William DeWoody was born at Sayre, on May 26, 1909, to Jim DeWoody and Lena Godley DeWoody. He departed this life on March 19, 2004, in a local hospital. Funeral services were Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with Dr. A...

Margaret Choate

Mrs. Margaret Helen Choate, 70, of Lewisville, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at Pinehope Health and Rehab Center, Hope. She was born September 3, 1933, in Gilliam, Louisiana to William Samuel and Dovie Morse Lollis. She was a homemaker and egg gatherer f...

Travis Mitchell

William Travis Mitchell, 80, of Stamps, died Thursday, April 8, 2004, at his home. Mr. Mitchell was born April 1, 1924, in Fouke. He was retired from Cottons Bakery, a member of First Baptist Church and a World War II veteran. He was preceded in death by...

Vera Revis

Vera Mae Wicker Revis, 86, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 10, 2004. She was born March 29, 1918, in Nevada County. Mrs. Revis was a homemaker and a member of the Bible Missionary Church in Benton. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dav...

Donald Jordan

Mr. Donald Feagin Jordan, 69, of Hope, formerly of Capitola, Fla., died Friday, April 9, 2004, in his home. He was born March 14, 1935, in Capitola, Fla., to Alry Gunn Jordan, Jr. and Zane Grey Powell Jordan. He was a realtor, an insurance agent, real est...

Mildred Lusk

Mrs. Mildred Bratcher Graham Lusk, 71, of Texarkana, Ark., formerly of Prescott, died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at Wadley Regional Medical Center, Texarkana, Tex. She was born June 6, 1932, in Prescott to Cleo and Ada Alice Carroll Vandiver. She was a ca...

Changes planned for 2004 county fair

Expect some scheduling changes for the 2004 edition of the Nevada County Fair. In its monthly meeting, held Thursday, April 8, the Nevada County Fair Board discussed several major changes to the schedule to help streamline the events. However, one of the ...

Magical Moments made at Chamber Banquet

Magical moments were made and shared at the annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Banquet Tuesday, April 6. One of those moments was the naming of the Citizen of the Year, and this year the award went to Rob Hill, with KHPA radio. Hill, howeve...

Children's Week starts April 19

Plans for the annual Children's Week program are finished, with the event to be held April 19-23. It will kick off Monday with a parade in the old Prescott High School gymnasium, which will be the focal point of all activities for the week. The children w...