Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

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

Dean Hughes

Dean Hughes, 60, of Prescott, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at Medical Park Hospital. Mr. Hughes was born February 27, 1944, in Clark County to William Hardy and Lillie Beard Hughes. He was an employee of Meyers Baker of Hope. He was a Baptist. He was pre...

Sue Pollock

Vada Sue Jones Pollock, 73, of Prescott died Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at her home. Mrs. Pollock was born on November 14, 1930, in Ardmore, Okla., to Horace and Mary Elvira (Mae) Wilson Jones. She was a former administrator of the Nevada County Hospital ...

Minnie Austin

Minnie Ola Draper Austin, 103, of Pearland, Texas, formerly of Prescott, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, in Pearland, Texas. Mrs. Austin was born on September 15, 1900, in Atlanta, Texas. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death b...

Melvin Marlar

J. Melvin Marlar, 60, of Willisville, died Friday, April 16, 2004, at his home. He was born October 13, 1943, in Nevada County to Hoyle Marlar and by one brother, Mike Marlar and by one wife, Elvira Marlar who died in 2000. Survivors include his wife, Sha...

Harlia Cox

Harlia Maria Ward Cox, 62, of Falcon died Thursday, April 22, 2004, at St. Michael's Hospital in Texarkana. Mrs. Cox was born October 5, 1941, in Waldo. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Lois Ward and by a brother, R...

Barbara Gates

Barbara Gail Bright Gates died April 22, 2004. She was born on January 18, 1942, in Prescott to the late Myrtle and William A. Bright. Mrs. Gates graduated from Prescott High School and Henderson State University. She earned a MA in English from the Unive...

Street project will be anything but simple in Prescott

Anyone expecting the street project to be quick and easy will be sorely disappointed. Mike Marlar, project engineer, said it will take a minimum of two years to overlay all of Prescott's streets. Marlar told the Prescott City Council, at its regular mont...

Small industry utility ordinance passed

Prescott's City Council passed a new ordinance concerning electric rates for small industries. This was done Monday, April 19, at its regular monthly meeting. Larry Stockton, electric department superintendent, said a committee was formed in February to w...

Emmet-Blevins annexation official

It's official, the annexation between the Emmet and Blevins school districts has been approved by the State Board of Education. This was done at the Board's meeting Monday, April 19. While the State Board took little time to render its decision, getting t...

Artesian Arts League presenting "Birds of a Feather" in August

This year's play by the Artesian Arts League will be "Birds of a Feather". This was decided at the League's regular monthly meeting Thursday, April 22. The play will be put on Friday and Saturday, August 6-7, at the City Hall Auditorium. Tryouts will be h...