Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

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

Glendon Vines

Glendol Ray Vines, 67, peacefully passed from earth to heaven on July 16, 2004, at the home surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services were held on Monday, July 19, 2004, 2 p.m. at the Allison Funeral Service Chapel, 1101 North Travis Street, Libe...

James Cummings

Mr. James H. "Booger Red" Cummings, 80, of Prescott, died Thursday, July 15, 2004, at his home. He was born on February 20, 1924, in Nevada County to Robert Lloyd and Eunice Munn Cummings. He was a retired Arkansas Game and Fish Wildlife Officer and a far...

Michael Gauntt

Mr. Michael Shawn Gauntt, 31, of Hope, died Friday, July 16, 2004, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born September 30, 1972, in Hope to Michael John and Judy Lane Hart Gauntt. He was a mechanic and a rodeo bullfighter. He was preceded in death by...

Rufus Arnold

Mr. Rufus Arnold of Prescott, passed away Friday, July 16, 2004. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 24, 2004, at the Prescott High School Auditorium.

Cummings found murdered at home

An 80-year-old man was murdered Thursday, July 15. According to Nevada County Sheriff Steve Otwell, Peggy Cummings, of 3906 Highway 24 East, returned home at 7:30 a.m. from her job as a security guard, and found her husband, James H. "Booger" Cummings, de...

CAMA updates Court on appraisals

Tom Scott, with Arkansas CAMA, discussed reappraisals with the Nevada County Quorum Court. This was done at the Court's regular monthly meeting, Monday, July 12. Scott said CAMA is basically finished with the reappraisals, but it's time to start them agai...

Construction starts with drier weather

Construction projects in the area have been delayed because of the wet weather, but as things dry out work will begin. Jon Chadwell, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office, said a pre-construction meeting has been hel...

Maintenance, in-service top Nevada's summer

Summer means maintenance at Nevada School. Jim Cross, maintenance and transportation director, told the Nevada School Board, at its July meeting, the floors have been stripped and are having a new coat of wax applied. But, he said, it's been difficult get...