Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

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

Willie Cross

Willie Chamberlain Cross, 97, of El Dorado, died Monday, July 19, 2004, at Hudson Memorial Nursing Home. She was born December 5, 1906, in Rosston. Her parents are Samuel Chamberlain and Lenore (Atkins) Chamberlain. She was a homemaker and member of Parke...

Carolyn Arnett

Mrs. Carolyn Jane Hays Arnett, 84, of Magnolia, formerly of Prescott, died Sunday, July 25, 2004, at her home. She was born August 2, 1919, in Prescott to William O. and Rosa Louise Ingram Hays. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death...

Freeman McKelvy

Mr. Freeman Quinn McKelvy, 58, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Prescott, passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2004, at Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, after a short battle with lung cancer. He was born on September 26, 1945, and raised in Nevada Cou...

Donnie Roberts

Mrs. Donnie Roberts, 75, of Andrews, Texas, formerly of Washington, Ark., died Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at Permain Residential Care Center in Andrews. She was born July 18, 1929, in Star City, to Charlie Alfred and Rosie Lee Allen Johnson. She was a homemak...

Wrens named Nevada County Farm Family of the Year for 2004

Steve and Janis Wren are the 2004 Nevada County Farm Family of the Year. The Wren family owns and operates a stable of thoroughbred race horses. Steve grew up on a cattle farm, where horses were ridden for both work and pleasure. He showed horses several ...

Wrens named Nevada County Farm Family of the Year part 2

Janis takes care of the bills and books, while also pitching in with the record keeping during the working of the cattle (vaccinations, castrations, etc.) as does Kelley when she's not in college. The Wrens have learned through experience, getting help f...

Solid conservative leadership gets Bank of Prescott through the Great Depression

Editor's Note: This is the second in a three part series on the Bank of Prescott's first century. This part deals with the Great Depression. In Thomas C. McRae, Jr.'s first annual stockholders' meeting in January 1930, he said, "The recent crash in the st...