Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 19, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ethel Persons

Mrs. Ethel B. Person, 74, of Prescott, died Tuesday, January 11, 2005, at her home. She was born June 21, 1930, in Laneburg, to Freeman and Gladys Hicks Spell. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Miller Eugene Per...

Melwin Cox

Mrs. Melwyn Elisabeth Milam Cox, 73, of Ashdown, died January 13, 2005, in Ashdown. She was a Southern Baptist and went to First Baptist Church in Ashdown. She was born in Junction City, May 26, 1931. Survivors include: her husband of 54 years, Charles L....

Paul Harris

Mr. Paul T. Harris, 76, of Prescott, died Sunday, January 9, 2005, at his home. He was born on March 15, 1928, in Blevins to Monte and Grace McDougald Harris. He was a retired building contractor and rancher. He was a member of the Prescott Church of Chri...

Doris Hildebrand

Mrs. Doris Jane Gillespie Hildebrand 95, of Bluff City, died Saturday, January 15, 2005, in Ouachita Nursing and Rehab Center Camden. She was born on January 30, 1909, in Bluff City, to William Boone and Beulain Eberniece Smith Gillespie. She was a homem...

Emergency sirens being repaired

Having emergency sirens installed across the county was a mistake, Nevada County Judge James Roy Brown said. When addressing the siren situation at the January meeting of the Nevada County Quorum Court, he said repairs are being made on the county's 38 si...

Huckabee touts education as plan for session

Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is calling his legislative agenda for the 85th General Assembly, "A Lasting Legacy". In it he discusses his plans for the session currently underway with his priorities being: Education, Health Care, Higher Education and Hi...

Health Alliance plans for its 2005 events

Get ready for a health explosion. The Prescott-Nevada County Health Alliance has begun working on plans for the 2005 Health-A-Rama, and this includes a possible name change for the event. While most of the screenings and medical advice available at the he...