Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 16, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Virginia Hays

Virginia Waller Hays, 92, of Gurdon, died Thursday, February 10, at Twin Rivers Health Center in Arkadelphia. Born April 30, 1912, she was the eldest of three children of Wiley Ben and Ruby Slayton Waller. She grew up in Prescott, attended Prescott High S...

Ruth Wiley

Mrs. Ruth Hershberger Wylie, 92, of Hope, died Wednesday, February 9, 2005, in Medicalodge Progressive and Rehab Center in Texarkana, Ark. She was born July 10, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Morrow and Hazel Hershberger. She was retired former co-owner of W...

Justin Johnson

Infant Justin Joseph Johnson, age 3 = weeks, of Prescott, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on January 13, 2005, in Arkadelphia, to Danny Joe and Rebecca Ann Dyer Johnson. He was preceded in death by his paterna...

Margaret Smith

Mrs. Margaret Alice "Maggie" Smith, 101, of Prescott, died Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born February 7, 1904, in Nevada County to James and Cordelia Deherice Billingsley. She was a former employee of Greyhound Bu...

Dewey Harrison

Mrs. Dewey Gay Harrion, 72, of Patmos, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, at her home. She was born Dec. 29, 1932, in Throckmorton, Texas, to John Lawrence and Josephine Ophelia Ball Culp. She was a retired Road Runner manager. Survivors include: her husband, ...

Jim Crider

Mr. Jim Tom Crider, 84, of Nashville, formerly of Hope, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2005, in Beverly Healthcare of Nashville. He was born Nov. 18, 1920, in Nevada County to Bright and Elizabeth McGough Crider. He was retired from the City of Hope Street Departm...

Irene Head

Mrs. Irene Elizabeth Treas Head, 83, of Prescott, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, at her home. She was born March 15, 1921, in Prescott to John William Treas and Trudy Alice Witherspoon Treas. She was a homemaker and mother. She was a member of Missionary G...

Court divided on body removal

Countywide body removal? Countywide body removal. Countywide body removal! Gary Hicks, Nevada County Coroner, brought up the subject of countywide body removal to the Nevada County Quorum Court Monday, Feb. 7, saying a local funeral home would enter into ...

Court gets closer; trial moves panel

Members of the Nevada County Quorum Court got closer at the regular monthly meeting, Monday, Feb. 7. This is because the session was held in the vault of the Nevada County Clerk's Office. A civil trial was underway in the courtroom, and while it had been ...

Spelling Bee not joint event

Railroad crossing, look out for the cars, can you spell that without any "r's"? While this is an old joke, the idea of being able to spell well isn't. To help shed light on the importance of spelling, the Southwest Arkansas Development Council's Learning ...