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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 18, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

60 walk at PHS graduation
Sixty seniors paraded onto the field at Prescott High School, with 60 graduates walking off Friday, May 13. PHS Principal Carroll Purtle welcomed the audience, and reminded everyone on hand one group is traditionally left out at graduations  grandparen...
Eagles "Pass the Torch" at graduation
A total of 19 seniors were presented diplomas, thereby making them graduates of Emmet. Emmet held its commencement exercises Thursday, May 12, in the Ross Gymnasium. The gym was filled with parents, relatives and friends of the graduates, as they took o...
Arts League helping with tour
Members of the Artesian Arts League agreed to help Peggy Lloyd, curator of the Depot Museum, and act as guides for a garden tour of homes. The tours will take place on Saturday, May 21, as part of Arkansas Heritage Month, which celebrates gardens this y...
Ruthie Simms
Sister Ruthie L. Gulley Sims, 59, of Prescott, died May 10, 2005, at her home in Prescott. She was born February 8, 1946, in Chidester, to the late Elder Virgil and Thelma Gulley. At an early age she joined Rocky Hill Church of God in Christ and later joi...
Mavis Loe
Mavis Marie Loe, 73, of Jefferson, Texas, died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Good Shepherd Hospital in Longiew, Texas. She was born March 20, 1932, in Nevada County to Odis Daniell and Maggie Martin Daniell; was married to Orris D. Bit Loe on June 28, 1948....
Edith Chism
Edith Reyenga Warren Chism went to be with her Lord on May 14 after a lengthy illness. She was born to Gerald and Mamie Reyenga on October 4, 1926, at Emmet. She graduated from Laneburg High School. Mrs. Chism was retired from Arkla Gas Company in Hope. S...
Roy Fairchild
Roy Alton Fairchild, 61, went to be with his Lord May 12, 2005. He was born in Camden and lived in Rison, McGehee and Bryant. He was of the Baptist faith, and a graduate of University of Arkansas, Monticello. Preceding him in death are his parents, Sidn...

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