Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 15, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Doyle Blocker Sr.

Doyle Alvin Blocker, Sr., 61, of Blytheville, died February 6, 2006, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., from Agent Orange  lung cancer. He was born May 5, 1944, in Gurdon. His was a truck driver and in the Army. He was a member of Gospel Light...

Estelle Caldwell

Miss Estelle Caldwell, 91, of Hope, died Monday, February 6, 2006, at Woodland Hills in Little Rock. She was born on February 19, 1914, in Columbus, to Robert and Mary Jane Dyer Caldwell. She was a teacher who taught in Hope Public Schools from 1953 unt...

William Johnson

William Dickie Johnson, 75, was born in Prescott to the late Willie H. Johnson and Mildred Ingersoll Johnson. He was retired from Gilbert Lumber and an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He is preceded in death by his father, William (Willie) Johnson;...

Perry Krebbs

Perry Clayton Krebbs, 18-month-old son of Rev. Rob and Anne (Moon) Krebbs, went to his new home with Jesus on Saturday, February 4, 2006, after a short illness. He was born July 26, 2004, in Oklahoma City. He had recently move to Madill, Okla., where hi...

Jeananne Johnson

Jeananne Johnson, 39, of Sherwood, died Friday, February 10, 2006. Survivors include: her mother, Ann Johnson of Sherwood; sister and husband, Julie Huntley and Lonnie of Sherwood; nephew, Spec. David Huntley of Ft. Sill, Okla.; uncle David Johnson of E...

Jessie Mae Adams

Mrs. Jessie Mae Adams, 93, of Hope, formerly of Bodcaw, died Friday, February 10, 2006, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. She was born on July 9, 1912, in Pineland, Texas, to Jessie and Ida Lee Layton. She was a retired school teacher. She was a ...

Area residents trained as weather spotters

With Spring right around the corner, so is severe weather season. Because of this, the National Weather Service, Shreveport, La. office, held a weather spotter course at the Nevada County Courthouse Thursday, Feb. 9, with about 30 people showing up for ...

Punch bowl purchased in memory of Bemis

A silver punch bowl will be purchased by the Artesian Arts League in memory of Jane Bemis. This was decided at the February 7 meeting of the League. Peggy Lloyd said she found a silver-plated punch bowl at Table Manners in Texarkana for $650, but its o...

Chamber activities abound

With the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce banquet right around the corner, deadline for the Citizen of the Year are rapidly approaching. As yet, no nominations have been made for this prestigious honor, and the deadline is Friday, Feb. 17. Ma...