Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 10, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Area officials take oaths of office

Nevada County has several newly-elected officials in key positions, including sheriff, county judge and circuit clerk. Nevada County Judge Baker Butler and Nevada County Sheriff Bobby Carlton were sworn in shortly after midnight on Jan. 1. Nevada County ...

Ross: 2007 will be the 'got it done' Congress

U.S. Congressman Mike Ross said he is just as excited about being sworn to a fourth term in office as he was to his first. Ross said he looks forward to this term for several reasons. One of those is the fact that the Democrats are back in power. Anothe...

Prescott man dies in Hot Springs accident

A Prescott man was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Hot Springs Friday, Jan. 5. Andrew Sims, 481 Nevada 35 South, was taken to the emergency room at St. Josephs Medical Center in Hot Springs, where he died, according to a report issued by the Arkan...

Hazel Anderson

Hazel Alta Debord Anderson, 96, of Sheridan, formerly of Gurdon, went to be with her loving Father and Lord on Dec. 29, 2006. She was a member of First Landmark Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Wendall Anderson, and her ...

Paul Nelson

Paul I. Nelson, 84, of El Cajon, Calif., formerly of Prescott, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006, at his home. He was born on Aug. 11, 1922, in Redland Community of Prescott, to William and Mattie Boles Nelson. He was a retired general contractor. He was a Met...

Thomas Leonard

Mr. Thomas R. Leonard, 54, of Hope, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. He was born Jan. 29, 1952, in Blytheville, to H. Russell and Genola Helms Leonard. He was a supervisor at Southern Bakery of Hope with ...

Tom Lavender

Tom Lavender, 53, of Guy, formerly of Prescott, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, in Conway Regional Health System. He was born Feb. 20, 1953, in Prescott, Nevada County, to J. Leland Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Haynie Lavender. He was a building contractor. He wa...

Mary Faye Black

Mary Faye Black, 83, of Willisville, died suddenly in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007. Mrs. Black, a former librarian, high school media coordinator and businesswoman, served 13 years on the Arkansas Board of Higher Education. She was bo...

Luette Dickerson

Mrs. Luette Roberts Dickerson, 79, of Prescott, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, in Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. She was born on April 16, 1927, in Columbia County to Eddie Roberts and Sarah Jane Compton Roberts. She was an employee...

Merle Hill

Merle A. Hill, 90, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, in Dumas. Mrs. Hill was born Sept. 21, 1916, in Cale. She had been a resident of Sunray since 1953 and an Aflac Insurance agent for 31 years. She was a member of TOPS for more than 40 years and a member of S...