Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 20, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Williams: guilty

Tekelia Williams said she played a role in the 2004 murder of R.H. Booger Cummins and that she was willing to face the courts punishment. Williams appeared before Ninth Judicial District Judge Duncan Culpepper Monday and entered a plea of guilty. I...

Sheriff's Office to buy patrol cars

The Nevada County Sheriffs Office will have four new vehicles. The decision to purchase the cars was among the actions taken by the Nevada County Quorum Court June 11. Were in bad shape, Nevada County Sheriff Bobby Carlton told members of the court...

Prescott's 'Spot' for folk art

The paintings of Virgil Spot Daniel started almost as a joke. Today, he spends as much time as he likes at a past time thats become a source of income and put art from the Prescott native in galleries around the world. At 86, Spot - as hes known to ...

Jackson Ferguson

Mr. Jackson F. Ferguson, 74, of Blacksburg, Va., formerly of Prescott, died Monday, June 11, 2007, in Blacksburg. He was born on March 7, 1933, in Pine Bluff, to B.V. and Margaret Jones Ferguson. He graduated from Wake Forest and Tulane. He was a retire...

Russell Henry

Russell Cline Henry, 38, of Haughton, La., died June 13, 2007, in Haughton. He was born Nov. 24, 1968, in Prescott. He attended school at Meadowview Elementary, Schreve Christian and graduated from Airline High School in 1986. He attended LSUS where he ...

L. S. Briggs

Mr. L. S. Briggs, 74, of Prescott, died Saturday, June 16, 2007, in Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. He was born Oct. 17, 1932, in Clark County, to Walter and Gethrie Tate Briggs. He was retired from Firestone. He was a member and...

Rana Hall

Mrs. Rana Nicole Hall, 40, of Prescott, died Friday, June 15, 2007, at Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. The funeral arrangements are incomplete, but will be announced by Brazzel/Cornish Funeral Home of Prescott.

Louise Ingram

Miss Louise Ingram, 85, of Prescott, died Thursday, June 14, 2007, in Hillcrest Care and Rehab. She was born on May 18, 1922, in Nevada County, to George Emmanel Bunk Ingram and Lottie Fay Griffs Ingram. She was a retired administrator from Hillcrest...