Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 1, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Fourth defendant found guilty

The trial against Robert Lee R.J. Williams Jr. wrapped up July 25 with a sentence of life in prison. For those who had expected to hear Williams version of events on the night of July 15, 2004, when he committee murder were disappointed. Williams did...

Families, others offer reactions

Immediately after the guilty verdict was handed down on the last of four defendants in the 2004 murder of a Nevada County man, the family gathered for hugs, congratulations and tears. On the other side of the courtroom, a father mourned the loss of his s...

Board OKs plan for evaluation

The Prescott School Board has decided to continue to use the psychological assessment program already in place. The board meeting took place in the Prescott High School lobby on Tuesday, July 17. The decision was to use the previous year's psychologica...

Janes takes MMS helm

Katie Janes has moved into the principals office at McRae Middle School, though her presence has spilled over into the front office and the hallway. Janes said it took a couple of days for her to move all her office belongings to MMS, and admitted to b...

Bennie Green

Bennie B. Green, 89, of El Dorado, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at Hudson Memorial Nursing Home in El Dorado. Bennie was born March 18, 1918, in Emmet, to the late Ben and Conella Rogers Green. He owned Greens Body Shop and was a member of Antioch ...

Johnnie T. Loe

Johnnie T. Loe, 87, of Magnolia, died Monday, July 24, 2007, at the Beverly Living Center in Magnolia. He was born Dec. 28, 1919, in Bodcaw. He was a retired carpenter and farmer, an army veteran of World War I; a member of the Corinth Church and a memb...

Ruby Hasley

Ruby Woodard Hasley, 80, of Prescott, died July 22, 2007, in Hope. She was retired from 12 years of service at Prescott Elementary School. She was born Feb. 25, 1927, in Hope, to Mark and Ocie Vinson Woodard. She was a member and Sunday school teacher ...

Opal Hopson

Mrs. Opal Langston Hopson, 93, of Emmet, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on June 23, 1914, in Texarkana, to John Milton and Virda Vann Davis. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church of ...

Billy Morris

Mr. Billy Morris, 75, of Hope, formerly of Prescott, died Friday, July 2, 2007, in the special care of Hillcrest Care and Rehab. He was born on Sept. 19, 1931, in Prescott, to Isac and Mattie Neal Morris. He was retired from Ford Motor Co. and Prescott ...