Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 23, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

County requests county aid

Nevada County Constables are now required to meet some specific criteria, which prompted county Constable Mike Mullins to request that constables receive compensation. That request was presented to members of the Nevada County Quorum Court during the Jan....

PES students join to support the 39th

When soldiers are deployed, families are left behind and some find that simply getting together makes it easier to bear the separation. That was the idea teacher Julia Ingram had at Prescott Elementary School when she invited four PES students with parent...

Cliffie Escarre

Mrs. Cliffie Opaline Escarre, 95, of Prescott, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on Aug. 24, 1912, in Manilla, to William Henry and Laura Mae Rayder Heath. She was former owner/operator of Prescott Variety/Ben Fran...

Bobby Smith

Bobby Joe Smith, 76, of Cabot, formerly of Prescott, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at St. Vincent Hospital in Sherwood. He was born Jan. 21, 1931, in Rosston to Frank and Allie Mae Dixon Smith. He served his country in the Army during the Korean Conflict...

Ann Booker

Mrs. Ann Booker, 68, of Emmet, went to her new home in heaven on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, from her home. She was born on Feb. 25, 1939, in Arkadelphia to Charles Wright and Carolyn Wilder Couch. She was a teacher for more than 46 years in Emmet, being j...

James W. Marlar

James W. Marlar, 87, of Texarkana, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, in a local nursing home. Mr. Marlar was born Oct. 29, 1920, in Buckner. He was a Baptist, a veteran of WWII where he served in the U.S. Army, and retired from Lone Star Army Ammunition Plan...

Nora Lee Nichols

Mrs. Nora Lee Nichols died at her home in Bodcaw on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, after a lengthy illness. She was born at Bodcaw on April 20, 1932. She was a retired, dedicated employee of Pinehope Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy a...