Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 13, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

County gets 'DWI' grant

The Nevada County Sheriffs Office has received a grant of $15,000 for DWI eradication, and Nevada County Sheriff Bobby Carlton said the grant is helping address the problem of DWIs in the county. The grant was requested by the Nevada County Economic De...

1 dies in weekend tragedy

The single occupant of a mobile home was pronounced dead at the scene of a Saturday morning fire, according to official reports Monday. Margie Reed, 85, was apparently at home alone when the fire broke out. Nevada County Office of Emergency Services Coor...

Rotary hears tips to avoid ID thefts

Identity theft has become an increasingly common and important part of daily life. That subject was the topic of discussion during a recent meeting of the Prescott Rotary Club with speaker Stephen Swetz of the Arkansas Attorney General!&s office presentin...

Lawrence Rodgers

Lawrence MacDaniel Rodgers Jr. was born on Sep. 17, 1917, in Willisville, and passed away Feb. 2, 2008, at Pine Bluff. He was the first son of the late Mack and Eva Rodgers and big brother to Rudolph and Sue Rodgers. After high school, Lawrence joined t...

Norris Daniels

Norris Daniels, 90, formerly of Bodcaw, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at Trinity Care Center in Round Rock, Texas. She was born March 19, 1917, in the Sardis Community, north of Stamps. She was the oldest of four children. Mrs. Daniels was a homemaker a...

Gloria Taylor

Mrs. Gloria Inez Horne Taylor, 65, of Gurdon, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born on Sept. 17, 1942, in Prescott, to Luther and Thelma Faye Clem Horne. She was homemaker and mother. She was prec...

Sylvia Johnson

Sylvia B. Johnson, 65, of Prescott, died Feb. 7, 2008, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born May 11, 1942, in Three Rivers, Mich., to Merley and Tressa Holm. She was Pentecostal and disabled. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Ger...

Perry Ingram

Perry P. Ingram, 82, of Camden, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Camden. Mr. Ingram retired after 40 years service with International Paper Company. Mr.s Ingram is survived by his wife, Eloise Ingram of Camden; a daughter, Elaine Erxleven of Keller, Texa...

Margie Reed

Mrs. Margie J. Reed, 85, of Caney Community in Prescott, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, at her home. She was born on Aug. 28, 1922, in Reader to O.T. and Rosa Goodlett Johnson. She was a homemaker and former employee of Gulf Oil Company. She was a member ...