Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 21, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Logger finds skull

Human remains found in Nevada County Monday are being sent to the State Crime Lab for identification. The skeletal remains were discovered by a logging crew Monday morning, May 19, according to Nevada County Sheriff Bobby Carlton. Carlton said a logging c...

EHS confers diplomas on 15

A commencement exercise should always include advice. But what happens when the commencement speaker is a bit concerned about offering advice? Steve Kelly, teacher at Emmet and speaker at the Emmet High School graduation ceremony May 16 cited the fact tha...

Woman charged for cutting PPD officer

A Prescott woman has been charged with assault after allegedly striking a Prescott Police officer with a knife. Patricia Hendrix, 40, 350 E. First St, was arrested after officers were called to her residence shortly before 9:30 p.m. on April 16 regarding ...

Anthony Berry

Anthony Wayne Berry, 54, of Prescott, died May 13, 2008, in Texarkana, Texas. He was born Dec. 30, 1954, in Little Rock to Dorsey Lee and Mary Katherine Bacham Berry. He was a truck driver and a Navy Veteran. His survivors include his parents; two brothe...

Stevie Dean Jr.

Mr. Stevie L. Dean Jr., 18, of Hope, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on Jan. 29, 1990, in Texarkana, Texas, to Steven Lynn Dean Sr. and Erika Jamile Warren Dean. He was employed with James Pafford and a former wa...

Edmund Brown Jr.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., a longtime resident of Monroe, died Saturday, May 11, 2008. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Monroe, Louisiana at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14th, with the Rev. Allison Moody officiating. A reception w...

James J.B. Callicott

Mr. James B. J.B. Callicott, 83, of Prescott, died Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on May 25, 1924 in Nevada County, to Milton and Ethel Lee Callicott Blankenship. He worked as an auto mechan...

Mary Poindexter

Mrs. Mary Alice Poindexter, 61, of Bodcaw, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. She was born on November 2, 1946, in Camden, to Leon and Lois Caswell Henley. She was a homemaker and mother. She was a mem...

Minnie Otwell

Mrs. Minnie Opal Otwell, 88, of Wichita, Kans., formerly of Cale, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in Kansas. She was born Sept. 24, 1919, in Blevins, to David Anthony and Pearl Morris. She was a homemaker. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in death by he...

Mary Wicker Johnson

Mrs. Mary Faye Wicker Johnson, 65, of Prescott, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born Dec. 1, 1942, in Laneburg, to Harlon L. and Mary Lucille Hastings Wicker. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First United Pe...

Gary Morehead

Gary Don Morehead, 60, of Bodcaw, died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at his residence. He was born June 10, 1947, in Bodcaw, to Bruce and Mary Clark Morehead. Mr. Morehead worked at Tims Grocery Store in Lewisville for 26 years before going to CMC Steel in Mag...

Sheriff's candidates in runoff

The Nevada County Sheriffs race ended with two returning to the campaign trail seeking voter support. Nevada County Sheriff Bobby Carlton faced challengers Danny Martin and Judy Ferguson in the primary and Carlton and Martin will meet again at the polls ...

JP seat still up for grabs

In the Nevada County Justice of the Peace District 8 race, incumbent Arval Mason will be facing challenger Harold Vines in the runoff election on June 10. The vote between the two was split by a third candidate, Scott Harding, who received 76 votes, repre...

Two Prescott City Council seats contested

Two Prescott City Council races are to be decided during the runoff elections, set for June 10. In Ward 3, Position 2, incumbent Jerry Wilson got 44 percent of the vote while challenger Dennis Pruitt got 41 percent. A third candidate for that position, Ar...

New chamber director talks 'Chicken....and Egg'

This years Chicken and Egg Festival will include a Bunco tournament. That word came from Prescott-Nevada County Chamber Director Brandy Jones. Jones said the Bunco tournament is being headed by Carrie Niven, chamber president, and contestants will have t...

Mauree Odom

Mauree Odom, 97, of Hope, died May 20, 2008, in Prescott. She was born July 21, 1910 in Texas to John and Eva Landers Shirley. She is preceded in death by both of her parents; John and Eva Shirley; husbands, Jesse Parks Sr., Freeman Cagle and Dwight Odom....

Kirby Orren

Kirby Orren, 90, a native of Prescott, and resident of Napoleonville, La. Died Saturday, May3, 2008. A graveside service was held at St. Anne Cemetery in Napoleonville and a memorial was held May 11 in Napoleonville. He is survived by numerous relatives. ...

Wanda Faulk

Mrs. Wanda Jean Faulk, 62, of Washington, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. She was born October 24, 1945, in Orlando, Fla., to Claude and Jean Walsh. She was a former employee of Movie Gallery. She was a ...

Willie Mae Wood

Mrs. Willie Mae Wood, 80, of Prescott, died Monday, May 12, 2008, at Prescott Manor Nursing Center. She was born on June 23, 1927, in Hoxie, to Malvern Butler Elmore and Opal Ann Bettis Elmore. She was a homemaker, mother and former telephone switchboard ...

Ethel M. McDade

Ethel M. Rowe Garrett McDade, passed from this life on Thursday, May 22, 2008. She would have been 97 years old on June 3. She was a former resident of Prescott and had been living in Hope since 1993. She died at Heather Manor Nursing Home. Ethel was born...