Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

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

Ross cites need for energy investment

Though there are some differences of opinion on some points related to the energy crisis, there seems to be a common train of thought - theres no single cure. Clean coal technology was the subject of a two-day conference held in Hope and U.S. Congressman...

State's 'dirty' coal is part of clean plan

As day one kicked-off for the Clean Coal Technology Conference at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope, a common theme emerged: There isn't a single answer to the problem of America's energy demands. The majority of the conference's first ...

Lou Elvis Sewell

Lou Elvis Sewell, 94, of Waldo, died Monday, July 14, 2008, at the Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. She was born Sept. 1, 1913, in Willisville. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include two nephews, Jame...

Chabli Hayden

Chabli R. Hayden, 33, of Alexander, formerly of Prescott, died Saturday, July 12, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 11, 1974 in Prescott. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was employed by the State of Arkansas as the Director of the Family...

Frances Goff

Frances Martin Goff, 84, a native of Nevada County, and a longtime resident of Tulsa, Okla., died Friday, July 11, in Tulsa. Born in Prescott in 1923 to Willie and Edna Purtle Martin, Frances was the second child and only daughter of the couple. She was ...

George Lovette Jr.

Mr. George H. Lovette Jr, 54, of Blevins, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008, from his home. We wanted him to stay with us, but now he is sitting at the feet of Jesus, in pain no more. He was born in North Little Rock, Oct. 28, 1953, to George Henry Sr. and Erma...

Leonard House

Mr. Leonard Everette House, 89, of Prescott, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2008, in Little Rock, Ark. He was born to Joseph W. and Tennie Raines House in Prescott, Ark., on November 6, 1918. He was a local farmer, meat-cutter and meat-market manager from t...

Nancy Burke

Mrs. Nancy Marie Brown Burke, 56, of Washington, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2008, at her home. She was born on Sept. 17, 1951 in Hope, to Vernice C. and Maxine Brockman Brown. She was a transcriptionist, employee of Dr. Michael Young and former funera...

William P. "Bill" Oliver

Mr. William P. Bill Oliver, 59, of Prescott, died Thursday, July 17, 2008, in Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on Dec. 15, 1948, in Prescott, to William James Red Oliver and Blanche Lee Smith Oliver. He was a self-employ...

Beatrice Dougan

Mrs. Beatrice Otwell Dougan, 91, of Prescott, died Monday, July 14, 2008, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. She was born on Sept. 4, 1916, in Emmet to Penny Parks Otwell and Etta Mae Sampson Otwell. She was a homemaker, a member of the Prescott Ch...

Anna Marie Schmelzer

Anna Marie Hamilton-Fontana-Schmelzer, 60, of Prescott, died July 11, 2008. She was born May 28, 1948, in Madison, Wis., to David J. (deceased) and Mary M. Schmelzer. She centered her life around family, friends, and her Bible. She was a kind, devoted, a...

Homer Wise

Mr. Homer Lee Wise, to some he was called Lump, a name given to him by his mom, because she called him Sugar Lump, 60, of Richmond, Calif., formerly of Emmet, died Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Calif. He was born on Sept. 15, 1947, to Judge Wise and th...