Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 22, 2003 edition of Gurdon Times

Huckabee announces plans for education in state

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has some ambitious plans for the state's educational system. The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the state's school funding formula doesn't provide for adequate and equitable education, and gave the state until 2004 to come up wit...

Huckabee's agenda extensive for 84th General Assembly

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has some massive plans for the 84th General Assembly, currently underway. In his legislative agenda, Huckabee proposes changes in education, state government, medical malpractice, economic development, super project funds, the...

Meals on Wheels important to elderly

On several occasions throughout the year, the Gurdon Times reports of the events taking place at the Central Arkansas Development Council/the Gurdon Senior Adult Center. However, the time to acknowledge the people who make the center function each day has...

AG Roberson

A.G. Roberson, 86, of Gurdon, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2003. Mr. Roberson was born October 30, 1916, in Manning, to J.G. and Hattie Smith Roberson. He retired from International Paper Company. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in...

Nancy Wells

Nancy Catherine Wells, 87, of Whelen Springs, died Thursday, January 9, 2003. Mrs. Wells was retired LPN, and a member of the Whelen Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Tom and his wife, Ruth Wells of Bryant; three sisters, Pauline Bass of ...

Frances Herrington

Frances J. Herrington, 82, of Gurdon, formerly of Indiana, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2003. Mrs. Herrington was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gurdon. Survivors include two sons, Robert Herrington of McCordsville, Ind., and Kenneth Herring...

Wayne Copeland

Wayne Copeland, 51, of Amity, passed away Friday, January 10, 2003. Mr. Copeland was born at Amity, January 31, 1951, son of Ora Adell Tomason Copeland and the late Cleatous Otto Copeland. He attended Shiloh Church of Christ and was an employee of Curt Be...

Margaret Patterson

Margaret Nabors Patterson, 84, of Arkadelphia, died Monday, January 13, 2003, in Twin Rivers Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Patterson was born August 4, 1918, in Arkadelphia, daughter of the late Thomas Howard and Lillian Edwards Nabors. She was a seamstre...

Fred Arnold

Fred Otis Arnold, 81, of Arkadelphia, died Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at Baptist Health Medical Center of Arkadelphia. Mr. Arnold was born May 29, 1921, in the Shiloh Community near Arkadelphia, son of the late Charlie and Cona Mae Goza Bettis Arnold. He...

Maggie Walters

Maggie Walters, 86, of Camden, died Tuesday, January 14, 2003. Mrs. Walters was a homemaker and member of the Cullendale First Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Bill David Walters of Houston, Texas, and Eddy Morris Walters of Camden; one brother...

Pat Duke

Pat Duke, 66, of Arkadelphia, died Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at Baptist Health Center in Little Rock. Mrs. Duke was born December 13, 1936, in Clark County, daughter of the late Joe Charles and Jeanette Patterson Moore. She was a retired bank teller at C...