Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 12, 2003 edition of Gurdon Times

Statewide tornado drill scheduled for March 5

With the change of seasons from winter to spring comes the chance for severe weather. In a release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Severe Weather Week will be held March 2-8 in Arkansas. A tornado drill will be held Wednes...

Plans underway for banquet, no speaker schedule as yet

Gurdon's Chamber of Commerce is working on plans for this year's Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Last year's banquet was a huge success with guest speaker, First Lady of Arkansas Janet Huckabee. It is not yet been decided as to who this year's guest speake...

Gurdon woman recovering from accident

On Wednesday, January 29, Bettye Stewart, 64, of Gurdon was crossing Main Street in Gurdon to visit a deceased friend at Horne Funeral Home. The weather was dreary and misty as Stewart began to cross the street before her husband David. Before reaching th...

Marion Russell

Marion June Russell, 57, of Ashdown, died February 3, 2003. Mrs. Russell was born in Gurdon, on February 19, 1945. She was widowed and a Baptist. Survivors include mother, Opal Daniels of Ashdown; one brother, Joe Daniels of Ashdown; and one sister, Marga...

Tommy Johnston

Tommy Joe Johnston, 6, of Texarkana, died Wednesday, January 22, 2003. Tommy was born July 8, 1996. He loved Matchbox cars, riding the tractor, his bike, four-wheelers and competing in dirt bike races. He enjoyed playing baseball and attending first grade...

Robert Polk

Mr. Robert Lee Polk, 76, of Waldo, died Saturday, February 8, 2003, at Magnolia Hospital in Magnolia. He was born April 21, 1926, in Emmet, to John C. Polk, Sr. and Alice Elizabeth Herndon Polk. He was a cattle farmer, a carpenter, and former employee of ...