Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 9, 2003 edition of Gurdon Times

Escalante describes trip to South Africa

Brandi Escalante, daughter of Stan and Cindy Escalante of Gurdon, stays busy while attending Baylor University where she is studying medicine and has just recently been on her second trip to South Africa. Escalante was the guest speaker at Gurdon's Rotary...

Mayor, Marshal working to keep campaign promises

"We've been working hard since the election last November to keep up with what we promised and keep going with the good stuff," said Gurdon City Marshal Don Childres. Childres had told citizens he was concerned about cleaning up the streets of Gurdon, whi...

Lennie Smith

Lennie Belle Smith passed from this life on Tuesday, July 1, 2003, in Tampa, Fla. Mrs. Smith was born July 4, 1915, to Matt and Olar Bumpers Sullivan. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hope, and a retired seamstress with Hancock F...

Blanche Purifoy

Blanche Pauline Purifoy, 77, of Mena, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2003, in Farmington. Mrs. Purifoy was born November 5, 1925, in Curtis, to the late Paul S. Smith and the late Evie Holloway Smith. On December 3, 1942, she was united in marriage to the l...

Annie Ollison

Annie Willie Hunter Ollison, passed away the first week of July 2003. Mrs. Ollison was born in Sparkman, in Dallas County to the late Mr. Joe S. and Mrs. Estelle Butler Hunter. Survivors include her husband Raymond Ollison of Malvern, formerly of Gurdon....

Barbara Failla

Barbara Ann Failla, 50, of Whelen Springs, died Friday, July 4, 2003. Barbara was the Office Manager of Dwight Malcom Logging and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Charles Failla; two sons, Shawn Griffin of Springdale a...