Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Community News

Women in White 2000 will be held Sunday, May 21, at 3:00 p.m. at Bethel A.M.E. Church of Gurdon. Rev. Betty Gulley, pastor. Sis Marie Mitchell, president. Special guest will be Sis. Donna Hart of Arkadelphia, daughter of Sis. Mitchell, who will be the speaker.

Annual mission day program will be held Sunday, May 21, at 3:00 p.m. at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Gurdon. Rev. Quintin Radford, pastor. Sis. Vernessia Russey, president. Special guest will be Oak Grove A.M.E. Zion of Selma. Rev. Rose Ridgell, pastor and speaker.

Revival services will be held at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church May 1519 at 7:00 nightly. Evangelist for the week will be Rev. H.B. Montgomery, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church of Ft. Worth, Texas.

Spring revival services will be held May 17-19 at 7:30 nightly at the old Senior Citizens building on Longhorn Street in Gurdon. Evangelist for the week will be Rev. M.C. Donna Haynes, pastor of Tender Heart Ministry of Hope.

The Welch family planning meeting will be held Saturday, May 27, at 6:00 p.m. in the home of Winfred and Margret Burton of Gurdon.

The officers and members of New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Gurdon will celebrate their pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Quintin Radford, pastor's third anniversary Sunday, June 4, at 3:00 p.m. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Special guest will be McGhee Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Howard Bess, pastor and speaker.

Eula Faye Quarles of Gurdon and Ruby L. Allen of Curtis have both returned home after visiting with their brother and sister in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Hawthorne of California; along with other relatives and friends. While there they both attended events to mark Mrs. Hawthorne's retirement.