UNION HEIGHTS TEACHER AWARD FINALIST
UNION HEIGHTS TEACHER AWARD FINALIST For a second consecutive year the county has a finalist for the state’s 2017-2018 Teacher of the Year. Union Heights Elementary School’s Susan Reeder, a kindergarten teacher, was announced as one of nine finalists, Thursday. Reeder has already been named Teacher of the Year for Smith County and the Upper…
Read More6 YEAR SENTENCE IN DRUG CASE
6 YEAR SENTENCE IN DRUG CASE A Riddleton man has been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with a 2016 drug charge. Jody Dewayne Johnson, 43, plead guilty to attempting to sale a schedule I drug, heroin, and was given a six year sentence, according to court documents. The case stems from an…
Read MoreDEVELOPMENT COMING TO UPPER FERRY ROAD
DEVELOPMENT COMING TO UPPER FERRY ROAD A new development is expected to bring two new businesses to Upper Ferry Road in Carthage. A tract of land on the east side of the welcome center/chamber of commerce building on Upper Ferry Road has sold. The land was purchased by John Blackwell, owner of Blackwell Realty &…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/07/18
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/07/18 CHANCERY COURT (PROBATE DIVISION) LAND SALE IN RE: THE ESTATE OF: ALFRED GENE STEWART, JR., DECEASED KAREN ROBINSON, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE No. P-2188, CV-8284 In obedience to a decree of the Chancery Court (Probate Division) at Carthage made on May 4, 2018, in the above styled cause,…
Read MoreOBIT: Bellwood Community Farmer Mr. Newell “Red” Jenkins
A well respected Wilson County agriculturist and Bellwood Community farmer, Mr. Newell “Red” Jenkins died Thursday afternoon May 24, 2018 at the age of 88 at 4:49 p.m. at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon May 28th from the Chapel of the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Shirley Certain Allison, Age 76, Of Rome
Mrs. Shirley Certain Allison, age 76 of Rome, died Thursday evening, May 31, at her home. She is survived by several cousins and extended family. Mrs. Allison is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her service will be conducted on Sunday afternoon, June 3, at 3:00 PM. Eld. Junior Dickerson and Eld.…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Jewel Brown, Age 87, Of Horseshoe Bend
Mrs. Jewel Brown Mrs. Jewel Brown, an 87 year old homemaker of the Horseshoe Bend Community, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday evening at the Concordia Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since March 31, 2015. She was pronounced deceased by Kindred Hospice of Cookeville at 12:55 a.m. Friday…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Richard Siren, Age 88, Of Lebanon
Mr. Richard Siren, age 88, of Lebanon and a former resident of the Rock City Community died at 7:22 p.m. Saturday evening June 2, 2018 at the Skyline Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted June 1st. Mr. Siren is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and will be cremated at Cumberland…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. James (Egg) Eastes of the Grant Community
Mr. James (Egg) Eastes Mr. James (Egg) Eastes ae 68 of the Grant Community was found deceased at his Grant Highway home on Sunday morning June 3, 2018 when fellow church members went by his home to pick him up for church. He was pronounced dead at 10:39 a.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Charles Hopper, Age 81, Of Four Way Inn
Mr. Charles Hopper Four-Way Inn Community resident Mr. Charles Hopper, father of Smith County Sheriff Steve Hopper, died at 6:58 p.m. Wednesday evening May 30, 2018 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage where he was admitted May 28th suffering from sepsis. Mr. Hopper was 81. Saturday afternoon June 2nd funeral services were conducted…
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