Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/01/24
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Hilda Lois Flatt Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2802 Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of July, 2024, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Hilda Lois Flatt, Deceased, who died on the 27th day of June, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said estate are required to file same with the Clerk of the above named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (a); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. This the 16th day of July, 2024. Signed Garrett Flatt, Co-Personal Representative Tina Williams, Co-Personal Representative Branden Bellar, Attorney Jessie Goad, Clerk & Master 7-25-2t
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NOTICE JOHN DILLARD The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to declare your child, Landon Dillard, to be dependent and neglected on August 22, 2023 It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Laura Beth Whitley, Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Children Services, 600 Hearthwood Court, Cookeville, Tennessee 38506, (931) 646-3000, an Answer to the Petition filed by the Tennessee Department of Children Services, within thirty (30) days of the last day of publication of this notice, and pursuant to Rule 103(c)(3) of the Tenn. R. Juv. P. you must also appear in the Juvenile Court of Smith County, Tennessee at Carthage, Tennessee, on the 24th day of September, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. for the Preliminary Hearing on the filed by the State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services If you fail to do so, a default judgment will be taken against you pursuant to Rule 55 of the Tenn. R. of Civ. P. for the relief demanded in the Petition. You may view and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents at the Putnam County Juvenile Court Clerk’s Office, Cookeville, Tennessee. 7-25-4t
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STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Linda G. Baker Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2803 Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of July, 2024, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Linda G. Baker, Deceased, who died on the 14th day of May, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said estate are required to file same with the Clerk of the above named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (a); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. This the 18th day of July, 2024. Signed Christopher Baker, Personal Representative Blake Lawrence, Attorney Jessie Goad, Clerk & Master 7-25-2t
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NOTICE TO FURNISHERS OF LABOR AND MATERIALS TO: Lu, Inc. PROJECT NO.: R3BVAR-M3-034 CONTRACT NO.: CNX093 COUNTY: Smith The Tennessee Department of Transportation is about to make final settlement with the contractor for construction of the above numbered project. All persons wishing to file claims pursuant to Section 54-5- 122, T.C.A. must file same with the Director of Construction, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Suite 700 James K. Polk Bldg., Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0326, on or before 9/13/2024.
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I, B&G Auto, have this Dodge with this VIN#1D7HA18D14J261057 in my possession. If you have information on this vehicle, please contact me at 615-735-9766.
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PUBLIC NOTICE The Smith County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing for a Variance Request at the Smith County Ag Center Small Room, 159 Ag Center Lane, Carthage, TN 37030 on Monday, August 19, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. Sherry Lester is requesting to subdivide property in the R1 zone at 82 County House Circle, South Carthage, TN into two tracts. The property is 47,188 square feet. Each tract in R1 usually contains 30,000 square feet. Therefore, she is asking for a variance to allow two tracts of less than 30,000 square feet. (Map 053 Parcel 015.02) All interested parties are invited to attend. For further information, please contact the Smith County Planning Offi ce at 615-735-3418. Mike Nixon, Land Use Administrator
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PUBLIC NOTICE The Smith County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing for a Special Exception Request at the Smith County Ag Center Small Room, 159 Ag Center Lane, Carthage, TN 37030 on Monday, August 19, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. Jimmy Keene is requesting a special exception to put a RV/ Cabin Park in the A1 zone at 587 Club Springs Road, Buffalo Valley, TN 38548. (Map 087 Parcel 037.00) All interested parties are invited to attend. For further information, please contact the Smith County Planning Office at 615-735-3418. Mike Nixon, Land Use Administrator
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PUBLIC NOTICE The Carthage City Council will meet Thursday, August 1st, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will take place at City Hall, 314 Spring Street, Carthage. There will be a public hearing prior to the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Both meetings are open to the public. Anyone that would like to speak during citizen’s concerns has to give 24 hours notice by emailing into the city recorder at [email protected] Stephen Babcock, Mayor of Carthage
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The Cordell Hull Utility District’s regularly scheduled meeting for Thursday, August 1st, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 13th, at 6:00 p.m.
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Public Notice The South Carthage Beer Board will meet in the William Earnest Hughes Building Friday, August 9, 2024, at 4:30 PM. The purpose of this meeting is to consider a beer permit application for Amir Wahba at 121 Gordonsville, HWY, Carthage, TN. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Joey Nixon Mayor
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NOTICE TO BID The Smith County Board of Education is accepting bids for a minimum of 100 Chromebooks with specs of a minimum of 11.6” touchscreen display, 4GB RAM-32GB Hard Drive, minimum dual core 2GHz processor, Google licenses included with minimum Google auto expiration date of 2030. Bids will be accepted thru 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 2, 2024 via emailing Norma Mitchell, CFO, Smith County Board of Education at [email protected]. No faxed bids will be accepted. Questions should be emailed to the Smith County Board of Education Technology Department- Dillon Reed, Technology Supervisor, [email protected], or Bonnie Grandstaff, Technology Coordinator, [email protected]. The Smith County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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NOTICE TO BID The Smith County Board of Education is accepting bids for a minimum of 50 Dell Optiplex AIO computers. Minimum Specs: Non-touch, Intel Core i5-14500 (6 + 8 cores/24MB/20T/up to 5GHz Turbo/65W), 16GB DDR5 non ECC memory, M.2 2230 256GB PCle NVMe Class 35 Solid State Drive. Bids will be accepted thru 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 2, 2024 and should be emailed to Norma Mitchell, CFO, Smith County Board of Education at [email protected]. No faxed bids will be accepted. Questions should be emailed to the Smith County Board of Education Technology Department- Dillon Reed, Technology Supervisor, [email protected], or Bonnie Grandstaff, Technology Coordinator, [email protected]. The Smith County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Grand Jury Notice “It is the duty of your Grand Jurors to investigate any public offense which they know or have reason to believe has been committed and which is triable or indictable in this county. Any person having knowledge or proof that such an offense has been committed may apply to testify before the Grand Jury subject to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, 40-12-105. The foreperson in this county is presently Shannon Brinkley. The Grand Jury will next meet on Monday, August 5th, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. You may be prosecuted for perjury for any oral or written statement which you make under oath to the Grand Jury, when you know the statement to be false, and when the statement touches on a matter material to the point in question.” Tommy Turner Smith County Circuit Court Clerk 322 Justice Drive Carthage, Tennessee 37030
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Public Notice Smith County has adopted the Financial Management System of 1981, and all employees, vendors and contractors must abide by its provisions beginning on October 21st, 2024. The act or policies to implement the act will be available on August 1st, 2024, and copies will be made available at https://smithcotn.com/ finance/ or by contacting the Finance Department at 615-588-1595.