Obit – Mrs. Patricia Ann Anderson
Mrs. Patricia Ann Anderson, age 50 of Lebanon, TN passed away Saturday July 6, 2024. Mrs. Anderson was born on August 7, 1973 in Arab, Alabama a daughter of the late Delmer Spurlock and Edith Currie Spurlock. She was married to Billy Anderson on September 8, 1992. She worked as a metal fabricator at AFI…
Read MoreObit – Denise “Scoot” Summar
Denise “Scoot” Summar passed away on June 30, 2024 at age 64. The Funeral Service, conducted Brother David Rhodes, is 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at Hillcrest Baptist Church (621 Hartsville Pike), Lebanon TN. Burial in Smith County Memorial will follow the service. Pallbearers: Kevin, Michael, and Andy Summar, Wynn Gentry, Scott Brewer, Maddux…
Read MoreDean Hill tragedy averted
By Eddie West Staff Writer A pleasure excursion aboard a single engine airplane went wrong over the skies of Smith County Tuesday morning. However, depending upon one’s perspective, the day couldn’t have turned out better for the two people aboard the aircraft following an emergency landing in a well manicured field in the northeastern most…
Read MoreSchool system’s closed borders policy
By Eddie West Staff Writer The county’s school system will retain it’s “closed border” policy for students attending local schools, following action taken by the county’s school board. It’s an issue which has been discussed at length by the school board members in previous years and surfaced at its June meeting under the agenda line…
Read MoreALL-STAR SUMMER
Shea Haile Carthage Courier Gordonsville High Class of 2024 graduate and GHS Tigerettes softball standout Kelcie Watts has had an elite All-Star summer on the diamond. Watts, a power hitter in the Big Blue lineup and first baseman, was selected to the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association’s All-Star Event. The four year member of the Tigerettes…
Read MoreCUMBERLAND NETS OWLS’ RIGSBY
Shea Haile Carthage Courier A mainstay in the lineup for the Smith County High Owls basketball team, Clayton Rigsby, is pursuing a collegiate career at Cumberland University. Rigsby signed with the Lebanon based Phoenix program after posting 600 plus points during his four year career in the Black-and-Gold. “It is something I have always wanted…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/27/24
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated August 30, 2016, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded September 2, 2016, in Book No. 309, at Page 85, and modified on October 2, 2023, in…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Lee Davis
A longtime Carthage businessman and co-owner of Smith County Motors, Mr. Lee Davis age 70 of the Riddleton Community, died peacefully surrounded by his family at the TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville and was pronounced deceased at 5:12 p.m. Thursday evening June 13, 2024. Mr. Davis was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Joyce West
Tanglewood Community housewife, Mrs. Joyce West was called to her heavenly home at 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon June 14, 2024 with her family surrounding her bedside. She was pronounced deceased at 5:05 p.m. at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since April 27, 2022. Mrs. West…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Charles E. Duke
Mr. Charles E. Duke age 98 of Pikeville, a World War II veteran, died Saturday evening June 15, 2024 at 9:35 p.m. at the Lifecare Center Hickory Woods in Antioch. He was pronounced deceased at 9:35 p.m. Longtime family friend, Eld. Gayle Snoddy will officiate at the Thursday morning June 20th 11 a.m. funeral services…
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