Obit – Mr. Mike Shumake
Mr. Mike Shumake age 64 of the Sullivans Bend Community was pronounced deceased at a fire at the family’s Preston Lane home at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday afternoon January 23, 2024. Longtime family friend, Eld. Stephen Farley Brooks, officiated at the 5 p.m. Monday afternoon January 29th memorial services which will be held at the Carthage…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Troy Mofield
A lifelong Hogans Creek Community resident, Mr. Troy Mofield, was discovered deceased at 2:55 a.m. Wednesday morning January 24, 2024 at his home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at 4:23 a.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage. Mr. Mofield was 57. Sunday afternoon January 28th funeral services were conducted by Eld. Junior…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Ralph Phillips
Retired Lafayette farmer, Mr. Ralph Phillips, died at the age of 82 at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette at 9:03 a.m. on Wednesday morning January 24, 2024 following a period of declining health. Funeral services from the Lafayette Chapel of Anderson and Son Funeral Home were conducted on Saturday afternoon January 27th at 1 p.m.…
Read MoreDrugs, pursuit — five charged
By Eddie West Staff Writer A sheriffs department K-9 unit investigation resulted in five arrests. Also, a police pursuit along Lebanon Highway/Highway 70, ending in a wreck at Big Springs Road in Wilson County occurred during the investigation. The investigation began when K-9 officer Sgt. Junior Fields, Deputy Bert Collins and Deputy Nathan Williams went…
Read MoreSix inch snow, arctic air hit
By Eddie West Staff Writer The winter’s first snow storm was one for the ages. In terms of snowfall and an extended period of sub-freezing arctic air, combining for life-threaten conditions, it was a winter storm rarely witnessed locally. The season’s first snowfall inundated the county with around six inches of frozen precipitation. Recordings include:…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 01/25/24
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Marcia Gregory Tisdale Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2763 Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of January, 2024, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Marcia Gregory Tisdale, Deceased, who died on the 10th day of December, 2023, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Billy Watkins Sr.
A Defeated Creek Community resident and longtime resident of the Kempville Community, Mr. Billy Watkins Sr., died peacefully at his Defeated Creek Highway home surrounded by his loving and caring family. He was pronounced deceased by Caris Hospice of Livingston at 7:53 p.m. Wednesday evening January 10, 2024. A funeral service to celebrate Mr. Watkins…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Bettye Nixon
Defeated Creek Community homemaker, Mrs. Bettye Nixon, age 75, was pronounced deceased at 2:02 p.m. Saturday afternoon January 20, 2024 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage with her family at her bedside and where she was admitted from the family’s Nixon Hollow farm home on January 15th. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Mr. L.B. Thompson
Lifelong Pleasant Shade Community farmer, Mr. L. B. Thompson, was pronounced deceased at 11:37 p.m. Wednesday evening January 17, 2024 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had made his home since October 19, 2018 due to failing health. Mr. Thompson was 71. Eld. Scott Rigsby, Mr. Thompson’s pastor, officiated…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Gayle Lynn Parker
Mrs. Gayle Lynn Parker, a homemaker of the New Middleton Community, died peacefully at 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon January 14, 2024 at the age of 54 at the family’s Dry Fork Road farm with her family by her bedside following a battle with cancer. She was pronounced deceased at 3:15 p.m. by HighPoint Hospice of…
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