Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/02/26
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Dave Wilson Enoch Case#80CH1-2026-PR-2933 Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of March, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Dave Wilson Enoch, Deceased, who died on the 30th day of September, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Mary Dillard
A longtime Tanglewood Community homemaker and former Watervale Community grocery merchant, Mrs. Mary Dillard, quietly ended her earthly journey at the age of 88 at the Alive Hospice Residence in Murfreesboro at 9:39 p.m. on Monday evening March 23, 2026. She was admitted to the facility March 20th following weeks of declining health. Mrs. Dillard’s…
Read MoreObit – Wayne Jenkins
On March 22, 2026, at his home in the Rock City community of Smith County, Haskell Wayne Jenkins, known affectionately as “Wayne,” passed away at the age of 74. A private graveside service for the family at Wayne’s final resting place on the family farm he loved, was conducted on Wednesday afternoon March 25th at…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Joyce Bains
A Christian Lady, loving wife, mother with guiding hands, doting grandmother, and a special sister, joined her Heavenly Father at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning March 25, 2026 surrounded by her family at their Hiwassee Road farm home. Mrs. Joyce Bains, age 69, was pronounced deceased at 10:56 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston who had…
Read MoreObit – Mr. W. Gray Roberts Jr.
Mr. W. Gray Roberts Jr. age 71 of the Rome Community was called home to be with his Lord and Savior at 11:17 a.m. Wednesday morning March 25, 2026 at the Highpoint Health – Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin with his family all present. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Yvonne Ferguson
Mrs. Yvonne Ferguson, a homemaker of Hermitage, went to be with her Lord and Savior with her family at her bedside at the age of 83 at 5:35 p.m. Sunday evening March 22, 2026. She had been a resident of the Brookdale Senior Living in Gallatin since September 5, 2025 and was under the care…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Rachel Brent
Mrs. Rachel Brent, age 89 of Mount Juliet, died at 6:07 p.m. Saturday evening, March 21, 2026 at the Quality Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lebanon following an extended illness. Mrs. Brent will be cremated and interment will take place at a later date at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville. Born Rachel Marshall in…
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BOYS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS Owls 61, Lewis County 60 By Terry Collins Courier Sports MURFREESBORO — The Smith County High Owls basketball team made its seventh state tourney appearance last Wednesday afternoon at the Murphy Center at MTSU in Murfreesboro. The Owls had lost in the Round of 16 in 1931, 1955 and 1961. Smith Co. had…
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BOYS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS Westview 47, Owls 37 By Terry Collins Courier Sports MURFREESBORO — The Smith County High Owls basketball team faced off against Westview out of Martin, Tennessee last Friday morning in the Class 2A state tournament semifinals in Murfreesboro. The Chargers and the Owls were battling for their schools’ first ever appearance in the…
Read MoreMurfreesboro resident John Ash looking to become newest director
By Eddie West Staff Writer Reviewing his career in the educational field, it may seem the person selected to become the county’s next director of schools is far removed from Smith County. However, that’s not the case. Murfreeboro’s Central Magnet School Principal John Ash has followed his career in the field of education predominantly to places…
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