Obit – Mr. Billy Richard Hackett
Mr. Billy Richard Hackett, age 76 of Hickman, TN, passed away Saturday December 23, 2023. Mr. Hackett was born March 4, 1947, a son of the late Cordell Hull Hackett and Lorene Williams Hackett. He was also preceded in death by siblings: Edwin Key Hackett, Robert James “Bob” Hackett, Betty Jo Hillis, and Mattie Pearl…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jerry Lynn Martin
Mr. Jerry Lynn Martin, age 61, of the Popes Hill Community of Smith Co TN, passed away peacefully, on December 22, 2023, at his home from cancer with his family by his side. Jerry was born October 4, 1962, a son of the late William Dawson Martin SR. and the late Birdie Lee Warren Martin.…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Mildred Smith Anderson
Mrs. Mildred Smith Anderson, age 89, of Rome, TN, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. Mrs. Anderson was born September 24, 1934 in the St. Mary Community of Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late Columbus Benton Smith, Sr., and Allie T. Nabors Smith. She graduated from Gordonsville High School in 1954. Mrs.…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Isabella Dawson Smith
Mrs. Isabella Dawson Smith, age 24 of Knoxville, TN passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center after Cardiac complications. Mrs. Smith was born February 27, 1999 in Cookeville, TN, a daughter of James Howard “Jimmy” Dawson and Althea Lynn Hogg Dawson. Isabella was a graduate of Cookeville High School and…
Read MoreObit – John Larry Dudney
John Larry Dudney age 77, passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, December 27, 2023, at Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, TN. He was born in Carthage, TN, on February 9, 1946. He was the son of the late Robert Lee Dudney and the late Louise Upchurch Dudney. He was a member of…
Read MoreSchool board hires architectural firm for CTE building
By Eddie West Staff Writer Renovation of the former Save-A-lot building in Carthage is expected to begin in the weeks ahead. The county’s school board, which now owns the property, approved a contract for an architectural firm to oversee renovation of the building, during this month’s meeting. Earlier this year, the school board purchased the…
Read MoreREGION HARDWARE; MVP awards highlight postseason accolades for Owls, Tigers
J FOSTER – REGION MVP, Gordonsville Tigers All-Region 4-1A PEYTON HIX – REGION MVP, Smith County Owls All-Region 3-2A READ ALL THE AWARDS IN COURIER SPORTS
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/28/23
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 June 20, 2003, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded June 23, 2003, in Book No. 85, at Page 454, in Office of the Register of Deeds…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Teresa Pipes
Mrs. Teresa Pipes, a homemaker and professional baker of the Elmwood Community, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at the age of 71 at 2:58 p.m. Sunday afternoon December 17, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at the Pipes family’s Cookeville Highway home. Mrs. Pipes is at…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jo Ann Harris
A longtime Carthage business owner has died at the age of 64. Mrs. Jo Ann Harris age 64, now a homemaker of Carthage, was pronounced deceased at the TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville at 9 p.m. Sunday evening December 17, 2023 where she was airlifted on Tuesday morning December 12th after suffering a debilitating…
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