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Obit – Mrs. Nannette Carter Martin

A Carthage native, Mrs. Nannette Carter Martin, has passed from this world into eternity on Thursday afternoon March 21, 2024, at the home of her daughter Courtney in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Funeral services from the Clark Memorial United Methodist Church located at 1014 14th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208, are scheduled to be conducted on Saturday…

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Obit – Mr. Gregg Kemple

Mr. Gregg Kemple age 77 of South Carthage died on Wednesday morning March 20, 2024 at his Gibbs Landing Drive home with his wife at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased at 3:03 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville who had been assisting Mrs. Kemple with his care during his final days on earth. Mr.…

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Obit – Ms. Terri Bull

Ms. Terri Bull, a homemaker of Smyrna, was pronounced deceased at 12:43 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 17, 2024 nine days before her 65th birthday at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had been cared for since March 11th under the care of Gentiva Hospice. Ms. Bull’s family was at her…

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Obit – Virginia Lester Agee

A beautiful person inside and out, Virginia Lester Agee, shared her warmth with her family and friends for 99 years until her peaceful transition to her heavenly home on March 18, 2024, much to their sorrow. Born November 13, 1924 in Canton, OH, a daughter of the late Jack Lester, Sr, and Beulah Mai Williams…

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Business gutted by blaze

By Eddie West Staff Writer Fire gutted a longtime South Carthage business, Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at 8:21 a.m. at Swann’s Rebuilding, an auto related business. When the fire was reported, black plumes of heavy smoke were rising several feet into the air and could be seen in Carthage and surrounding area. South…

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Legal & Pubic Notices For The Week Of 03/21/24

STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF  Robert James Roberts Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2773 Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of March, 2024, Letters of Testamentary  in respect to the estate of Robert James Roberts, Deceased, who died on the 14th day of February, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate…

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Obit – Mrs. Elizabeth Wright Rollins

A Flatrock Community centenarian and retired Smith County educator, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright Rollins age 100, was pronounced deceased at 2:59 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 10, 2024 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon under the loving care of Gentiva Hospice. Mrs. Rollins was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside…

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Obit – Mrs. Lucy Midgett Hackett

Mrs. Lucy Midgett Hackett, a devoted Christian who loved her family endlessly, went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2024 at 2:21 a.m. at the age of 83 at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville. She was born December 17, 1940 and was a native of the Popes Hill Community in Smith…

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Obit – Mr. Maxey Scott

Mr. Maxey Scott of the Rome Community was pronounced deceased at 03:55 a.m. Tuesday morning March 12, 2024 the Vanderbilt-Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon where he was admitted March 9th being treated for myocarditis. Mr. Scott was 81. Bro. Wayne Malone, pastor of the Rome Baptist Church, officiated at the 1 p.m. Friday afternoon March…

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