REGION GOLD; Owls claim 3-2A title with 27-0 shutout win over Eagles
By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith Co. High Owls football team wrapped up the Region 3-2A regular season championship with a 27-0 victory over Westmoreland last Friday night. The home win insured the Owls, who improved to 7-2 overall and 4-0 in region play, would host up to the first three rounds…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/19/23
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Bobby Gene Glidwell, Sr. Case#80CH1-2023-PR-2745 Notice is hereby given that on the 13th day of October, 2023, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Bobby Gene Glidwell, Sr., Deceased, who died on the 13th day of September, 2023, were issued to the undersigned by…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Fern Roe
Mrs. Fern Roe, a homemaker of South Carthage, died peacefully at the age of 87 at 5:36 a.m. Thursday morning October 12, 2023 at her Overlook Drive home surrounded by her family. Caris Hospice of Cookeville had assisted the Roe family with her care in her waning days. Mrs. Roe was at the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Mr. G.W. Morphis
Mr. G. W. Morphis age 78 of the Sullivan Bend Community was pronounced dead on arrival at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon October 7, 2023 at the age of 78 following a work related accident in Carthage. Funeral services for Mr. Morphis were conducted on Wednesday morning October 11th at 11 a.m. from the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Agnes Ballou Givens
Mrs. Agnes Ballou Givens of Hartsville and a longtime resident of the Maces Hill Community, was pronounced deceased at 10:05 a.m. Monday morning October 9, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was admitted for respite care on October 5th. Mrs. Givens was 95. Funeral services from the Carthage…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Larry Chambers
Mr. Larry Chambers of Smyrna, and a South Carthage native, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at the TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna at 3:27 p.m. Tuesday afternoon October 10, 2023 after collapsing at his dialysis treatment. Mr. Chambers was 85. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted on…
Read MoreMan found with eight separate drivers licenses charged by THP
By Eddie West Staff Writer A man faces multiple charges after being discovered in possession of eight different drivers licenses with his photo, each with different names and addresses. The man, identified as Aaron Scott Wilcox, 44, Harrisburg, North Carolina, was also found in possession of 16 fraudulent checks and 10 fraudulent credit cards. Wilcox,…
Read MoreDam turns 50
By Eddie West Staff Writer The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville (USACE) District celebrated Cordell Hull Dam’s 50th Anniversary, Saturday. The commemorative event was held on the navigation lock side of the dam at 24 Cordell Park Lane in the Horseshoe Bend community. The location is the site where construction of the project began,…
Read More‘DOG CATCHERS; GHS locks up 4-1A title game appearance with RBS rout
By Shea Haile Courier Sports RED BOILING SPRINGS — A 42-7 first half explosion, including a 21-0 surge in the first frame, powered the Gordonsville High Tigers football team to a dominant 49-19 victory over Region 4-1A foe Red Boiling Springs Bulldogs. Gordonsville racked up 402 yards of offense including 200 rushing yards on 23…
Read MoreREGION GROOVE; Owls remain perfect in 3-2A play, thrash Jackson Co.
By Terry Collins Courier Sports GAINESBORO — The Smith Co. High Owls football team got back on the winning track with a 40-0 road victory at Jackson Co. last Friday night. The Owls rolled up 331 offensive yards in the first half in scoring all their points to improve to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in…
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