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Obit – Mr. William (Bill) Bragdon

Mr. William (Bill) Bragdon of the Stewarts Bend Lane Community was pronounced deceased at 10:08 a.m. Monday morning December 11, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage after passing from an extended illness at his CM Farms home. Mr. Bragdon was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and had…

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Obit – Mrs. Ruth Brown

Longtime McClures Bend Community homemaker, Mrs. Ruth Brown, died at 2:10 p.m. Friday afternoon December 15, 2023 at the age of 89 at the Pavilion Assisted Living in Lebanon where she had made her home since January 27, 2021 after moving from the Pavilion Assisted Living in South Carthage where she was admitted August 11,…

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Obit – Mrs. Carolyn Payne Holleman

Mrs. Carolyn Payne Holleman age 76 of Hendersonville was pronounced deceased at 12:38 a.m. Monday morning December 11, 2023 by Alive Hospice of Nashville. Her family was at her bedside. A graveside service and interment were conducted on Tuesday morning December 12th at 11:00 a.m. at the Holleman Family Cemetery in Kempville with Eld. Michael…

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Obit – Nathaniel Adam Bastian II

Nathaniel Adam Bastian II, age 96 of Doyle, TN, passed away on December 12, 2023.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Ward Goddard Bastian, parents, Nathaniel Adam Bastian I and Mary Haynie Bastian. Along with his older brother, Colonel Haynie Bastian and sister-in-law, Mary Louise Bastian, youngest brother, Marvin Bastian, and son-in-law,…

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Grand jury indicts man charged for ‘commission of act of terrorism’

By Eddie West Staff Writer A man facing an “act of terrorism” and ten other charges following a random shooting incident at a Gordonsville convenience market has been indicted by the county’s grand jury. Allen Jeffrey Martinez Jr., 33, Howe, Texas, went on a shooting spree in September at the Exxon Convenience Market located on…

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20 year sentence for former teacher

(The following was released from Fifteenth Judicial Distirct Attorney Jason Lawson’s office.) A Smith County Middle School coach has pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes involving minors.  Jamal Carter was arrested in March of 2022 after allegations surfaced of inappropriate communications with minors.  Carter was a basketball coach and PE teacher at Smith County Middle…

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Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/14/23

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…

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Obit – Mr. Sam Pelotto

Mr. Sam Pelotto age 54 of South Carthage was pronounced deceased at his Sanders Drive home in South Carthage at 11:22 a.m. Friday morning December 8, 2023 by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville, who had been lovingly assisting the family with his illness due to cancer. Mr. Pelotto was 54. Mr. Pelotto’s pastor, Eld. Chris White…

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Obit – Mrs. Martha Canter

A Nashville homemaker, Mrs. Martha Canter, was discovered deceased at the age of 83 at her Healey Drive home by a grandson on Wednesday afternoon December 6, 2023. She was pronounced deceased by a medical investigator from the Metro Medical Examiner Office at 4:21 p.m. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

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