Obit – Mr. Ronnie Poston
Mr. Ronnie Poston, formerly of Carthage, age 81, was pronounced deceased at 4:13 a.m. Monday morning November 3, 2023 at the Stonebridge Health Care Center in Ridgetop in Robertson County following a lengthy illness. He had made his home at Stoneridge since August 14, 2020. Mr. Poston was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Bobby Harper
Lifelong South Carthage resident Mr. Bobby Harper died at the age of 81 at 11:04 a.m. Tuesday morning November 14, 2023 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon under the care of Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon. Mr. Harper was suffering from dementia. Bro. Jimmy Gregory will officiate at the 1 p.m. Friday…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Benjamin Simmonds
Mr. Benjamin Simmonds of the Tanglewood Community and a Flint, Michigan native was pronounced deceased from natural causes at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center at 4:35 p.m. Thursday afternoon November 16, 2023 where he was admitted November 2nd. Mr. Simmonds was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was scheduled to be cremated…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Thomas Richard Sadler
Mr. Thomas Richard Sadler, age 73, of Stonewall Community in Smith County, TN, was born May 19, 1950 in Granville, TN, Jackson County, to the late Robert Sadler and Lena Mae Clay. On Monday evening, November 13, 2023, Tony went into a peaceful sleep to enter into his heavenly home, where the best is yet…
Read MoreObit – Willie Carlene Tayes Sevier
Willie Carlene Tayes Sevier passed from this life November 13, 2023 at Smith County Health Care and Rehabilitationin Carthage, TN. Willie was born May 29, 1937 to Bev and Nancy (Hite) Tayes in Overton County, TN. She married Jessie Kinlow Sevier in July, 1955 and they had seven children. Willie’s favorite things were growing vegetables…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Michael Ray Fariss
Mr. Michael Ray Fariss, age 64 of Carthage, TN, passed away on November 13, 2023. Mr. Fariss was born January 10, 1959 in McMinnville, TN, a son of the late William Benton Fariss and Joan McClain Fariss. He was also preceded in death by Brother; Ronnie Fariss. Mr. Fariss married Darlene Frances Davis on August…
Read MoreObit – Lori Michelle Wester
Lori Michelle Wester, 56, departed this life on November 7, 2023 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee with her loving daughter, Stacey and soulmate, Steven by her side. She is survived by her loving daughter, Stacey Gore (Brad); soulmate, Steven Farley; devoted stepmother, Lasheryle (Sherry) Wester; two sisters: Rhonda Wester (Zo), and Shaquawana Wester…
Read MoreObit – Robert Ward Wilder
Robert Ward Wilder, 79, of Huntsville, Arkansas, went to be with his Lord and Savior Friday, September, 8, 2023 at Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. He was born June 25, 1944 to the late Jacob C. Wilder and Frances G. Gregory in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by an…
Read MoreMan connected to South Carthage murder case jailed
By Eddie West Staff Writer A man who pled guilty to charges connected to an April, 2019, South Carthage murder case is back in jail. In October of 2021, James Michael Burns, 48, Cross Plains, pled guilty to aggravated burglary and accessory after the fact, according to court records. Burns received a six-year sentence for…
Read MorePOSTSEASON CAT FIGHT; Big Blue topples Whitwell Tigers, 35-15
By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — Last Friday night at Gordonsville High’s Turney Ford Field, the Tigers’ football team continued their quest for the 2023 Class 1A title hosting Region 3-1A No. 2 seed Whitwell. Big Blue won the battle between the two Tiger programs 35-15 — clinching a spot in the Class 1A…
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