Obit – Paige Isabella Nokes
Paige Isabella Nokes, age 21 of Buffalo Valley, TN, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2023. Paige was born March 22, 2002 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of Brock Gabriel Nokes and Jennifer Lynn Elrod Nokes. She was preceded in death by Grandmother; Pauline Elrod. Grandfather; Glen Nokes. Great-grandmother; Ofallon Bryant. Paige is survived by…
Read MoreObit – Mr. James Erwin Fischbach
Mr. James Erwin Fischbach, husband of Wanda Gibbs Graves, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 1, 2023. Mr. Fischbach was born December 20, 1949 in Ventura, CA, a son of the late Richard Alvin Fischbach and Willie Ruth Blevins Fischbach. He was a beach kid and only came home when the streetlights…
Read MoreObit – Margaret T. Shoemake Rigsby
Margaret T. Shoemake Rigsby, age 77, of Spring City, TN, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2023. She is preceded by her parents: Charlie and Thula Bush Shoemake; children: Kenneth Wayne Rigsby, Larry Carrol Rigsby; siblings: Melba Faye Brown, Charles Larry Shoemake. A graveside service was held on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 1 p.m.…
Read MoreSouth Carthage bluff trimming of trees upcoming; temporary closing
By Eddie West Staff Writer Trees and bushes located along Highway 70 on the bluff at the south end of the Cordell Hull Bridge in South Carthage are expected to be cut and/or trimmed in the days ahead. The targeted area runs from the former South Carthage Quick-N-Easy, a building which now sits empty, or…
Read MoreCordell Hull Dam event Saturday; 50 year celebration
(The following story was written by Bill Peoples with the United States Army Corps of Engineers public information office.) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville (USACE) District invites the public to attend Cordell Hull Dam’s 50th Anniversary Celebration scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, October 7 (2023) at the dam. The commemorative event will be…
Read MoreChampions’ revenge; GJHS avenges only loss in CVC title game, defeat previously unbeaten Jackets
SUBMITTED Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — The Gordonsville Junior High Tigers football team and the Jim Satterfield Middle School Yellow Jackets clashed in a meeting of Cumberland Valley Conference heavyweights last Saturday night at Red Boiling Springs High. The Tigers (8-1) and the previously unbeaten Yellow Jackets (9-0) had one last collision in the 2023 season…
Read MoreRockets fail to launch; Tigers ground Forrest in dominant Homecoming win
By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — The Gordonsville High Tigers football team finally returned to Turney Ford Field last Friday night after a stretch of four consecutive road games. Big Blue tallied a dominant 31-7 Homecoming night victory over the visiting Forrest Rockets. “We talked all week and last week about coming out fast,”…
Read MoreBees swarm Owls; Upperman defense spearheads 14-0 shutout against Smith County
By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith Co. High Owls football team had their toughest test of the season last Friday night at Owls Stadium in Carthage. Smith Co. faced off against the state’s second-ranked team in Class 4A — the 6-0 Upperman Bees. The two teams, for years long-time region foes, had…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/05/23
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 October 30, 2012, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded November 8, 2012, in Book No. 255, at Page 47, and modified on March 28, 2019, in…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Gordy Woodard
Mr. Gordy Woodard of the Tanglewood Community died at 9:11 a.m. Tuesday evening, September 26, 2023 under the care of Caris Hospice following an extended fight with pancreatic disease. He was 67. Funeral services were conducted from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral home at 1:00 p.m. Friday afternoon, September 29, with his brother-in-law, Pastor…
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