Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/03/23
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Betty Elaine Adair Case # 80CH1-2023-PR-2724 Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of July, 2023, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Betty Elaine Adair, Deceased, who died on the 22nd day of June 2023, were issued to the undersigned by…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Mary Lou Smith
Mrs. Mary Lou Smith, age 84 of Carthage, died at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday evening, July 25, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center with her family at her side. Funeral services were conducted on Friday morning, July 28th, from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home with Bro. Harold Halliburton and Eld. Joey Gregory officiating. …
Read MoreObit – Mr. Fred “Butch” Brockette
Mr. Fred “Butch” Brockette of Lebanon died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Monday July 24, 2023 at the age of 77 at 7:24 a.m. under the care of hospice. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday afternoon July 27th from the Immanuel Baptist Church in Lebanon. Officiating the 1 p.m. services were…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jo Frances Harris Agnew
Mrs. Jo Frances Harris Agnew, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt, age 91 of Carthage, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Mrs. Agnew, lovingly known as Ma to many people, was born Jo Frances Harris on December 20, 1931 on Beech Log Road in Norene, Tennessee to Archie Lee and Winnie…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Paul Ray Collins
Mr. Paul Ray Collins, age 78, of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Mr. Collins was born April 18, 1945 in the Crawford Community of Overton County, TN, a son of the late J.D. Collins and Dorothy Lee Vaughn Collins. He married Shirley Estelle McKinney on January 14, 1972. Mr. Collins graduated…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Helen Fay Ezell
Mrs. Helen Fay Ezell, age 77, of Lancaster, TN, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2023. Mrs. Ezell was born December 11, 1945, a daughter of the late Herlon “Smiley” Glover and Virginia Smith Glover. She was preceded in death by infant son; Kevin Herd and by brother; Bobby Glover. Helen is survived by her…
Read MoreCARTHAGE COURIER LANDS STATE’S TOP PRESS HONOR
The Carthage Courier brought home a record 18 total awards — including receiving the coveted top prize for 1st Place for General Excellence among Division I newspapers from across the state — in last Friday’s 2023 Tennessee State Press Contest Awards held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Franklin. The awards, sponsored by the University…
Read MoreCarthage police locate multiple teens in several mailbox vandalism cases
By Eddie West Staff Writer Law enforcement officials say multiple juveniles were involved in the vandalism of as many as 21 mailboxes in Carthage as well as two communities in the county. Five mailboxes were either knocked off their posts or dented in Carthage. All of the mailboxes damaged were located on Jackson Avenue. Meanwhile,…
Read MoreNew ownership for historic hotel
By Eddie West Staff Writer Hotel Walton has a new owner. The historical hotel was purchased by Snow Creek Properties last Monday (July 17). Carthage resident John Leftwich Jr. purchased the hotel in the spring of 2020 from C.D. “Digger” Poindexter (Poindexter Realty and Auction). Through the years, the historic hotel underwent extensive renovations while…
Read MoreSCHS BASEBALL’S NEW LEADER
By Shea Haile Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith County High School baseball team welcomed Malone Smith as the new coach on July 11. Smith, who grew up in the Mt. Juliet area, is a 2014 graduate of Wilson Central High School where he was a three year starter for the Wildcats. The Owls head…
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