Guilty plea in South Carthage murder case
By Eddie West Staff Writer Another guilty plea has been entered in a four year old South Carthage murder case in which five individuals had been indicted. It was in April of 2019 when 43 year old Jason Taylor Neusse was discovered by his wife beaten to death in a former South Carthage tobacco warehouse…
Read MoreMusic video, documentary released
By Eddie West Staff Writer A new locally filmed music video and mini-documentary has been released. The music video, which features country rock band Miller Holler with front man Pat Pollifrone, was filmed on the Bridgewater family farm located in the Riddleton community and the Bussell family farm located in the Hogans Creek community. The…
Read MoreMORRIS TAKES FLIGHT AT TECH
By Shea Haile Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith County High cheerleading program has continued to ascend and has produced a future Tennessee Tech cheerleader in SCHS grad JoElla Morris who will continue to cheer competitively for the Golden Eagles. “I have been cheering since I was very little — in the pee wee cheer…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/15/23
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Robert Porcella Case # 80CH1-2023-PR-2712 Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of June, 2023, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Robert Porcella, Deceased, who died on the 4th day of March 2023, were issued…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Wayne Kemp
A highly decorated U. S. Army Vietnam Veteran who fought on the front lines for nine months has died from complications of Agent Orange. Wayne Kemp of Lebanon and who was reared in Carthage, was pronounced deceased at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday evening June 7, 2020 at the age of 76 at the Alive Residence Hospice…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Mary Ruth Givens
Longtime Kempville Community resident, Mrs. Mary Ruth Givens, went to be with her Lord and the angels in heaven at 10:10 a.m. Monday morning June 5, 2023 at the Pavilion Health Care in Lebanon where she was admitted May 16th following a valiant battle with multiple health issues. Mrs. Givens was 77. Her pastor, Bro.…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Betty Burton
Mrs. Betty Burton of the Gladdice Community was pronounced deceased at 9:50 a.m. Saturday morning June 10, 2023 shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage, with C.P.R. in progress, after becoming gravely ill at her Gladdice Highway farm home. Mrs. Burton was 90 years of age. Funeral services from…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Paul “Slick” Bane
Mr. Paul “Slick” Bane age 65 of the Bradford Hill Community was pronounced deceased by a Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville nurse at 2:16 p.m. Sunday afternoon, June 4, 2023 at his home with his family at his side. Mr. Bane was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson and was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Gary Boyd
Mr. Gary Boyd was discovered deceased at his Lafon Drive home in the Waggoner Sub-division in South Carthage on Monday afternoon June 5, 2023. He was pronounced deceased at 4:18 p.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. at the age of 56. Following release from the Metro Medical Examiner office to the Carthage…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Tim Cooper
Mr. Tim Cooper of the Hiwassee community was pronounced deceased just after midnight at 12:01 a.m. Monday June 5, 2023 at the age of 57 soon after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage with C. P. R. in progress. His pastor, Bro. Frank Bratcher, officiated at the 11 a.m. Saturday morning June…
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