REGION BUSINESS; Tigers run-rule 4-1A foes Trousdale, Jackson
By Shea Haile Courier Sports SOUTH CARTHAGE — It was an all District 8-1A affair as the Gordonsville High Tigers baseball team and the Trousdale County Yellow Jackets battled for the Region 4-1A title. The Tigers plated eight runs in the first two innings en route to an eventual 11-1 victory last Saturday evening at Crump…
Read MoreREGION BUSINESS; Owls topple Marion, Sequatchie for crown
By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith County High Owls baseball team faced off against Sequatchie County last Saturday morning for the Region 3-2A championship game in Carthage. The winner of this game would host a two out of three sectional series while the loser went to the losers bracket. Smith Co. won the…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/14/26
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Philip G. Claywell Case#80CH1-2026-PR-2943 Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of May, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Philip G. Claywell, Deceased, who died on the 10th day of March, 2026, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jimmy Key
A kind and soft-spoken Southern Gentleman, Mr. Jimmy Key of Carthage, entered into eternal rest with his loving family at his side at 5:59 p.m. Friday evening May 8, 2026 at the Highpoint – Health Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas in Carthage where he was admitted May 4th being treated for pneumonia. Mr. Key was…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jim “Flash” Hays
Mr. Jim, better known as “Flash”, Hays age 72 of the Funns Branch Community and longtime Nashville resident, departed this life at 2:24 a.m. Sunday morning May 3, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he was admitted February 12, 2026. The 1 p.m. graveside funeral services were conducted by…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Clarence (Junior) Davis Jr.
Mr. Clarence (Junior) Davis Jr. of the Brush Creek Community departed this life at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital on Saturday afternoon May 9, 2026 at the age of 71. He was admitted May 4th to the medical facility. Mr. Davis is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his memorial services were…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Veleda Clay Hogan Smith
Mrs. Veleda Clay Hogan Smith, also known to some as mama and many children as mom mom, dee dee, age 99 of Dover, Delaware, and a native of Smith County, TN passed away in her sleep on May 6, 2026 (three months shy of turning 100 years old) at 11:30 pm in Smyrna, Delaware. Mrs.…
Read MoreObit – Jerry Lock
Jerry Lock, 87, formerly of Millsfield, died peacefully on Friday, May 1, 2026, at his residence in Elmwood, TN, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 2, 1938, to L C and Ophelia Seaton Lock, who preceded him in death. Jerry was a member and honorary deacon of Christ Church Baptist Fellowship…
Read MoreObit – Mary Elizabeth Gwaltney Hodges
MARY ELIZABETH GWALTNEY HODGES- A perennially joyful and loving person, Mary Elizabeth Gwaltney Hodges left this life and passed to the next on May 8, 2026. She was born in Hickman Tennessee on May 25, 1931 to Campbell and Tassie Gwaltney. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, where she attended school and graduated…
Read MoreObit – Margaret “Maggie” Klenke
Klenke, Margaret “Maggie” a 30-year resident of Lebanon, TN, passed away in Nashville on October 9, 2025, at the age of 80. Born in Oakland, CA, on September 19, 1945, Maggie grew up in Sacramento, CA. She pursued adventure and success, eventually joining Mountain Bell in the 1970s, where she met her husband. This led…
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