Obit – Mrs. Tammy Overstreet-Gibbs
Mrs. Tammy Overstreet-Gibbs, age 58, a homemaker of South Carthage, was pronounced dead on arrival at 9:42 a.m. Friday morning, December 2, 2022, at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage after being found by her mother to be unresponsive at her Rigsby Circle home in South Carthage. Mrs. Overstreet-Gibbs was at the Carthage…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jeffrey Ballenger
Longtime South Carthage resident Mr. Jeffrey Ballenger, age 63, now of Gallatin, died unexpectedly at the Hartsville Pike home of Jeffrey and his brother. He was pronounced deceased at 6:35 a.m. Tuesday morning, November 29, 2022, by a Sumner County Ambulance Service Paramedic at the home. Funeral services for Mr. Ballinger were conducted from the…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Ruby Curtis
Mrs. Ruby Curtis of Paris, Tennessee died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, November 29, 2022, at the age of 79 at the Hartsville Convalescent Center. Mrs. Curtis was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and will be cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood. A memorial Celebration of Life will be held…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Tom Wheeler Jr.
Memorial Services for Mr. Tom Wheeler Jr., age 84 of the Maggart community, were conducted Sunday afternoon, December 11th, from the Chestnut Mound Christian Fellowship Church with Bro. Dickie Johnson presiding. Full military honors were provided by the United States Marine Corps. Mr. Wheeler died at the Webb House in Smithville at 4:05 a.m. Friday…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Virginia Mae Jaikins
Mrs. Virginia Mae Jaikins, age 97, of Carthage, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2022. Mrs. Jaikins was born October 22, 1925 in Detroit, MI, a daughter of the late Charles Judson Chamberlin and Florence Augusta Savill Chamberlin. She was a longtime member of the Carthage United Methodist Church and the Smith County FCE Club.…
Read MoreMan fires at officers injuring one
By Eddie West Staff Writer A Gordonsville man faces multiple charges in connection with a shooting which injured a Wilson County Sheriffs Department deputy. The shooting incident occurred following a high speed pursuit which started in Smith County and ended in Wilson County, according to the Wilson County Sheriffs Department. The gunfire came after the…
Read MoreSecond degree murder plea entered
By Eddie West Staff Writer A man has pled guilty to second degree murder for his involvement in an April 2019 homicide which occurred in South Carthage. James Matthew Murray, who was 35 at the time of the murder and a resident of Buffalo Valley, entered a plea of guilty to second degree murder in…
Read MoreCarthage resident arrested following pursuit
By Eddie West Staff Writer A Carthage resident, who led law enforcement authorities on a high speed pursuit into Wilson County, faces multiple charges. Calvin Lee Scruggs, 20, was stopped by Deputy Nathan Williams around 4:22 p.m., Friday (November 18) at the South Lovers Lane intersection with Highway 70, according to an offense report filed…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/01/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Ramona Seddon Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of November, 2022, Letters Testamentary, in respect to the estate of Ramona Seddon, Deceased, who died on October 31, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Charlene Holleman Mofield
Mrs. Charlene Holleman Mofield, a homemaker of the Rock City community and co-owner of Mofield Bros. Construction Co., died peacefully at 3:39 a.m. Friday morning, November 18, 2022, at the TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage where she was admitted November 8th. Mrs. Mofield was 93. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, November 20th by…
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