Obit – Mrs. Helen Schauer
A Popes Hill community homemaker, Mrs. Helen Schauer, died shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage and was pronounced deceased at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, November 9, 2022. Mrs. Schauer was 73. Smith County 911 received a call at 3:26 p.m. Wednesday afternoon that she had collapsed at her…
Read MoreObit – Thomas “Doug” Douglas Wills
Thomas “Doug” Douglas Wills, age 88, of Donelson, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Doug was born September 11, 1934 to Elmer and Lillie Wills in Sykes. He attended Gordonsville High School before serving in the Army as a radio operator specialist. At 88 Doug didn’t slow down, he still worked and ran his…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 11/17/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Sherry Lee Spivey Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of November, 2022, Letters Testamentary, in respect to the estate of Sherry Lee Spivey, Deceased, who died on August 31, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured…
Read MoreNovember 8, 2022 Election Results – Smith County, TN
Click link below to view Tuesday night’s election results. https://www.smithcountyelection.com/upload_results/Smith_ElecSumm_All.htm
Read MoreThank you to all veterans
Veterans and residents attended the annual Veterans Day parade and ceremony held in Carthage, Sunday afternoon. Following the parade, a concert was held at the historic courthouse in downtown Carthage. Additional photos in this week’s Courier.
Read MoreFormer P.E. coach bond revoked
By Eddie West Staff Writer A criminal court judge has revoked the bond of a former middle school P.E. teacher arrested earlier this year on multiple charges for alleged inappropriate cellphone and other activity with a minor, according to Fifteenth Judicial District Attorney Jason Lawson. On March 14, Jamal Carter, 26, Pleasant Shade, was originally…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Thelma Harper Hunt
Longtime South Carthage homemaker and Avon representative, Mrs. Thelma Harper Hunt, went home to be with her Lord at 6:11 a.m. Friday morning November 4, 2022 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she was admitted November 3rd suffering from congestive heart failure. Mrs. Hunt was 76. Eld. Junior Dickerson assisted by David…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 11/10/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Sherry Lee Spivey Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of November, 2022, Letters Testamentary, in respect to the estate of Sherry Lee Spivey, Deceased, who died on August 31, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured…
Read MoreGuilty plea entered in case where female minors photographed
By Eddie West Staff Writer A former gym instructor charged by the Smith County Sheriffs Department for photographing female minors in a bathroom at a Tanglewood cheerleading/tumbling training facility in January of last year has pled guilty. In a pre-arranged plea agreement, Andrew Wayne Halford, 33, Murfreesboro, pled guilty to six counts of a 12…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 11/03/22
NOTICE JIMI RACHEL BOX The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to declare your child to be dependent and neglected. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Laura Beth Whitley, Attorney for…
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