Obit – Ms. Chelsea Elizabeth Pirtle
Chelsea Elizabeth Pirtle, age 24, of Carthage, TN, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026. Ms. Pirtle was born October 3, 2001 in Carthage, TN, a daughter of Wesley David Pirtle and Tara Lynn Runnells Pirtle. She was preceded in death by Grandmothers; Flora “Flo” Mabery Runnells and Ginger Duchow Pirtle. Ms. Pirtle was a…
Read More25/26 Elementary All-County Teams
2025-2026 All-County teams announced in this week’s Courier
Read MoreWork was ‘inspection’ of South Carthage bluff — TDOT says
By Eddie West Staff Writer An “inspection” conducted by a Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) crew took place at a section of Highway 70 in South Carthage long eyed as a potential rock (bluff) mitigation project. “Crews are inspecting this area, resulting in intermittent lane closures,” a TDOT spokesperson said, Wednesday. The lane closures took place…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/23/26
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Alice Faye Lambert Case#80CH1-2026-PR-2926 Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Alice Faye Lambert, Deceased, who died on the 13th day of January, 2026, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Bobby (Buck) King
Mr. Bobby (Buck) King departed this life at 5:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon April 11, 2026 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where he had resided since August 9, 2024. Mr. King was 86. Mr. King was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Royce Gregory
A loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and a devoted husband to his wife of over sixty-one years, Bonnie, Mr. Royce Gregory succumbed to lung cancer with his family at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased Friday morning April 17, 2026 at the age of 83 at 10:13 a.m. at the Saint Thomas Mid-Town Hospital where…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Don Green
A retired Tennessee State Trooper Lieutenant and Vietnam Era veteran, Mr. Don Green of Mount Juliet, died at the age of 79 on Wednesday morning April 15, 2026 after being admitted to TriStar Southern Hills Hospital emergency department with C.P. R. in progress. He was pronounced deceased at 10:23 a.m. His funeral services were Tuesday…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Shannon Fairchild
Five days following her 78th birthday, Mrs. Shannon Fairchild a former resident of Lebanon, was called home at 4:50 a.m. Friday morning April 17, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since April 8, 2024. Mrs. Fairchild was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Cindy Recob
Mrs. Cindy Recob age 66, a homemaker of the Horseshoe Bend Community, was pronounced deceased at 4:36 p.m. Saturday evening April 11, 2026 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @ Ascension Saint Thomaas Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted moments earlier with C.P.R. in progress. Mrs. Recob was at the Carthage Chapel of…
Read MoreObit – Marian Darlene Gray Murray
The Lord in Heaven brought Marian Darlene Gray into the world on September 17, 1935 and took her home on April 14, 2026. She was born in Hardin, Montana and left this world from Carthage, Tennessee. Marian was a born-again Christian. She was baptized at the age of eight with her father and sister…
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