Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 09/10/26
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Sale at public auction will be on October 22, 2026 at 11:00AM local time, at the front door, Smith County Courthouse, 211 North Main Street, Carthage, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Heather Nichols, to National Registered Agents, Inc., Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Rhonda Hackett
With her family at her bedside, Mrs. Rhonda Hackett of South Carthage departed her earthly journey to begin her walk with God at the family’s Tulip Lane home in South Carthage at 12:30 a.m. She was pronounced deceased at 2:31 a.m. on August 31, 2026 by Amedisys Hospice of Murfreesboro. Funeral services from the Carthage…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Sue Sloan Grisham
A longtime Pleasant Shade Community resident who possessed a keen sense of humor and was loved by all who knew her, Mrs. Sue Sloan Grisham, departed this earth to be with her two sons, husband and parents. At 89 years of age, she was pronounced deceased at 8:12 a.m. Thursday morning September 3, 2026 at…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Shannon Marie Schwartz
A sweet-spirited and kind-hearted lady, Mrs. Shannon Marie Schwartz, departed this earthly life at the age of 64 on Sunday, July 5, 2026, to begin her heavenly journey with her Lord and Savior. A memorial service to Celebrate her Life will be conducted at a time and date to be announced from the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreSchool budget gets state attention
By Eddie West Staff Writer The months long debate concerning Smith County’s 2026-2027 school system’s budget has garnered the attention of state education leaders. The county’s budget discussions should be a warning sign for Tennessee lawmakers and the next Tennessee governor, warns a Nashville-based Tennessee education advocate, who is calling for additional funding at the state…
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Smith Co. 38, Clay Co. 32 (3OT) By Terry Collins Courier Sports CELINA — The Smith County High Owls football team went on the road last Friday night for the first time in the 2026 season with a trip to Celina to face Clay County. The game was a tight affair which featured lead changes and…
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Gordonsville 14, Watertown 0 By Shea Haile Courier Sports WATERTOWN — In one of the area’s longest standing prep football rivalries, the Gordonsville High Tigers football team claimed their third straight win against the Watertown Purple Tigers with a 14-0 triumph last Friday night in Wilson County. The two adversaries played to a 0-0 deadlock in…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 09/03/26
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Joanna S. Crockett Case#80CH1-2026-PR-2960 Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of August, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Joanna S. Crockett, Deceased, who died on the 20th day of June, 2026, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Amy Young Underwood
Ms. Amy Young Underwood of Gordonsville was discovered unresponsive by her daughter Beth at Amy’s Stewarts Bend Lane home on Monday afternoon August 24, 2026. At 5:06 p.m., the Gordonsville ambulance Station 2 was dispatched to the home and after transport to Highpoint – Health Riverview with Ascension St. Thomas Emergency Department, she was pronounced…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Karen Hewitt
A retired United States Air National Guard, Mrs. Karen Hewitt of Hartsville, departed this life at the age of 77 and began her reunion with her beloved husband Charlie of over fifty years. She was pronounced deceased at 11:07 p.m. at the Hospice of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky with her family at her…
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