Obit – Mrs. Linda Guffey Cunningham
Mrs. Linda Guffey Cunningham, of Carthage, died at 9:12 p.m. Wednesday evening, August 24th, at the Southern Hills Hospital in Nashville where she was admitted earlier that day, suffering from respiratory arrest. Graveside services were conducted on Tuesday morning, August 30th, at 11 a.m. with Eld. Dewey Dyer officiating. Interment followed in the Guffey family…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Kathy Langston
Mrs. Kathy Langston, of Lebanon, died at her Wheeler Street home in Lebanon on Sunday evening, August 21, 2022, and was pronounced deceased by Avalon Hospice of Lebanon at 6:19 p.m., at the age of 66 Mrs. Langston was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside services were conducted Saturday, August 27th, at…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Ellen Grenfell
Ms. Ellen Grenfell, of Murfreesboro, died at the age of 79 at 9:07 p.m. Sunday evening, August 21, 2022, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since March 17, 2022. Mrs. Grenfell was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. She was cremated at the…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Alfred “Bubba” McCormick
Carthage resident, Mr. Alfred “Bubba” McCormick, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage at 1:32 a.m. Monday morning, August 22, 2022, after collapsing at his McGinness Avenue home earlier that morning. He had recently had major shoulder surgery. Mr. McCormick was 62. Memorial services are scheduled to be conducted…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Terry Keith Wood
Mr. Terry Keith Wood, age 37, of Elmwood, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022, at his home in the Pea Ridge community. Keith was born on August 30, 1984 in Lebanon, son of Terry Walter Wood and Betty Alice Gillespie. He graduated from Smith County High School in 2002. He worked in electrical maintenance at…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Christine Johnson Smith
Graveside service for Mrs. Christine Johnson Smith will be 9:00 A.M. Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Gordonsville Cemetery. Mrs. Smith, age 81, of Lebanon, passed away August 24, 2022, at Quality Care. Born June 26, 1941, in Clay County, She is the daughter of the late Claude and Elsie Lee Hawkins Johnson. She was a…
Read MoreSuspect leads K-9 unit on pursuit into Wilson County
By Eddie West Staff Writer A vehicle which appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed caught the eye of a sheriff’s department K-9 officer, leading to a pursuit and arrest. K-9 officer Sgt. Ridge Long was observing traffic at the Gordonsville Exit to Interstate 40 when he noticed the vehicle which appeared…
Read MoreOWLS’ REVENGE
Defense, freshman QB lead physical Owls to dominant win, avenge back-to-back losses to Tigers By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The county’s two high school football teams met on the gridiron last Saturday night to kickoff the 2022 regular season at Owl Stadium in Carthage. Smith Co. used their superior size to break a two-game…
Read MoreSuspect caught in Dixon Springs
By Eddie West Staff Writer A man faces a host of charges after eluding law enforcement authorities in Trousdale County only to be taken into custody by Smith County Sheriff’s Department deputies in the Dixon Springs community. Meanwhile, the suspect allegedly attempted to fight-off deputies as he was being arrested. The investigation began when a…
Read MoreMan indicted for attempting to smuggle drugs into jail
By Eddie West Staff Writer A man has been indicted for allegedly attempting to conspire to smuggle drugs transported into the county jail. During the August session of the grand jury, Jason Wayne Hunt, 40, Cookeville, was indicted for felony conspiracy and introduction of contraband into jail. The indictment alleges Hunt attempted to have schedule…
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