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Obit – Mrs. Mary Bane

Longtime South Carthage resident Mrs. Mary Bane, age 92, now a homemaker of the Elmwood community, died peacefully Sunday morning, July 17, 2022, surrounded by her loving and caring family at the family’s Massey Hollow Road farm. Under the care of Caris Hospice of Algood, she was pronounced deceased at 11:35 a.m. Mrs. Bane was…

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Obit – Mrs. Katherine Shores

Mrs. Katherine Shores, of Carthage, died at the age of 80 on Wednesday afternoon, July 20, 2022, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since July 9th of this year. Her pastor, Eld. Anthony Dixon, will officiate at the 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon, July 30th, funeral…

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Obit – Mr. William Wesley Winfree

Mr. William Wesley Winfree, age 55, of Lebanon, died at 6:40 a.m. Friday morning, July 15, 2022, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage. Funeral services from the J. C. Hellum Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted Saturday afternoon, July 23rd, at 1 p.m. with Elder Alton Pickett Jr. the Eulogist and…

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Obit – Mr. Bob Herkness

Mr. Bob Herkness, age 78, of the Sykes community was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage at 11:15 a.m. Thursday morning, July 21, 2022, after being discovered unresponsive at his Leland Lane home . At the request of Mr. Herkness, he desired to be cremated and that was performed…

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Obit – Mrs. Linda Winfree

Mrs. Linda Winfree, of Hartsville and a longtime resident of South Carthage, died at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. The 70 year old Mrs. Winfree was pronounced deceased at 3:39 p.m. Thursday afternoon, July 21, 2022. Eld. Anthony Dixon officiated at the 11 a.m. July 25th graveside services in the Garden of Everlasting…

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Obit – Mrs. Jessica Scott

Mrs. Jessica Scott, age 41, of Lebanon, died Sunday morning, July 17, 2022, at 11:41 a.m. at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was admitted July 15th. Mrs. Scott was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Mrs. Scott was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood. No…

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Obit – Ms. Patty Schmidt

Ms. Patty Schmidt, of the Brush Creek community, died at the age of 67 at her Northfield Lane home on Wednesday morning, July 20, 2022. She was pronounced deceased at 7:40 a.m. by Avalon Hospice of McMinnville. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, July 22nd, at 1 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

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Obit – Ms. Catherine Byrne

Ms. Catherine Byrne of Brooklyn, New York was found deceased in her Green Street apartment on Saturday, July 16, 2022, from natural causes. She was pronounced deceased at the Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn at the age of 27. A memorial celebration of Ms. Byrne’s life is scheduled to be observed on Saturday afternoon,…

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Obit – Temple Marie Gwaltney Craighead

Temple Marie Gwaltney Craighead, age 92, born in Hickman, March 10, 1930, died at home of natural causes on July 17, 2022. She was preceded in death by parents, Temple Gwaltney and Iva Rowland, foster parents Benton and Thelma Gwaltney, stepbrother, Cordell Lawrence, and husband, Rev Billy Craighead. Marie is survived by son, Philip Craighead…

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Carthage waterline project on Main Street about to begin

By Eddie West Staff Writer Construction on a major waterline project on Main Street in Carthage could begin as soon as the end of this week. The construction project will stretch from Ward Avenue (just south of Citizens Bank’s main office) north along Main Street to near the Highway 25 intersection and is expected to…

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