Early voting begins Friday
Early voting begins July 15 and continues through July 30. Voting is taking place at the Smith County Election Commission office located in the Turner Building in Carthage and on select days at the Gordonsville Civic Center located on Main Street in Gordonsville. Voting hours are 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday at…
Read MoreDirector of schools gets high marks from board members
By Eddie West Staff Writer School board members continue to be impressed by Director of School Barry Smith’s job performance. In the latest overall rating of the director’s job performance from school board members, the director scored a 97 percent out of a possible 100 percent. Any score above 81 percent is considered excellent. Each…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 07/14/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Sue Wright Beasley Notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of June, 2022, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Sue Wright Beasley, Deceased, who died on the 14th day of January, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MoreObit – Ethel Lois Blair
Ethel Lois Blair, age 90, of Nashville, passed peacefully in the morning hours of June 24, 2022, at her residence in Nashville, TN, where she was lovingly cared for by her daughter, Diana, and son-in-law Dave. She was born on Dillards Creek in Smith County, TN, on Dec 1, 1931, to the late Frank and…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Marjorie Murphy Holland
Mrs. Marjorie Murphy Holland of the Smith Bend Community died at 6:11 p.m. Friday evening July 8, 2022 at the St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville following a heart procedure. Mrs. Holland was 83. Monday morning July 11th funeral services were conducted from the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Edward L. Anderson and her…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Barbara Grisham
Horseshoe Bend resident, Mrs. Barbara Grisham died at the age of 78 at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening July 6, 2022 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon where she was admitted July 4th suffering from sepsis. Bro. Jackie Dillehay officiated at the 11 a.m. Saturday morning July 9th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jean Bush Lowery
Mrs. Jean Bush Lowery age 93 of the Wolf Creek Community in Dekalb County died at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday evening June 29, 2022 in the Harmony Unit at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since December of 2020. Mrs. Lowery was at the Carthage Chapel of…
Read MoreObit – Mr. James Duke
Mr. James Duke age 86 of Hartsville was pronounced deceased at 12:33 p.m. Tuesday afternoon July 5, 2022 after arriving at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage with C. P. R. in progress from the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage at 9:16 a.m. The Pumpkin Branch Road resident had been residing…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Delane Shores
Mrs. Delane Shores of Hermitage was discovered deceased at the family’s Baton Rouge Avenue home on Thursday afternoon June 30, 2022 by her husband when he returned home from work. She had been in declining health for some time. Mrs. Shores was pronounced deceased at her home by the E. M. S. Division of the…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Mary Hughes Bryant
Mrs. Mary Hughes Bryant of South Carthage was pronounced deceased at 11: 26 a.m. Sunday morning July 3, 2022 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage at the age of 84 after suffering a fatal heart attack at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage minutes earlier where she was…
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