Obit – Mrs. Peggy Gray
Friday afternoon, July 2nd, funeral services for Mrs. Peggy Gray, age 64, a homemaker of Carthage, were conducted at 1 p.m. from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon. One of her pastors, Bro. Doug Dickerson, officiated and burial followed in the Wilson County Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Gray died on Sunday evening, June 26,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Dean Yarborough
Mrs. Dean Yarborough, a homemaker of Hartsville Pike in Carthage, died at 7:20 p.m. Monday evening, June 27, 2022, at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon. Mrs. Yarborough was 77. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted by Bro. Charles Martin and Bro. Gary Wix at 11 a.m.…
Read MoreLeal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/30/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF James Thomas Lewis, Jr. Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of June, 2022, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of James Thomas Lewis, Jr., Deceased, who died on the 31st day of May, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident…
Read MoreObit – Jack Goodbar Lamons
Jack Goodbar Lamons, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Saturday, June 18 at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro at the age of 84. Graveside services were Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 12:30 PM at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. A native of Carthage, Jack was the son of the late Clint and Anna…
Read MoreObit – Sulla Ann Lasser
Sulla Ann Lasser, 72, was born on Sept. 25, 1949, to Gideon Barnwell and Thelma (Conley) Barnwell in Delaware, OH. She passed away on June 18, 2022. Sulla was a true Christian, a loving wife and mother who believed in the Lord. Best described as “a kind and gentle leader teaching children about Jesus,” per…
Read MoreObit – Cheryl Lynn Spears
Cheryl Lynn Spears, age 65 of Lyles, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Survived by daughter, Rikki Spears; son, Nicholas Daniel (Sara) Turner; grandchildren, Niki Turner, Makenzie Turner, Tanner Gay and Destinee Turner; sister, Diane Sherman; and brother, Charles Edward Adams. Celebration of Life was Monday, June 27, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at the Carthage…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Tammy Hailey
Ms. Tammy Hailey, age 57, a homemaker of the Tanglewood community, died at her Tanglewood Road home on Sunday morning, June 19, 2022, at 5:30 a.m. She was pronounced deceased at 5:50 a.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage at the age of 57. Ms. Hailey was at the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Florence Webb Ash
Mrs. Florence Webb Ash, a homemaker of Lebanon, died at the age of 86 at 9:34 a.m. on Monday morning, June 20, 2022, at her Phillips Road home in the Bellwood community. Funeral service were conducted by Eld. Jackie Kemp and Eld. Jason Wheeley on Saturday morning, June 25th, at 10 a.m. from the Ligon…
Read MoreProperty tax rate eyed
(County Mayor Jeff Mason provided the following information, updating residents on the proposed 2022-2223 fiscal year budget which will be presented to the county commission Monday night, June 27.) “I wanted to update the citizens on the budget plans we have worked on this spring. Each year, we begin internally discussing budgets in January and…
Read MoreCordell Hull Bridge may open this week
By Eddie West Staff Writer (The Cordell Hull Bridge remained closed Monday; however the structure was expected to open sooner than had been anticipated as an inspection by a contractor revealed the deterioration was not as severe as first thought. Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) indicated it could reopen as soon as…
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