Obit – Mr. Greg Roberson
Mr. Greg Roberson, a disabled gentleman of the Pleasant Shade community, died at the age of 37 on Saturday morning, May 21, 2022, at his Pleasant Shade home, under the loving care of Avalon Hospice of Cookeville, who pronounced him deceased at 8:12 a.m. that morning. The family requested cremation and that was performed at…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Sara Herald
Mrs. Sara Herald, a homemaker of Knoxville, died at the Pavilion Assisted Living in South Carthage at 9:05 a.m. Friday morning, May 20, 2022, where she had made her home since February 19, 2019. Mrs. Herald was 93. Graveside services and interment will be conducted on Wednesday afternoon, May 25th, at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jane Bridgewater Whitley
Mrs. Jane Bridgewater Whitley, age 104 of Dixon Springs, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2022. Mrs. Whitley was born October 27, 1917 in Riddleton, a daughter of the late John R. Bridgewater and Carrie Bradley Bridgewater. She married James Francis Whitley in 1944 and he preceded her in death on December 25, 1997. She…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/26/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Donald Gene Dennie Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of May, 2022, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Donald Gene Dennie, Deceased, who died on the 20th day of April, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MorePrimary elections voter turnout low
By Eddie West Staff Writer Voter turnout for the county’s first ever Republican and Democratic primary elections was exceptionally low. A total of 3,751 residents participated in the election which may seem like a considerable number of voters in a county of less than twenty thousand people. However, the county has approximately 12,633 registered voters,…
Read MoreOne seriously injured in Dixon Springs accident
By Eddie West Staff Writer One person was seriously injured in a two vehicle accident which occurred on Highway 25 in the Dixon Springs community. The wreck, which involved a car and dump truck occurred around 11:35 a.m., Tuesday (May 10). The site of the wreck occurred in the 900 block of Dixon Springs Highway,…
Read MoreWreck in Pleasant Shade
By Eddie West Staff Writer One person was seriously injured in a single vehicle wreck in the Pleasant Shade community, Friday afternoon. The wreck occurred around 3:30 p.m., a short distance south of the Pleasant Shade Cafe and the Pleasant Shade Highway/Highway 80 intersection with Little Creek Road. A pickup truck rolled over before coming…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/19/22
NOTICE JASPER HUFF The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to declare your children to be dependent and neglected. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Laura Beth Whitley, Attorney for the…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Joseph Murphy, IV
Joseph Robert Murphy, IV, age 18 of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022. Joseph was born July 11, 2003 in Hermitage, a son of Jennifer Theobald Murphy and the late Joseph Robert Murphy, III. He was a 2021 graduate of Smith County High School. Joseph is survived by mother, Jennifer Murphy of Gordonsville;…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Doyle “Bo” Williams
Mr. Doyle “Bo” Williams, age 67, of the Peytons Creek community of Smith Co, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon. Bo was born on November 29, 1954 in the Moss Bend community in Lancaster, #7 of twelve children of the late Walter Eugene Williams and Lola Estelene Roberts…
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