Obit – Mr. W. Gray Roberts Jr.
Mr. W. Gray Roberts Jr. age 71 of the Rome Community was called home to be with his Lord and Savior at 11:17 a.m. Wednesday morning March 25, 2026 at the Highpoint Health – Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin with his family all present. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…
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Mrs. Yvonne Ferguson, a homemaker of Hermitage, went to be with her Lord and Savior with her family at her bedside at the age of 83 at 5:35 p.m. Sunday evening March 22, 2026. She had been a resident of the Brookdale Senior Living in Gallatin since September 5, 2025 and was under the care…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Rachel Brent
Mrs. Rachel Brent, age 89 of Mount Juliet, died at 6:07 p.m. Saturday evening, March 21, 2026 at the Quality Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lebanon following an extended illness. Mrs. Brent will be cremated and interment will take place at a later date at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville. Born Rachel Marshall in…
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BOYS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS Owls 61, Lewis County 60 By Terry Collins Courier Sports MURFREESBORO — The Smith County High Owls basketball team made its seventh state tourney appearance last Wednesday afternoon at the Murphy Center at MTSU in Murfreesboro. The Owls had lost in the Round of 16 in 1931, 1955 and 1961. Smith Co. had…
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BOYS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS Westview 47, Owls 37 By Terry Collins Courier Sports MURFREESBORO — The Smith County High Owls basketball team faced off against Westview out of Martin, Tennessee last Friday morning in the Class 2A state tournament semifinals in Murfreesboro. The Chargers and the Owls were battling for their schools’ first ever appearance in the…
Read MoreMurfreesboro resident John Ash looking to become newest director
By Eddie West Staff Writer Reviewing his career in the educational field, it may seem the person selected to become the county’s next director of schools is far removed from Smith County. However, that’s not the case. Murfreeboro’s Central Magnet School Principal John Ash has followed his career in the field of education predominantly to places…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 03/26/26
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Dave Wilson Enoch Case#80CH1-2026-PR-2933 Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of March, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Dave Wilson Enoch, Deceased, who died on the 30th day of September, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Peggy Porter Torrence
Mrs. Peggy Porter Torrence of South Carthage passed peacefully from this earthly life to eternity at 4:29 p.m. Saturday afternoon March 21, 2026 with her loving daughter who had been patiently serving as Mrs. Torrence’s caregiver, at her bedside. Mrs. Torrence’s pastor, Bro. Ron Ralph, officiated at the 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon March 24th funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Judy Cherry
Mrs. Judy Cherry, of Gordonsville, died at 6:40 p.m. Thursday evening, March 19, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center following a period of declining health. She was 77. Family and friends gathered at the Chestnut Mound Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, afternoon March 23rd for a graveside service…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jeff Thomas
Mr. Jeff Thomas, age 59 of Essex, Massachusetts, died on Sunday, March 1, 2026 in Massachusetts. A memorial gathering was held on Saturday, March 21 at the Rose Building on the square in Carthage. Born Jeffery Dale Thomas in Difficult on February 15, 1967, he was the son of the late Roger Thomas, and Rebecca…
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