SHERIFF’S DEPT. K-9 UNIT INVESTIGATION LEADS TO CHARGES
SHERIFF’S DEPT. K-9 UNIT INVESTIGATION LEADS TO CHARGES A man faces multiple charges following a sheriff’s department K-9 unit investigation in Gordonsville. Sgt. Ridge Long was paroling in the area of the Pilot Travel Center when he encountered a red Dodge pickup truck parked in a gravel parking lot. After Sgt. Long parked his vehicle…
Read MoreGRAND JURY MEETS FOR DECEMBER; MAN FACE EXPLOITATION CHARGES
GRAND JURY MEETS FOR DECEMBER; MAN FACE EXPLOITATION CHARGES It was an unusually light regularly scheduled meeting of the December meeting of the grand jury. Only two indictments were returned. A Pleasant Shade man faces exploitation of a minor charges after being indicted during the December grand jury. Christopher Andrews, 23, Pleasant Shade, was indicted…
Read More2 OF 5 CASES IN SO. CARTHAGE MURDER RESOLVED
2 OF 5 CASES IN SO. CARTHAGE MURDER RESOLVED Cases against two of five men charged in connection with the April, 2019, murder of a man discovered beaten to death in a former South Carthage tobacco warehouse have been resolved. The two men, James Michael Burns and Jeffrey Ivan Kolb, both of Greenbrier, settled on…
Read MoreTORNADO STRIKES COUNTY EARLY SATURDAY
TORNADO STRIKES COUNTY EARLY SATURDAY (The following information gathered from Emergency Management Agency Director Sonny Carter and other individuals.) A severe thunderstorm spawned a tornado and heavy rainfall, resulting in substantial damage in some areas of the county in the early morning hours of Saturday. Monday morning, Director Carter said a representative with the National…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/16/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Freeman Virgus Overstreet Notice is hereby given that on the 6th day of December, 2021, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Freeman Virgus Overstreet, Deceased, who died on the 12th day of November, 2021, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Fred Walker Grisham
Mr. Fred Walker Grisham, age 84 of Sullivans Bend, died Monday morning, December 13 at his home. He is survived by: sons, Timothy Dwain Grisham of Carthage, Paul Grisham and wife Ginny of Maggart, Ricky Wayne Grisham of Sullivans Bend; sister-in-law, Darlene Shoulders and husband Larry of Monoville, Wynema Dickens of Mt. Juliet; 5 grandchildren;…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Tammy Caplenor Mofield
Mrs. Tammy Caplenor Mofield, age 59 of the Rock City Community, died Sunday morning, December 12 at Vanderbilt Wilson in Lebanon. She is survived by: husband , Mike Mofield; mother, Jean Kemp Caplenor; 3 sisters, Micky Norman of Tullahoma, Betty Scruggs and husband Bill of Cookeville, Connie Gibbs and husband Steve of Gladeville; 4 children,…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Pearl Ellard Brown
Mr. Pearl Ellard Brown, age 85, a longtime resident of Sunbright, TN, passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Mr. Brown was born August 3, 1936 in Sunbright, TN, a son of the late Roy Brown and Delpha Hurtt Brown. He married Polly Hutson Brown and she preceded him in death. He was also preceded…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Frances Glosser
Ms. Frances Glosser, age 70 of Gladdice, died Wednesday morning, December 8, at Smith County Health Care. She is survived by: brother, Hollis Lee Mullinax and wife Lucille of South Carthage; nephew, Jimmy Mullinax and wife Deeanna of Tanglewood; great-nephews, Josh Mullinax and wife Whitney and their children, Carson, Cam and Hazel; great-niece, Breeanna Lomax…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Paulette White Blackburn
Mrs. Paulette White Blackburn, age 74, of Grant, TN, passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Mrs. Blackburn was born April 7, 1947 in Carthage, TN, a daughter of the late Julius White and Nellie Bush White. She married Billy C. Blackburn, Sr., on December 30, 1965. Mrs. Blackburn attended New Middleton United Methodist Church…
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