COUNTY PROPERTY TAX NOTICES DELAYED
COUNTY PROPERTY TAX NOTICES DELAYED (News from Lee Ann Williams, Smith County trustee) Due to a processing error, the Smith County property tax notices have been delayed. County property tax notices are generally received through the mail each year at the first of October. There is a two percent discount for property owners who pay…
Read MoreONE INJURED IN FACTORY TRUCK ACCIDENT
ONE INJURED IN FACTORY TRUCK ACCIDENT A man was injured in a pedestrian accident outside Graphic Packaging in Gordonsville. An ambulance was dispatched to the factory’s main building located on Spicer Drive, around 8:55 a.m., Wednesday after it was reported to 911 a “man had been run over by a truck”. Gordonsville Police Chief Shannon…
Read MoreSTATE TITLE THREE-PEAT
STATE TITLE THREE-PEAT GHS Golf’s Linder Captures Dramatic Third Championship Gordonsville High’s Sophie Linder claimed her third straight individual state golf title after a dramatic Day Two in the 2021 TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association) Division I Class A Girls Golf State Championship last Friday at Sevierville Golf Course. Linder’s title run saw her…
Read More$3 MILLION LOTTO WINNERS
$3 MILLION LOTTO WINNERS Two 19-Year-Olds Invest Winnings From Jackpot Following a few days off, it was back to work this week for two Smith County teenagers, winners of $3,000,000 in the Tennessee Lottery. With their winnings, Wyatt Close, a Rome community resident, and Brandon Thompson, who lives in the Maggart community, found themselves in…
Read MoreTennessee History For Kids: “Crossville POW Camp”
Tennessee History For Kids: By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids Former German soldier recalls life at Crossville POW camp There were about half a dozen prisoner of war camps in Tennessee during World War II—the best known of which was Camp Crossville, in Cumberland County. We know a lot more about Camp Crossville than the…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/14/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Lela Virginia Bennett Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of October, 2021, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Lela Virginia Bennett, Deceased, who died on the 26th day of August, 2021, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MoreObit – Joe Ware, Jr.
Joe Ware, Jr., passed away at his Hickman, Tennessee home on September 18, 2021, after a brief illness with Covid-19. He was born July 5, 1962, the second of three sons of the late Joseph Ware, Sr., and the late Mary Ware, of Jackson, Mississippi. He is survived by his brothers, Charles Ware of Jackson,…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Bobby Hesson, Jr.
Mr. Bobby Hesson, Jr, age 60 of Carthage, TN, passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021. Mr. Hesson was born January 11, 1961 in Carthage, TN, a son of Glenda Faye Hughes Hesson and the late Bobby Jesse Hesson, Sr. Mr. Hesson was also preceded in death by Son; Christopher Kyle Hesson and Brothers; Jessie…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Jessica Renee Hutson
Ms. Jessica Renee Hutson, age 41 of Silver Point, TN, passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Jessica was born January 2, 1980 in Indianapolis, IN, a daughter of Joy Blakely Lay and the late Wetsel Darrell Stickler. She was also preceded in death by Siblings; Daniel Lee Williams and Johnny Ray Williams. Ms. Hutson…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Leon Boyd
Mr. Leon Boyd, age 85 of Buffalo Valley, died Thursday afternoon, October 7 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He is survived by wife, Edwina Boyd; children, Tammy Boyd of Buffalo Valley, Aaron Leon Boyd and wife Marjorie of Clarksville; siblings, Ruby Craighead and husband Kenneth of 4-Way Inn, Martha Boyd Sanders of South Carthage, Bonnell…
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