WRIGHT SMITH COUNTY TRUSTEE CANDIDATE
WRIGHT SMITH COUNTY TRUSTEE CANDIDATE (Submitted by candidate Julie Wright) To All the Residents of Smith County: My name is Julie Wright and I am running for the office of Smith County Trustee. I have been blessed to live in Smith County my whole life. I am the daughter of Horace Hale and Elaine Wright…
Read MoreMOORE ANNOUNCES SHERIFF’S CANDIDACY
MOORE ANNOUNCES SHERIFF’S CANDIDACY (Submitted by candidate Scott Moore) After much consideration and many prayers, I am excited to announce my candidacy for Smith County Sheriff. I am a resident of the Defeated Creek Community and a 1995 graduate of Smith County High School. I am the son of the late Katherine (Kathy) Bland Blair…
Read MoreSUSPECT HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER ALTERCATION
SUSPECT HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER ALTERCATION Over the weekend, multiple sheriff’s department officers responded to a disturbance on Russell Lane which is located in the northern section of the county. Meanwhile, one person is being held in the county jail without bond, charged with multiple offenses as a result of a sheriff’s department investigation into…
Read MoreONE VICTIM IN LATEST FATAL ACCIDENT
ONE VICTIM IN LATEST FATAL ACCIDENT As many as nine people have died on roadways within the county this year, making it one of the deadliest years ever for fatal wrecks. The latest accident occurred on Interstate 40 near the Alexandria Exit in New Middleton and claimed the life of a Nashville area man. The…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 09/30/21
In the general sessions court of wilson county, tennessee at Lebanon IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF HAZEL DEROSIA DOB:09/26/2019 GABRIELLE KIRA HALLIFAX. Petitioner/Mother, vs. CHRIS WILLIS, Respondent/Father. NO. 2021-JV-134 ORDER APPROVING SERVICE BY PUBLICATION This matter came to be heard on the 5th day of August 2021, before the Honorable Judge Ensley Hagan upon Petitioner’s Motion to Serve Father Via Publication. Based upon statements of…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Bob Johnson
Mr. Bob Johnson, age 86 of Rawls Creek, died Sunday, September 26 at Riverview Regional in Carthage. He is survived by: 2 children, Lisa Lynette Johnson of Kalispell, Montana, Jason Tate Johnson of Rawls Creek; brother, Charles Johnson and wife Ellen of Springhill; 2 grandchildren, Abigail Rose and Samuel Raymond Myers; 1 great-grandchildren, Averie Marianne…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Clara Grisham McCarter
Mrs. Clara Grisham McCarter, age 77, of Hartsville, TN, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2021.Mrs. McCarter was born July 9, 1944 in Gordonsville, TN, a daughter of the late Dollie Bennett Grisham and Oscar Clayton Grisham. She married Kenneth “Q-Ball” McCarter on December 30, 1965 and he preceded her in death on May 26,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Sue Turner Hall
Mrs. Sue Turner Hall, age 87, of Hickman, TN, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2021.Mrs. Sue was born February 14, 1934, in Elmwood, TN, a daughter of the late Homer Lee Fitzpatrick and Evie Lucille Snoddy Fitzpatrick. She married James Thomas Turner on June 2, 1954 and he preceded her in death on August…
Read MoreObit – Benjamin Alan Leonard
Funeral services for Benjamin Alan Leonard, 50, of the Gladdice community of Jackson County, TN, will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 1 P.M. at Anderson Upper Cumberland Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Witcher Family Cemetery in the Gladdice community of Jackson County, TN. The family will receive friends on Wednesday…
Read MoreObit – Frances M. Hix Swezea
Frances M. Hix Swezea, age 69, of Gainesboro passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 5-8 on Thursday, September 16, 2021, at Anderson Upper Cumberland Funeral Home. Graveside services are to be held at 11, on Friday, September 17th in the Pharris Cemetery with Bro. Jimmy Anderson officiating. She…
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