COURIER RECEIVES 5 STATE AWARDS, 2 FIRST PLACE
COURIER RECEIVES 5 STATE AWARDS, 2 FIRST PLACE The Carthage Courier was selected for five awards, including First Place in two categories, in last Friday’s 2021 Tennessee State Press Contest Awards held at the Franklin Marriott Hotel. The awards, sponsored by the University of Tennessee (UT) and Tennessee Press Association (TPA), resulted in a Top…
Read MoreSCHOOL COVID-19 POLICY CHANGE
SCHOOL COVID-19 POLICY CHANGE It’s now school board policy—“Students and staff with a COVID-19 positive case will be quarantined; and school direct exposures will be contacted to inform families and allow parents the choice of isolating their exposed asymptomatic child at home or allow the child to return to school highly requesting to wear a…
Read MoreONE VICTIM OF FRIDAY ACCIDENT
ONE VICTIM OF FRIDAY ACCIDENT An already tragic year on roadways in Smith County continued this past week as one person was killed in a single vehicle accident in the Grant community, Friday. Meanwhile, it’s also been a tragic year for Smith County residents on roadways outside the county as a Carthage resident was the…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 09/02/21
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, SMITH COUNTY WHEREAS, Joshua Wilkins and Tiffany Reavis-Wilkins executed a Deed of Trust to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., Lender and Joseph B. Pitt, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated November 25, 2014, and recorded on December 1, 2014, in Book 284, at…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Kurtis Phelps
Mr. Kurtis Phelps, age 42 of Carthage, died Saturday morning, August 28. He is survived by: mother, Lana Phelps of Carthage; wife, Aja Phelps of Elmwood; sister, Jody Tutt and husband Glenn of St. Pete, Florida; brothers, Charles Phelps and wife Lisa of Largo, Florida, John Phelps and wife Lisa of Pinellas Park, Chris Phelps…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Robert Angel
Mr. Robert Angel, age 43 of South Carthage, died Saturday afternoon, August 28 at Tri Star Skyline in Nashville. He is survived by: wife, Teri Angel of Mt. Juliet; daughter, Marianna Angel of Mt. Juliet; parents, Steve and Ginger Sanders Angel of Hogans Creek; sister, Regina Angel Williford of Hogans Creek; maternal grandmother, Martha Sanders of…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Toney Elton Scurlock
Mr. Toney Elton Scurlock, age 77, of Hickman, TN, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2021. Mr. Scurlock was born on November 30, 1943 in South Carthage, TN a son of the late Willie Scurlock and Bessie Mae Gibbs Scurlock. He attended Smith County High School. He worked for Cumberland Feed Mill for 6 years and…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Heather King Fox
Mrs. Heather King Fox, age 32 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Heather was born August 16, 1989 in Carthage, TN. She graduated from Jackson County High School in 2007, and later from Tennessee Tech University. She worked as an eligibility counselor for the State of Tennessee Department of Human Services.…
Read MoreObit – Kevin Bennett
Horseshoe Bend Lane resident Kevin Bennett died at 6:13 p.m. Sunday evening, August 22, 2021 at the Summit Medical Center following an over decade-long battle with A.L.S. He was 40. Services were conducted from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25 with Eld. B.J. Thomason and Eld. Thomas…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Tamekia Black
Mrs. Tamekia Black, age 46, of Dixon Springs, died Monday afternoon, August 23, at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage. She is survived by: mother, Francine Donnell of Carthage; children, Jamaris Shamar Black of Dixon Springs, Takrista Keyonna Black of Cookeville and Ju-Quoya Black of Carthage; brother, Quentin Laronta Donnell of Brush Creek; sister, Iesha Davis…
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