Obit – Mrs. Margie Christian
Funeral services for Margie Marie Christian, 73 of Buffalo Valley, were Thursday, August 12 at 2 PM at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment followed in Gordonsville Cemetery in Smith County. Rev. Shane Gregory officiated. Mrs. Christian died Monday, August 9, 2021 in Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She was…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Reba Shoemake
Mrs. Reba Jackson Shoemake, age 83 of Club Springs, passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. Mrs. Shoemake was born August 19, 1937 in Buffalo Valley, a daughter of the late Horace Jackson and Euraleen Whitehead Jackson. She married Charles Layton Shoemake on December 24, 1952 and he preceded her in death on July 14,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Virginia Bennett
Mrs. Virginia Smith Bennett, known by many as Granny B, age 98 of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, August 16, 2021. Mrs. Virginia was born October 25, 1922 in Gordonsville, a daughter of the late Alvin Smith and Pannie Lancaster Smith. She married Clarence Bennett on December 6, 1941 and he preceded her in death…
Read MoreObit – Betty Heady
Betty K. Heady was born January 21, 1940 in Jackson County and she passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Smith County Health and Rehab Center in Carthage at the age of 81. She was the daughter of Nolan Herod Loftis and Flossie B. Stafford Loftis. She was married to Clarence Heady, Jr., who…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/26/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Edward Scott Blair Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of August, 2021, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Edward Scott Blair, Deceased, who died on the 3rd day of July, 2021, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MoreWOMAN FOUND DECEASED IN BLAZE
By Eddie West Staff Writer A woman was discovered deceased inside a mobile home during a fire last Tuesday morning. The fire occurred in the Bluff Creek community which borders South Carthage on the south side of its city limits in the area of Gordonsville Highway/Highway 53 and Bradford Hill Road. The victim was identified…
Read MoreSUSPECT SOUGHT IN HOME BURGLARY IN FLAT ROCK
By Eddie West Staff Writer Law enforcement authorities continue to be on the lookout for a man who reportedly broke into a residence in the Flat Rock community while homeowners were home, Thursday morning. The incident began shortly before 6 a.m. when a caller reported to the sheriff’s department a wrecked vehicle in the 300…
Read MoreMOVING DAY
By Eddie West Staff Writer It was the biggest news in the Defeated community, Wednesday morning. Several curious onlookers either stood or parked along the roadside in their vehicles on State Highway 85/Defeated Creek Highway in order to watch a two-story house being moved a short distance down the road to its current location. Residents…
Read MoreKEMP NAMED ROAD SUPERINTENDENT
Michael Kemp is the county’s new road superintendent. Kemp, a South Carthage resident, was seated by the county commission during its August meeting by a 16-5 vote. Two commissioners abstained from voting. One commission seat was vacant at the time of the vote but has now been filled. Kemp ran for the position in August…
Read MoreObit – Lloyd Maggart
Lloyd Herbert Maggart, born Porterville, CA July 26, 1952 to Mary Katherine Dudney Maggart and Joel F. Maggart Sr. Moved to Carthage in 1955 and lived there to the present day. Lloyd passed away in the family home in Pleasant Shade on August 15, 2021. He was educated at SCHS in Carthage and Castle Heights…
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