KEMPVILLE TRAGEDY – TN’S FIRST MAJOR AIRPLANE CRASH
KEMPVILLE TRAGEDY – TN’S FIRST MAJOR AIRPLANE CRASH Standing beside a barbed-wire fence on Dean Hill on a recent sunny morning, four Kempvillians peered into a steep ravine and tried to envision the appalling scene they would have witnessed below in the waning black hours of Nov. 10, 1932. On that rainy and windswept November…
Read More$100,000 WINNER
$100,000 WINNER Four-year-old Harlan Hensley was a hit with America’s Funniest Videos fans again — winning the $100,000 grand prize Sunday night. The Courier featured a story about the Hensley family’s experience in the March 4 edition. Look for additional coverage upcoming.
Read More2021 FAIR BOOK IN THIS WEEKS COURIER
2021 FAIR BOOK IN THIS WEEKS COURIER The Smith County Fair (The Fair On The River) is a little more than a month away. This year’s fair runs from June 28 through July 3. Inside this week’s edition of the Courier is the annual tabloid which details the schedule events and times, event rules and…
Read MoreFATAL SHOOTING TO GRAND JURY
FATAL SHOOTING TO GRAND JURY The case in which a Gordonsville woman is charged in the shooting death of a Hogans Creek area man in February has been bound over to the grand jury. Tara Leigh Greene, 33, is now charged with first degree murder in the death of Wendel Wilkey (Wenn) Bennett, 47, Thompson…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/20/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Hoyal R. Crutcher Notice is hereby given that on the 6th day of May, 2021, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Hoyal R. Crutcher, Deceased, who died on the 23rd day of April, 2021, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Sam Yates
Mr. Sam Yates A 55 year old South Carthage gentleman was the latest Smith County resident to succumb to the Corona Virus. Mr. Sam Yates died at 7:21 a.m. Saturday morning May 15, 2021 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin where he was admitted May 2nd. Mr. Yates was at the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Shirley Collins
Ms. Shirley Collins, of Hartsville and a Horseshoe Bend Community native, died at 9:40 a.m. Sunday morning May 16, 2021 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had resided since July 5, 2019. She died on her 78th birthday. Mrs. Collins was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home.…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Hilda Faye Hawkins
Ms. Hilda Faye Hawkins, age 84 of Donelson, died Thursday, May 13 at Tristar Summit Medical Center. She is survived by: sons, Ken Green and wife Betty of Mt. Juliet, Victor Green of Nashville; stepsons, Mike and Chris Hawkins; stepdaughter, Debbie Hawkins Gammon; brother, Bobby Williams and wife Henrietta; grandchildren, Kristina Green Stafford, Kyle Green…
Read MoreObit – Billy Joe Fields
Billy Joe Fields, age 84 passed away Sunday May 9, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He is preceded in death by his parents, George Carman Fields & Ruby Watts Fields; brother, George Donald Fields; wife, Margaret Christian Fields; son, Timothy Fields; great grandson, Timothy Nicholas Sells. Survived by son, Jeff…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Margaret Louise Williams Maxwell
Mrs. Margaret Louise Williams Maxwell, age 72 of Chestnut Mound, TN, passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021.Mrs. Maxwell was born January 11, 1949 in Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late Walter Williams Sr. and Lola Roberts Williams. She was also preceded in death by Siblings; Ralph Williams and Walter Williams Jr. She…
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