COUNTY ESCAPES WIDESPREAD DAMAGE FROM STORM
COUNTY ESCAPES WIDESPREAD DAMAGE FROM STORM The county escaped widespread damage from a severe thunderstorm with high winds which swept through the county on Tuesday morning of last week. Reports of damage from high winds were isolated and mainly in the northern section of the county. A tornado warning was issued for the areas of…
Read MoreGRADUATION 2021 SECTION
GRADUATION 2021 SECTION IN THIS WEEK’S CARTHAGE COURIER!
Read MoreMETH FOUND AT DEFEATED AREA HOUSE; TWO CHARGED
METH FOUND AT DEFEATED AREA HOUSE; TWO CHARGED Two people face charges after a large amount of methamphetamine was discovered at a Defeated area residence. Dale Allen Harder, 34, Carthage, and Jessica Nichole Petrucci-Harder, 23, Carthage, have each been charged with possession of methamphetamine, felony possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a firearm during…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/13/21
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 – Mrs. Syble Brockette Smith
Mrs. Syble Brockette Smith, age 94, a homemaker of the Russell Hill Community, died at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage on Friday afternoon April 30, 2021 under the care of hospice. Funeral services from the Anderson and Son Funeral Home in Red Boiling Springs were conducted Monday afternoon May 3rd at…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Stanley Boblett
Mr. Stanley Boblett, age 75 of Ethridge, died Saturday morning, May 8 at Select Specialty Hospital in Nashville. He is survived by: daughters, Sabrina Boblett of Lexington, KY, Christy Cannon and husband Eddie of Lawrenceburg, Darla Wright of Lawrenceburg; siblings, Ginger Farguson and husband Buster of Little Rock, AR, Faye Kidder of Hiwassee, William Glen…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Gary White
Longtime Rome Community businessman, Mr. Gary White, died at 1:03 a.m. Sunday morning May 9, 2021 at his Lebanon Highway home with his family at his bedside. He was under the special care of Avalon Hospice of Lebanon. Mr. White had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October of 2020. He was 75. Two of…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Bill Coffee
Mr. Bill Coffee, age 61 of the Riddleton Community, died Thursday evening, May 6 at Vanderbilt Wilson in Lebanon. He is survived by: 5 children, Will Stewart, Daniel Coffee of Riddleton, Keisha Martin of Lafayette, David Coffee of Riddleton, Chelsea Wilson of Lebanon; siblings, Lisa Coffee Harris and husband Ricky of Riddleton, Joann Coffee Spivey…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jewell Dillard
Mrs. Jewell Dillard Longtime Park Avenue resident in Carthage, Mrs. Jewell Dillard, died peacefully at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday afternoon May 4, 2021 at the River Regional Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted Monday morning May 3rd from the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage. Bro. Frank Randolph officiated at the 1…
Read MoreROME MAN CHARGED IN SHERIFF’S DEPT. FAKE DRUG INVESTIGATION
ROME MAN CHARGED IN SHERIFF’S DEPT. FAKE DRUG INVESTIGATION A sheriff’s department K-9 unit investigation alleges fake drugs were sold to a man who suffered an overdose. One person has been charged in connection with the April 17 incident. The male subject who overdosed was revived through the use of Narcan. Meanwhile, a Rome resident…
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