MARKET-FEST POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY
MARKET-FEST POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY Because of last Saturday’s rainy weather, Carthage Market-Fest was postponed until this Saturday (May 1) The event will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m at the city park/walking track located on Industrial Drive. The event will include food, craft and other vendors. Musical entertainment is planned including bluegrass, old…
Read MoreTEACHER HONORED DURING CEREMONY
TEACHER HONORED DURING CEREMONY A remembrance ceremony was held at Turney Ford Field at Gordonsville High School Friday afternoon for a beloved teacher. Gordonsville Middle School seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher Tracy Alexander passed away Sunday, April 18 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she was being treated for symptoms associated with the…
Read MoreROAD SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS
ROAD SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS Road Superintendent Steve Coble resigned last week. Since September of last year, the highly popular road superintendent has been undergoing extensive rehabilitation after suffering a severe fall which occurred at his Brush Creek residence in September of last year. In the fall, Coble suffered a broken neck and spinal cord injury. County…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/29/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Jacky O. Bellar Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of April, 2021, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Jacky O. Bellar, Deceased, who died on the 12th day of April, 2021, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Angelia Manning Crook
Mrs. Angelia Manning Crook, age 53 of Gallatin, TN, passed away on Friday, April 23, 2021.Mrs. Crook was born August 26, 1967 in Carthage, TN, a daughter of the late Troy Glenn Manning and Shirley Ann Smith Manning. She married Samuel A. Crook on December 15, 2012.Angelia was a 1987 graduate of Gordonsville High School…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Sam Kirby
Cookeville resident, Mr. Sam Kirby, died at the age of 64 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening April 21, 2021 at the Vanderbilt Wilson Hospital in Lebanon where he was admitted April 7, 2021 from the Pavilion in South Carthage. Bro. Tim Frank officiated at the Saturday afternoon April 24th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Rebecca Bogle
Mrs. Rebecca Bogle, a homemaker of Gordonsville, was pronounced deceased at 6:32 p.m. Wednesday evening April 21, 2021 at the TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage where she was admitted earlier that evening. Mrs. Bogle was 73. Sunday afternoon April 25th funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. from the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Delores Lee Tisdale Apple
Mrs. Delores Lee Tisdale Apple, age 90 of Mt. Juliet, TN, and a longtime resident of Smith County, TN, passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN. Mrs. Apple was born December 13, 1930 in Chestnut Mound, TN, a daughter of the late Jesse Homer Tisdale and Floye Elizabeth Dillard…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Brian Scott Nixon
Mr. Brian Scott Nixon, age 42, of Hickman, TN, passed away on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.Mr. Nixon was born February 6, 1979 in Mt. Clemens, MI, a son of the late Glynn V. Nixon and Wilma Erma Frank Nixon. Brian was a 1998 graduate of Gordonsville High School and Vocational Tech in Livingston in 2000. He…
Read MoreHWY 25 CLOSING CANCELED WITH CHANGE IN BLUFF PROJECT
HWY 25 CLOSING CANCELED WITH CHANGE IN BLUFF PROJECT It was the planned road closing that didn’t happen. The state department of transportation recently announced a temporary closure for Highway 25 at the rock (bluff) mitigation project for this past Saturday (April 17). As many know, it didn’t happen. Thursday (April 15), the transportation department…
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