Obit – Ms. Brenda Kaye Day
Ms. Brenda Kaye Day, age 62, of Buffalo Valley, TN, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage, TN, after a long battle with cancer. Ms. Day was born June 20, 1958 to the late Earl Lewis Little and Bobbie Joyce Lunsford Little. She was also preceded in…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Doris Sircy
Mrs. Doris Sircy, age 91, of South Carthage, died peacefully with her loving and caring family present at 12:46 p.m. Wednesday afternoon April 14, 2021 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she was admitted Wednesday April 7th being treated from Sepsis. Her longtime pastor, Eld. James “Pee Wee” Massey officiated at the funeral services…
Read MoreONE TIME COUNTY ATTORNEY PASSES
ONE TIME COUNTY ATTORNEY PASSES Well-known Carthage Attorney Jacky O. Bellar has died. For several decades, Bellar has maintained a law practice on Main Street in Carthage. In addition to a private practice, Bellar was a longtime county attorney. Bellar passed away Monday morning at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where he was admitted on April…
Read MoreHWY 25 ONE DAY CLOSURE
HWY 25 ONE DAY CLOSURE The state’s department of transportation has announced a temporary closure for Highway 25 at the rock (bluff) mitigation project. The temporary “full closing” will take place from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., Saturday, April 17. The contractor for the state road project will be using a “helicopter to hang wire…
Read MoreMAN INDICTED FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER
MAN INDICTED FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER A man faces second degree murder charges for allegedly providing illegal drugs to a Carthage woman who died of an overdose. William T. Starnes, 53, Carthage, was indicted by the grand jury on two counts of second degree murder. The indictment alleges Starnes provided the female victim with “fentanyl…
Read MoreFORMER GYM INSTRUCTOR NOW FACING 12-COUNT INDICTMENT
FORMER GYM INSTRUCTOR NOW FACING 12-COUNT INDICTMENT A gym instructor charged with secretly videoing minor females in various stages of undress with a camera hidden inside a bathroom at an athletic training center in the Tanglewood community faces a host of new charges. When first arrested in January, the sheriff’s department filed four charges against…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/15/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Mildred Bane Notice is hereby given that on the 6th day of April, 2021, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Mildred Bane, Deceased, who died on the 29th day of January, 2016, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jacky O. Bellar
Mr. Jacky O. Bellar, Well known Carthage Attorney and senior partner in the Bellar and Winkler law firm, Mr. Jacky O. Bellar of Gordonsville, died at the age of 83 at 8:40 a.m. Monday morning March 12, 2021 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where he was admitted April 2nd being treated for sepsis. Mr.…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Sammy Moore Bridgewater
Mr. Sammy Moore Bridgewater, age 79, of Riddleton, TN, passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Mr. Bridgewater was born August 28, 1941, in Carthage, TN, a son of the late Henry Moore Bridgewater and Mary Neal Chambers Bridgewater. Sammy married Faye Clayton Bridgewater on March 22, 1968 and she preceded him in death on…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Grover Ellenburg, Jr.
Mr. Grover Ellenburg, Jr., Lifelong South Carthage resident and community supporter, Mr. Grover Ellenburg Jr., was discovered deceased on his Kennys Bend Lane Community farm on Wednesday evening. The call to the Smith County Rescue Squad was received at Smith County E-911 at 7: 05 p.m. and shortly thereafter an ambulance was dispatched. He was…
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