Obit – Mr. Bobby (Buck) King
Mr. Bobby (Buck) King departed this life at 5:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon April 11, 2026 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where he had resided since August 9, 2024. Mr. King was 86. Mr. King was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Royce Gregory
A loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and a devoted husband to his wife of over sixty-one years, Bonnie, Mr. Royce Gregory succumbed to lung cancer with his family at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased Friday morning April 17, 2026 at the age of 83 at 10:13 a.m. at the Saint Thomas Mid-Town Hospital where…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Don Green
A retired Tennessee State Trooper Lieutenant and Vietnam Era veteran, Mr. Don Green of Mount Juliet, died at the age of 79 on Wednesday morning April 15, 2026 after being admitted to TriStar Southern Hills Hospital emergency department with C.P. R. in progress. He was pronounced deceased at 10:23 a.m. His funeral services were Tuesday…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Shannon Fairchild
Five days following her 78th birthday, Mrs. Shannon Fairchild a former resident of Lebanon, was called home at 4:50 a.m. Friday morning April 17, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since April 8, 2024. Mrs. Fairchild was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Cindy Recob
Mrs. Cindy Recob age 66, a homemaker of the Horseshoe Bend Community, was pronounced deceased at 4:36 p.m. Saturday evening April 11, 2026 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @ Ascension Saint Thomaas Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted moments earlier with C.P.R. in progress. Mrs. Recob was at the Carthage Chapel of…
Read MoreObit – Marian Darlene Gray Murray
The Lord in Heaven brought Marian Darlene Gray into the world on September 17, 1935 and took her home on April 14, 2026. She was born in Hardin, Montana and left this world from Carthage, Tennessee. Marian was a born-again Christian. She was baptized at the age of eight with her father and sister…
Read MoreSeveral indictments returned as grand jury meets for April
By Eddie West Staff Writer The county’s grand jury met for its April session on Monday (April 6). The following indictments were returned: READ MORE IN THIS WEEK’S COURIER
Read MoreTwo thrown from boat rescued
By Eddie West Staff Writer Two men were rescued from the chilly water of the Cumberland River after being thrown from their boat during a fishing outing. The two were reportedly in the vicinity of where the Caney Fork River empties into the Cumberland River just east of the Veterans Memorial Bridge when a boat came…
Read MoreBird finds home atop historic bridge
By Eddie West Staff Writer To some it’s a bundle of sticks placed at an odd location. For others it’s a curious sight to be checked out. To others it’s a place to call home. Maggart resident Richard Sevier dropped by the Courier office in Carthage Thursday shortly before noon, reporting he had discovered something out…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/16/26
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF B. Joan Brandt Case#80CH1-2026-PR-2936 Notice is hereby given that on the 31st day of March, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of B. Joan Brandt, Deceased, who died on the 29th day of January, 2026, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
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