Obit – Helen “Tony” Baker
Helen “Tony” Baker, age 87, of Alexandria, TN, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 at Smith County Health and Rehab in Carthage, TN. Tony was born April 9, 1933 in Sykes, TN, a daughter of the late Ollie Lee Wills and Beulah Granstaff Wills. She was also preceded in death by brothers; C.D. Wills and…
Read MoreCARTHAGE COUNCIL PLANS TO DISCUSS SPEED LIMITS
CARTHAGE COUNCIL PLANS TO DISCUSS SPEED LIMITS The Carthage City Council will be reviewing speed limits throughout the city in the coming weeks. During the council’s January meeting Thursday night, the issue surfaced as a new business item presented by Mayor Sarah Marie Smith as a “request from residents to change the speed limit on…
Read MoreDOORS CLOSED TO LANDMARK BUSINESS
DOORS CLOSED TO LANDMARK BUSINESS Residents have found the doors to a landmark Gordonsville business closed. A note on Gordonsville Shoprite grocery store’s front door reads “everything must go”. Prior to the closing, the owner of the business, Samer Moussa, had cut back in hours and was selling out inventory. Meanwhile, the doors to the…
Read MoreSTATE ROAD WORK NEARS; ONE LANE ROAD PLANNED
STATE ROAD WORK NEARS; ONE LANE ROAD PLANNED Construction phase on a state transportation department rock (bluff) mitigation project on Highway 25 is expected to begin as soon as this month. State transportation department officials say the Franklin based construction company which was awarded the construction contract is planning to begin installing traffic light signals…
Read MoreSPECIAL OPERATION TEAM DEPLOYED
SPECIAL OPERATION TEAM DEPLOYED Three Charged Following Sheriff’s Department K9 Investigation Three people face charges following a sheriff’s department K-9 unit drug investigation which led to a Special Operations Team search of a Vantrease Road home near the Grant community. The investigation began after K-9 officer Sgt. Ridge Long stopped a vehicle, locating methamphetamine and…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 01/14/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Farris Len Gibbs Notice is hereby given that on the 30th day of December, 2020, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Farris Len Gibbs, Deceased, who died on the 13th day of December, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Sue Huffines McCombe
Mrs. Sue Huffines McCombe, age 79 of Lebanon, died Saturday morning January 9, at Vanderbilt Wilson in Lebanon. She is survived by: 2 sons, Jimmy Huffines and wife Kathy of Temperance Hall, William Isabell and wife Merridee of Coopertown; sister, Lavona Dalton of Gallatin, 2 granddaughters, Shannan Turnbow and husband Shane of Shelbyville, Amanda Huffines…
Read MoreObit – Eld. Dorothy Davis
Eld. Dorothy Davis, a homemaker of South Carthage and an ordained Elder of the Emmanuel Church of Christ, died at the Riverview Regional Medical Center at 10:45 p.m. Friday evening, January 8, 2021, where she was admitted earlier that day suffering from kidney failure. Mrs. Davis was 73. Her grandsons officiated at the 1 p.m.…
Read MoreObit – Brother John Haggard Norman, Jr.
Brother John Haggard Norman, Jr., age 74 years young, of Tullahoma, passed away on Wednesday, December 30th, 2020 at his home with his family by his side. Bro. John was born October 22, 1946 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, the son of the late John H. Norman, Sr. and Ruby Anderson Norman. In his youth he…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Geneva Gentry
Ms. Geneva Gentry, of Carthage, died at 12:43 a.m. Thursday morning January 7, 2021 at the age of 88 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where she had made her home since June 22, 2016. Mrs. Gentry was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Private graveside services for the family…
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