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• HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTION ARRIVES TUESDAY

• HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTION ARRIVES TUESDAY (For local election results Tuesday night residents can check the Courier website for a link to the Smith County Election Commission’s website which posts results as they become available. Also, look for a recap of the election in next week’s edition of the Courier.) Residents will be participating in…

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Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/29/20

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF  John E. Hammock Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of October, 2020, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of John E. Hammock, Deceased, who died on the 10th day of October, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…

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Obit – Mr. Donnie Phillips

Mr. Donnie Eugene Phillips, age 64, of Crawford, TN, and a longtime resident of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020.Mr. Phillips was born October 7, 1956 in Monterey, TN, a son of Anna Jean Stevens and the late Clifford Phillips. He was also preceded in death by Brother-in-Law; Bruce Rader. Donnie married Anita…

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Obit – Ms. Macie Lynne Shaw

Ms. Macie Lynne Shaw, age 28, of Hendersonville, TN, and a native of the Bowlings Branch Community in Smith County, TN, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Macie was born August 5, 1992 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of Tina Mason and the late Michael Anthony Shaw. She was also preceded in death by…

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Obit – Mr. Dana Dale English

Mr. Dana Dale English, age 85, of Alexandria, TN, passed away Friday, October 23, 2020.Mr. English was born on August 8, 1935 in Weatherford, TX, a son of the late Gerald English and Lucinda Grace Woolsey English. He was also preceded in death by a daughter Wanda K. Adams and a great-granddaughter: Nora Jane Cooper.…

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Obit – Mrs. Elanda Hesson Carpenter

A faithful servant and child of God has departed this life at the age of 77 to go to her eternal rest. Mrs. Elanda Hesson Carpenter, of the Popes Hill Community, departed this life on Wednesday evening October 21, 2020 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her…

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Obit – Mrs. Charlotte Grisham

Life-long South Carthage resident, Mrs. Charlotte Grisham, died at the age of 78 at 12:29 a.m. Wednesday morning October 21, 2020 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where she was admitted October 10th. Mrs. Grisham’s longtime pastor, Eld. Rickey Hall, officiated at the 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon October 25, 2020 funeral services from the Carthage…

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Obit – Mr. Paul Dickens

Mr. Paul Dickens, age 77, of Aberdeen, Mississippi and a Smith County native, died Friday morning October 23, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Graveside services and interment were conducted on Sunday afternoon October 25th at the Oddfellows Rest Cemetery in Aberdeen, Mississippi at 3 p.m. Mr. Pat Birkholtz and Bro. Robert Earl Fowlkes…

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Obit – Mr. Gordon Shoulders

Mr. Gordon Shoulders, age 66, of the Halls Hill Community died at 5:21 p.m. Saturday evening October 24, 2020 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where he was admitted September 26th. Bro. Jimmy Gregory officiated at the 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon October 29th graveside services. Burial followed in the Shoulders family lot in the West Section…

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