SMITH COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY QUALIFIES
SUBMITTED The Smith County High cross country program is celebrating its fifth straight state berth as the Black-and-Gold girls team qualified for its first ever state tournament. SCHS boys cross country runner Tayden Rigsby posted a personal best at the Chapel Hill Sectional meet with a 19:49 time. The PR netted Rigsby third in the…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 11/06/25
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Mary Ruth Edwards Case#80CH1-2025-PR-2855 Notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of October, 2025, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Mary Ruth Edwards, Deceased, who died on the 21st day of September, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Doug Lawson
A Club Springs Community resident, Mr. Doug Lawson, was pronounced deceased at 9:45 a.m. Monday morning October 27, 2025 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he was flown by LifeFlight on Sunday afternoon after suffering an aneurysm at his Bellar Hollow Road farm home. Mr. Lawson was 78. Graveside services were conducted…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Josie Morgan
Mrs. Josie Morgan age 82 of the Defeated Creek Community passed peacefully with all of her family at her bedside at her River Bluff Lane home on October 29, 2025 and was pronounced deceased at 4 p.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston. Mrs. Morgan was at the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Funeral services…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Inez Holland
A lifelong Gladdice Community resident, Mrs. Inez Holland, entered into eternal rest with her granddaughter Lindsey at her bedside. She was pronounced deceased at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday afternoon October 28, 2025 at the age of 95 following a recent period of declining health. She was under the care of Gentiva Hospice of Livingston. Mrs. Holland…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Carol Phillips
Hobbs, New Mexico native, Mrs. Carol Phillips of the Rome Community was pronounced deceased at 11:53 a.m. Sunday morning October 26, 2025 by Adoration Hospice of Murfreesboro. Mrs. Phillips passed peacefully at the age of 87 from her earthly life with her family present at their South Lovers Lane home. Mrs. Phillips was at the…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Eliane Morain
Ms. Eliane Morain of the Hiwassee Community entered into eternal rest at 10:22 p.m. Friday evening October 31, 2025 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had only resided since October 21st. The 64 years of age Ms. Morain was suffering from dementia. Ms. Morain was at the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Master Oliver Gray Thomas
Master Oliver Gray Thomas, newborn infant son of Chris and Tiffany Kemp Thomas of South Carthage, was born deceased at 8:45 a.m. Friday morning October 31, 2025 at the TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage. Master Oliver was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where arrangements were made for cremation at the Cumberland…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. June Farley McKinney
Mrs. June Farley McKinney (affectionately known as Mama June), age 93 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on October 27, 2025. Mrs. McKinney was born on December 12, 1931, in Monoville, TN to the late John D. Farley and Belva Key Farley. She was a graduate of Smith County High School. Mrs. McKinney started her career…
Read MoreGORDONSVILLE TIGERETTES VOLLEYBALL • STATE RUNNER-UP
Shea Haile Courier Sports (STATS SUBMITTED BY GHS VOLLEYBALL) Friday, October 23 CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP Gordonsville vs. Eagleville The Gordonsville Tigerettes volleyball team made their first Class 1A State Tournament in the program’s 26 year history. The unit rode their momentum all the way to the championship game. Big Blue fell to mid-state powerhouse Eagleville 3-1 as the…
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