OBIT: Ronnie Leonard, Sr.
Mr. Ronnie Leonard Sr., age 73, of the Brush Creek community, died at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday morning, July 14, 2020, at the TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage where he was admitted Monday afternoon, June 29th, after suffering a fall at his Alexandria Highway farm home. Friday morning, July 17th, graveside services were conducted at…
Read MoreOBIT: Gerald Lambert
Chestnut Mound native, Mr. Gerald Lambert died peacefully surrounded by his loving family at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, July 14, 2020, at the Fort Sanders Hospital in Knoxville, following a brief period of declining health. Mr. Lambert was 73. Graveside services were conducted by his beloved pastor, Rev. Charles Maynard, on Saturday afternoon, July 18th,…
Read MoreOBIT: Ruth Green
Ms. Ruth Williams Green, age 77, of Carthage died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday morning, July 12, 2020, at her Elm Street home with her family at her bedside. She was under the care of HighPoint Hospice of Gallatin who pronounced her deceased at 1:20 p.m. Ms. Green was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
Read MoreOBIT: Gary Gatlin
Mr. Gary Gatlin, of the Graveltown community, died peacefully at 12:02 a.m. early Saturday morning, July 18, 2020, shortly after midnight at the age of 72 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, where he had made his home since June 18th. He suffered from complications of a stroke. Mr. Gatlin was…
Read MoreOBIT: Marie Draper
Mrs. Marie Draper, a homemaker of the Halls Hill community, died at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, July 14, 2020, at the age of 81 after suffering from chronic kidney failure. She was pronounced deceased by Caris Hospice of Cookeville who had been lovingly assisting the family with her care. Friday morning, July 17th, funeral services…
Read MoreOBIT: Willie Brown
Former Red Boiling Springs Mayor, Mr. Willie Brown, died Friday morning, July 17, 2020, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had been a resident since July 2nd. He was pronounced deceased at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage by Dr. Rutherford at 5:17 a.m. at the age of…
Read MoreOBIT: Brandon Hesson
Mr. Brandon Ray Hesson, age 37, of Carthage, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2020. Mr. Hesson was born July 31, 1983 in Nashville, a son of Debbie West Hesson and the late Timothy Ray Hesson. He married Jamie Bennett Hesson. Brandon worked in road construction for several years. Funeral arrangements and completed obituary for…
Read MoreCounty’s property tax set at $2.73
County commissioners have approved a property tax rate unchanged from last year. A 2020-2021 fiscal year budget was approved by commissioners last week, meeting for their July session. In addition, a county property tax rate was set at $2.73. Days prior to the meeting, commissioners had been presented the proposed coming fiscal year’s budget…
Read MoreState health department reports COVID cases at local healthcare facility
With COVID-19 increasing in Smith County, the Tennessee Department of Health is reporting some patients and staff at Smith County Healthcare and Rehabilitation have tested positive for the virus. The cases were reported in the “Clusters in long term Care Facilities” in the coronavirus section on the state health department’s website. Seventeen patients and…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 07/23/20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Joyce Kittrell Hiett Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of July, 2020, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Joyce Kittrell Hiett, Deceased, who died on the 1st day of June, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and…
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