TSSAA exploring options for Fall sports after Governor’s order
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and affect the sports landscape both on a national and local level. As the number of infections continue to grow across the state of Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee was prompted to extend his State of Emergency declaration through August 29. Lee’s Executive Order #50 includes limitations and restrictions…
Read MoreOBIT: Erlene Robinson
Mrs. Erlene (NeNe) Robinson, age 99, of the Pavilion in South Carthage, where she had made her home since December 14, 2018, died at 8:27 a.m. Sunday morning, July 5, 2020, at the Riverview Regional Medical in Carthage where she was admitted June 30th. For many years before moving to the Pavilion she made her…
Read MoreOBIT: Jean Huff
Mrs. Jean Huff, age 77, of Cookeville Highway at Chestnut Mound, died at 5:10 p.m. Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2020, at the St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital in Nashville where she was admitted June 16th. Mrs. Huff was a chronic asthmatic. Mrs. Huff was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where funeral services were…
Read MoreOBIT: Billy Highers
Dixon Springs community native Billy Highers died peacefully at 4 p.m. Friday afternoon, June 20, 2020, at the St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. He was 77. A graveside Celebration of his Life will be conducted on Friday afternoon, July 10th, at 2 p.m. in the Highers Family plot in the Gazebo Garden at the Dixon Springs…
Read MoreOBIT: Brenda Bratcher
Mrs. Brenda Bratcher, of Carthage, wife of Carthage First Freewill Baptist Church pastor Frank Bratcher, died 5 days following their fifty year wedding anniversary in the ICU at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville at the age of 65 at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, July 1, 2020, where she had been undergoing a stem cell transplant.…
Read MoreOBIT: Jack Fitzpatrick
Mr. Jack W. Fitzpatrick, age 93, of the Club Springs community in Smith County, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Mr. Fitzpatrick was born August 19, 1926 in Old Hickory, a son of the late Charles Scott Fitzpatrick and Hatte Lee Payne Fitzpatrick. He married Ardelia Winfree Fitzpatrick on August 4, 1945 and she…
Read MoreOBIT: Georgia Boles
Mrs. Georgia R. Boles of Alexandria, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2020, at the age of 88, at the home of her daughter where she also lived. Mrs. Boles was born March 21, 1932 in Overton County, to the late George Swann and Rosie Johnson Swann. She married Alfred L. Boles on January 26,…
Read MoreOBIT: Katie Lea
Katie Lea passed away on June 30, 2020 at age 80. The family received friends at Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. and on Friday from 10 a.m. until the service. The funeral service, conducted by Brother Danny Sellars, was at 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2020 in the chapel of Sellars…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 07/09/20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Robert Ernest Bryant Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day of June, 2020, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Robert Ernest Bryant, Deceased, who died on the 2nd day of April, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and…
Read MoreOBIT: Brenda Cassity Ray
Mrs. Brenda Cassity Ray, of Murfreesboro, died at the home of her sister, Dianne, in Watertown on Monday morning, June 22, 2020, at 1 a.m., following a battle with cancer. She was pronounced deceased at 5:35 a.m. by Avalon Hospice of Lebanon. A Celebration of her Life was conducted from the Woodfin Memorial Chapel in…
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