OBIT: Kurt Craig
Mr. Kurt Craig, age 33, of Cookeville and a member of the City of Cookeville Fire Department, died Friday, June 19, 2020, at his Austin Bottom home and was pronounced dead at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Funeral services from the Life Church on North Washington Avenue in Cookeville were conducted Friday morning, June 26th.…
Read MoreOBIT: Jean Huff
Mrs. Jean Huff, widow of Bobby Huff, died at 5:10 p.m. Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2020, at the age of 77 at the St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital in Nashville. Mrs. Huff is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where he son and daughter-in-law, Jason and Amy Huff, were to make arrangements on Monday…
Read MoreOBIT: Emily Thackxton
Ms. Emily Thackxton, of Carthage, died at 8:08 a.m. Wednesday morning, June 24, 2020, at her Village Drive home under the care of Avalon Hospice of Cookeville, who had been caring for her during her battle with cancer. A celebration of life was conducted on Sunday, June 28, at 3:00 p.m. from the Mt. Calvary…
Read MoreOBIT: Gary Allison
Funeral services for Mr. Gary Dale Allison, age 68,of Gordonsville and formerly of Baxter, will be held Wednesday, July 1st at 4pm at Dyer Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Allison Cemetery. His family will receive friends Wednesday from 1pm until service time at the funeral home. Due to COVID-19 precautions, social distancing will be…
Read MoreOBIT: Jack Gwaltney
Jack Donald Gwaltney, 92, passed peacefully on Thursday, June 25, 2020, following a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. Preceded in death by wife Ethelene, he is survived by his sister Bettye Wills, daughter, Jan Helfer (Rick), son, Jeff (Karen) Gwaltney, grandchildren Erica (Simon) Blank and Sarah (Andrew) Fulk, and great grandchildren Eleanor, Ivy and Calvin Blank.…
Read MoreOBIT: Juanita Gibbs
Mrs. Dimple Juanita Preston Gibbs, age 96, of Gordonsville, passed away on June 22, 2020. Mrs. Gibbs was born April 21, 1924 in Sullivans Bend, a daughter of the late Roy Mose Preston and Laura Lee Harville Preston. She married J.W. Gibbs and he preceded her in death on September 10, 2000 after 58 years…
Read MoreOBIT: Georgia Boles
Mrs. Georgia R. Boles, age 88, of Alexandria, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Mrs. Boles will be at the Avant Funeral Home in Alexandria. Completed funeral arrangements are available online at www.bassfh.com, our obituary line at 615-529-2221, office phones at 615-529-2323, or in next week’s edition of the Carthage Courier. AVANT OF ALEXANDRIA
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 07/02/20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Shirley Lee BowserNotice is hereby given that on the 17th day of June, 2020, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Shirley Lee Bowser, Deceased, who died on the 13th day of March, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…
Read MoreSummertime Hoops
The county’s four high school basketball programs were able to experience some competition on the hardwood as the squads played multiple scrimmages last week before the beginning of the TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association) mandatory dead period on Monday, June 22. Dead period ends on Monday, July 6. June is normally a busy month…
Read MoreOBIT: Marvin Harvey
Mr. Marvin Jay Harvey, age 75, of Alexandria, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Mr. Harvey was born August 4, 1944 in Kalamazoo, MI, a son of the late Marvin Albert Harvey and Vida Mae Blue Harvey. He was also preceded in death by son, Dale Harvey and brother, David Harvey. He was a…
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