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OBIT: Lesslie Carter Williams

Mrs. Lesslie Carter Williams, age 53, entered into eternal rest on Sunday morning, May 24, 2020, two days before her 20th wedding anniversary, and was pronounced deceased at 6:18 a.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage after becoming gravely ill, suffering from an apparent heart attack at her Alexander Road home…

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OBIT: Robbie Overstreet

Mrs. Robbie Overstreet, of the Conditt Hollow in the Elmwood community, died at the age of 84 at 11:18 a.m. Sunday morning, May 31, 2020, at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she had been a patient since May 20th. Mrs. Overstreet is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her husband, George,…

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OBIT: Carol Carmack

Mrs. Carol Carmack, a homemaker of the Russell Hill community, died peacefully Saturday morning, May 23, 2020, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since July 25, 2017. She was 84 and suffered from dementia. Funeral services by Pastor Teresa Brooks of Georgia were conducted at…

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OBIT: James “Jim” Moss

James Grady “Jim” Moss, age 74, of Alexandria, died Friday evening, May 22, 2020, at Vanderbilt-Wilson Hospital in Lebanon. Born May 9, 1946, he was the son of the late Grady and Johnnie Lee Fletcher Moss. Jim was preceded in death by his wife, Janette George Moss, Nov. 19, 2019 and by sisters, Ruth Dunn…

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Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/04/20

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF  Peggy Ann Tisdale Notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of May, 2020, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Peggy Ann Tisdale, Deceased, who died on the 15th day of May, 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: James L. Bass

Funeral Services for Smith County, native James Lillard Bass, Jr, were held at 2PM on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at the Carthage Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes, conducted by Rev. Jerry Wallace and Rev. Monica Mowdy with eulogy delivered by his daughter, Jane Bass Turner. Burial followed in the Gordonsville Cemetery. Visitation with the family…

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OBIT: Leslie Shearl

Ms. Leslie Shearl, age 60, of Carthage, died at 9:44 a.m. Sunday morning, May 17, 2020 at the TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville where she was admitted May 11th, following a battle with cancer. Ms. Shearl was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. She was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in…

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OBIT: Bobbie Jean Blunkall

Mrs. Bobbie Jean Smith Blunkall, a longtime resident of Old Hickory, died at 11:50 a.m. Thursday morning, May 21, 2020, at the Mabry Health Care Center in Gainesboro where she had made her home since March 5th of this year. Mrs. Blunkall was 88. Private graveside services were conducted Friday afternoon, May 22nd, at the…

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Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/28/20

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF  Mary Jane Sutton Mason Notice is hereby given that on the 13th day of May, 2020, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Mary Jane Sutton Mason, Deceased, who died on the 9th day of May, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident…

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OBIT: Lucy Petty

Miss Lucy Pearl Petty, of Lafayette and a longtime homemaker of the Russell Hill community, died at the age of 86 at 2:26 p.m. Saturday afternoon, May 16, 2020, at the Palace in Red Boiling Springs where she had made her home since October 22, 2009. After leaving the family home in the Russell Hill…

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