Obit – Mr. Justin Shores
Mr. Justin Shores of Thompson Station in Williamson County departed this life at the too young of an age of 37 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He transitioned to his heavenly home unexpectedly from a lung infection on Monday December 22, 2025. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be conducted from…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jimmie Mathis McKinney
Mrs. Jimmie Mathis McKinney age 91, a homemaker of the Elmwood Community entered into everlasting peace into the arms of God, and was pronounced deceased at 6:04 a.m. Saturday morning December 27, 2025 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was admitted from her Horseshoe Bend Lane home on November…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Miles Moore
Mr. Miles Moore, a retired auto dealership manager in Las Cruces, New Mexico entered into to rest peacefully early Tuesday morning December 30, 2025 at his son’s Popes Hill Community home with his family present. He was pronounced deceased at 1:42 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston at the age of 78. He had resided…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Janice Huddleston Bailey
Mrs. Janice Huddleston Bailey, a homemaker of the Dixon Springs Community, who only saw the best in people, peacefully entered eternity at 12:02 a.m. Monday morning December 22, 2025 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had resided only since December 19th where she was residing because of difficulty in…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Betty “Jean” Kemp Caplenor
Mrs. Betty “Jean” Kemp Caplenor, age 89 years young of the Flat Rock Community passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2025. Mrs. Jean was born December 29, 1935, in the Buffalo Community of Smith County, a daughter of the late Leslie Edgar “Lex” Kemp and Cleo Deltha Givens Kemp. She married Charles Judson Caplenor on…
Read MoreObit – Mary Elizabeth Addy
Mary Elizabeth Addy, 78 of Chestnut Mound TN, passed away at home on December 23rd, 2025 at 9:22 a.m. She was born in Gallatin TN on March 15th, 1947. She was preceded in death by her father James H. Draper of Chestnut Mound and mother Stella Norgren Draper of Shrewsbury England, her only brother David…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Billy Ray Upchurch
Mr. Billy Ray Upchurch, age 74, of Hartsville, TN passed away on Saturday December 27, 2025. Billy was born on August 8, 1951 in Carthage, TN, a son of the late Frank Burton Upchurch and Eva Ray Mofield Upchurch. He was preceded in death by siblings: Donald Upchurch, Jimmy Upchurch, Eddie Lee Upchurch, Tommy Upchurch…
Read MoreOne person indicted in connection with wreck which claimed life of two people
By Eddie West Staff Writer A man faces multiple charges related to a motor vehicle accident which occurred in September of last year. Two Dickson County residents were killed in the accident. The county’s grand jury indicted James Paul Hilliard, 34, Garner, North Carolina, on two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of aggravated assault…
Read MoreFROM BIG BLUE TO BUC
By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — As the Gordonsville baseball team prepares for their 2026 season on the diamond, one of Big Blue’s top arms has officially made a decision on his collegiate career. Upcoming senior and left-handed pitcher Colton Bennett officially signed with the East Tennessee Buccaneers program on December 12. Bennett had been…
Read MoreMusic City bound
By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — On December 12, a senior member of the Gordonsville High cheer squad officially signed with Nashville’s Trevecca Nazarene program. Cheyenne Mofield will become a member of the Trojans’ squad after the three-time UCA (Universal Cheerleaders Association) All-American concludes her Big Blue career. “I always knew that I wanted to…
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