OBIT: Mr. Jerrol Dodd
Mr. Jerrol Dodd, of Alexandria, was pronounced dead at the scene of an automobile accident in Fairfield. California at 6:47 p.m. Wednesday evening November 13, 2019. The 26 year old was a graduate of Gordonsville High School and a freelance musician will be at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home pending paperwork completion and…
Read MoreFRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Keep up with the Courier Sports Twitter page at twitter.com/CarCourierSport Loudon Co. 41, Smith Co. 7 Gordonsville 17, Whitwell 7 Scores as available
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Phillip Evitts
Mr. Phillip Evitts Well known farmer and agribusiness gentleman, Mr. Phillip Evitts of the Pleasant Shade Community, perished in a house fire at his Stone Branch Road farm home which was reported to Smith County E-911 at 6:38 p.m. Monday evening. The 61 year old Mr. Evitts was pronounced deceased at 1:21 a.m. Tuesday morning…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Evelyne Hackett
Mrs. Evelyne Hackett Mrs. Evelyne Woodard Hackett, age 78, a homemaker of the Brooks Bend Community in Jackson County, died peacefully at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday afternoon November 12, 2019 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage where she was convalescing from a hip fracture suffered at her Brooks Bend Lane home on Thursday November…
Read MoreSECOND ROUND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
SECOND ROUND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS The Gordonsville High School Tigers and the Smith County High Owls earned their spots in round two of the high school football playoffs. The squads earned their victories in different fashions as the Big Blue won a physical affair on the road at Copper Basin 20-6 after a sluggish…
Read MoreCOMMUNITY CHRISTMAS LIGHT PROJECT PLANNED
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS LIGHT PROJECT PLANNED A community Christmas event is expanding to include the entire county this year. Residents across the county are encouraged to participate in “aCross Smith County Community Lighting Project”. To be a part of the project residents can simply erect a lighted cross or cross scene in their yard or elsewhere…
Read MoreWORK ON BRIDGE EXPECTED TO BEGIN; DETOURS SET UP
WORK ON BRIDGE EXPECTED TO BEGIN; DETOURS SET UP Work was expected to begin this week on the bridge crossing Mulherrin Creek on Highway 53 in the New Middleton community, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). Starting this week the bridge was expected to be reduced to one nine foot lane, according to…
Read MoreELMWOOD RESIDENT WRECK VICTIM
ELMWOOD RESIDENT WRECK VICTIM A Smith County man was killed in a single vehicle wreck in Putnam County over the weekend. The victim was identified as Michael Owen Massey, 38, Elmwood. The accident occurred around 11:54 p.m., Saturday on Highway 96/Medley Amonette Road near the Smith County line. Massey was pronounced dead on arrival at…
Read MoreFIRE CLAIMS PLEASANT SHADE MAN
FIRE CLAIMS PLEASANT SHADE MAN A Pleasant Shade man was killed in a house fire Monday night. According to Jacky Carver, owner of Sanderson Funeral and county fire chief, the body of Phillip Evitts, former manager of Smith Farmers Cooperative in South Carthage, is at the medical examiners office for positive identification. Carver has been…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 11/14/19
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 11/14/19 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated May 2, 2005, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded May 5, 2005, in Book No. 126,…
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