OBIT: Mrs. Ruth Staats
Mrs. Ruth Staats, age 90, of Old Hickory died peacefully at 3:15 a.m. Sunday morning August 11, 2019 at The Pavilion in South Carthage with her family at her bedside. Friday afternoon August 16th funeral services were conducted from the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hermitage where Mrs. Staats was a longtime member. Her pastor, Pastor…
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Mrs. Bobbie Sue Grisham of Lebanon died at the age of 82 at her Vosswood Drive home at 11:44 a.m. Sunday morning August 11, 2019. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted Wednesday morning August 14th at 11 a.m. with Bro. Gary Wilson officiating. Burial followed beside her husband,…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Edith Moss Thornton
Mrs. Edith Moss Thornton Mrs. Edith Moss Thornton, age 97 of the Gentry Community in Putnam County, died at the Rabbit Ridge Road farm home of her daughter at 2:23 AM, Sunday, August 18, 2019. Mrs. Thornton was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was cremated at Cumberland Family Services in Algood.…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Betty Kennedy
Mrs. Betty Kennedy Life-long Pleasant Shade Community resident, Mrs. Betty Kennedy, died at 8:07 a.m. Tuesday morning August 13, 2019, one day after her 82nd birthday, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had been receiving therapy as the result of a fractured hip since June 10, 2019. Eld. Gerald…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Eva Mae Sandlin Winfree Nash
Mrs. Eva Mae Sandlin Winfree Nash, age 90, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Friday, August 9, 2019 following an extended illness. Born in Alexandria, TN, Mrs. Nash was a daughter of the late Olvie Sandlin and Willie Hale Sandlin. She was a beautician during her working years and attended Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. In…
Read MoreRESCUE SQUAD CALLED TO SEARCH CORDELL HULL LAKE
RESCUE SQUAD CALLED TO SEARCH CORDELL HULL LAKE The county’s rescue squad spent several hours searching an area of the Cordell Hull Lake in the Defeated community over the weekend. A man “jug fishing” using swimming “noodles” was checking his lines Saturday afternoon. The man contacted authorities after reportedly seeing what he believed to be…
Read MoreNEW BUSINESS PLANNED FOR CARTHAGE BUILDING
NEW BUSINESS PLANNED FOR CARTHAGE BUILDING A building, known locally as the former Texas Boot Factory building in Carthage, has sold and is undergoing renovation. The company’s new owner released the following information concerning the development: “Leviathan US LLC (hereinafter Leviathan US or the company), was organized as a corporation established under the laws of…
Read MoreONE INJURED IN THURSDAY WRECK
ONE INJURED IN THURSDAY WRECK One person was injured in a single vehicle wreck on Highway 70/Cookeville Highway, Thursday afternoon. The location of the wreck was just west of the building known as the Blackhorse Saloon and just east of the South Carthage city limits. The accident occurred around 3:45 p.m. A man, traveling west,…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/15/19
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/15/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Violet K. Pontious Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of July, 2019, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Violet K. Pontious, Deceased, who died on the 9th day of May, 2019, were issued to the undersigned…
Read MoreOBIT: June Crouch Nixon
June Crouch Nixon, 91, of Ashland City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 30, 2019 in Nashville. June was born in Ashland City on April 30, 1928 to the late McKinley and Leonte (Hooper) Crouch. She is survived by her husband of 71 years, Earl Nixon, daughter, Melanie (Peter) Koptik, of Michigan, brothers, Eugene (Caroline)…
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