Sample Ballot Inside; Voting in May Primary Election set to begin
By Eddie West Staff Writer The start of a busy election year begins next week. Early voting in the May Democratic and Republican Primary Election will take place beginning Wednesday, April 15 and continue through April 30. Only one race will be contested in the upcoming primary election. READ MORE IN THIS WEEK’S COURIER
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/09/26
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF B. Joan Brandt Case#80CH1-2026-PR-2936 Notice is hereby given that on the 31st day of March, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of B. Joan Brandt, Deceased, who died on the 29th day of January, 2026, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Wayne P. Lankford
Retired Church of Christ minister Mr. Wayne P. Lankford, succumbed to injuries suffered in a fall at his home on Tuesday March 24th. With his family at his bedside, he departed this life to be with the redeemed at 2:23 a.m. Thursday morning April 2, 2026, at Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville where he was…
Read MoreObit – Joe Joe Burk
The Tanglewood Community and Smith County Commission Company’s most beloved friend, Joe Joe Burk departed this life suddenly Saturday morning March 28, 2026 after becoming gravely ill at his home in the Tanglewood Community. With C.P.R. to no avail, he was pronounced deceased at 7:56 a.m. at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @ Ascension Saint…
Read MoreObit – Miss Mikayla Hunt
Miss Mikayla Hunt, age 31 of South Carthage, died peacefully at 5:17 p.m. with her mother and father at her bedside on Sunday evening March 29, 2026 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she had been hospitalized for four months as the result of a fall and pneumonia. Mikayla was at the…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Lizzie Johnson Dawes
A South Carthage homemaker, Ms. Lizzie Johnson Dawes, departed this life at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital at 2:50 p.m. Thursday afternoon April 2, 2026 where she was admitted Monday March 30th. Pastor Steve Warren officiated at the 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon April 8th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Steve Adam Huddleston
Mr. Steve Adam Huddleston, age 63, of Lewisburg, TN, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at peace with his son Harley at his side. Mr. Huddleston was born April 23, 1962 in Nashville, TN, son of the late James Campbell Huddleston and Doris Baker Murphy. He was also preceded in death by Brother; James…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Mary Lucille Napier
Mrs. Mary Lucille Napier, age 84, of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Mrs. Napier was born January 18, 1942 in Carthage, TN, a daughter of the late Walter Lee Kent and Daisy Ann Grisham Kent. She married Donald C. Napier and he preceded her in death on February 16, 2012.…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Florence Ann Anstis Walper
Mrs. Florence Ann Anstis Walper, age 77, of Lancaster, TN, a friend of God, passed away on Monday March 30, 2026. Ann was born on March 29, 1949, in West Palm Beach, Florida, daughter of the late Edward H. Anstis and Mary Chambliss Anstis. She was also preceded by two brothers: James H. Anstis and…
Read MoreVehicle runs through guardrail, overturns
By Eddie West Staff Writer A man apparently escaped critical injuries following a horrific single vehicle wreck in South Carthage. The vehicle in which the man was driving crashed through a guardrail, traveled several yards down a steep embankment before landing upside down near a creek and the Cumberland River. The incident occurred Wednesday (March 25)…
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