Obit – Mr. Richard Stanley
Mr. Richard Stanley of Carthage was pronounced deceased at 12:41 p.m. Sunday afternoon October 11, 2026 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon at the age of 75. He was admitted there October 8th and was under the care of Avalon Hospice. Mr. Stanley is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Christine Woodard
With her family at her bedside, Mrs. Christine Allen Woodard of Knoxville and a longtime Jackson Avenue resident in Carthage and longtime business woman, departed her earthly journey that God had so richly blessed her with for 97 years, to enter the eternal kingdom to join her family members that had gone on before. She…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Brenda Bunker
Surrounded by her loving family, Mrs. Brenda Bunker age 75 entered eternal rest at the family’s Nature Mountain Trail farm in the Difficult Community on Friday afternoon October 9, 2026 following a battle with cancer. She was under the care of Kim Stafford of Gentiva Hospice of Livingston who pronounced Mrs. Bunker deceased at 12:13…
Read MoreNew multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline proposed in county
By Eddie West Staff Writer (The following story pertains to a new proposed natural gas pipeline project which is not to be confused with the Enbridge natural gas pipeline project which is now under construction in the northern section of Smith County. Last week, a separate company, Kinder Morgan, announced a separate natural gas pipeline project…
Read MoreCrowning Achievement
Gordonsville 34, Westmoreland 3 By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — In a rain-soaked Homecoming Night affair, the Gordonsville High Tigers football team welcomed the Westmoreland Eagles to Turney Ford Field. In what seemed liked a blueprint of the Tigers’ season, the Region 4-2A leader and top 10 ranked 2A squad in the state leaned on…
Read MorePlayoff hopes dashed
Cannon Co. 34, Smith Co. 0 By Terry Collins Courier Sports WOODBURY — The Smith County High Owls football team moved their game up one day earlier to face Cannon County in Woodbury last Thursday night. The Owls were in a “must win” situation or be eliminated from the Class 2A playoffs. The host Lions used…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Gerald Chastain
Mr. Gerald Chastain age of 69 of the Hogans Creek Community departed this life at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon on Sunday September 27, 2026. Graveside services and interment were held Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 2 p.m. from the Conatser Cemetery on Berea Church Road with Kevin White officiating. He was born…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Brenda Crawford
With tears in their eyes, Brenda Crawford’s son, Jeremy and daughter-in-law Hollie were at her bedside when the Lord called her home at the age of 76 at 9:23 p.m. Monday evening September 28, 2026 at the Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville. It was a glad reunion day for her to see her parents, husband,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Joan Dennis
At 5:45 a.m. Friday morning October 2, 2026, one of God’s Angels came from heaven and carried one of his precious souls, Joan Dennis, to her heavenly home for all eternity. The 77 years of age, Mrs. Dennis, was residing at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Linda Gregory
Ms. Linda Gregory age 83 of the New Middleton Community died peacefully with her five children at her bedside where they had made a constant vigil since her admittance to Highpoint-Sumner in Gallatin on September 27th from Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension St. Thomas in Carthage. She was pronounced deceased at 4:44 p.m. on…
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