COMMISSIONERS REJECT 59 CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
COMMISSIONERS REJECT 59 CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE Commissioners voted down a resolution which would have set the county’s property tax rate at $2.73, a 59 cent increase, Monday night. The $2.73 rate would have funded a 2019-2020 fiscal year budget proposed by the county’s Budget and Finance Committee. The resolution failed with 11 yes votes…
Read MoreEARLY DEADLINE FOR NEXT WEEKS COURIER
EARLY DEADLINE FOR NEXT WEEKS COURIER The Courier office will be closed on Thursday, July 4, of next week. Because of the holiday, next week’s edition of the Courier will be printed one day early, resulting in a change in deadline. The advertising and news copy deadline for next week’s edition of the Courier is…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/27/19
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/27/19 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 28, 2019 at 10:00AM local time, at the front door, Smith County Courthouse, 211 North Main Street, Carthage, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Keith A. Holder and Tracy E. Holder, to Title…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Marianne Byrne
Mrs. Marianne Byrne Mrs. Marianne Hiett Byrne of Cookeville and a longtime resident of Hendersonville died at 6:52 p.m. Sunday evening June 23, 2019 at the Morningside of Cookeville under the loving care of Avalon Hospice of Cookeville. Mrs. Byrne died two days before her 99th birthday. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon June 27th…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Peggy Boyce-Cabe
Mrs. Peggy Boyce-Cabe died on Monday, June 10, 2019 in Little Rock, Arkansas under the care of Hospice Home Care. She was 87. Her service was conducted under the direction of Griffin, Leggett, Healey, & Roth Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on June 14, 2019 at the Upchurch Cemetery in Mabelvale, Arkansas with Pastor Richard…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Connie Sue Silcox
Mrs. Connie Sue Silcox, age 70, of Alexandria, TN, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2019. Mrs. Silcox was born February 26, 1949 in Baxter, TN, a daughter of the late Joe Baker Farmer and Lela Pauline Williams. She was also preceded in death by Father of her Children; Ray Gentry on November 18, 2015, Son;…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Sue Cornwell Smith
Mrs. Sue Cornwell Smith Mrs. Sue Cornwell Smith age 89 of the Pleasant Shade Community died at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday morning June 19, 2019 where she was admitted Saturday afternoon June 15th following a fall which resulted in a fractured hip. Eld. James “Pee Wee” Massey and…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Linda Key Gregory
Mrs. Linda Key Gregory Ms. Linda Key Gregory of Carthage and a longtime resident of the Elmwood Community died at the age of 70 at 4:06 p.m. Wednesday afternoon June 19, 2019 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she had been hospitalized since June 4th. Her pastor, Bro. Wallace Caldwell, officiated at the funeral…
Read MoreSOPHIE LINDER 2ND IN TN WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
SOPHIE LINDER 2ND IN TN WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Sophie Linder, a 14 year old golfer from Carthage, tied for second place in the Tennessee Women’s Amateur Golf Championship last week. Linder, who will be a freshman in high school this fall, competed against college level talent including Middle Tennessee State’s Hanley Long. Long captured the…
Read MoreANNUAL CELEBRATION OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS
ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS Planning for this year’s Smith County Celebrates, which celebrates the county’s two Nobel Peace Prize winners, is taking place. The event, which includes dinner, will be held beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, August 17. This year’s speaker is Smith County native Pennye Nixon. “Smith County holds the unique…
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