OBIT: Mr. Vernon Hesson
Mr. Vernon Hesson Mr. Vernon Hesson age 79 of the Russell Hill Community was pronounced dead on arrival at the River View Regional Medical Center E.R. at 6:15 p.m. Saturday evening June 1, 2019 after becoming gravely ill at his Hesson Ridge Lane home. Mr. Hesson was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…
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Mrs. Nada Lovatt Mrs. Nada Lovatt of the Watervale Community died at the age of 88 at 8:19 a.m. Saturday morning June 1, 2019 at the Concordia Health and Rehabilitation Center of Smith County in Carthage where she had made her home since May 16th. Mrs. Lovatt and her husband had previously made the decision…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Effie Corinne Tharpe Kelly
Mrs. Effie Corinne Tharpe Kelly Mrs. Effie Corinne Tharpe Kelly, age 96, of Hickman, TN, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Mrs. Kelly was born September 23, 1922 in DeValls Bluff, AR, a daughter of the late William Emmett Tharpe and Phenie Melissa Smitz Tharpe. She was also preceded in death by Husband; Lee…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Yvonne Marie MacDougal Mudd
Mrs. Yvonne Marie MacDougal Mudd Mrs. Yvonne Marie MacDougal Mudd, age 60, of Carthage, TN, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Mrs. Mudd was born on August 18, 1958 in Coatesville, PA, a daughter of the late John Henry and Dorothy Virginia Morrison MacDougal. She was also preceded in death by Daughter; Kristy Lynn Walker…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Patrick Duffy
Mr. Patrick Duffy Albany, New York native Patrick Duffy of the Defeated Creek Community died at the age of 52 at 10:33 a.m. Tuesday Monday morning May 28th at his Ash Hopper Hollow Lane home following a brief battle with lung cancer. Mr. Duffy was under the care of Avalon Hospice of Cookeville. Mr. Duffy…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Betty Jo Scurlock
Mrs. Betty Jo Scurlock Mrs. Betty Scurlock of Carthage and formerly of the Defeated Creek Community died at 9 a.m. Sunday morning May 26, 2019 at the Concordia Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since October 19, 2015. Mrs. Scurlock was 78. Graveside services were conducted Thursday morning May…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Gwen Hesson Livesay
Mrs. Gwen Hesson Livesay Mrs. Gwen Hesson Livesay age 87, a homemaker of Smyrna, died peacefully at her Foxland Drive home at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday morning May 28, 2019 with her loving and caring family at her bedside. She was pronounced deceased at 5:32 a.m. by Alive Hospice of Murfreesboro. A “Remembrance of her Life”…
Read MoreTHREE CHARGED AFTER TRAFFIC STOP
THREE CHARGED AFTER TRAFFIC STOP Three people face charges following an investigation conducted by sheriff’s department deputies. K-9 officer Sgt. Junior Fields stopped a gold Nissan after checking the registration which came back with unconfirmed insurance. There were two people traveling in the vehicle, a male driver and a female passenger. During the investigation, the…
Read MoreSC BOE APPROVES BUDGET WITH PAY INCREASE
SC BOE APPROVES BUDGET WITH PAY INCREASE The county’s school board has approved a 2019-2020 fiscal year budget which includes a three percent increase in pay for all employees. The budget was approved during the school board’s May meeting held on Tuesday of last week. Before the budget was approved, board members held a workshop…
Read MoreJOLLY STRING QUARTET
JOLLY STRING QUARTET Family of 9 shares their music, faith along with adoption story. Somewhere in the midst of Smith County inside an ancient tobacco barn, four Russian-born youngsters pluck their instruments and create mind-blowing music that leapfrogs from classical to bluegrass, from gospel to jazz and then some. The sounds the Jolly String Quartet…
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