OBIT: Mrs. Jeannie Schneider, Of The Rome Community
Mrs. Jeannie Schneider, an antique dealer & homemaker of the Rome Community, died Tuesday June 19, 2018 at 5 a.m. at her Lebanon Highway home. Funeral services from the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany on Hickory Ridge Road in Lebanon were conducted at 4 p.m. Friday afternoon June 22nd. Rev. Kira Schlesinger officiated and burial…
Read MoreOBIT: Carthage Native Kenneth C. Porter
Carthage native Kenneth C. Porter and now of Bakersfield, California, died peacefully at his home at the age of 85 on June 18, 2018 with his loving family at his bedside. He was suffering from alzheimers. Mr. Porter was cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date to be announced. Born…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Linda Davis, Of South Carthage
Mrs. Linda Davis of South Carthage died at the age of 65 at 3:23 a.m. Friday morning June 22, 2018 at her Hazel Drive home under the care of Kindred Hospice. Bro. Tony Hopkins officiated at the 3 p.m. Monday afternoon June 25th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial followed…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Lena Winfree Of Gibbs Circle
Mrs. Lena Winfree of Gibbs Circle near Elmwood died at 4:55 a.m. Friday morning June 22, 2018 at the St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville where she was admitted June 19th being treated for cancer with which she was diagnosed February 1st of this year. Mrs. Winfree was 54. Funeral services were conducted by Bro.…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Opal Green, Age 94, Of Defeated Creek
Mrs. Opal Green Mrs. Opal Green of the Defeated Creek Community was pronounced dead at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday morning June 20, 2018 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage after going in to congestive heart failure at her Defeated Creek highway home. Mrs. Green was 94. Her pastor, Eld. Jeff Patterson, officiated at the…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Ralph Lee Curtis, Age 88, Of Alexandria, TN
Mr. Ralph Lee Curtis Mr. Ralph Lee Curtis, age 88 of Alexandria, TN passed away Tuesday morning, June 19, 2018. Mr. Curtis was born on May 16, 1930 son of the late Jim & Sarah Ann Neal Curtis. He married Lawana Faye Fowler Curtis in June of 1955 and she…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. John Robert Sutton, Age 87, Of Mt. Juliet, TN
Mr. John Robert Sutton Mr. John Robert Sutton, age 87, of Mt. Juliet, TN, passed away Monday, June 18, 2018. Mr. Sutton was born July 12, 1930 in Marion, SC, son of the late John W. Sutton and Mamie Iline Turbeville. He married Clara Bennett and she preceded him in death on April 23, 2015.…
Read MoreTBI INVESTIGATES MYSTERIOUS DEATH
TBI INVESTIGATES MYSTERIOUS DEATH A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) probe into the death of a Trousdale County man whose body was located in the Cumberland River is ongoing. The body of Army veteran Donovan Crittendon, 26, was located on June 9, by rescue personnel who had been searching the river for several days. Crittendon’s…
Read MoreCOCAINE, MARIJUANA LOCATED
COCAINE, MARIJUANA LOCATED Sheriff’s department deputies discovered drugs during a traffic stop on the Highway 25 Bypass in Carthage. After a vehicle crossed the fog line near the entrance to the county jail, Sgt Kendra Grisham stopped the vehicle. Canine Deputy Ridge Long responded to the scene. Toriano Shannon, 45, Pleasant Shade, was charged with…
Read MoreSHOOTING STARS: OPRY PHOTOGRAPHER
SHOOTING STARS: OPRY PHOTOGRAPHER It comes a bit of a shock to learn that Les Leverett has hung up his camera. Leverett’s name might not be known to the masses, but this Southern gentleman likely took more photographs of country music stars and musicians on the holy ground known as “the Mother Church of Country…
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