Obit – Mrs. Gladys C. Michaels
A precious soul, Mrs. Gladys C. Michaels of River Pointe in South Carthage has departed her heavenly journey to enter the gates of glory. She was pronounced deceased at 5:40 a.m. Saturday morning July 26th at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, fourteen days after her 84th birthday. Since July 12th she…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Andy Petty
Mr. Andy Petty of Jenkins Hill Road in the Hickman Community departed this life at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon August 6, 2025 at the age of 63 at the Waters of Gallatin Health Care Center where he was first admitted June 26th. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon August 9th from the Carthage Chapel of…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Darrel Piatt
Mr. Darrel Piatt of the Antioch Community of Jackson County, died at 7:52 a.m. Wednesday morning August 6, 2025 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center following a period of declining health. He was 70. Mr. Piatt was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. He was cremated at Cumberland Family Services in…
Read MoreCounty’s property tax rate set
By Eddie West Staff Writer Commissioners have set the county’s property tax rate at $1.73310 which is unchanged from last year. In addition, commissioners have approved a 2025-2026 fiscal year budget. With no plans for a property tax increase, there was little opposition to the county’s proposed budget with only two commissioners voting against the proposal.…
Read MoreYouth salesman at roadside stand
By Eddie West Staff Writer A successful business needs a good salesman up front. Neyland McKinney stood behind a small, well-worn table on Gordonsville Highway/Highway 53 at the pull-off area located beside the Gordonsville McDonalds, Thursday morning (July 31). Draped across the front of the wooden table was a sign which read “Sweet Corn For Sale”.…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/07/25
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Richard C. Brown Case#80CH1-2025-PR-2885 Notice is hereby given that on the 23rd day of July, 2025, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Richard C. Brown, Deceased, who died on the 12th day of April, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Trina Robertson-Henry
A Carthage homemaker, Ms. Trina Robertson-Henry, was discovered unresponsive at 5:40 a.m. Tuesday morning at the family’s Vivian Lane home by her daughter Hagen. She was pronounced deceased on arrival at 6:36 a.m. July 29, 2025 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Medical Center emergency department in Carthage. She was at the Carthage Chapel of…
Read MoreObit – Glenda West Ishak
Glenda West Ishak age 84 of Hendersonville departed this life peacefully at 2:10 a.m. Saturday morning August 2, 2025 at her Savely Drive home surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral home will be conducted on Saturday August 9th at 1 p.m. Family members will read poems and…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Ferlin Darnell Sevier
Mr. Ferlin Darnell Sevier, age 68, of Gordonsville, Tn passed away suddenly July 28, 2025. Ferlin was born March 25, 1957 in Carthage, TN a son of the late Darnell Sevier and Thelma Louise Lynch Sevier. He worked as a factory worker for several years and retired from Smith County Schools where he worked as…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Era Mai Underwood
Ms. Era Mai Underwood, age 75, of the Jenkins Hill Road Community passed away Thursday July 31, 2025 Era Mai was born November 26, 1949 a daughter of the late John Cramp “J.C. Jack” Underwood and Mary Etta Hix Underwood. She was also preceded by brothers: Claude Jackson “Jackie” Underwood, Marlin McArthur Underwood, Gene Underwood…
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