ONE DAY CLOSING OF HWY 25 PLANNED
ONE DAY CLOSING OF HWY 25 PLANNED Highway 25 at the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s rock mitigation project just west of Carthage will be closed for one day. Representative Terri Lynn Weaver contacted the Courier Friday saying the road would have to be closed for one day to allow utility work to be conducted by…
Read MoreWRECK LEADS TO VEHICULAR ASSAULT CHARGES
WRECK LEADS TO VEHICULAR ASSAULT CHARGES A woman faces vehicular assault charges after allegedly driving under the influence and causing a crash which seriously injured two people. Amy Sue Barnes, 46, Brush Creek, faces five charges in connection with the August, 2017, wreck which occurred on Highway 53 near New Middleton. Barnes was charged in…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 02/01/18
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 02/01/18 UPPER CUMBERLAND ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION UCEMC ISSUES INVITATION TO BID The Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (UCEMC) is accepting bids for the Mowing/Bush-Hogging of the Cooperative’s Substations, District Office Yards and Adjacent Properties located in Carthage, Cookeville, Livingston and Gainesboro for the 2018 growing season. Copies…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Bernice Washer, Age 72, Of The Lock 7 Community
Mr. Bernice Washer, age 72, of the Lock 7 Community was pronounced dead on arrival at 5:05 a.m. Monday morning January 29, 2018 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at his Lock 7 Lane home. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted Thursday afternoon February…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Goldna Clay, Age 97, Of Carthage
Mrs. Goldna Clay Longtime Carthage City Recorder Mrs. Goldna Clay died at the age of 97 at 2:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon January 25, 2018 at the Quality Care Center in Lebanon where she had resided since December 30th of 2017. Her former pastor of over forty nine years, Eld. Charles Allen Gentry, and her present…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. James C. Dickens, Age 87, Of Dixon Springs
Mr. James C. Dickens Lifelong Dixon Springs Community farmer, Mr. James C. Dickens died at 1:11 a.m. Friday morning January 26, 2018 with his family at his bedside at Alive Hospice at the Skyline Madison Campus where he was admitted only hours earlier from the Nashville Veterans Administration Hospital. Mr. Dickens was 87. Funeral services…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Joe Harper, Age 89, Of Cookeville
Mr. Joe Harper Retired Smith County businessman Mr. Joe Harper of Cookeville died peacefully on Wednesday afternoon January 24, 2018 at the Carthage Pavilion where he and his wife made their home for the last seven months. Graveside services were conducted Saturday morning January 27th at 11 a.m. in the Garden of Gethsemane at Smith…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. George (G.W.) Nichols, Age 65, Of Carthage
Mr. George (G.W.) Nichols, of Carthage, was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:15 a.m. Sunday morning January 21, 2018 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. after becoming gravely ill at his Jordan Street home. He was 65 years old. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted on Saturday after…
Read MoreOBIT: Ralph Sammy Swift, Age 75, Of Nashville
Funeral services for Ralph Sammy Swift, age 75, of Nashville will be held Friday, January 26th, 2018 at 12:00 pm in the chapel of Presley Funeral Home with Mark Loftis officiating. Interment will follow in Netherland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 25, 2018, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM and Friday, January…
Read MoreOBIT: Gary Lee Cunningham, 70, Of Pleasant Shade
Gary Lee Cunningham, 70, of Pleasant Shade, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018, at the Sumner Co. Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. Gary was born May 15, 1947 to the late Owen and Violet (Richmond) Cunningham in Modesto, CA. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Sandra (Cook) Cunningham; sons, Keven (Tammy) Cunningham…
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