EARLY VOTING IN SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION UNDERWAY
EARLY VOTING IN SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION UNDERWAY Early voting in the special District 17 state senate race began Wednesday, November 29, and continues through December 14. Republican Mark Pody and Democrat Mary Alice Carfi are opponents in the special election. Through Friday, December 1, 163 Smith County residents had voted in the special election. Districtwide,…
Read MoreTOWN’S SECOND LIQUOR STORE SET TO OPEN
TOWN’S SECOND LIQUOR STORE SET TO OPEN A second liquor store is set to open this week in Carthage. Carthage Wine & Liquors, located on Highway 25, is scheduled to open Thursday morning. The new store will be open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. and closed on Sundays. Kam Patel is…
Read MoreGUNMAN IN COURT THIS WEEK
GUNMAN IN COURT THIS WEEK A Grant area man charged with attempting to murder his stepson is scheduled to appear in general sessions court this week. After being released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Stacye Lee Nash, 55, was charged with one count of criminal attempt to commit first degree murder on Sunday,…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/07/17
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/07/17 NON-RESIDENT NOTICE IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR TROUSDALE COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT HARTSVILLE CITIZENS BANK Plaintiffs VS RONALD WILLIAMSON. ROGER WILLIAMSON WALTER STEPHEN HORTON, BRADLEY ARDELL HORTON, TERRI ELAINE WHITTEMORE, CINDY JEAN DIXON and THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ANDREW PRATA or ELAINE PRATA Defendants ORDER OF PUBLICATION…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Dennis Craig Sloan, Sr., Age 77, Of Carthage, TN
Mr. Dennis Craig Sloan, Sr., age 77, of Carthage, TN, passed away Thursday, November 30, 2017. Mr. Sloan was born October 22, 1940 in Nashville, TN, the son of the late Lorenzo Martin Sloan and Helen Gardner Sloan. He married Dee Robertson on May 1, 1992. Mr. Sloan worked at Consolidated Pipe until his retirement.…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Sandra “Sandy” Williams Of The Defeated Creek Community
Mrs. Sandra “Sandy” Williams Mrs. Sandra “Sandy” Williams age 80 of the Defeated Creek Community died on Sunday morning December 3, 2017 at the Concordia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had been convalescing since October 4th. Mrs. Williams was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was cremated at…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Paulette Kemp Of The Graveltown Community
Mrs. Paulette Kemp of the Graveltown Community was found deceased by her brother-in-law on Thursday morning November 30, 2017 on her Nickajack Road farm where she had been feeding cattle. She was lying beside her Polaris RTV after suffering an apparent heart attack. The RTV engine was running, it was in park and she was…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Robert Gentry Of The Tanglewood Community
Mr. Robert Gentry of the Tanglewood Community died at the N. H. C. Place-Sumner Health Care in Gallatin following a battle with cancer. Death occurred at 3:10 p.m. Friday afternoon December 1, 2017 under the loving care of Highpoint Hospice in Gallatin. His three daughters were at his bedside. Mr. Gentry was 86. His nephew,…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Joe Allen Marks Of The Elmwood Community
Mr. Joe Allen Marks of the Elmwood Community died at the age of 89 at 12:15 a.m. Friday morning December 1, 2017 at the Concordia (formerly Kindred) Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had made his home since November 26, 2014. He was suffering from dementia and was under the care of Avalon…
Read MoreRAILROAD IN NEED OF FUNDING FOR REHAB
RAILROAD IN NEED OF FUNDING FOR REHAB (Special to the Courier: By Sam Hatcher.) Johnny Cash topped the country music charts some 50 years ago singing, “I hear that train a comin,” from his legendary ballad Folsom Prison Blues. While the train he heard sent him to the pinnacle of country music, the clickety-clack of…
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