LOCAL STUDENTS JOIN PRIDE OF THE SOUTHLAND
LOCAL STUDENTS JOIN PRIDE OF THE SOUTHLAND Two local teens march at the University of Tennessee. Lindsey Payne (GHS) and Tucker Miller (SCHS) along with 1500 students from across the country auditioned in June for one of 360 positions in Pride of the Southland Band. They both received acceptance letters prior to band camp in…
Read MoreCARFI IN SENATE RACE
CARFI IN SENATE RACE (The Smith County Democratic Party will host a meet and greet for Mary Alice Carfi on Saturday, October 21, from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the historic Smith County Courthouse. The event is informal and everyone is invited.) Wilson County attorney and Smith County native Mary Alice Carfi announces her candidacy…
Read MoreMAN CHARGED AFTER HOLDING VICTIM AT GUNPOINT
MAN CHARGED AFTER HOLDING VICTIM AT GUNPOINT Police have arrested a man who allegedly cocked the trigger to a handgun, pointing it at his victim’s forehead before robbing him. John P. Crook, 22, Lebanon, has been charged with aggravated assault and aggravated robbery in connection with the incident which occurred in the 700 block of…
Read MoreSHOTS FIRED AT OFFICERS – TWO FACE CHARGES
SHOTS FIRED AT OFFICERS – TWO FACE CHARGES A man faces two counts of attempted first degree murder for allegedly firing a gun at officers with the sheriff’s department. In addition to the two counts of attempted first degree murder, the man, identified as Steve F. Mabe, 44, Smithville, has been charged with possession of…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Daisy Thompson, Age 76, Of Pleasant Shade
Mrs. Daisy Thompson Mrs. Daisy Thompson, age 76, of the Austin Hollow at Pleasant Shade died at 2:50 p.m. Sunday afternoon October 8, 2017 at the Bowman Street home in Carthage of her daughter from a battle with cancer from which she was diagnosed in November of 2016. She was under the loving care of…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/12/17
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/12/17 CHANCERY COURT LAND SALE KELSEY VANTREASE, PETITIONER, VS. No. 8237 HEATH WILLARD, RESPONDENT. In obedience to a decree of the Chancery Court at Carthage made on September 1, 2017, in the above styled case, I will on Saturday, the 28th day of October, 2017, at 10:00…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Harry Sullins, Age 68, Of Baxter
Mr. Harry Sullins age 68, a carpenter of Baxter, died at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday evening October 3, 2017 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center as the result of an apparent stroke. Funeral services from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home were conducted Saturday morning October 7th at 11 a.m. Bro. Greg…
Read MoreOBIT: Lois Inez Crawford, Formerly Of Gordonsville
Lois Inez Crawford, passed peacefully on Friday morning September 22, 2017 in Glen Carbon, Ill. She was 92. Inez was born on May 3, 1925 in Gordonsville, TN to her parents, Robert and Sadie (Winfree) Bates. She married L.B. Crawford on August 30, 1949. Inez was a loving wife and mother. She was a dedicated…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Melinda Kaye McCormick, Age 50 Of Carthage, TN
Mrs. Melinda Kaye McCormick, age 50 of Carthage, TN, passed away Friday, October 6, 2017. Melinda was born August 1, 1967 in Carthage, TN, the daughter of the late Patrick Travis Cowan and Helen Trawick. She was also preceded in death by Brother; Kerr Cowan. Melinda married Richard McCormick in 1991. She loved her family…
Read MoreOBIT: Frances Susan Maddux Litchford, of Nashville, TN
Frances Susan Maddux Litchford passed away peacefully on Sept. 26, 2017. A native of Nashville, TN, Mrs. Litchford attended David Lipscomb High School and Lipscomb University. She received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee Health Science College of Pharmacy. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gustavus Adolphus Maddux and Frances…
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