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Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 01/19/17

RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICE Take Notice that Kunal N Patel, 1025 Gannett Road, Hendersonville, TN 37075 has applied to Town of South Carthage for a certificate of compliance and has or will apply to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission at Nashville for a retail liquor license for a store to be named Value & Variety…

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OBIT: Erma Allen Fuqua, Age 94 Of Gallatin

Erma Allen Fuqua, age 94 of Gallatin, passed away Friday January 13, 2017. Funeral Service will be Monday January 16th at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel of Family Heritage Funeral Home, with Bro. Lonnie Meador officiating. Interment will follow at Crestview Memory Gardens, with Jeff Fuqua, Wesley Fuqua, Andrew McDade, Mark Visser, Ricky Shoulders, and…

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OBIT: Mrs. Annamaria Incerti Gilmer

Mrs. Annamaria Incerti Gilmer, age 94, passed away January 14, 2017. She was born July 16, 1922 in Rome, Italy. She is preceded in death by her beloved Husband; Paul T. Gilmer, Sr., Parents; Ricardo and Guilia Incerti, and Son; John Gilmer. She is survived by her Children; Stephanie (Jim) Johnson, Julie (Gordon) Marsh, Paulette…

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OBIT: Mrs. Shirley Witcher Lynch, Longtime Resident Of The Bagdad Community

Mrs. Shirley Witcher Lynch, age 79, a longtime resident of the Bagdad Community in Jackson County, died early Tuesday morning January 10, 2017 at the home of her daughter in Milton, Florida which had been her residence since July of ’16 because of declining health. Mrs. Lynch was cremated at the Lewis Funeral Home Crematory in Milton.…

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OBIT: Mrs. Willie Upchurch Of Carthage

Mrs. Willie Upchurch, age 70 of Carthage died as a result of chronic heart disease at 10:07 p.m. Saturday evening January 14, 2017 at her Main Street North home. She was under the care of Aseracare Hospice which pronounced her dead at 11:02 p.m. Mrs. Upchurch was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where…

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REPLOGLE ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL

REPLOGLE ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL A Smith County native is set to appear on the History Channel’s television program “Forged in Fire”. A blacksmith/bladesmith, Jay Replogle is a 2002 Smith County High School graduate who now lives in Sparta. “Forged In Fire” features world-class bladesmiths competing to create history’s most iconic edged weapons. In each…

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BUSINESS APPLIES FOR LIQUOR LICENSE

BUSINESS APPLIES FOR LIQUOR LICENSE A South Carthage business owner has initiated the process of applying for a liquor license. A public notice entitled “Retail Liquor License Notice” appears in this week’s edition of the Courier. The public notice notes “Kunal N. Patel of Hendersonville has applied to the town of South Carthage for a…

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SMITH CO. NATIVE HOUSE FIRE VICTIM

SMITH CO. NATIVE HOUSE FIRE VICTIM A Smith County native died in a fire in Wilson County, last week. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon for Lynn Porter Ruiz, 52, Lebanon. The fire occurred around 11:37 p.m. on West Forrest Avenue in Lebanon, Monday, January 2. There were two other people in the house at…

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THREE CHARGED AFTER INVESTIGATION

THREE CHARGED AFTER INVESTIGATION A probation search conducted by the sheriff’s department and Carthage Police Department has resulted in charges being filed against three people. On Wednesday of last week, sheriff’s department Sgt. Junior Fields, Sgt. Dusty Hailey, Deputy Jake O’Neal and Carthage Police Chief Britt Davis went to a residence on McGinnis Avenue in…

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BORN TO WIN: COACH GARY RANKIN

BORN TO WIN: COACH GARY RANKIN A Ken Beck Feature When you’ve won 397 games on the gridiron over 35 seasons as a head coach, it might seem nigh to impossible to pick your most memorable victory. That’s not the case for Carthage native son, Coach Gary Rankin, whose Alcoa Tornadoes squashed Liberty Magnet (of…

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