OBIT: Clarence Hunter of Chestnut Mound, TN
A retired Chestnut Mound businessman has died at the age of 78. Mr. Clarence Hunter died at 5:45 p.m. Friday evening September 2, 2016 at his Huff Lane home with his family at his bedside. He was pronounced dead at 7:35 p.m. by Gentiva Hospice who had been caring for him since Monday. Mr. Huff…
Read MoreOBIT: Bonnell Ray of Gallatin, TN
Mr. Bonnell Ray of Gallatin died 1:32 a.m. Monday morning September 5, 2016 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin with his wife at his bedside. Mr. Ray, age 88, was admitted on August 31st following a period of declining health. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted by…
Read MoreOBIT: Juanita Taylor of Riddleton, TN
Mrs. Juanita Taylor a homemaker of the Riddleton Community and the wife of well-known Missionary Baptist pastor Eld. Howard Taylor, died at 5:55 p.m. Sunday evening September 4, 2016 at the Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since October 28, 2011. She died four days before her 91st.…
Read MoreOBIT: Osteen Williams of Defeated Creek, TN
Mr. Osteen Williams of the Defeated Creek Community died at the age of 91 at 11:08 p.m. Saturday evening September 3, 2016 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage where he was admitted August 29th following a period of declining health. Graveside service with full military honors by the Veteran’s Honor Guard, were conducted…
Read MoreSPEED QUEEN: LIBERTY WEST
SPEED QUEEN: LIBERTY WEST WINS RACES & BEAUTY TITLES Just as Smith County and Gordonsville High football players were about ready to shuck their helmets after knocking heads in the classic cross-county rivalry on a recent Friday night, 15 miles down the road, 88-pound Liberty West was buckling on her headgear. The brown-haired, blue-eyed West,…
Read MoreOWLS 4-3A OPENER SPOILED
OWLS 4-3A OPENER SPOILED The Smith Co. High Owls football team went on the road for the first time last Friday night to face one of the top teams in Region 4-3A. Host and region favorite Sequatchie Co. provided the road test and featured a bruising running attack which had piled up 88 points in…
Read MoreLIQUOR REFERENDUM ON SOUTH CARTHAGE BALLOT
LIQUOR REFERENDUM ON SOUTH CARTHAGE BALLOT South Carthage residents will be voting in a referendum pertaining to package liquor stores in November. The referendum will be held on November 8 in conjunction with the presidential and state elections. The referendum reads “To permit or not to permit retail package stores to sell alcoholic beverages in…
Read MoreHWY 25 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DELAYED
HWY 25 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DELAYED It will likely be sometime next year before a major Highway 25 reconstruction project located between Carthage and the Tanglewood community begins. The project includes scaling back the bluff on the north side of Highway 25 at the Cumberland River overlook and stabilizing the embankment between the state highway and…
Read MoreONE KILLED IN SUNDAY WRECK
ONE KILLED IN SUNDAY WRECK SEVEN PEOPLE INJURED IN RIDDLETON ACCIDENT One person died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle wreck in the Riddleton community, Sunday afternoon. The accident involved an eighteen passenger van and a pickup truck. A total of 15 people were involved in the accident. In addition to the fatality, seven people…
Read MoreNotice to Creditors Estate of Louise Chastain
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Louise Chastain Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of September, 2016, Letters Testamentary, in respect to the estate of Louise Chastain, Deceased, who died on the 4th day of July, 2016, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident…
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