Obit – Mr. Jerry Gibbs
A longtime Smith County Commissioner, Mr. Jerry Gibbs age 84 of the Hiwassee Community, went home to be with the Lord at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday morning October 30, 2024. He was admitted to the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital on Tuesday afternoon October 29th suffering from kidney failure. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jeanette Hailey Smith
A lifelong Lock Seven Community resident, Mrs. Jeanette Hailey Smith, was discovered unresponsive at her Lock Seven Lane home by her daughter shortly after noon on Tuesday. She was pronounced deceased on Tuesday afternoon October 29, 2024 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Emergency Room at 1:29 p.m. Mrs. Smith was 79. Mrs. Smith’s pastor…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Bob Vetter
Retired T. B. I. agent, Mr. Bob Vetter, died at the age of 94 at 9:25 a.m. E.S.T. Saturday morning November 2, 2024 at his Crestview Drive home in the Hixon suburb at Chattanooga with his family present. Tuesday afternoon November 5th funeral services were conducted by Bro. Jeff Burton from the Carthage Chapel of…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Bonnie Middleton Gregory
Mrs. Bonnie Middleton Gregory of Lebanon died at the family’s West End Heights home at 9: 50 a.m. Sunday morning surrounded by her family. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 81 at 11:04 a.m. Sunday morning October 27, 2024 and was under the care of Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon. Mrs. Gregory was at…
Read MoreObit – Dr. Zachary Tyler Medley
Dr. Zachary Tyler Medley, age 39, of Cookeville and formerly of the Hickman community, passed away unexpectedly on October 26, 2024. Born on June 10, 1985, in Lebanon, TN to Mark and Candice Medley, Zac was a graduate of Gordonsville High School Class of 2004 where he was the class Valedictorian. He attended Tennessee Tech…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Melva Lee Salzler
Mrs. Melva Lee Salzler, age 85, a longtime resident of Elmwood, TN, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Mrs. Salzler was born in East Eden, NY, on March 22, 1939, a daughter of the late August Eichler and Mary Ann Hoelscher Eichler. She was also preceded in death by husband; Germain Salzler, Brother; August…
Read MoreLocals voting early in Tuesday’s elections
By Eddie West Staff Writer Residents will be electing a new president, as well as filling a number of state, federal and local offices with Tuesday’s (November 5) elections. At the end of a half-day of voting on Saturday, October 26, the number of residents taking advantage of early voting was closing in on five thousand.…
Read MoreWILD SHOOTOUT; Offensive explosion, late Big Blue surge highlight 45-35 GHS loss at Bledsoe Co.
By Shea Haile Courier Sports PIKEVILLE — A combined 80 points and 709 yards of total offense was the storyline in the Gordonsville High Tigers 45-35 loss to Class 2A elite Bledsoe County last Friday night in high school football action. As the fourth quarter began, Gordonsville trailed 35-14. Big Blue outscored the hosting Warriors 21-10…
Read MoreConstruction cost of bridge project nearly doubles since 2017
By Eddie West Staff Writer Construction cost of a replacement bridge in the Enigma community has almost doubled since first proposed by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). When the General Assembly met in January of 2017, former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam introduced what was termed the state’s “most ambitious transportation department infrastructure plan in the…
Read MoreSTATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Frances Louise Ballard Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2819 Notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of October, 2024, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Frances Louise Ballard, Deceased, who died on the 10th day of June, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate…
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