Dean Hill tragedy averted
By Eddie West Staff Writer A pleasure excursion aboard a single engine airplane went wrong over the skies of Smith County Tuesday morning. However, depending upon one’s perspective, the day couldn’t have turned out better for the two people aboard the aircraft following an emergency landing in a well manicured field in the northeastern most…
Read MoreSchool system’s closed borders policy
By Eddie West Staff Writer The county’s school system will retain it’s “closed border” policy for students attending local schools, following action taken by the county’s school board. It’s an issue which has been discussed at length by the school board members in previous years and surfaced at its June meeting under the agenda line…
Read MoreALL-STAR SUMMER
Shea Haile Carthage Courier Gordonsville High Class of 2024 graduate and GHS Tigerettes softball standout Kelcie Watts has had an elite All-Star summer on the diamond. Watts, a power hitter in the Big Blue lineup and first baseman, was selected to the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association’s All-Star Event. The four year member of the Tigerettes…
Read MoreCUMBERLAND NETS OWLS’ RIGSBY
Shea Haile Carthage Courier A mainstay in the lineup for the Smith County High Owls basketball team, Clayton Rigsby, is pursuing a collegiate career at Cumberland University. Rigsby signed with the Lebanon based Phoenix program after posting 600 plus points during his four year career in the Black-and-Gold. “It is something I have always wanted…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/27/24
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated August 30, 2016, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded September 2, 2016, in Book No. 309, at Page 85, and modified on October 2, 2023, in…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Lee Davis
A longtime Carthage businessman and co-owner of Smith County Motors, Mr. Lee Davis age 70 of the Riddleton Community, died peacefully surrounded by his family at the TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville and was pronounced deceased at 5:12 p.m. Thursday evening June 13, 2024. Mr. Davis was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Joyce West
Tanglewood Community housewife, Mrs. Joyce West was called to her heavenly home at 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon June 14, 2024 with her family surrounding her bedside. She was pronounced deceased at 5:05 p.m. at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since April 27, 2022. Mrs. West…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Charles E. Duke
Mr. Charles E. Duke age 98 of Pikeville, a World War II veteran, died Saturday evening June 15, 2024 at 9:35 p.m. at the Lifecare Center Hickory Woods in Antioch. He was pronounced deceased at 9:35 p.m. Longtime family friend, Eld. Gayle Snoddy will officiate at the Thursday morning June 20th 11 a.m. funeral services…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jean Kellow
Mrs. Jean Kellow age 82 of Lebanon was pronounced deceased at 12:23 p.m. Wednesday afternoon June 12, 2024 at the TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage where she was admitted to the medical intensive care unit May 29th suffering from heart failure complications. Mrs. Kellow was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Jo Helen Nixon
Mrs. Jo Helen Nixon, a longtime resident and homemaker of South Carthage, departed this life at 9:04 a.m. Saturday morning June 15, 2024 at the age of 83 at the N. H. C. Healthcare in Cookeville where she had made her home since February 22, 2022. The funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon June 20th…
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