Obit – Harry John Seise
On Sunday August 25, 2024, Harry John Seise of Carthage, TN passed away at home at the age of 63. Harry was from St. Louis, Missouri where he attended St. Mary’s Catholic High School. Afterwards, Harry joined the US Navy where he served his country from 1980 to 1984 as Machinist Mate on the USS…
Read MoreFOUR QUARTER FIGHT
By Terry Collins, Shea Haile Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The 2024 high school football season got underway last Friday night with the county’s two high schools tangling at Owls Stadium. The host Owls had won two games in-a-row in the series as the Tigers were looking to break that streak. The Big Blue used their offensive line…
Read MorePolice standoff ends peaceful
By Eddie West Staff Writer Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in a standoff in South Carthage over the weekend. The incident began when sheriffs department officers Sgt. Robbie Woodard, Sgt. Junior Fields and Deputy Burl Johnson went to serve an arrest warrant on a male subject who resided on Old Lebanon Road on Saturday…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/29/24
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Cleona Belle Ashworth Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2790 Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of August, 2024, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Cleona Belle Ashworth, Deceased, who died on the 17th day of March, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Jean Sircy-Gibbs
A Vietnam veteran Army nurse, Ms. Jean Sircy-Gibbs of the Russell Hill Community died with her sister Eller at her bedside at 7:10 p.m. Saturday evening August 17, 2024 at the Palace in Red Boiling Springs. She was pronounced deceased at 7:55 p.m. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Chuck Cannon
Mr. Chuck Cannon of the Wilburn Hollow in the Riddleton Community passed away after a long hospitalization at the Select Specialty Hospital on the Saint Thomas Mid-Town Hospital Campus in Nashville at the age of 66. He was pronounced deceased at 3:21 p.m. Saturday afternoon August 24, 2024. Mr. Cannon is at the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Lisa Washer
Ms. Lisa Washer age 54 of South Carthage was discovered deceased Friday morning August 23, 2024 at the Kristen Lane home of her son in Gainesboro where she was visiting. She was pronounced deceased by a Paramedic with the Jackson County Ambulance Service at 9:30 a.m. and transported by ambulance service to the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreHIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEW; RIVALRY WEEK ARRIVES
This week’s edition includes the football previews for the upcoming seasons of the Smith County High School Owls and the Gordonsville High School Tigers. See what the head coaches have to say about their respective squads. The Owls and Tigers will kick off their 2024 campaign with the annual in-county clash between the two programs,…
Read MoreCounty property tax rate set
By Eddie West Staff Writer The county’s property tax will remain unchanged. Commissioners adopted a property tax rate of $1.73310 for each $100 of taxable property during their August meeting last week. Of the $1.73310 property tax rate, $1.05756 is allocated for the general fund; .05150 to the highway/public works; .48904 to general purpose school; .07000…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/22/24
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Whereas, Zachary H Farmer, unmarried man by Deed of Trust (the “Deed of Trust”), dated 6/24/2016 and of record in Deed Book 306, Pages 266-276, and as Instrument Number 16001562, in the Register’s Office of Smith County, Tennessee, conveyed to Jonathan R. Vinson, Trustee, for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration…
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