Mrs. Yvonne Bean

Mrs. Yvonne Bean, age 78 of Grant died Friday morning, December 25 at Smith County Health Care. She is survived by: husband, Daniel Bean; children, Danny “Michael” Bean and wife Julie of Grant, Darrel Monte Bean and wife Annette of Barbers Hill, Texas,...

Mr. Fillmore Woodard

Mr. Fillmore Woodard of the Funns Branch Community died at 12:45 a.m. Thursday morning at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where he had made his home since June 22, 2016. Mr. Woodard was 89. Funeral services from the Hackett Chapel of...

Mr. Philip Addison Gibbs

Mr. Phillip Addison Gibbs age 33 of Greenbrier, TN passed away Wednesday December 23, 2020. Born November 1, 1987 in Gallatin, TN, Mr. Gibbs was a son of William “Terry” Gibbs and the late Carolyn Ann Sprinkle Gibbs. He was a 2005 graduate of Beech High...

Smith County 911 Service Disrupted by AT&T Outage

Update: Regular phone service has been restored, and normal phone numbers for E-911 and law enforcement are working normally. Due to an outage with AT&T’s service in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia, the Smith County E-911 system is experiencing communication...

Smith County History: Dyer’s Branch School

The following is an excerpt from the Smith County History Book. The book was published in 1986 by the Smith County Homecoming ’86 Heritage Committee. To purchase a digital copy of the Smith County History Book, contact the Smith County Chamber of Commerce or the Smith...

UT Extension News: Thoughts on Unrolling Hay

By Chris Hicks, County Director – UT Extension Smith County We have spent a lot of time during Master Beef classes, Cattlemen’s Association meetings, and other livestock events talking about hay feeding strategies that focus on avoiding hay waste. Research has been...