Food For Thought: Altering Recipes at Home

By Mary Parker Draper, Extension Agent – Smith County According to Harvard Health, the more people cook at home, the healthier their diet, the fewer calories they consume, and the less likely they are to be obese and develop type 2 diabetes. In fact, research has...

Doras “Sidney” Williams

Doras “Sidney” Williams Mr. Doras “Sidney” Williams, age 79 of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2021. Mr. Williams was born October 12, 1941 in Sneads Ferry, NC, a son of the late Jonas Russell Williams, Sr. and Rose Lee Boles Williams. He...

Barbara Ann Williams

Barbara Ann Williams Mrs. Barbara Ann Williams, age 74 of Carthage, TN, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Mrs. Williams was born April 25, 1946 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of the late Kirk Lee Anderson and Lucille Blanch Sutton Anderson. She married former...

Myra Janell Caudill

Myra Janell Caudill Mrs. Myra Janell Caudill, age 85, of Carthage, TN, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Mrs. Caudill was born February 26, 1936 in the Buffalo Community of Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late Fred R. West and Dovie Colena Knight West. She...

Jan & Robert “Buddy” Chaffin

Mr. Robert “Buddy” Chaffin, age 76, a Vietnam Veteran of Lebanon, Tennessee, and longtime Carthage resident, died peacefully in his sleep at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, February 14, 2021, at his Lebanon home. His wife and soul-mate of almost fifty-four years, Janice Chaffin,...