Each year Smith County Sheriff’s Office and the Smith County Chamber of Commerce partner to offer the Santa Shoppers Program. Since the beginning, seven years ago, over 900 children have been served. In 2021, $30,000 was raised and 201 children served.
Officers from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Gordonsville Police Department, the South Carthage Police Department, the Carthage Police Department, TWRA, Smith County Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies gathered at the Carthage Walmart to shop with and buy Christmas presents for local children.
On behalf of the Smith County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Steve Hopper, they would like to thank the following who made our Santa’s Shoppers program a success for 2021. Thank you to all those listed below for your continued support.
Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, TNT Market, Gordonsville Key Stop, Cornerstone Café, Bellacino’s, Domino’s, Smith County Living, Smith County Chamber of Commerce, Gordonsville Police Department, Carthage Police Department, South Carthage Police Department, TN Highway Patrol, TWRA, Smith County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and office staff, Smith County High School Cheerleaders, Gordonsville High School Cheerleaders, Smith County Boys Soccer, Smith Co. Animal Clinic, Grisham Excavating & Trucking, Citizens Bank, Carthage Courier, C. K. Smith, Brenda Allison, Clara Byrd, Lee & Pam Davis, Connie Beasley, Matilda Graves, Judy Kruzan, Donoho Muffler, Town of Gordonsville, Lowery, Lowery & Cherry PLLC, Powell Tire Store, Tiff Arnold Paving, Mid TN Office Equip. Danny Tidwell, New Middleton Elementary School, Cumberland Supply, Smith Co. Hardware, Lancaster Seventh Day Adventist, W G Birdwell Jr, Dales’s Towing, Laura Gibbs, Justified Riding Club, Charlie Bob Hughes, Gerald Solimine, Taiho Mfg., Town of Carthage, Smith Co Bank, TN Contract Carriers, Nyrstar Tn. Mines, Melinda Brown, Pleasant Shade Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Brody Kane, Clifa Norris, Rome Church Christ, Roy Knight Jr., Scotty & Debra Dillehay, Difficult Lodge, Riverview Regional Medical Ctr., Chestnut Mound United Methodist Church, Scott Paschal, Tom Arnold Construction, Richard Rutherford, Nancy Moran, Peytons Creek Baptist Church, Bailey Family Dentistry, Tillman Payne III, Larry & Penny Bartlett, Rogers Group, C D & Janice Miller, Chris & Cozette Manus, Joey & Rusti Nixon, Bass Funeral Home, Powell & Meadows, Faye Reece, Greta & Glen Kirby, Hackett’s Discount Pharmacy, Town of South Carthage, Smith County Noon Rotary Club, Southside Lions Club, George & Virginia Reed, Kevin & Brenda Blair, Phillip & Valerie Upchurch, Smith Co Drug Center, Rome Baptist Church, Carthage Benevolent Lodge #14, Realty Empire LLC, The Candy Bar, Bass Trucking & Excavating, Karen Simpson, Ricky & Letha Nesbitt, Sycamore Valley Baptist Church, Bellacino’s Gordonsville, Dale Sinclair, East Carthage Missionary Baptist Church, Elmwood/Chestnut Mound FCE, Kempville Chapel Old Time Methodist Church, Larry & Glenda Kilzer, Lancaster Hill Church of God, L. Glenn & Nancy Pettross, Donna Shoultz & Shane Adams, North Gordonsville Baptist Church, James & Judy Massey, Hickman Baptist Church, Lawrence & Judith Wagner, Jack & Hazel Gregory, James Trainham II, Family Worship Center, Anne Cole,Roger & Deanna Shoulders, North Carthage Adult Men’s Sunday School Class, Branden Bellar, Pat Bush, New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Middle Tn Natural Gas Hometown Help, Bonnell Aluminum, Sanderson Funeral Home, Walmart, Cheers Wine & Liquor, Junior Fields, Dallas Eddie, Randall Lee Glover, No Shave November /Sheriff Employees, Darrin Smith, Carthage Flower Shop, Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist Church, Larry Mason Jr., New Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church,Denise Jackson, Britney Saysombath, Jared Baptist Church,UCEMC Employees Acct. Dept,William Grundy, Kevin Preston, UCEMC Cares, Hord & Enoch Bail Bonding, Attorney Richard Brooks, Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Margaret Lewis, Scott Moore, Michael & Lisa Overstreet, Smith County EMT Association, Robin Bellar, Artwearz, American Legion Post 57, Melinda Mofield, American Legion Riders Post 57, Tony Collins, Phillip & Kathy Piper, Angela Troncin, Glen Reece.
