Tigers Continue Record Setting Play-Off Appearance
By Mark Darnell The Macon County High School Tigers are set to continue the next part of their 2024 football season. They will enter the TSSAA play-offs next week at Soddy Daisy. The Tigers will make a ninth consecutive play-off appearance in the football playoffs dating all the way back to 2016. This marks the…
Read MoreShirley Russell
Mr. Shirley Howard Russell, age 86 of Lafayette, TN passed away Sunday evening, July 28, 2024 at The Macon Community Hospital in Lafayette, TN. Shirley is in the care of Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette. Funeral Services for Shirley Howard Russell were conducted Saturday afternoon, August 3, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. from the…
Read MoreLafayette Little League Sends Two Teams to State
By Mark Darnell Two teams from the Lafayette Little League have advanced to their respective State Tournaments. The league offered softball for the first time this season. Big congratulations should go to the league as their 10U All-Star team advanced to the State Tournament as the District 2 Champions for the first time ever. The…
Read MoreGobbling for Vets
A group of local turkey hunters conducted the 3rd Macon County Gobble for Vets turkey hunt this past weekend. Nine veteran hunters were taken by local guides on a hunt on the opening weekend of the 2024 Tennessee turkey season. Not a lot of hunters would take the time to guide someone else on opening…
Read MoreRobert Casteele
Robert Lee Casteele, 71, of Lafayette, TN, formerly of Dayton, OH, passed peacefully with his loving family by his side on June 28th, in Sandusky, Ohio. He was born on January 23rd, 1952, in Eureka, CA, to Frank and Rosemary Casteele. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from General Motors Institute (Kettering Institute)…
Read MoreJoyce Hesson
Mrs. Joyce Hesson, a homemaker of the Russell Hill Community and a retired nurse, died peacefully with her family at her bedside at 6:20 a.m. Friday morning June 23, 2023 at the Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville at the age of 72. She was admitted there June 19th. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of…
Read MoreGwendolyn Potts
Ms. Gwendolyn “Gwen” Potts age 84 of the Smith Branch Community died peacefully at 4:10 a.m. Wednesday morning June 14, 2023 at the Palace Health Care in Red Boiling Springs where she had made her home since April 19th of this year. Bro. Frank Bratcher officiated at the 1 p.m. Monday afternoon June 19th funeral…
Read MoreThomas Stover
Thomas Ralph Stover, 73, of Lafayette, TN, passed away after a battle with throat cancer on May 18, 2023. He was born in Morgantown, WV. T, as he was known to friends and family, served in the Navy, was a Veteran, a Harley enthusiast and lifelong Steelers fan. T was proud of his military associations.…
Read MoreSammy Hire
Sammy Don Hire, beloved family man and faithful disciple of Christ, passed away on April 26, 2023, at the age of eighty-seven years, seven months, and two days. Born on September 24, 1935, Sammy lived a full life dedicated to faith and family. Sammy was born in Lafayette to the late William “Leck” Hire and…
Read MoreShirley Smith
Mrs. Shirley Oliver Smith of the Pleasant Shade Community died at 9:45 p.m. at the age of 81 on April 15, 2023 at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette where she had made her home since November 25, 2006 suffering from multiple sclerosis, Mrs. Smith had been a resident at Knollwood Manor longer than any other…
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