Obituaries

Donald Bowen

Donald Bowen

September 9, 2025

Donald R. Bowen, 83, Duffield, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. Donald was born on April 2, 1942 in Scott County and was the son of the late Ernest...

Kathy Kerrick

Kathy Kerrick

September 9, 2025

Kathy Ann Kerrick, 61, Hiltons, passed away Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 at her residence. Kathy was born on Oct. 23, 1963 in Norton to the late George Washington Ramey and...

Albert Cross

Albert Cross

September 9, 2025

Albert ‘Todge’ Lee Cross, 93, of Blountville, Tenn., passed away on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. Todge was born on April 10, 1932 in Bristol to Guy and Dora Cross. On...

Charlie Hall

Charlie Hall

September 9, 2025

Charlie (Gary) Hall, 82, of Church Hill, Tenn. passed on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025 at Asbury Place Steadman Hill. Charlie was born on Oct. 28, 1942 in Scott County to...

Opinion

‘Smoky Mountain Baptism’ Means Being Caught in a Downpour

Jack Stallard
Thru the Gap Correspondent | LMCCarty | September 9, 2025

On a rainy Saturday morning here in Willowbrook, let me use some time to see what I can come up...

College Football is Back With Wins at Stallard’s Alma Maters

Jack Stallard
Thru the Gap Correspondent | LMCCarty | September 2, 2025

And now, September. Let’s think about the words of Lee Maynard who wrote, “I loved Autumn, the season of the...

Daily Walk

Sayings for a Home

Brenda Kegley
Special Writer | LMCCarty | September 2, 2025

Happy homes are built with bricks of patience. ­– Harold E. Kohn Strengthened by faith, the rafters will Withstand the...

Quinn Minute – Are People More Outspoken Today?

by Rix Quinn | LMCCarty | September 2, 2025

Not long ago I saw a survey that said people are more outspoken than they used to be. So last...

Community

Apple Butter Time

Apple Butter Time

September 9, 2025

Volunteers at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church made apple butter on Saturday as part of a documentary being produced for...

Museum to Host ‘Penchants and Proclivities’

September 9, 2025

To collect is as old as humankind. Our natural need to gather and covet objects may have been born originally...

Locals Respond, Remember Gate City-Dobyns Bennett Football Game

September 9, 2025

Editor’s note: The following emails were received by Scott Vermillion, the principal at Gate City High School after Friday’s football...