🌱 Hartsville woman’s funeral today includes burial at Lafayette’s Drury Cemetery.

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• Hartsville woman's funeral today includes burial at Lafayette's Drury Cemetery.

Also on today's calendar: Browning Livestock Market and 3 more events.

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 53 degrees.
• Wednesday: Very warm with periods of sun, temps: high: 89, low: 64. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 90 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Brenda Jean Miles (sumnercountysource.com) — Services for longtime Hartsville resident Brenda Jean Miles include burial this afternoon at Drury Cemetery on Drury Ridge Road in Lafayette, offering local friends a chance to pay their respects. The 81-year-old is remembered for her deep Christian faith, devotion to family, and years helping run her family's trucking business, leaving a large legacy of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lafayette

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 30
• Browning Livestock Market →
  Browning Livestock Market, LLC, 904 Scottsville Rd, Lafayette
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 1
• Macon Co MSCCA Members Meet →
  Lafayette TN
Wednesday October 7
• Browning Livestock Market →
  Browning Livestock Market, LLC, 904 Scottsville Rd, Lafayette
  2:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Barren County Varsity Football @ Macon County →
  Macon County High School, 2550 Days Rd, Lafayette
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Barren County at Macon County →
  Macon County High School, 2550 Days Rd, Lafayette
Saturday October 24
• Livingston Academy at Macon County →
  Macon County High School, 2550 Days Rd, Lafayette

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3
• Jo Byrns at Red Boiling Springs →
  415 Hillcrest Dr, Red Boiling Springs
• Larkspur Bird Walk →
  Larkspur Conservation at Taylor Hollow, 155 Bear Carr Road, Westmoreland
  8:00 am
• Journey to the Promised Land Dinner Theater - Oct 3 - 5:30 →
  Sutton General Store, 169 Clover St, Granville
  5:30 pm
Monday October 12
• Station Camp JV Football @ Westmoreland →
  Westmoreland High School, 4300 Hawkins Dr, Westmoreland
  6:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Monterey at Trousdale County →
  Trousdale County High School, 262 West McMurry Blvd, Hartsville
  7:00 pm
• Monterey Varsity Football @ Trousdale County →
  Trousdale County High School, 262 W McMurry Blvd, Hartsville
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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• SmartStyle Salons posted a job opening for Stylist in Lafayette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lafayette here.

🗞 Nearby News

Westmoreland

• Health Scores: Sumner County for September 28, 2026 (sumnercountysource.com)

Carthage

• No. 1 Carthage takes down No. 4 West Orange-Stark in title game rematch (tylerpaper.com)

Gallatin

• Trick or Treat Events Bring Halloween Magic to Gallatin (nashvilleparent.com)
• And the Winner of 2026's 'Nicest Places in America' Search Is … (rd.com)
• John Thomas Rogers Sr. (sumnercountysource.com)

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