Jacky Carver, Sr. (center), recipient of the 2026 Good Scout Award is flanked on the left by Phillip Piper (Chair, Cumberland River District Friends of Scouting) and Jake Pedigo (Eagle Scout, Troop 367). On the right is David Bass (Troop 367, breakfast sponsor, Eagle Scout) and Vivian Reynolds (Troop 367 Committee Chair).
Local businessman Jacky Carver Sr. received the 2026 Good Scout Award at the Smith County Friends of Scouting breakfast recently held at the Carthage United Methodist Church. The Good Scout Award is the Middle Tennessee Council’s highest honor for individual or corporate citizenship in local communities. The award recognizes individuals who exemplify the spirit of the Scout Oath and Law; who are found always doing their best to help others; and whose personal and public contributions enhance our community and the world in which we live. After Carver’s decades-long history of community service was read, the gathering of community leaders and businesspeople had no doubts that Carver has done his best and is still doing his best to fulfill a tenet of the Scout Oath and Law he promised in his youth: “to help other people at all times”.
Logan Crocker of Troop 367 gave the invocation and administered the colors with assistance from Canan Barnhart and Maddux Wallace. Phillip Piper, Cumberland River District Friends of Scouting Chair, emceed the fundraising event and Carlton Kinslow, Cumberland River District Commissioner, reported Middle Tennessee Council achievements. Local Troop 367 leader Sherrie Hughey spoke of her reasons for joining to help administer the program. Eleven-year-old Casey Lawson gave a summary of the five top reasons he likes Scouting in Troop 367. As a recently “minted” Eagle Scout, Jake Pedigo spoke of his 12-year history in Scouting that included his recent Eagle Scout project at the Carthage Depot.
Vivian Reynolds introduced the recipient and gave a summary of Carver’s achievements as proof of his worthiness to receive the Good Scout Award: A Defeated Creek native and the son of the late Duard Carver and Judy Reece Carver, Jacky Carver Sr., is married to the former Jackie Stafford of the Sykes Community. They have a son, Jacky Carver Jr., two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Jacky is a 1965 graduate of Smith County High School and a 1966 graduate of John A. Gupton College where he has served on the Board of Directors since 1985. He currently serves many roles at Sanderson Funeral Homes, including Chairman of the Board. He is Past-President of the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association and served on the Tennessee Board of Emergency Medical Services under the administration of Governor Blanton. He is now a member of the Smith County Library Board, Smith County Chamber of Commerce, and the Upper Cumberland Council for the Aging.
For 32 years, he served as charter president and is the last surviving charter member of the Smith County Rescue Squad, which was established in 1976. He was awarded emeritus status in 2010. For 15 years, from 1990-2005, Jacky served as Director of the Smith County Emergency Management Agency and currently serves as Assistant Director. He is also Chairman of the Smith County 911 Board. For 45 years, Jacky was the Charter Chief of the Smith County Fire Department, established in 1976. He oversaw growth from a single truck to the implementation of countywide E-911 and the formation of a rural fire plan establishing fire districts across Smith County. As a result, fire rating classifications were improved, response times were reduced and Smith County residents saw lower insurance premiums and less property damage when a fire occurred. In 2021, Jacky was awarded emeritus status. Since 1992 (34 years), he has served as an elder at the Montrose Church of Christ where he has taught Sunday School for many years.
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