“Small dreams don’t stir men’s souls,” says Tommie Ritter Smith of Carthage. “That’s kind of been my theme.”
She had a big dream and it came true. Tommie is the guiding light behind the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, a four million dollar museum and reference center for country music. It opened twenty-five years ago and is a huge monument to Texas country musicians. The state has a l…