Obit – Mrs. Barbara Ann Williams
Mrs. Barbara Ann Williams, age 74 of Carthage, TN, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Mrs. Williams was born April 25, 1946 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of the late Kirk Lee Anderson and Lucille Blanch Sutton Anderson. She married former Smith County Sherriff’s Deputy and Gordonsville Chief of Police, Harold Lee Williams on…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Risey Scruggs
A renowned fiddle player, Mr. Risey Scruggs, died peacefully at the age of 98 Thursday evening February 18, 2021 at 9 p.m. surrounded by his family at his Circle Drive Hartsville home. Funeral services from the Anthony Funeral Home were conducted Wednesday afternoon February 24th at 1 p.m. with Eld. Dean Dyer and Eld. Joe…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Wendell (Wenn) Bennett Jr.
Mr. Wendel (Wenn) Bennett Jr., age 47, of the Hogans Creek Community, died Friday morning February 26, 2021 at his Thompson Hollow Road home. He was pronounced deceased at 7:10 a.m. Smith County E-911 received the call for assistance at 6:45 a.m. Mr. Bennett is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Anne Marie Gillis
Ms. Anne Marie Gillis of Brentwood, a retired former Carthage business woman and media executive, died at the age of 66 surrounded by family and caregivers at the family’s Bluff Road home at 8:17 p.m. Monday evening February 22, 2021 under the care of Caris Hospice of Murfreesboro. Ms. Gillis had gallantly battled A.L.S. (Lou…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Terry Layne Martin
Mr. Terry Layne Martin, age 64 of Lebanon, TN passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at Riverview Regional Medical Center, Carthage, TN. Preceded in death by, Parents, Ed & Dixie Martin. Survived by: Son, Taylor Martin-Lebanon, TN, Daughter, Page (Ben) Chambers-Lebanon, TN, Grandson, Eli Seth Chambers, 2 Sisters, Mary Jo (Ron) Webb-Hartsville, TN, Debra (Barry)…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Myra Janell Caudill
Mrs. Myra Janell Caudill, age 85, of Carthage, TN, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Mrs. Caudill was born February 26, 1936 in the Buffalo Community of Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late Fred R. West and Dovie Colena Knight West. She married William Clifton Mofield at the age of 14 and…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Robert “Buddy” Chaffin – Janice Chaffin
Mr. Robert “Buddy” Chaffin, age 76, a Vietnam Veteran of Lebanon, Tennessee, and longtime Carthage resident, died peacefully in his sleep at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, February 14, 2021, at his Lebanon home. His wife and soul-mate of almost fifty-four years, Janice Chaffin, who he affectionally called “his brown-eyed girl,” followed him in death with her…
Read MoreGORDONSVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED, HOMICIDE
GORDONSVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED, CHARGED IN SMITH COUNTY HOMICIDE CASE SMITH COUNTY – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Gordonsville woman accused of killing a Smith County man. At the request of 15th District Attorney General Tom Thompson, TBI Agents began investigating the death of 47-year-old Wendell Wilkey…
Read MoreObit – Mr. David Jenkins
Mr. David Jenkins, age 30 of Carthage, died Sunday afternoon, February 21 at Vanderbilt-Wilson in Lebanon. He is survived by: mother, Cindy Key of Carthage; father, Tony Jenkins and wife Linda of McMinnville; paternal grandparents, Jud Key and wife Emily of Carthage; aunts and uncles, Bobbie Key, Roy Key, Donnie, Scottie and Jeffery Key, Julie…
Read MoreObit – Kenneth Ray Wester
Kenneth Ray Wester Services for Mr Wester, 80 will be Friday at 11am in the chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home (Carthage). Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. In observance of the CDC guidelines, we are still practicing 6-foot social distancing. Mask requirement strictly enforced. Survivors include wife Lasheryle Wester, daughters Lori (Steven)…
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