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Obit – Mr. Mike “Road” Ruis

Mr. Mike “Road” Ruis, of Carthage and a longtime Lebanon resident, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional E.R. at 12:26 p.m. Monday afternoon December 21, 2020 at the age of 66. Mr. Ruis was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was scheduled to be cremated at Cumberland Family Services in…

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Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/24/20

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF  Mary Estelle Adams Notice is hereby given that on the 8th day of December, 2020, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Mary Estell Adams, Deceased, who died on the 9th day of November, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident,…

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Obit – Mrs. Jo Doris Baker Washer

Mrs. Jo Doris Baker Washer, age 89, of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020. Mrs. Washer was born February 1, 1931 in Brush Creek, TN, a daughter of the late Joe Lewis Baker and Allie Kyle Baker. She married Buil James Washer on December 23, 1948 and he preceded her in…

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Obit – Mr. Roy Hicks

Mr. Roy Hicks, age 80, of the Tanglewood Community died at 7:04 p.m. Sunday evening December 20, 2020 at the Front Porch Senior Living Center in Portland under the care of Adoration Hospice. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted by Edward L. Anderson on Wednesday afternoon December 23rd at 1…

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Obit – Mr. Eddie Lawrence

Mr. Eddie Lawrence, age 88, of Alexandria, TN, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020.Mr. Lawrence was born June 22, 1932 in Sykes, TN, a son of the late Millard S. Lawrence and Lula Kyle Lawrence. He married Loni Faye Parkerson Lawrence on December 23, 1960 and she preceded him in death in January of…

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Obit – Mr. Barry Henry Hogg

Mr. Barry Henry Hogg, age 58 of Hickman, TN, passed away Thursday December 17, 2020.Mr. Hogg was born in Carthage, TN on May 16, 1962, a son of the late Homer Thornton Hogg Sr. and Margaret Ann Hogan Hogg. He was also preceded in death by a brother Homer Thornton Hogg Jr. He was a…

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Obit – Ms. Paula Bates

Ms. Paula Bates, a special needs lady of the Hiwassie Community, died peacefully at the age of 54 at 11:20 a.m. Saturday morning December 19, 2020 at the Murci Home Retirement Center in Antioch. Ms. Bates was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside services were conducted Wednesday afternoon December 23rd with Bro.…

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Obit – Mr. Stephen Cummings

South Carthage resident Mr. Stephen Cummings, age 82, was pronounced dead on arrival at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday afternoon December 16, 2020 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage. An autopsy was performed at the Metro Medical Examiner Office in Nashville with results of the manner of the natural death pending. Mr. Cummings…

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Obit – Ms. Tina Gray

Ms. Tina Gray, of Carthage, passed peacefully into her eternal rest at 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning December 17, 2020 surrounded by her family at her Skyline Drive home. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 56 at 7:20 a.m. by HighPoint Hospice who had been assisting the family with her care. Her former pastor, Bro.…

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Obit – Mrs. Cornell Matthews

Mrs. Cornell Matthews, a homemaker of the Graveltown Community, died at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, where she had made her home since September 9, 2011, at 5:24 a.m. Thursday morning December 17, 2020 four months and two days before her 100th birthday. Mrs. Matthews was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…

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