Retired livestock dealer and auctioneer Mr. Jimmy West died peacefully at the families Wilburn Hollow Road with his family at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased at 6:47 p.m. Monday evening, July 20, 2020, by Aseracare Hospice of Nashville who had been assisting the family with his care as he suffered from lung cancer. Mr.…

Mr. Bobby Smith, of Cookeville, died unexpectedly at the age of 85 at his home on Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020. Mr. Smith was at the Anderson and Son Funeral Home in Lafayette. Graveside services for the longtime Sycamore Valley community resident and farmer were conducted by his first cousin, Eld. Benny Maggart, on Friday…

A grand lady who has assisted in the delivery of hundreds of newborns at the former Smith County Hospital which is now called Riverview Regional Medical Center has gone to her heavenly reward. Mrs. Lucille Garrett age 92 of Carthage died peacefully at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had…

Mrs. Alyene Watson Shoulders, age 90, of Carthage died at 6:56 a.m. Saturday morning, July 25, 2020, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had been cared for since April 24, 2015. At the time of her death she was under the care of HighPoint Hospice. Her longtime pastor, Eld.…

Mrs. Aileen Harville, a longtime resident and homemaker of the Elmwood community, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Macon County General Hospital at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, July 25, 2020, at the age of 71. She was transported from the Palace in Red Boiling Springs where she had been residing. Graveside services and interment…

Mrs. Susan (Sue) Gibbons, of Carthage, died at 10:50 a.m., shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage, after being discovered by a neighbor in an unresponsive state at her Horizon Circle home. Mrs. Gibbons was 63. Mrs. Gibbons will be cremated at Cumberland Family Services in Algood and memorial services will…

Mrs. Cora Davis, a homemaker of the Popes Hill community, died at the age of 88 at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday evening, July 21, 2020, at the St. Thomas Hospital West in Nashville. Bro. Benny Ray Fields officiated at the Friday morning, July 24th, funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Following the…

Mr. Kenneth Lee Thomas Watson, age 78, of Riddleton, passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2020. Mr. Watson was born August 9, 1941 in Pleasant Shade, a son of the late Vestal Lee Watson and Ruth Neil Wilburn Watson. He married Ruth Hackett Watson and she preceded him in death. Kenneth worked for TRW for…

Mr. Brandon Ray Hesson, age 36, of Carthage, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020. Brandon was born July 31, 1983 in Nashville, a son of Debbie Cleo West Hesson and the late Timothy Ray Hesson. He married Jamie Nichole Bennett on May 26, 2004. Brandon and Jamie had been married for 16 years, but…

Mr. Clinton B. “Trey” Mathews III, age 51 of Loganville, GA and formerly of Lebanon, passed away on July 19, 2020 at the Mesun Hospice Facility in Lawrenceville, GA.  Mr. Mathews was born March 20, 1969 in Columbia to Mrs. Sara “Sally” Moore Mathews and Mr. Clinton “Clint” B. Mathews, Jr. He was a 1987…