Mrs. Nelle Jones Ricketts, wife of the late Floyd D. Ricketts, age 83 of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2020. Mrs. Ricketts was born November 21, 1936 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of the late Charlie Bethel Jones and Willie Belle McKnight Jones. She married Floyd D. Ricketts on October 28, 1960…

Mrs. Erma Malone Poston, age 83 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2020. Mrs. Poston was born November 26, 1936 in Gordonsville, TN, a daughter of the late Cecil Martin Malone and Violet Renay Preston Malone. She married James H. Poston on December 22, 1956 in Gordonsville, TN, and he preceded her…

Mr. Lester “Coot” Dillehay, age 92, of Mount Juliet died peacefully following a period of declining health at his Hillview Drive home at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon August 15, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was under the care of Alive Hospice who pronounced him deceased at 5:12 p.m. Mr. Dillehay’s pastor, Eld. Jeff Patterson…

Mrs. Cindy Stanton Bates, age 63 of Cookeville, died Wednesday, August 12, at Signature Health Care in Algood. She is survived by: husband, Greg Bates; children, Shane Figgins and wife Shannon of Kincaid, Kansas, Josh of Nebraska, Shannon King and husband Adam of Garnett, Kansas; sister, Jody Cothron of Florida; sisters-in-law, Diana Capps and husband…

Imre Vilaghy died at 9:28 AM on June 19 at the home of Amber Newton and Scott Rousey in Carthage as his son Christoph prepared to take him outside for his first smoke of the day, five months after he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. He was born on March 25, 1947, in…

Mr. Geoff Scanlon Sr. died peacefully at the family farm home on Whitefield Lane in the Rock City Community at 5 a.m. Friday morning August 14, 2020 at the age of 84. He was pronounced deceased at 6:52 a.m. by Kindred Hospice of Cookeville who had lovingly assisted the family in his final days of…

Mrs. Virginia Pirtle, of North Fort Myers in Lee County, Florida, died at the age of 70 at 9:30 a.m. E. S. T. Sunday morning August, 9, 2020 at the Evans Health Care Center in Fort Myers. Funeral services will be conducted from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon with Bro.…

Ms. Donna Lynn Flores, age 63, of Lebanon died at the Lovers Lane South home of her aunt and uncle in the Rome Community on Friday morning August 14, 2020 at 10:04 a.m. under the special care of Caris Healthcare of Cookeville. She had resided in the Rome Community on the Cook family farm since…

Mr. Ethan “E.E.” Way, age 19,of the Tanglewood Community died shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage. He was pronounced deceased at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning August 12, 2020 after going into full cardiac arrest while Vanderbilt Medical Center’s Lifeflight was waiting to transport him to Nashville. Bro. Wallace…