Mrs. Carolyn Petty Retired Head Start educator Mrs. Carolyn Petty died at the age of 84 at 7:10 p.m. Friday evening January 12, 2018 at the Concordia Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had been cared for since September 19, 2017. Funeral services from her beloved Carthage First Baptist Church were conducted at…

William Douglas “Doug” Fann, 68, formerly of Carthage, Tennessee, passed away on Wednesday morning, January 10, 2018 at home in Arkansas City, KS. Following his wishes, cremation will take place and the family will hold services privately in Arkansas City and also Carthage, Tennessee. William Douglas was born on April 4, 1949 in Nashville, TN, the…

  91 year old William Bailey Dickens of Smithville passed away Thursday at St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. He was a Methodist and a retired maintenance Elm Hill Meat worker. The funeral will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. B.J. Thomason will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will…

Mrs. Jennifer Sue Kania, 47, of Bedford, died Monday, January 8th, 2018 as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mrs. Kania was born in Huntingdon on March 15, 1970,  she was the daughter of the Max E. Sheeder, Sr,. and Sally (Jones) Sheeder of New Grenada. On August 2, 2008, she married…

Mr. John Leftwich, Sr, age 73, of Carthage, TN, longtime President of Moss Service Supply in Carthage, TN, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018. Mr. Leftwich was born June 22, 1944 in Carthage, TN, son of the late Ray Leftwich and Mary Lancaster Leftwich. He was a 1962 graduate of Donelson High School where he played football and was president of his senior class. He attended Vanderbilt University on a full scholarship where…

Mr. Billy Nixon Willoughby, age 88, of Alexandria, TN passed away Thursday evening at his home. Mr. Willoughby was born October 11, 1929 in Ohio, the son of the late Lee and Ocia Jim Nixon Willoughby. He was also preceded in death by wife; Sue Corley Willoughby, on February 14, 2015, daughter; Wendy Willoughby and infant…

Mrs. Margaret Preston Mrs. Margaret Preston age 76 of Carthage died from an apparent fatal heart attack at 8:10 a.m. Monday morning January 10, 2018 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted January 5th. Friday afternoon January 12th funeral services were conducted by her Pastor, Bro. Tim Frank, at 1…

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Craig, age 94, of Hickman, TN, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Mrs. Craig was born October 30, 1923 in Watertown, TN, the daughter of the late Elzie Burge Eastes and Mamie Haynes. She married William Fisher Craig on November 4, 1939 at Saulsbury and he preceded her in death on May 27,…