Area Obituaries

With much love and care during her final illness, the family of Mrs. Linda Sullins Bush mourns her passing which was Thursday morning January 22, 2026 at 8:39 a.m. at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @Ascension St. Thomas where she was admitted January 21st. Mrs. Bush, a homemaker of the Pea Ridge Community, was 83.…

With her daughter at her bedside, Mrs. Nancy Richardson White Hammond transitioned peacefully from the earthly life at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning January 26, 2026 to be with her family members who have gone on before. Mrs. Hammond was under the care of Hospice of Cookeville and was pronounced deceased at 10 a.m. by a…

Mrs. Lynn Skelley, a housewife of Murfreesboro, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at the TriStar Stonecrest Medical Center in Smyrna at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday evening January 21, 2026 at the age of 61 of apparent heart failure. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted Thursday morning January 29th at…

Mrs. Evelyn Deering Brown age 68, a beloved mother, “Granny E” and sister, went to be with her Lord and Savior at 6:20 p.m. Monday evening January 26, 2026 at her son and daughter-in-law’s home in Cookeville with family at her bedside.  The funeral services were scheduled to be conducted on Friday afternoon January 30th…

Mrs. Joan Brandt age 88 of the Rome Community was discovered unresponsive at the family’s Larkspur Drive home in the Rome Community at 8:05 p.m. Thursday evening January 29, 2026. She was pronounced deceased by Heather Lowe, a nurse with Gentiva Hospice of Livingston, at 8:58 p.m. that evening.  Mrs. Brandt was at the Carthage…

Mrs. Susan Elaine Goode of Lebanon died peacefully Thursday at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon at the age of 75. She was pronounced deceased at Midnight Friday morning January 30, 2026 by Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon. Mrs. Goode was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where she had made…

Hazel J. Baker, age 85 of New Middleton, TN, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2026 after a short illness at Saint Thomas Hospital.  She was born December 30, 1940 in the Bat Harbor community of Newport, TN.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, James Baker, father, Arthur Frank Click,…

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann “Sal” Haynes, age 82 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2026. Mrs. Haynes was born May 20, 1943 in the Sykes Community of Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late John Hall and Nellene Crawford Hall. She was raised by her late grandparents; Lon and Kizzie Bennett Crawford.…

Mrs. Tricia Rayanne Thompson, age 54, of Carthage, TN, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2026. Mrs. Thompson was born March 20, 1971 in Aurora, IL, a daughter of the late Jesse James Thompson and Nancy Lee Cate Wicks. She was also preceded in death by Brother; Jeff Lynn Thompson and Sister; Lisa Casepta. Mrs.…

Ms. Connie Rena Bohannon, age 69, of Chestnut Mound, TN passed away on Friday January 23, 2026. Connie was born on July 12, 1956 in Sparta, TN a daughter of the late Wesley Brooks Bohannon and Reba Lois Bumbalough Bohannon. Connie is survived by a niece Lindsay Hasty of Sparta, TN and a nephew Brandon…