Area Obituaries

Mrs. Shirley Oliver Smith of the Pleasant Shade Community died at 9:45 p.m. at the age of 81 on April 15, 2023 at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette where she had made her home since November 25, 2006 suffering from multiple sclerosis, Mrs. Smith had been a resident at Knollwood Manor longer than any other…

Mrs. Hattie Jane Papagna Carr, a homemaker of Baxter was pronounced deceased at 5:17 p.m. Saturday evening April 15, 2023 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she was admitted Friday morning April 14th suffering from cardiac distress after becoming gravely ill at her Dyer Ridge farm home. Mrs. Carr was 82. Pastor Lanny Thomas…

Mrs. Christine Goad, a homemaker of the Russell Hill Community, died with her family at her bedside at 6:20 p.m. at the age of 89 at the Palace of Red Boiling Springs on Tuesday evening April 11, 2023 where she had made her home since September 4, 2020 because of dementia.  Eld. Junior Dickerson officiated…

Ms. Kathy Kemp, a homemaker of Carmack Avenue in Carthage, died Wednesday morning April 11, 2023 at the age of 64 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted April 6th suffering from respiratory failure. Her family was at her bedside when the death angel called at 10:50 a.m. Ms. Kemp…

A Pea Ridge Community homemaker, Mrs. Vickey Dickens Driver age 58, was pronounced deceased at 3:52 a.m. Sunday morning April 9, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. after becoming gravely ill at her Danny Lane home. Smith County E-911 received a call for assistance at 2:07 a.m. Sunday morning. Funeral services were…

Longtime Flatrock Community homemaker and Jackson County native, Mrs. Robbie Savage North died peacefully at the Pavilion in South Carthage under the tender care of Gentiva Hospice. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 84 at 9:09 a.m. Sunday morning April 9, 2023. Mrs. North is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home.…

Mr. James Hale, a longtime Carthage resident and now of Newport, Tennessee transitioned to his heavenly home-going at his Patter Lane home in Newport with his loving and caring family at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased at 12:33 a.m. E.S.T. Wednesday morning April 12, 2023 and was under the tender care of Smoky Mountain…

South Carthage resident, Mr. Andrew Davis age 51, died at his Reynolds Street home and was pronounced deceased at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon April 10, 2023. Mr. Reynolds was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood and a private inurnment for the family will be on the McDonald Farm in South Carthage. He was…

Mr. Ron Schwartz age 57 of South Carthage was pronounced dead on arrival on Saturday morning April 1, 2023 at 10:35 a.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage following being discovered deceased at his home. Mr. Schwartz was cremated at the Nashville Cremation Center and no services were planned. Born Ronald John…

Ms. Amy Lynn Rigsby, age 49 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Ms. Rigsby was born January 31, 1974 in Carthage, TN a daughter of Joyce Bunch Poindexter and Ricky Rigsby. She was preceded in death by Step-father; Franklin Poindexter. Ms. Rigsby was a 1992 graduate of Smith Co. High School.…