Area Obituaries

Mr. Fantley Gene Sykes age 86, of Sykes, TN passed away on Saturday April 1, 2023 in Carthage, TN. Mr. Sykes was born on January 2, 1937 in Sykes. TN, son of the late Jesse Milton Sykes and Frankie Granstaff Sykes. He was preceded in death by two brothers: Bernice Sykes and Billy Sykes. He…

Mrs. Gladys Bennett Williams, age 91, of Hickman, TN passed away Thursday March 30, 2023. Mrs. Williams was born December 1, 1931 in Lancaster, TN, a daughter of the late Alonzo Jackson Bennett and Lassie Fish. She married Alton H. Williams on January 24, 1953 in Putnam Co. TN and he preceded her in death…

Mr. Albert Lee Fox, 67, of Buffalo Valley, TN passed away on March 31, 2023, at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN. Chris Dickens officiated at the 2:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon April 4th funeral services from the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Burial followed at the Brush Creek Cemetery. Mr. Fox was born on…

Mr. Etherage Johnson Parker, Jr., 84, of Hartsville, TN passed away on March 20, 2023, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN. Etherage Johnson Parker, Jr. was the son of Trousdale County Judge and former Sheriff, Etherage Johnson Parker, and Annie Lee Davis Parker. He was a graduate of Trousdale County High School and attended the…

Mr. Ronnie Hewitt age 74 of Lafayette died at 3:59 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 26, 2023 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin where he was admitted March 19th being treated for Covid 19 pneumonia and chronic heart failure. Mr. Hewitt is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his daughter Wendy…

Mr. Robert Vaden, age 71 of Post Falls, Idaho and who was reared in the Chestnut Mound Community, died at the age of 71 on Monday March 13, 2023 at his home following a battle with cancer. Mr. Vaden will be at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Memorial services will be observed at…

Mr. Pete Silcox of the New Middleton Community died peacefully with all of his family at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased by Gentiva Hospice at 5:25 p.m. Monday evening March 20, 2023, just two days following his 82nd birthday, at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon where he was admitted Friday afternoon March…

Mr. Jeff Hudson age 60 of the Defeated Creek Community, died peacefully with his family at his bedside at his Helen Lane home on Lakeside Drive on Sunday evening March 19, 2023 at 7:38 p.m. He was pronounced deceased at 9:01 p.m. Sunday evening by Gentiva Hospice who had been kindly assisting the family with…

Mrs. Carnellia Hughes of the Kempville Community died peacefully at 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon March 23, 2023 at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette with her family at her bedside. Mrs. Hughes was 87. Her pastor, Bro. Bryan Bratcher, officiated at the 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 26th funeral services from the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson…

Retired Smith County educator, Mrs. Mina Key Henderson of Carthage died at 5:12 a.m. Wednesday morning March 22, 2023 at the age of 87 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon. Mrs. Henderson was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood.…