Area Obituaries

Jerry Thomas (JT) Fisher, age 69, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Jerry was born in Carthage, TN on November 14, 1953. He is preceded in death by his mother, Evelyn Ann Fisher, father, Harold Kenneth Fisher, and granddaughter, Aliyah Giffen. He is survived by; daughters, Darci…

Mr. Charles Franklin Geldreich, age 59 of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2023. Mr. Geldreich was born November 20, 1964 in Nashville, TN, a son of Thomas Caldwell Geldreich, Sr. and the late Patricia Ann Stanley Mack. He was also preceded in death by Brother; Thomas C. Geldreich, Jr, and Step-mother; Carolyn…

Mrs. Lillie Almeta Deering Lester, age 88 of the Turkey Creek community of Smith Co, passed away on February 4, 2023. Mrs. Lester was born December 2, 1934 to the late Lester M. Deering and Mattie Reece Deering. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Ernest Deering and Hubert Deering, and a sister,…

Mrs. Retta Ann Waggoner, age 84 of South Carthage, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023. Mrs. Waggoner was born September 3, 1938 in Defeated, a daughter of the late Carsey Eugene Matthews and Anna Kittrell Matthews. She was also preceded in death by daughter, Myra Ann Waggoner. She was a 1956 graduate of Smith…

Mr. Ricky Allan Tubb, age 69 of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2023. Mr. Tubb was born March 15, 1953 in Carthage, a son of the late George Gragson Tubb and Virginia Dare Lancaster Tubb. He was also preceded in death by sister, Ms. Dian Tubb. Ricky was a 1971 graduate of Gordonsville…

Mrs. Amy Thaxton Ray, of the Sykes community, transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home at the South Carthage home of her parents and was pronounced deceased by Caris Hospice of Cookeville at 11:55 a.m. Saturday morning, February 4, 2023. The 45 year old Mrs. Ray was diagnosed with colon cancer in April…

16 year old Mr. Hayden Tisdale was pronounced deceased at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage at 3:52 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, January 29, 2023, of injuries received in a single vehicle accident on Myers Street in the Wal-Mart parking lot behind the Carthage Sonic.  Smith County 911 received the first call for…

Mrs. Rita Fisher Cummings, a homemaker of the Pleasant Shade community, died at 8:57 a.m. Monday morning, January 30, 2023, at her Pleasant Shade Highway home at the age of 64. She was under the care of HighPoint Hospice of Gallatin. Eld. Rickey Hall officiated at the 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, February 2nd, funeral services…

Lifelong Hiwassee community farmer Mr. Howard Fisher, age 71, died at 10:24 a.m. Sunday morning, January 29, 2023, at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted Saturday afternoon, being treated for Covid. Mr. Fisher was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his nephew, Eld. Anthony Dixon, assisted by…

Lifelong South Carthage resident, Mr. Bobby Sanders, died unexpectedly on Monday evening, January 30, 2023, after collapsing at his Malone Street home. He was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage at 5:41 p.m. Mr. Sanders was 82.  His pastor, Eld. Anthony Dixon, officiated at the 11 a.m.…