Area Obituaries

Ann Miriam Shanks Gwaltney passed away peacefully on Monday, February 27 at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee, surrounded by her family. Miriam was born on June 16, 1927, to the late Luke and Dona Boyd Shanks of Buffalo Valley, Tn. Miriam is preceded in death by her beloved husband Bill Gwaltney of Old Hickory,…

Beth Williams Baxter, most recently of South Carthage, Tennessee, peacefully and comfortably abandoned her mortal shell on March 2, 2023, in the company of family members. She was 95 years old. She was born on Groundhog Day (Feb. 2), 1928 to the late Kent Bailey Williams and the late Margaret Johnson Williams in Oak Hill,…

Barbara Billington, 97, born October 10,1925 in Nashville, Tennessee, passed away March 1, 2023 in Lebanon, Tennessee. On September 30, 1948, she married Jack Billington. After almost 72 years of marriage, Jack passed away on April 7, 2020. She was also preceded In death by her parents, Edward Earl Rehorn and Mary Alexander Rehorn, three…

Longtime Riddleton Community resident and Vietnam Era Veteran, Mrs. Mildred Bradley Yeast, now a homemaker of Lebanon, died at the age of 91 with her family at her bedside at 1:08 a.m. Tuesday morning February 21, 2023 at the family’s Whispering Oak home. The Yeast family had been assisted in Mrs. Yeast final days of…

Mr. Eddie Shoulders age 65, a farmer of the of the Pleasant Shade Community, was pronounced deceased at 8:32 p.m. Saturday evening February 25, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at the family’s Little Creek Road home. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Mrs. Suellen “Susie” Highers Bogle age 77 of Spring Hill, Tennessee died peacefully at the AHC (American Health Communities) Senior Living Center in Mount Juliet on Wednesday morning February 22, 2023 at 5:10 a.m. She had made her home there since October 27, 2021. The pastor of her church, Bro. Richard Smith, officiated at the…

Mr. Jeremiah Barnes of South Carthage was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m. Wednesday morning February 22, 2023 shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage suffering from cardiac arrest. He was discovered unresponsive at his Old Lebanon Road home by his wife who had phoned from work and received no answer.…

Mrs. Linda Baker, a homemaker of the Boulton Bend Community, died with her family at her bedside Sunday morning February 26, 2023 under the loving care of HighPoint Hospice. She was pronounced deceased at 5:03 a.m. at the age of 77 at the Baker family farm home on Boulton Bend Lane.  Graveside services and interment…

Mr. Joseph Leon of the Granville Community died at 12:37 a.m. Sunday morning February 19, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had made his home since December 27, 2022. Mr. Leon, a native of New York, was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services and the family will retain…

Mr. Odell Robinson, age 94 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2023. Mr. Robinson was born September 27, 1928 in Temperance Hall, TN, a son of the late Will Bart Robinson and Lucy Smith Robinson. He married Wilma Smith Robinson on October 14, 1949 and she preceded him in death on July…