Area Obituaries

Mrs. Sherry Beth Birge White, age 72, of Brush Creek, TN and formerly of Madisonville, TN, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 22, 2023. Mrs. White was born in Sweetwater, TN on July 8, 1950, a daughter of the late Claude Thomas Birge and Lillie Elizabeth Proffitt Birge. She was preceded…

Mrs. Rhoda Kelley, age 85, a homemaker of the Popes Hill community, entered into her eternal reward at 8:45 A.M. Wednesday morning, February 15, 2023, at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where she was convalescing from chronic respiratory failure. Mrs. Kelley was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where…

A 70 year old Carthage resident, Mr. Ronnie Ray, died at 7:53 p.m. Wednesday evening, February 15, 2023, at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin where he was admitted February 7th, suffering from the effects of Covid. Eld. Anthony Dixon officiated at the 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon, February 19th, funeral services from the Carthage…

Mr. Tom Clere, of the Lock Seven community, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage at 2:16 a.m. Thursday morning, February 16, 2023. Mr. Clere was 69. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at the Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on Upper Ferry Road…

Mr. Herod “Sloopy” Wright Jr., of the Riddleton community, died at the age of 55 at 5:43 p.m. Friday evening, February 10, 2023, at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, following a brief illness. Mr. Wright was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in…

Mr. Edward Frizzell, of Tell City, Indiana, went to be with the Lord with his family at his bedside at his Tell City home on Sunday morning, February 12, 2023, at 7:40 a.m.. Mr. Frizzell was 82 years of age.    Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday morning, February 15th, at 11 a.m. from the…

Mrs. Martha Moss Payne, age 82 of Brush Creek community of Smith County, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage. Mrs. Payne was born on May 10,1940 in Carthage, a daughter of the late Grady Moss and Johnnie Lee Fletcher Moss. She graduated from Watertown High School in 1958.…

Mrs. Georgia Gentry Wilkerson, age 89, of Gordonsville, passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Mrs. Wilkerson was born October 17, 1933 in Club Springs, a daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison Gentry, Sr. and Katie Arizona Crawford Gentry. She was the last of 14 children, being preceded in death by siblings: John Author Gentry,…

Longtime Sycamore Valley tobacco farmer and carpenter of the Pleasant Shade Community, Mr. Louie Gray West, died at the age of 89 at 5:06 a.m. on Wednesday morning February 8, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he was admitted a day earlier suffering from congestive heart failure from St.…

Mr. Pete Ferran age 93 of Cookeville entered into eternal rest with his daughter Marie at his bedside at 3:33 p.m. Wednesday afternoon February 8, 2023 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where he was admitted February 3rd. Mr. Ferran was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood and a private inurnment for the…