Area Obituaries

Mr. Terry Bly of Lebanon died peacefully at his Trousdale Ferry Pike home surrounded by his family at 10:58 a.m. Friday morning February 10, 2023 under the care of HighPoint Hospice of Gallatin. Mr. Bly was 44 and was suffering from cancer. Mr. Bly was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. He was…

Mr. Chad Edward Pippin, age 43 of Cosby, TN, and a native of Carthage, TN, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2023. Chad was born February 24, 1979 in Carthage, TN, a son of the late Patti Sue Gibbs Huddleston and Eldon Lee Pippin. Chad worked for Townsend Tree Service. He was a very hard…

Mrs. Ollie Jewel Nixon, age 94, of Gordonsville, TN passed away on Monday, February 6, 2023. Mrs. Nixon was born April 5, 1928 in Sykes, TN, a daughter of the late Ollie Lee Wills and Beulah Granstaff Wills. She married Thomas Loyd Nixon on October 23, 1948 and he preceded her in death on July…

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…