Area Obituaries

A longtime Pentecostal preacher, Eld. Glenn B. Grisham of Lebanon, died at the age of 92 at 11:50 p.m. Saturday evening, December 17th, 2022, at the Quality Care Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon with his family around him. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home, 241 West Main Street in Lebanon,…

Jerry Wade Baker passed away peacefully at home on his farm on December 13, 2022, in the New Middleton community of Smith County. During the 84 years of life with which God richly blessed him, he led his family as a devoted husband, father and grandfather, he served the Lord as a teacher and a…

Mrs. Barbara Anne Grandstaff Cantrell, age 69 of Alexandria, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2022 at her home. Barbara was born on October 8, 1953 in Carthage to her parents, the late Carl “Nat” & Lee Midgett Grandstaff. Also preceding her in death is a sister, Joyce Bailiff. Barbara graduated from DeKalb County High…

Mr. James Lee Bennett, age 78 years old, husband of Paulette Sircy Bennett, a farmer, died at 2:30am, Wednesday, December 14, 2022, on his farm in Temperance Hall, surrounded by his family, while overlooking his favorite place on earth.  James Lee was born April 11, 1944 in Lancaster, a son of the late John Henry…

Turner Jackson Smith, December 16, 2022, infant son of Turner Jerrell Smith and Briona Christine Inman Smith. Turner was preceded in death by great-grandparents: Norman Kenneth Thomas and Frances Louise Powell Thomas and Harold Edwin Pitman Sr. and Mary Etta Preston Pitman and an uncle, Tred Kenneth Thomas.  Turner is survived by his parents:  Turner…

Ronnie Lynn Williams, 74, was born November 13, 1948 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, to the late Harold E. and Freddie M. Williams of Nashville. He passed away on December 14, 2022 at Claiborne-Hughes Health Care Facility in Franklin.  He graduated Dalewood Elementary School, Stratford High School, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He…

Mr. Kenny Dean Mason, age 56 of Gordonsville, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Kenny was born August 26, 1966 in Carthage, a son of John D. “Buster” Mason and the late Betty Gibbs Mason. He was a proud UT fan. Kenny attended GHS and played on the 1984 Gordonsville High School State Championship…

Mrs. Charlene Canter, age 97, a homemaker of Lakeside Drive in the Defeated Creek community, died at 10:35 p.m. Thursday evening, December 8, 2022, at the Pavilion in Lebanon where she was receiving therapy from a broken hip and where she was admitted October 18th. Her nephew, Rev. J. Mack Lehigh, officiated at the 11…

Mrs. Janel Myers Cowan, of the Hickman community, died at the age of 74 at the Mabry Health Care Center in Gainesboro at 5:50 p.m. Monday evening, December 5, 2022. The staff had been lovingly caring for her since September of 2020. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted Friday…

Mrs. Virginia Doran McCall, age 86 of Carthage, died peacefully surrounded by her caregivers at 9:45 p.m. Saturday evening, December 10, 2022, at the home of her and her husband on Jackson Avenue. She was pronounced deceased at 11:45 p.m. by HighPoint Hospice of Gallatin, who had been assisting the family with her care. Mrs.…