Area Obituaries

Mr. Billy Chambers, of Antioch in Davidson County, died at the age of 81 years at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, November 22, 2022, shortly after arrival at the TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center Emergency Room in Nashville.  The Chambers family received friends at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home on Monday. Graveside services and…

Mr. John Russell, of South Carthage, was discovered deceased Saturday morning, November 19, 2022, by his father at their Davis Street South home. He was pronounced deceased at 10: 50 a.m. at the age of 35 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage. Graveside services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 23rd, with…

A former Smith County Circuit Court Clerk, Mrs. Helen Crawford, died at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning November 15, 2022 at the age of 81 at the Lebanon Center for Rehabilitation and Healing on Castle Heights Avenue. Mrs. Crawford was suffering from congestive heart failure and was admitted to the center on October 19th of this…

Miss Abrielle Rae Duke, entered into the arms of the Angels in Heaven at birth at 12:58 a.m. Saturday morning November 12, 2022 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage. Abrielle was the daughter of Gunner Austin Duke and Angelita Chena McGee of the Enigma Community. Abrielle was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…

Mrs. Debbie Edgen, age 71 of the Difficult Community, died peacefully at 3:44 p.m. Monday afternoon November 14, 2022 at the TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville following a battle with cancer.  Her sister-in-law, United Methodist Church Pastor Corinda Edgen, officiated at the 11 a.m. Monday morning November 21st funeral services from the Carthage Chapel…

Mr. Richard Fox III age 80 of Hermitage, died at 3:15 a.m. Monday morning November 14, 2022 at the McKendree Villages in Hermitage where he was admitted August 9th. Mr. Fox was under the care of Adoration Hospice of Nashville. Mr. Fox was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his services were…

Mrs. Dorris Taylor Lentz, age 75 of Hartsville, TN passed away Monday evening, November 14, 2022 at The Pavilion, Lebanon, TN.  Dorris grew up in Carthage, TN and was a graduate of Smith County High School (Class of 1965) and M.T.S.U. (Class of 1969).  She was a third grade teacher at Carthage Elementary School who…

A lifelong Rawls Creek community resident, Miss Faye Mofield, died at the age of 91 at 10:43 a.m. Wednesday morning, November 9, 2022, at the Riverview Regional Medical Center where she was admitted to a swing bed on November 4th, following a period of declining health. Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Eld. Junior…

Mr. Paul “Tooty” Roberts age 86, a farmer of the Flat Rock community, died at the TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, after becoming gravely ill at his daughter’s Cardinal Drive home in White House. He was pronounced deceased at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday evening, November 9, 2022. His longtime friend, Bro. Jimmy Gregory, officiated at…

A Popes Hill community homemaker, Mrs. Helen Schauer, died shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage and was pronounced deceased at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, November 9, 2022. Mrs. Schauer was 73. Smith County 911 received a call at 3:26 p.m. Wednesday afternoon that she had collapsed at her…