Area Obituaries

Thomas “Doug” Douglas Wills, age 88, of Donelson, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Doug was born September 11, 1934 to Elmer and Lillie Wills in Sykes. He attended Gordonsville High School before serving in the Army as a radio operator specialist. At 88 Doug didn’t slow down, he still worked and ran his…

Longtime South Carthage homemaker and Avon representative, Mrs. Thelma Harper Hunt, went home to be with her Lord at 6:11 a.m. Friday morning November 4, 2022 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she was admitted November 3rd suffering from congestive heart failure. Mrs. Hunt was 76. Eld. Junior Dickerson assisted by David…

A longtime Registered Nurse, Mrs. Shirley Henson Hailey, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, as a result of liver failure, at the age of 75 at 12:50 p.m. Friday afternoon, October 28, 2022.  She was admitted Sunday morning, October 23rd, at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage. Mrs. Hailey was at the Carthage Chapel…

Mrs. Carolyn Givens Duncan, age 77, a homemaker of Carthage, died peacefully Tuesday afternoon, October 25, 2022, at 2:08 p.m. at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was admitted April 22, 2021, suffering from dementia.  Her cousin, Pastor Lanny Thomas, officiated at the Saturday afternoon, October 29th, funeral services from…

Mr. Larry Wesley Reed, peacefully passed away, surrounded by his family on October 23, 2022. Larry was born to James Willard Reed and Mildred Francis Bennett on April 16th, 1954. He was born and raised in Nashville, and he was proud of where he came from. Larry served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp.…

Sara Agee Eastes, age 89, of Watertown, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022 at Quality Care Health Center in Lebanon. Born April 3, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Dewey Hobson Agee and Ora Davis Thompson Agee and was preceded in death by her husband, Billy W. Eastes in 2018.  Sara was a graduate…

Linda Marsh passed away on October 23, 2022 at age 84. No services are scheduled at this time. Linda Rae Marsh was born in Granville to Christine Young and Douglas Watts. She owned and operated her own floral business for 16 years, where she worked with many families and hospitals. Another talent was hairstyling; she…

Betty Jane Moss McMillen was born on December 23, 1935, to her parents, the late Grady and Johnnie Moss, and departed this life on Saturday night, October 29, 2022, at the age of 86.   In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert McMillen; 2 sisters, Ruth Dunn and Rose…

A Riddleton community housewife, Mrs. Teresa Woodard Harville, succumbed to a year-long battle with liver failure at her Riddleton Circle home, surrounded by her loving family. Death occurred at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday evening, October 18, 2022, at the age of 70. She was pronounced deceased at 9:01 p.m. by Caris Hospice of Cookeville who had…

Mr. Corey Gammons, of the Sykes community, died at 2:26 a.m. Sunday morning, October 16, 2022, at the Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted October 6th, following a period of declining health. Mr. Gammons was 50. He was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was cremated…