Area Obituaries

A 2022 Smith County High School graduate, Titus Mofield age 18, of the Popes Hill community, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville at 4:48 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, October 5, 2022.  He was transported by Vanderbilt Life Flight to the emergency department following a motorcycle accident on East…

The family of Debra Ann Eastes wishes to celebrate her life and share news of her passing on October 5th at Hospice Solace in Asheville, after a brief illness. Debra, 66, was a resident of Blue Ridge Group Homes in Swannanoa where she lived a loving and joyful life. Deeply loved by her family, she…

Mrs. Pauline Huffines, of the Wartrace Creek community, died peacefully at the N. H. C Care Center in Cookeville at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday morning, October 4, 2022, where she had made her home since September 27, 2021, suffering from heart failure. Mrs. Huffines was 91. Graveside services were conducted Saturday afternoon, October 8th, from the…

Mrs. Carolyn West, age 83, a homemaker of the Bagdad community, died peacefully at her Salt Lick Creek Road home at 9:17 p.m. Monday evening, September 26, 2022, with her family at her bedside. Along with her family she was under the care of Avalon Hospice of Cookeville. Bro. Steve Waller officiated at the 6…

Mr. Clement J. Mallory, age 67, of Carthage, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022. Mr. Mallory was born October 26, 1954, in Nashville, a son of the late Mitchell Mallory and C. Marie Cowan. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Tom Gooch and Odell Cowan; step-father, Raymond Gooch; and father-in-law, Melvin…

Mr. Andrew “Woody” Gibbs, age 22, of Carthage was pronounced deceased at 12:37 p.m. Sunday afternoon, September 18, 2022, at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage, after being discovered unresponsive at his grandmother’s Dogwood Street home. Bro. Jackie Dawson officiated at the 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon funeral services from the Carthage Chapel…

Carthage resident, Mr. Rusty Boal, died as a result of a single vehicle accident at the age of 36. The accident occurred when Mr. Boal was returning from a work assignment in Houston, Texas and, according to the Prescott, Arkansas coroner, he apparently went to sleep and struck a bridge abutment on Interstate 30 at…

Mr. Jim Caruthers, of the Holleman Bend community at Granville, was discovered deceased at his Ezell-Ragland home Tuesday evening, September 20, 2022. The 62 year old Mr. Caruthers was pronounced deceased by a Jackson County Paramedic Deputy Medical Investigator at 7:34 p.m. Mr. Caruthers was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood and no…

Retired watch maker and jewelry repairman, Mr. John Doss, died at the age of 73 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center at 2:49 p.m. Monday afternoon, September 19, 2022, where he was admitted September 15th being treated with Covid. He and his late wife made their home on Big Orange Circle near Baxter. 1 p.m.…

March 16, 1965 – September 20, 2022 Our beloved son, brother, friend and partner, Paul Davis, passed away on September 20, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee after a courageous battle with his illness. Predeceased by his father, George, he leaves behind to mourn, his loving mother, Clemence Maclure Davis, siblings, Kathleen (Fletcher), Patrick, Ed, Marcella (Alan),…