Area Obituaries

Carolyn T. Stewart DEC 12, 1936 – JAN 15, 2026 Carolyn T. Stewart, 89, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2026.  She was born to the late Walter & Bertie Atwood Turner on December 12th, 1936.  Mrs. Stewart faithfully attended Beacon Baptist Church and Trinity Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir.   Along…

Mrs. Mary Watkins age 75, a homemaker of the Defeated Creek Community, was pronounced deceased at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @ Ascension Saint Thomas Emergency Room at 10:10 p.m. Thursday evening January 8, 2026 as a result of drowning.  The automobile accident was reported to Smith County E-911 at 5:40 p.m. that an automobile…

Mrs. Madge McKinney Lankford, a longtime resident of the Pavilion in South Carthage, passed away on January 4, 2026 at the home of her daughter, Deanna, in Nashville at the age of 76. She had a lengthy battle with mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer.  A memorial service to celebrate her life was…

Mr. Billy Dulworth of Carthage was discovered deceased at his Walton Avenue home on Tuesday afternoon January 6, 2026 and was pronounced deceased at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @ Ascension Saint Thomas Emergency Room at 4:15 that afternoon. Mr. Dulworth was 73. Mr. Dulworth was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside…

Mr. Joe Hughes age 85 of South Carthage departed this earthy life at 12:55 a.m. Thursday morning January 8, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had made his home since July 8, 2025. Mr. Hughes was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside services were conducted…

Mrs. Jacqueline Elaine Trapp Thomas age 62 of Alexandria, TN passed away on Friday January 9, 2026 at her home. Elaine was born on September 29, 1963 a daughter of the late Jerry Spencer Trapp and Ann Dillon Jones Trapp, she was also predeceased by a brother Thayer Wade Trapp. She was a graduate of…

Mrs. Elizabeth C. “Bettye” Mason age 82, of Lancaster, TN passed away Saturday January 3, 2026. Mrs. Mason was born April 11, 1943 in Lebanon, TN a daughter of the late Macon Ewing Castleman and Katherine Elizabeth Carver Castleman. She was also predeceased by siblings: Richard Castleman, Evalena Bennett and Janice Copley. She received her…

Mrs. Janice Faye Webster Winfree, age 79, of Alexandria, TN passed away Thursday January 8, 2026. Mrs. Winfree was born. in Lebanon, TN on December 23, 1946 a daughter of the late Clarence Early Webster and Sadie Lee Malone Webster. She graduated from Gordonsville High School in 1965 and was married to Robert Earl Winfree…

Candice Walker was born on June 14,1988 in Carthage, TN and she passed away at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at the age of 37. Candice was the daughter of Christopher Scott Cameron, Sr and Peggy Leigh Wallace.  She was preceded in death by her father, maternal grandfather, Charles Wallace, Sr.,…

Mr. M. C. Hix, a southern gentleman of the Plunketts Creek Community, quietly departed his earthly life at the age of 88 and was pronounced deceased at the Highpoint Health- Riverview at Ascension Saint Thomas Emergency Room at 1:24 a.m. Friday morning January 2, 2026. The family had summoned assistance from Smith Couty E-911 at…