Area Obituaries

A Chestnut Mound community resident, Mrs. Teresa Woodard, was discovered unresponsive after failing to report for work, at her Pea Ridge community home Thursday morning, shortly after 9 a.m., and she was transported to the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage where she was pronounced deceased at 11:04 a.m. Thursday morning, September 13,…

Mrs. Judy Hinken, age 78, of the Sullivans Bend community went home to be with her heavenly father at 7:14 a.m. Friday morning, September 9, 2022. Mrs. Hinken was forwarded to the Langeland – Sternburg Funeral Home in Holland, Michigan where visitation services are scheduled to be held Thursday, October 6th, from 4 p.m. until…

Mr. J. C. Henry, age 89, of McClures Bend community at Defeated, passed away Wednesday September 14, 2022 at his home. Mr. Henry was born on November 8, 1932 in Woodward, Oklahoma, a son of the late Austin Alman Henry and Lela June Siles Henry. J.C. worked and retired from American Chain and Gear as…

Mrs. Wynema Shoemake Dickens, age 86, of Mt. Juliet, passed away on Friday, September 16, 2022.  Mrs. Dickens was born November 29, 1935 in Carthage, a daughter of the late John Layton Shoemake and Nellie Grey Bush Shoemake. She married Willie Glenn Dickens on October 29, 1955 and he preceded her in death on January…

Patricia Ann (Goode) Ussery, 82, of Barnwell, SC passed away July 24th 2022, in Summerville, SC, while under the care of her family and hospice. “Pat” was the loving wife to the late Perry Oneal Ussery; she was born in Victoria, Texas on August 5th 1939. She was the daughter of the late Aline and…

Retired Carthage business lady and family matriarch Mrs. Grace Gregory, age 89, of the Riddleton community, was pronounced deceased at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. at 11:34 p.m. Friday evening, September 2, 2022, after becoming gravely ill at the Gregory family farm home on Rome Road. Mrs. Gregory had been lovingly and patiently…

Mr. Elbert Stafford, of the Bradford Hill community, died peacefully at the N. H. C. Health Care in Murfreesboro at 5:45 a.m. Friday morning, September 9, 2022, at the age of 89, where he had resided since May 5th of this year. Bro. Jimmy Gregory officiated at the 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, September 13th, funeral…

Mrs. Joyce Gregory Branham, of the Rawls Creek community, died peacefully at 9:03 p.m. Saturday evening, September 3, 2022, with all her family at her bedside. Avalon Hospice of Cookeville pronounced her deceased at 10:43 p.m. Mrs. Branham was 72. The Celebration of Life funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were…

Mrs. Connie Goode died peacefully at the family’s Dakota Drive home in Lebanon, with her family at her side, at the age of 82, at 3:24 p.m. Friday afternoon, September 2, 2022. She was pronounced deceased at 5:08 p.m. by Adoration Hospice of Madison who had been assisting the family with her care. Mrs. Goode…

Mr. Billy Randall Bennett, Sr, age 65, of Hiwassee, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. Mr. Bennett was born September 21, 1956 in Carthage, a son of the late Billy B. Bennett and Bobbie Jewell Woodard Bennett. He married Elizabeth Ann Johnson and she preceded him in death on February 7, 2015. He was…