Area Obituaries

Mrs. Lucy Bradley Eatherly, a former Town of Carthage policewoman, died peacefully at her Hickory Ridge home in Lebanon with her family at her bedside at 7:45 a.m. Saturday morning, July 30, 2022. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 93 at 9:19 a.m. by Avalon Hospice of Lebanon, who had been assisting the…

Defeated Creek community resident, Mr. Nathan George, died peacefully at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday morning, July 26, 2022, at his Nixon Hollow Lane home, one day after his July 25th birthday. Mr. George, age 75, was under the care of Avalon Hospice of Cookeville. The 11 a.m., Friday morning, July 29th funeral services were conducted by…

Mrs. Jewel Wilkerson Woodard, a homemaker of the Popes Hill community, died at 12:34 a.m. Sunday morning, July 24, 2022, at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, at the age of 73, where she was admitted July 23rd. Bro. Billy Smith assisted by Bro. Michael Christian officiated at the 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, July 27th,…

Mr. Brent Jasper Leckner, age 79, of Brush Creek, passed away on Tuesday July 26, 2022. Mr. Leckner was born March 3, 1943, in Detroit, MI, a son of the late Guy Lee Leckner and Pearl Vivian Lindquist Leckner. He was also preceded in death by a son, Brian Leckner in 1983. Mr. Leckner was…

Retired Carthage businessman, Mr. James Clemons, died peacefully at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage at 9:03 p.m. Saturday evening, July 23, 2022, with his family at his bedside. Mr. Clemons was 93. Funeral services conducted by his close friends, Dr. Jim Clardy and Bro. Terry Little, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday…

Longtime South Carthage resident Mrs. Mary Bane, age 92, now a homemaker of the Elmwood community, died peacefully Sunday morning, July 17, 2022, surrounded by her loving and caring family at the family’s Massey Hollow Road farm. Under the care of Caris Hospice of Algood, she was pronounced deceased at 11:35 a.m. Mrs. Bane was…

Mrs. Katherine Shores, of Carthage, died at the age of 80 on Wednesday afternoon, July 20, 2022, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since July 9th of this year. Her pastor, Eld. Anthony Dixon, will officiate at the 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon, July 30th, funeral…

Mr. William Wesley Winfree, age 55, of Lebanon, died at 6:40 a.m. Friday morning, July 15, 2022, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage. Funeral services from the J. C. Hellum Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted Saturday afternoon, July 23rd, at 1 p.m. with Elder Alton Pickett Jr. the Eulogist and…

Mr. Bob Herkness, age 78, of the Sykes community was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage at 11:15 a.m. Thursday morning, July 21, 2022, after being discovered unresponsive at his Leland Lane home . At the request of Mr. Herkness, he desired to be cremated and that was performed…

Mrs. Linda Winfree, of Hartsville and a longtime resident of South Carthage, died at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. The 70 year old Mrs. Winfree was pronounced deceased at 3:39 p.m. Thursday afternoon, July 21, 2022. Eld. Anthony Dixon officiated at the 11 a.m. July 25th graveside services in the Garden of Everlasting…