Area Obituaries

Mrs. Jessica Scott, age 41, of Lebanon, died Sunday morning, July 17, 2022, at 11:41 a.m. at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was admitted July 15th. Mrs. Scott was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Mrs. Scott was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood. No…

Ms. Patty Schmidt, of the Brush Creek community, died at the age of 67 at her Northfield Lane home on Wednesday morning, July 20, 2022. She was pronounced deceased at 7:40 a.m. by Avalon Hospice of McMinnville. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, July 22nd, at 1 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

Ms. Catherine Byrne of Brooklyn, New York was found deceased in her Green Street apartment on Saturday, July 16, 2022, from natural causes. She was pronounced deceased at the Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn at the age of 27. A memorial celebration of Ms. Byrne’s life is scheduled to be observed on Saturday afternoon,…

Temple Marie Gwaltney Craighead, age 92, born in Hickman, March 10, 1930, died at home of natural causes on July 17, 2022. She was preceded in death by parents, Temple Gwaltney and Iva Rowland, foster parents Benton and Thelma Gwaltney, stepbrother, Cordell Lawrence, and husband, Rev Billy Craighead. Marie is survived by son, Philip Craighead…

Mrs. Jessica Scott, age 41 of Lebanon, died Sunday morning, July 17, 2022, at 11:41 a.m. at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was admitted July 15th. Mrs. Scott is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her husband, Richard Scott, had not yet scheduled a time to…

Mrs. Mary Bane, age 92, a homemaker of the Elmwood community and wife of former Smith County Road Commissioner Willie B. Bane, 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…

Master Kieran Fittin died at birth at 11:09 p.m. Thursday evening, July 14, 2022, at the St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital in Nashville. Master Fittin was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. He will be cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood and no local services are planned. Born Kieran Michael Fittin on…

Master Cash Filson was pronounced deceased at birth at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage at 7:28 p.m. Wednesday evening, July 13, 2022. Master Filson was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood. No services have been scheduled at this time. He was…

Mrs. Lutherene Shoemake Chaffin, age 72, of Gordonsville, passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 11:37AM at TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage. Mrs. Chaffin was born October 12, 1949 in Carthage, a daughter of the late Luther Shoemake and Vernie Lorene Bennett Shoemake. She married Carroll W. “Pete” Chaffin on August 31, 1968…

Ethel Lois Blair, age 90, of Nashville, passed peacefully in the morning hours of June 24, 2022, at her residence in Nashville, TN, where she was lovingly cared for by her daughter, Diana, and son-in-law Dave.  She was born on Dillards Creek in Smith County, TN, on Dec 1, 1931, to the late Frank and…