Area Obituaries

Mr. Luis Garcia, of the Riddleton community, died as the result of a farming accident on the Puryears Bend Road in Hartsville on Monday afternoon, June 27, 2022. The 39 year old was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:10 p.m. and was transported to the Sumner County E. M. S. Morgue in Gallatin. The…

Friday afternoon, July 2nd, funeral services for Mrs. Peggy Gray, age 64, a homemaker of Carthage, were conducted at 1 p.m. from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon. One of her pastors, Bro. Doug Dickerson, officiated and burial followed in the Wilson County Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Gray died on Sunday evening, June 26,…

Mrs. Dean Yarborough, a homemaker of Hartsville Pike in Carthage, died at 7:20 p.m. Monday evening, June 27, 2022, at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon. Mrs. Yarborough was 77. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted by Bro. Charles Martin and Bro. Gary Wix at 11 a.m.…

Jack Goodbar Lamons, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Saturday, June 18 at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro at the age of 84. Graveside services were Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 12:30 PM at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.   A native of Carthage, Jack was the son of the late Clint and Anna…

Sulla Ann Lasser, 72, was born on Sept. 25, 1949, to Gideon Barnwell and Thelma (Conley) Barnwell in Delaware, OH. She passed away on June 18, 2022. Sulla was a true Christian, a loving wife and mother who believed in the Lord. Best described as “a kind and gentle leader teaching children about Jesus,” per…

Cheryl Lynn Spears, age 65 of Lyles,  passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Survived by daughter, Rikki Spears; son, Nicholas Daniel (Sara) Turner; grandchildren, Niki Turner, Makenzie Turner, Tanner Gay and Destinee Turner; sister, Diane Sherman; and brother, Charles Edward Adams. Celebration of Life was Monday, June 27, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at the Carthage…

Ms. Tammy Hailey, age 57, a homemaker of the Tanglewood community, died at her Tanglewood Road home on Sunday morning, June 19, 2022, at 5:30 a.m. She was pronounced deceased at 5:50 a.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage at the age of 57. Ms. Hailey was at the Carthage Chapel…

Mrs. Florence Webb Ash, a homemaker of Lebanon, died at the age of 86 at 9:34 a.m. on Monday morning, June 20, 2022, at her Phillips Road home in the Bellwood community. Funeral service were conducted by Eld. Jackie Kemp and Eld. Jason Wheeley on Saturday morning, June 25th, at 10 a.m. from the Ligon…

Mrs. Mary Lou Fitzpatrick, age 81, a longtime homemaker of Gordonsville, died at 10:50 p.m. Sunday evening, June 12, 2022, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since February 25, 2020. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her funeral services…

Hiwassee community housewife, Mrs. Kathy Wright, died at the age of 68 at 5:10 p.m. Saturday afternoon, June 18, 2022, at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where she was admitted Friday evening, June 17th, suffering from acute and chronic respiratory failure. Mrs. Wright is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her memorial…