Area Obituaries

Dr. Gordon Petty, A highly respected and well known Carthage physician and World War II veteran has died at the age of 101. Retired Smith County physician Dr. Gordon Petty died at 2 a.m. Monday morning January 24, 2022 at his Jackson Avenue home with his loving and caring family at his bedside. Dr. Petty…

Mr. Odell Haynie, of Nashville and a Riddleton Community native, died at the age of 66 at 5:32 a.m. Sunday morning January 23, 2022 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted January 13th suffering from declining health. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted by…

Mr. Donald “Don” Robert Noll, age 75, of Summerfield, FL, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2022 in Florida. Mr. Noll was born October 29, 1948 in the Club Springs Community of Smith County, TN, a son of the late Ruel “Bob” Robert Noll and Jessie Dillard Noll. He was also preceded in death by…

Ms. Hallie Mai Agee ,age 96, of Dowelltown, TN passed away Wednesday, January 19,2022 at her residence. Ms. Hallie was born on August 20, 1925 in Smithville, TN to her parents, the late Herbert & Jo Anner Mullican Tramel. Also preceding her in death is her husband, Floyd Agee, brother & sister, W.J. Tramel &…

Mr. George Richard Payne, age 92, of South Carthage, TN, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Mr. Payne was born December 14, 1929 in Syracuse, NY, a son of the late Wilford Raymond Payne and Alice Ruth Decker Payne. He was also preceded in death by Siblings; Robert Payne, Mildred Hart, Louise Detuse, Grace…

Mr. Eddie Dale Smith, age 90, of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022. Mr. Smith was born October 12, 1931 in Hickman, TN, a son of the late Lela Belle Bates Smith and Marshall A. Smith. He was also preceded in death by an infant brother. Mr. Smith was a 1949 graduate…

Mrs. Helen Loretta Hawker Malone, age 78 of Alexandria, TN, and a longtime resident of the Hannah’s Branch community went to be with the Lord on Wednesday evening, January 19, 2022. She was a kind, God fearing woman who loved the Lord and loved her family and always wanted the best for them. She was…

Mrs. Glenda Gregory Brashier, age 65, a homemaker of South Bend in South Joseph County, Indiana, died at 4:32 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday afternoon January 14, 2022 at the Center for Hospice Care in Mishawaka, Indiana. Mrs. Brashier was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon…

Alice T. Simpson, 68, of Sparta, TN passed away Friday January 14, 2022.  Born in Carthage. TN and raised  in Riddleton,TN she spent nearly the last 50 years of her life in Sparta where she raised her two sons Twan and Shane, and fostered  countless friendships. Neubal Monument Funeral Home in Lebanon, TN has been entrusted with Alice’s…

Mrs. Dimple Dean Crook, age 67, passed away on December 14, 2021. Mrs. Crook was survived by her husband; Robert L. “Bobby” Crook. Sons; Jason (Angel) Crook, Chris (Emily) Crook, and Steve (Tara) Crook. Grandchildren; Caitlyn, Lily, Emma, Eli, and Nick Crook. The family held private graveside services. Sanderson Funeral Home