Area Obituaries

Mr. Robert L. “Bobby” Crook, age 73, passed away on December 22, 2021. Mr. Crook was survived by 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

Mrs. Maggie Lou Austin, age 88 of Dillard’s Creek, TN, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021. Mrs. Austin was born December 2, 1933 in the Dillard’s Creek community of Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late Walter Mayberry and Willie Ailene Apple Mayberry. She married John A. Austin on January 19, 1957 and…

Mr. Ophel Page, age 87 of Lancaster, TN passed away on Thursday, January 6th 2022, in the comfort of his own home. Mr. Page was born February 16, 1934 in the Poison Hollow community of Dekalb County, TN, a son of the late Resen Page and Jewel Smith Page. Ophel moved to Lancaster in 1948…

Mr. Joseph Clifton Peyatt, age 79, of Craigsville, WV and formerly of the Sykes Community of Smith Co, TN, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022. Mr. Peyatt was born July 7, 1942 in Richwood, WV, a son of the late George Morgan “Pat” Peyatt and Flossie Arrilla Case Peyatt. He was also preceded in…

James Bailey Ford, age 81, of Gordonsville passed away Thursday, January 13, 2022, at Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital. He was born in Davidson County on January 2, 1941, the son of the late William Bailey Ford and Martha Lincoln Ford. He attended Antioch High School. He worked at Cumberland Chevrolet for over 30 years as…

Elizabeth Ann Vance Emison, age 50 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022. Elizabeth was born January 18, 1971 in Guadalajara, Mexico a daughter of Margaret Woodard Vance and the late James Exum Vance. She was a 1989 graduate of Gordonsville High School. Elizabeth worked for Meharry Medical for several years. She…

Mr. Garvice “Nick” Gregory, age 82, of the Pleasant Shade Community, died peacefully at 5:45 p.m. Friday afternoon December 31, 2021 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted December 16th, suffering from lung cancer. Mr. Gregory was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his funeral services were…

Mrs. Susan Thompson, of the Bradyville Community in Cannon County, died unexpectedly Friday morning December 31, 2021 at the age of 53 at the families Hollow Springs Road home from complications of Covid. Mrs. Thompson is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. A Requiem Funeral Mass is to be said on Thursday afternoon…

Mrs. Retta Hesson Wilkerson, a homemaker of the Popes Hill Community, died at 10:10 p.m. Thursday evening January 6, 2022 at the Unity Medical Center in Manchester where she was admitted to the I. C. U. on December 28th being treated for C. O. P. D. Mrs. Wilkerson was 58. Her pastor, Eld. Barney Allison,…

Mrs. Carolyn Evitts Price, of the Tanglewood Community, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at 2:58 a.m. Saturday morning January 8, 2022 at the age of 75 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at her Dixon Springs Highway home. Mrs. Price was at the Carthage Chapel of…