Area Obituaries

Lloyd Herbert Maggart, born Porterville, CA July 26, 1952 to Mary Katherine Dudney Maggart and Joel F. Maggart Sr. Moved to Carthage in 1955 and lived there to the present day. Lloyd passed away in the family home in Pleasant Shade on August 15, 2021. He was educated at SCHS in Carthage and Castle Heights…

Mr. Terry Kemp, age 68, of the Buffalo community went into cardiac arrest while in transport from Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage to Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. He was pronounced deceased at 12:35 p.m. Sunday afternoon, August 15, 2021, at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital on Lebanon. Mr. Kemp was suffering from renal…

Mr. Randy Bryan, age 72, of New Middleton, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021. Randy was born December 14, 1948 in Nashville. He married Judy Napier Bryan on December 19, 1970 and she preceded him in death on July 11, 2008. He was also preceded in death by mother, Etheleen Bryan Gass, on June…

Mrs. Sandy Silcox, age 67 of the Reece Hollow Community died Thursday morning, August 12 at Riverview Regional in Carthage. She is survived by: husband, Rex Silcox; son, Joe Silcox and wife Christina of Turkey Creek; siblings, Joyce Branham of Lebanon, Edna Bolton of Bluff Creek, Linda Mosley and husband Ben of Brush Creek, Ernie…

Mrs. Michelle Ann Hughes, age 63 of Bluff Creek, TN, passed away on Tuesday August 10, 2021. Mrs. Hughes was born January 3, 1958 in Ohio, a daughter of the late Eugene Eleckonich and Shirley Ann Hindsley. She married Ronnie Ray Hughes, Sr, and he preceded her in death on December 24, 2012. She worked…

Mrs. Evelyn Russell Deal, age 95 of Hendersonville, died Thursday morning, August 12 at Elmcroft in Hendersonville. She is survived by: son, Gary Tucker of Gallatin; 4 grandchildren, Brandi Tucker of Mississippi, Amanda Dye and husband Eric of Hendersonville, Lance Tucker of Hendersonville, Kim Frank and husband Darren of Hendersonville; 7 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Deal is…

James Ray Moore, age 83, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital.  He was born on May 10, 1938 to his parents, the late James Harvey Moore & Estelle Winfree Moore in Smith County, Tennessee. Survivors include his children, Teena Moore (Bing) Fischer of McMinnville, Sherry Moore (Richard) Adcock of McMinnville,…

Mr. Lavon Lankford, age 78, of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021.Mr. Lankford was born November 6, 1942 in Carthage, TN, to the late Horace Lankford and Margie Matthews Lankford. He was also preceded in death by Brother; Willard Lankford, Sister-in-law; Naomi Lankford, Brother-in-law; John McCall, and infant brother; Horace.Mr. Lankford married Melinda…

Mrs. Faye Russell Dickerson, of Madison, Alabama, and who has several Smith County connections, went to her heavenly reward on Monday afternoon July 26, 2021 at the family home. Mrs. Dickerson was 76. Mrs. Dickerson was cremated and a burial of her cremains will be held on the Dickerson family plot at the Sanderson Cemetery…

Mrs. Sarah Anne Blair, age 82 of Tanglewood, died Sunday morning, August 8 at NHC Healthcare Sumner. She is survived by: children, Letitia Chambers and husband Bill of Hendersonville, Michael Blair and wife Michelle of New Middleton; siblings, Ruby Nell Million and husband Terry of Franklin, IN, Robert Cole and wife Kay of Newnan, Georgia,…