Area Obituaries

Mrs. Dean Bush, age 80 of Pea Ridge, died Thursday morning, July 1 at Smith County Health and Rehab in Carthage. She is survived by: sons, Gary Bush and wife Gloria of Chestnut Mound, Randy Bush and wife Wanda of Carthage, Mickey Bush and wife Holly of Pea Ridge; 5 grandchildren, Zach Bush and wife…

Mrs. Sue Helen Canter Hines, age 96 of Nashville, died Monday morning, June 28 at NHC Sumner Place in Gallatin. She is survived by: daughter, Tammy Sue Boehms and husband Dennis Ray of Brentwood; 2 sons, Don Xavier Hines and wife Hilda of Hendersonville, Steve Allen Hines and wife Debbie of Hendersonville; 5 grandchildren, Gregory…

  Mr. Nickey Silcox, age 47 of Alexandria, died Saturday morning, June 26 at Riverview Regional in Carthage. He is survived by; wife, Martha Lynch Silcox; parents, Thomas Silcox of Alexandria, Connie Grisham of Carthage; daughter, Harley Marek and husband Lander of Gordonsville; son, Levi Ellis of Hartsville; granddaughter, Ava Silcox of Gordonsville. Mr. Silcox…

Ms. Betty Ward Armistead, age 75 of Elmwood, died Saturday morning, June 26 at Quality Care in Lebanon. She is survived by: 2 children, Jennifer Maynard and husband Tommy of Elmwood, Jimmy Dow Armistead of Club Springs; sister, Ruthie Watson of the St. Mary Hollow; 3 grandchildren, Chelsea Bush and husband Matt of Elmwood, John…

Mr. Dean Grisham, age 76 of South Carthage, died Wednesday, June 23 at his home. He is survived by: son, Tim Grisham of South Carthage; grandchildren, Timothy Grisham and wife Michelle of Sierra Vista, Arizona, Kain Allen Grisham of South Carthage; 3 great-grandchildren, Austin Lane Grisham, Chloe Grisham, Cash Grisham. Mr. Grisham is at the…

Mrs. Sue Massey White, age 87 of Elmwood died Monday evening, June 21 at her granddaughters home in Watertown. She is survived by: 2 daughters, Nancy Glover and husband Eddie of Elmwood, Debbie Warner and husband Larry of Hartsville; sister, Joyce Dillard of Gordonsville, brother, Kenneth Massey of Elmwood; 4 grandchildren, Christy Mattingly and husband…

Mr. Ricky Curtis, age 62 of Paris, TN died Monday evening, June 21 at Riverview Regional in Carthage. He is survived by: daughter, Sunshine Curtis Gregory and husband Justin of Riddleton; sister, Daphne Scheidler of Paris, 2 grandchildren, Harvest Gregory and Farmer Gregory; mother of daughter, Kim Curtis Ligon; step-daughter, Shawna Jones of Lebanon; mother,…

John Hart Blair, age 83, of Brush Creek, TN. passed away on June 5th. at St. Thomas Hospital, Murfreesboro TN. Born in Torrington Wyoming, he is preceded in death by parents, Fred and Opal Blair, Whites Creek, TN., brother, Wesley (Frances) Blair, Winchester, TN. He is survived by siblings, Cyrus (Doris) Blair, Punta Gorda FL., Mary…

Mrs. Joyce Malone Johnson, age 89 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Mrs. Johnson was born February 15, 1932 in Smithville, TN, a daughter of the late Ernest Malone and Claudine Grooms Malone. She was also preceded in death by her Husband; Retired American Airlines Captain, Charles R. “Cotton” Johnson and…

Mrs. Gladys Hesson, age 76 of Defeated Creek, died Saturday evening, June 19 at Riverview Regional in Carthage. She is survived by; husband, Ronald Hesson; daughters, Rhonda Ramsey of Defeated Creek, Lisa Sykes of Franklin; 4 grandchildren, David Ramsey of Defeated Creek, Ashley Ramsey of Defeated Creek, Hannah Sykes of Franklin, Ella Sykes of Franklin;…