Area Obituaries

Joseph William “Bill” Sheppard, 79, of Royal Oak, Michigan, died on May 28, 2021 after a sharp decline in his health and a brief time in hospice. Bill was born in Muhlenberg County, KY on March 31, 1942 to parents Joseph W. Sheppard (1919-1951) and Helyn Hudson Sheppard Butler (1920 – 2006). In addition to…

Kelli Robinson Webster, age 50 of Watertown, died Thursday morning, June 3, 2021 at Vanderbilt-Wilson Hospital in Lebanon. Kelli was a graduate of Watertown High School and received her BA degree from the University of Central Florida. She is survived by her husband, Gavin Webster; son, Bryce Webster; parents, Bill and Shirley Robinson; sisters, Julie…

Funeral services for Mr. Joe McDonald of the Chestnut Mound Community have been scheduled for Wednesday morning June 9th at 11 a.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Bro. Jeff Burton will officiate and burial will be in the McDonald family lot in the Garden of Gethsemane at the Smith County Memorial Gardens.…

Mrs. Peggy Woodmore Johnson, of Hartsville died at 9:31 a.m. Friday morning June 4, 2021 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center E. R. in Gallatin. Mrs. Johnson, age 74, is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her three children, Tina Woodmore, Bobby Woodmore and Nuru Johnson, were to make arrangements at 10…

Mr. Jay Sanders, of the Elmwood Community, was pronounced deceased at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage at 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon June 4, 2021 after being discovered unresponsive at his Cookeville Highway home by family members. Mr. Sanders was 53. Eld. Terry Ray, assisted by Eld. Steven Ray, officiated at the…

A 76 year old Riddleton Community resident, Mrs. Linda Tabor of Rome Road, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. at 10:14 a.m. Wednesday morning June 2, 2021 following a two car vehicle accident in the 400 block of Dixon Springs Highway. Memorial services for Mrs. Tabor are scheduled…

World War II Marine veteran, Mr. William Enoch of Carthage, died at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage on Friday evening June 4, 2021 at 8:02 p.m. where had spent his final days of rest since May 27th. Mr. Enoch’s pastor, Bro. Lanny Thomas, officiated at the 11 a.m. Monday morning June…

Mary Etheleen Bryan Gass, age 96 of New Middleton, TN, known affectionately as “Granaleen” to her family and friends, passed away on June 3rd, 2021 at the Pavilion Senior Living Center in Carthage, TN. She was born Mary Etheleen Wooten in Bluff Creek, TN on July 25, 1924, to the late Elmer Dale and Mai…

Mr. Cameron Lane Wilkerson, age 43 of Carthage, TN, passed away on Monday, May 31, 2021.Mr. Wilkerson was born September 12, 1977 in Lebanon, TN, a son of Vicki Virginia Crawford Maynard and the late Ricky Lane Wilkerson.Cameron is survived by Mother; Vicki Crawford Maynard of Carthage, TN. Several children. Fiancé; Callie Bible.Funeral Services for Mr.…

Mrs. Betty Katherine “Kathy” Stewart, age 73 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Friday, May 28, 2021.Mrs. Stewart was born May 24, 1948 in Spring City, TN. She is preceded in death by Mother and Step-Father; Marie Roberts Thompson and Jim Thompson. Mrs. Stewart married Careal Stewart on April 19, 1978. She worked for several…