Area Obituaries

Riddleton Community native Mrs. Martha Watson, a White House resident and homemaker, was called home to be with her Lord surrounded by her family at her Hickory Trails home on Thursday evening March 11, 2021. She was pronounced deceased by High Point Hospice at 9:45 p.m. at the age of 91. A Celebration of her…

Redora Winfree LEBANON – age 58 d.03/01/2021 She is survived by devoted siblings; Zetta (Spence) Talley, Beatrice Hancock, Donna (Dr. Alton) Pickett, Lois (LeRoy) Goodloe, Sarah (Von) Cox, Lesa (Karl) Batson, Sharon (Chuck) Kidd, Wilkie (Ruby), Isaac (Marie), Clement (Cemone) and Samuel (Sharon) Winfree. Many other relatives and friends. COMMUNITY WALK THROUGH PUBLIC VIEWING IS…

Jennifer Marie Nickell, age 47, of Carthage, TN, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020 in Smith County, Tennessee.  Ms Nickell is at the Carthage, TN Chapel of Bass Funeral Home, 807 Main St. North, Carthage, TN 37030. Call the Carthage Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes for any information concerning Jennifer Marie Nickell  615-735-1212. BASS…

Ms. Terri Sue Hart Terry of Fisher, Indiana died peacefully and went to be with her Lord at the I U Saxony Hospital in Fisher on Saturday February 20, 2021. Ms. Terry was 60. A Celebration of Life Ceremony will be held Saturday March 20, 2021 at 4 p.m. at the Redeemer Church Rockford at…

 Mr. Van Fields, age 56, a resident of the Riddleton Community, died Friday evening March 5, 2021 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage after collapsing at his Wilburn Hollow Road home earlier Friday night suffering from an apparent heart attack. He was transported to Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage by Smith…

Mr. Doras “Sidney” Williams, age 79 of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2021. Mr. Williams was born October 12, 1941 in Sneads Ferry, NC, a son of the late Jonas Russell Williams, Sr. and Rosie Lee Boles Williams. He married Wanda Jane Burgess on March 29, 1963 and she preceded him…

Mrs. Barbara Ann Williams, age 74 of Carthage, TN, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Mrs. Williams was born April 25, 1946 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of the late Kirk Lee Anderson and Lucille Blanch Sutton Anderson. She married former Smith County Sherriff’s Deputy and Gordonsville Chief of Police, Harold Lee Williams on…

A renowned fiddle player, Mr. Risey Scruggs, died peacefully at the age of 98 Thursday evening February 18, 2021 at 9 p.m. surrounded by his family at his Circle Drive Hartsville home. Funeral services from the Anthony Funeral Home were conducted Wednesday afternoon February 24th at 1 p.m. with Eld. Dean Dyer and Eld. Joe…

Mr. Wendel (Wenn) Bennett Jr., age 47, of the Hogans Creek Community, died Friday morning February 26, 2021 at his Thompson Hollow Road home. He was pronounced deceased at 7:10 a.m. Smith County E-911 received the call for assistance at 6:45 a.m. Mr. Bennett is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his…

Ms. Anne Marie Gillis of Brentwood, a retired former Carthage business woman and media executive, died at the age of 66 surrounded by family and caregivers at the family’s Bluff Road home at 8:17 p.m. Monday evening February 22, 2021 under the care of Caris Hospice of Murfreesboro. Ms. Gillis had gallantly battled A.L.S. (Lou…