Area Obituaries

Mr. Terry Layne Martin, age 64 of Lebanon, TN passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at Riverview Regional Medical Center, Carthage, TN. Preceded in death by, Parents, Ed & Dixie Martin. Survived by: Son, Taylor Martin-Lebanon, TN, Daughter, Page (Ben) Chambers-Lebanon, TN, Grandson, Eli Seth Chambers, 2 Sisters, Mary Jo (Ron) Webb-Hartsville, TN, Debra (Barry)…

Mrs. Myra Janell Caudill, age 85, of Carthage, TN, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Mrs. Caudill was born February 26, 1936 in the Buffalo Community of Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late Fred R. West and Dovie Colena Knight West. She married William Clifton Mofield at the age of 14 and…

Mr. Robert “Buddy” Chaffin, age 76, a Vietnam Veteran of Lebanon, Tennessee, and longtime Carthage resident, died peacefully in his sleep at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, February 14, 2021, at his Lebanon home. His wife and soul-mate of almost fifty-four years, Janice Chaffin, who he affectionally called “his brown-eyed girl,” followed him in death with her…

Mr. David Jenkins, age 30 of Carthage, died Sunday afternoon, February 21 at Vanderbilt-Wilson in Lebanon. He is survived by: mother, Cindy Key of Carthage; father, Tony Jenkins and wife Linda of McMinnville; paternal grandparents, Jud Key and wife Emily of Carthage; aunts and uncles, Bobbie Key, Roy Key, Donnie, Scottie and Jeffery Key, Julie…

Kenneth Ray Wester Services for Mr Wester, 80 will be Friday at 11am in the chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home (Carthage).  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. In observance of the CDC guidelines, we are still practicing 6-foot social distancing. Mask requirement strictly enforced. Survivors include wife Lasheryle Wester, daughters Lori (Steven)…

Mrs. Dorothy Shrum, age 86 of Lebanon and a long time resident of Carthage, died Wednesday morning, February 24 at her home. She is survived by: 3 children, Connie Shrum of Carthage, Judy Thornton and husband Earl of Carthage, Mike Shrum and wife Rena of Lebanon; 4 grandchildren, Jennifer Thornton Carmack and husband Mike of…

Mr. Christopher Caruthers, of Paducah, Kentucky, died at 11:09 p.m. Saturday evening February 20, 2021 at the age of 62 in Paducah under the care of Mercy Health Hospice. He was suffering from cancer. A graveside service and interment were conducted in the Towns Family plot in the Amonette-Taylor section of Dixon Springs Cemetery at…

Mrs. Mary Woodard Gragiola, of Gordonsville, died at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday evening, February 17, 2021, at the age of 72 at the St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro where she was admitted February 16th, suffering from cardiac complications. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home are scheduled for Thursday afternoon, February 25th,…

Kempville Community resident, Mr. Greg Padgett, passed away at his Padgett Lane home on Thursday evening February 11, 2021. He was pronounced deceased at 9:21 p.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage. Services were conducted Monday afternoon February 22nd at 3 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home with Bro.…

Luther David Teat was born on March 1st, 1932 in Ravenden, Lawrence County, Arkansas to Hiram Teat and Era Clements. On June 24th ,1951, he married Joan Eleanor Grayson, the mother of his three children. Joan preceded Dave in death on October 12th, 1995. Dave entered into the United States Air Force on February 20th,…