Area Obituaries

Mr. Nazih Ishak, age 70, of Hendersonville, a retired restauranteur, died surrounded by his loving and devoted family at 11:56 a.m. Friday morning January 22, 2021 at the St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital in Nashville where he was admitted Sunday evening January 17th. Mr. Ishak was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was to…

Mr. Johnny “Rusty” Thompson, of the Flatrock Community, died at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville on Thursday January 21, 2021 at 3:24 a.m. where he was admitted January 6th. Mr. Thompson was 73. Bro. Jamie Duke officiated at the 1 p.m. Monday afternoon January 25th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

  David Milton Medley, 66 of Cookeville, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020, at Signature Health Care of Putnam County in Cookeville, Tennessee.   David loved and missed his son, the late Cody Levi Medley so much that he longed to see him again.   Born Wednesday, May 26, 1954 in Cookeville, Tennessee,…

Mrs. Mary Wade Phillips, age 92 ,of Dixon Springs, TN, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.Mrs. Phillips was born March 7, 1928 in Elmwood, TN, a daughter of the late Bemon Wade and Ruth White Wade. She married Robert Herbert Phillips on December 20, 1957 and he preceded her in death on April 15, 1995.…

Mr. Joe Allen Massey, a farmer of the Hiwassee Community, died at the age of 73 on Wednesday morning January 20, 2021 at his Hiwassee Road Farm surrounded by his family. Funeral services were conducted by his longtime minister Freddie Clayton and his present minister, Donnie Vick. The 1 p.m. Friday afternoon January 22nd funeral services…

Mr. E.L. Watson, age 89, of the Riddleton Community, died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening January 17, 2021 at the TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage where he was admitted January 9th. Mr. Watson was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon January 21st with his pastor,…

Mrs. Paula Fisher Bledsoe, a longtime resident of Corrales, New Mexico and a native of Carthage, died surrounded by her family at her home on January 12, 2021. Mrs. Bledsoe was 67. Mrs. Bledsoe was cremated and memorial services will be held at a later date to be announced. Born Paula Louise Fisher in Carthage…

Mrs. Joyce Kemp, a homemaker of the Sullivans Bend Community died at 5:43 p.m. Friday evening January 15, 2021 at the age of 80 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she had been hospitalized since January 6th. Graveside services were conducted from the Boulton Cemetery on the family farm in the Sullivans Bend Community…

Longtime former Tanglewood Community resident, Mrs. Louise Duke, died at the age of 91 at 7:20 a.m. Sunday morning January 17, 2021 at The Pavilion in Lebanon with complications from Covid-19. Mrs. Duke was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside services were conducted Tuesday afternoon January 19th at 1 p.m. with Mrs.…

Mrs. Annell Sircy, age 85, a homemaker of South Carthage, died peacefully at 1:25 p.m. Thursday afternoon January 14, 2021 at The Pavilion in Lebanon where she had made her home since July 3rd of 2018. Saturday afternoon January 16th funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Eld. James “Pee Wee” Massey, from the Carthage Chapel…