Area Obituaries

Roy Nelson Pugh, age 69, of Auburntown, passed away Monday morning December 21, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro.  He was born in Woodbury to his parents, Jenelle Pedigo and the late Harold Pugh.  Roy was a member of the Prosperity Baptist Church, the Cannon County Walking Horse Association, he served on the…

Mrs. Yvonne Bean, Mrs. Yvonne Bean, of the Grant community, died Christmas Day morning, December 25, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. at the age of 78 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, where she had made her home since September 6, 2017. Mrs. Bean was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

Bagdad Community resident Mr. Jim Matoy was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:45 a.m. on Christmas Day morning, December 25, 2020, at the Riverview Regional Medical Center after becoming gravely ill at his Salt Lick Creek Road home. He was 52. Mr. Matoy was released to the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home on Monday…

Mr. Fillmore Woodard, of the Funns Branch Community, died at 12:45 a.m. Thursday morning at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where he had made his home since June 22, 2016. Mr. Woodard was 89. Funeral services from the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted Monday afternoon December 28th at 1…

Mr. Phillip Addison Gibbs, age 33, of Greenbrier, TN passed away Wednesday December 23, 2020.Born November 1, 1987 in Gallatin, TN, Mr. Gibbs was a son of William “Terry” Gibbs and the late Carolyn Ann Sprinkle Gibbs. He was a 2005 graduate of Beech High School where he was an all-state football player.Mr. Gibbs is…

Mr. Mike “Road” Ruis, of Carthage and a longtime Lebanon resident, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional E.R. at 12:26 p.m. Monday afternoon December 21, 2020 at the age of 66. Mr. Ruis was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was scheduled to be cremated at Cumberland Family Services in…

Mrs. Jo Doris Baker Washer, age 89, of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020. Mrs. Washer was born February 1, 1931 in Brush Creek, TN, a daughter of the late Joe Lewis Baker and Allie Kyle Baker. She married Buil James Washer on December 23, 1948 and he preceded her in…

Mr. Roy Hicks, age 80, of the Tanglewood Community died at 7:04 p.m. Sunday evening December 20, 2020 at the Front Porch Senior Living Center in Portland under the care of Adoration Hospice. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted by Edward L. Anderson on Wednesday afternoon December 23rd at 1…

Mr. Eddie Lawrence, age 88, of Alexandria, TN, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020.Mr. Lawrence was born June 22, 1932 in Sykes, TN, a son of the late Millard S. Lawrence and Lula Kyle Lawrence. He married Loni Faye Parkerson Lawrence on December 23, 1960 and she preceded him in death in January of…

Mr. Barry Henry Hogg, age 58 of Hickman, TN, passed away Thursday December 17, 2020.Mr. Hogg was born in Carthage, TN on May 16, 1962, a son of the late Homer Thornton Hogg Sr. and Margaret Ann Hogan Hogg. He was also preceded in death by a brother Homer Thornton Hogg Jr. He was a…