Area Obituaries

Ms. Paula Bates, a special needs lady of the Hiwassie Community, died peacefully at the age of 54 at 11:20 a.m. Saturday morning December 19, 2020 at the Murci Home Retirement Center in Antioch. Ms. Bates was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside services were conducted Wednesday afternoon December 23rd with Bro.…

South Carthage resident Mr. Stephen Cummings, age 82, was pronounced dead on arrival at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday afternoon December 16, 2020 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage. An autopsy was performed at the Metro Medical Examiner Office in Nashville with results of the manner of the natural death pending. Mr. Cummings…

Ms. Tina Gray, of Carthage, passed peacefully into her eternal rest at 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning December 17, 2020 surrounded by her family at her Skyline Drive home. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 56 at 7:20 a.m. by HighPoint Hospice who had been assisting the family with her care. Her former pastor, Bro.…

Mrs. Cornell Matthews, a homemaker of the Graveltown Community, died at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, where she had made her home since September 9, 2011, at 5:24 a.m. Thursday morning December 17, 2020 four months and two days before her 100th birthday. Mrs. Matthews was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…

Mrs. Louise Gibbs, of Carthage, died two days following the death of her 60 year old son, Farris Len Gibbs, who died at their Jordan Street home Sunday morning December 13th. Mrs. Gibbs died at the age of 88 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where she was admitted December 10th suffering from Covid. She was…

Mr. Ricky H. Holladay, age 66, of Gordonsville, TN passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020.Mr. Holladay was born February 8, 1954 in Lebanon, TN, a son of the late Hilton Ray Holladay and Fleta Ann Moore Holladay. He was also preceded in death by Sister; Kathy Beadle.Ricky was a 1972 graduate of Smith County High…

Mr. J.C. Maxwell, age 73 of Chestnut Mound, TN, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Mr. Maxwell was born October 6, 1947 in Smith County, TN, a son of the late Christopher Columbus Maxwell and Carrie Mae Davis Maxwell. He is also preceded in death by Siblings; Stella Frances Huff, Betty Jo Carey, Vada…

William (Bill) Andrew Adkisson passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Bill was born May 12, 1968 in Somers Point, NJ, the youngest son of William Henry Adkisson and the late Carole Jean Voelmle Adkisson. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice Ann Gross Adkisson. Bill was a graduate of Pleasantville High School,…

Obituary for Sherry Brown Ms. Sherry Brown, age 46 of Nashville, TN, passed away on December 9, 2020.    Sherry was born June 9, 1974. She was a free spirit who embraced life to the fullest. Sherry was known for her one of a kind personality. She greeted folks with a big smile, and a…

A lifelong Carthage resident, Mr. Farris Gibbs, was found deceased at his Jordan Street home shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday morning December 13, 2020 when Carthage P. D. went to his home to do a welfare check. He was pronounced dead at the age of 60 at the River Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage…