Area Obituaries

With her family at her bedside, Mrs. Rhonda Hackett of South Carthage departed her earthly journey to begin her walk with God at the family’s Tulip Lane home in South Carthage at 12:30 a.m. She was pronounced deceased at 2:31 a.m. on August 31, 2026 by Amedisys Hospice of Murfreesboro. Funeral services from the Carthage…

A longtime Pleasant Shade Community resident who possessed a keen sense of humor and was loved by all who knew her, Mrs. Sue Sloan Grisham, departed this earth to be with her two sons, husband and parents. At 89 years of age, she was pronounced deceased at 8:12 a.m. Thursday morning September 3, 2026 at…

A sweet-spirited and kind-hearted lady, Mrs. Shannon Marie Schwartz, departed this earthly life at the age of 64 on Sunday, July 5, 2026, to begin her heavenly journey with her Lord and Savior. A memorial service to Celebrate her Life will be conducted at a time and date to be announced from the Carthage Chapel…

Ms. Amy Young Underwood of Gordonsville was discovered unresponsive by her daughter Beth at Amy’s Stewarts Bend Lane home on Monday afternoon August 24, 2026. At 5:06 p.m., the Gordonsville ambulance Station 2 was dispatched to the home and after transport to Highpoint – Health Riverview with Ascension St. Thomas Emergency Department, she was pronounced…

Mrs. Linda Anderson Claywell age 73 of the Defeated Creek Community, went to be with her Lord on Friday evening August 28, 2026 at 7:05 p.m.  surrounded by family who will miss her beyond measure. The family had been assisted with her care in her final days by the staff at the Knollwood Health Care…

Mrs. Nova Toney, of Hartsville departed this life to be with her heavenly father at 4:50 a.m. Monday morning August 24, 2026 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she was admitted August 20th. Eld. Junior Dickerson officiated at the 1 p.m. Friday afternoon August 28th funeral service from the Carthage Chapel of…

Mrs. Donna Sensabaugh age 86 of South Carthage was discovered unresponsive at her Reynolds Street home on Thursday morning August 28, 2026 shortly after 11 a.m. by her daughter Diana. She was pronounced deceased at 11:50 a.m. at the Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension St. Thomas Emergence Department in Carthage. Bro. Tim Frank of…

We can shed tears that a dear brother, Mike Turnipseed is gone, or we can rejoice that he lived and left a lasting memory and is gone too soon, but to be with the Savior that he longed to meet. At 12:55 a.m. Tuesday morning a call to Smith County E-911 for assistance after his…

Dickie Wills Reasonover left this life on Sunday, August 23, 2026, in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was born on July 1, 1947, in Carthage, Tennessee, to J.C. and Jean Reasonover. Dickie grew up in the Sykes community of Smith County, Tennessee, and graduated from Gordonsville High School in 1965, where he played football. After graduation, he…

After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Jimmie Carver of the Riddleton Community passed from his earthly journey at 5:16 a.m. Tuesday morning August 18, 2026 at his Preacher Road Home in the Riddleton Community, where he had lived for most of his life. He entered eternity to be with his parents, a sister…