Area Obituaries

Mr. Elwood Lykins, age 88 of Carthage, TN passed away on Sunday March 31, 2024. Mr. Lykins was born August 12, 1935 in West Liberty, KY. He was a son of the late Roy Lykins and Vesta Mae Howard Lykins. He was also preceded by six siblings: Harold Lykins, Woodrow Lykins, Paul Lykins, Eugene Lykins,…

James Murray Sykes, age 89, of Crossville, Tennessee passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 6, 2024 with his loving wife by his side. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Karen Seal (Bill), parents Walter and Sadie Sykes, brother Robert H. Sykes (Gladys), and sister, Nancy Swain. He is survived by his wife Sallye…

Mr. Parker Goolsby of Lebanon and a longtime South Carthage resident was pronounced deceased at 3:43 a.m. Monday morning March 25, 2024 at the age of 83 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where he was admitted March 17th. Mr. Goolsby was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral and at his request was scheduled…

Mr. Gordon Jenkins age 70 of the Rome Community died at 8:35 a.m. Monday morning March 25, 2024 with his family at his bedside at the family’s Roberts Lane home following a battle with lung cancer with which he was diagnosed February 26th. He was pronounced deceased at 9:42 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston…

A longtime Difficult Community farmer, Mr. Frank Owens, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage after being discovered unresponsive at his Smith Hollow Lane farm. He was pronounced deceased at 11:02 a.m. Sunday morning March 24, 2024. Mr. Owens was 68. Eld. Michael Nesbitt officiated at the 1 p.m.…

Mrs. Jean Upchurch, a homemaker, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage at 4:16 a.m. Thursday morning March 28, 2024 after becoming gravely ill at her daughter’s Clemons Circle home in Carthage. Mrs. Upchurch was 56. Mrs. Upchurch was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and…

Miss Alpha Smith of South Carthage and a longtime Nashville resident died peacefully at 2:28 a.m. Monday morning March 25, 2024 at the age of 74 at the Pavilion in South Carthage where she had made her home to be near her brother since March 21, 2022. She was under the care of Gentiva Hospice…

Harrisburg, Arkansas native, Mr. Jimmy Scoggins who was now an automobile mechanic of Carthage, died at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Thursday morning March 26, 2024 at 2:28 a.m. Following making arrangements for cremation by his mother at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home, he was scheduled to be cremated at the Cumberland…

Ms Bobbie Lue Grisham, age 89 of Carthage, TN passed away Friday March 29, 2024 in Huntsville, AL. Gods Kingdom has received a true angel into their flock, and she will be greatly mourned by all who knew her. Ms Grisham was born in Smith County, TN on December 12, 1934, daughter of the late…

On the morning of March 25, 2024 our mother, Margaret Ann Briggs, also known by some as “Marge”’ or “Margie” went to be with the Lord at the age of 82. She was home with her family in Murfreesboro, TN. Born to Harrison and Myrtle Abbott in Co-Op, Kentucky on June 21, 1941 Margaret was…