Area Obituaries

A long-time Smith County Emergency Medical Technician, Mr. Jackson Curtis Sledge age 37 of the Pleasant Shade Community, was pronounced deceased at 10:43 a.m. Monday morning October 13, 2025. He was discovered deceased earlier that morning by his wife of just over ten years. A memorial service to Celebrate his Life was conducted Friday afternoon…

A highly decorated Iraqi War Marine Veteran, Mr. Josh Rutherford of Nashville, entered eternal rest peacefully at 8:17 a.m. Wednesday morning October 15, 2025 at his Park Plus Drive apartment. Mr. Rutherford was 37. Mr. Rutherford is at the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. His funeral services are scheduled to be conducted on Friday…

Ms. Kathy Phillips of Greenbrier, TN died peacefully at 10:20 p.m. Thursday evening October 16, 2025 at the age of 58 at Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville where she was admitted hours earlier from Skyline Medical Center in Nashville with a rare undetected brain disorder. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Ms. Donna Jane Tramel Davis age 81, of Alexandria, TN passed away Thursday October 16, 2025. Ms. Davis was born on July 27, 1944, a daughter of the late Johnie Shade Tramel and Burkette Lorene Davis Tramel. She graduated from Liberty High School, Liberty, TN and received her bachelors degree in education from Tennessee Tech…

John Hilary Dawson, age 83, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, passed peacefully from this life early Sunday morning, October 19, 2025, at NHC Healthcare of Murfreesboro following an extended illness. Born on December 2, 1941, in Carthage, Tennessee, Hilary was the son of the late Will B. Dawson and Ova Mai Braswell Dawson. He was preceded in…

An Elmwood Community businessman, Mr. Jeff Parker, passed from this life on Sunday evening, October 5, 2025, as a result of an automobile accident while riding his motorcycle.  Mr. Parker was 64. Bro. Floyd Massey officiated the 11:00 a.m., Thursday morning, October 9th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial followed…

Chief Petty Office, U. S. Navy retired, Mr. Carlos Yeast of Mount Juliet and a longtime resident of the Riddleton Community, died peacefully with his three children at his bedside on Saturday morning October 10, 2025 at his daughters Waters Edge Circle home and who died six days after his 89th birthday. He was pronounced…

Mrs. Lynnie Boat’e formerly of the Defeated Creek Community went home to be with the Lord on Saturday October 4, 2025 at the Pavilion Senior Living Rehabilitation and Care Center in Lebanon, with her son David, singing softly by her bedside.  In a quiet moment yet to come, Lynnie’s close family will gather on a…

Longtime New Middleton Community resident, Mr. Roy Armistead Jr. departed this life at 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon October 8, 2025 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted October 3rd. Mr. Armistead was 84. Mr. Armistead was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and will be cremated at the…

Mrs. Betty Murray age 95, a longtime Dixon Springs resident and homemaker. was pronounced deceased at 10:25 a.m. Sunday morning October 5, 2025 at the Highpoint Health-Riverview Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted Saturday afternoon October 4th. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted at 3 p.m. on…