Area Obituaries

Mr. Charles Spivey, age 70 of the Pleasant Sade Community, succumbed to cancer three days following his and Debbie’s forty-seventh wedding anniversary. He died surrounded by family at the family’s Pleasant Shade Highway home at 3:16 a.m. Friday morning May 16, 2025 and was pronounced deceased at 4:20 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston, who…

Joliet, Illinois native, Mr. Don Coldwater Jr. of the Defeated Creek Community was pronounced deceased on Thursday afternoon May 15, 2025 at 4:49 p.m. at the TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville at the age of 64 after suffering an apparent heart attack at his Harris Hollow Road home on Tuesday morning May 13th. He…

Wilson County native and Carthage resident, Mr. K. C. Lackey, was pronounced deceased at the Alive Hospice Residence in Murfreesboro on Monday May 12, 2025 at the age of 70. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted by Tom Grant and Bro. Todd Lackey on Friday afternoon May 16th…

A South Carthage homemaker, Mrs. Fonda White, died peacefully with her caregiver Tonya Parker present at her Hazel Drive home. She was pronounced deceased at 1:12 p.m. Monday afternoon May 12, 2025 by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston. Mrs. White was 66. Mrs. White was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and to comply…

Chad Edward Dickens went to his heavenly home on May 1st, 2025 at 3:15 pm at the home of his brother Mike Kemp after a long hard battle with cancer surrounded by family members. He was 46. Chad was under the excellent care of Highpoint Hospice.  Chad was born on May 22nd, 1978 at the…

Bobby D. Brown, (Dale) age 73, passed away April 25, 2025 at his residence in Murfreesboro, TN. He was a native of Dillards Creek and an electrical engineer with Smith Seckman Reid (SSR) until his retirement. He was currently associated with DFH Services. Dale was preceded in death by his parents, John Marshall and Anna…

Saved at the age of 13 at the Union Missionary Baptist Church under the preaching of the late F. L. Ray, Mrs. Frances Barton Williams, age 94 of the Difficult Community, made her transition from her earthly journey to her permanent heavenly home to join her husband and other family members and friends for all…

The earthly journey for Mrs. Wendolyn (Wendy) Gregory Dixon ended at 4:17 p.m. Thursday evening May 8, 2025 with her family at her bedside at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette, and now she is enjoying her heavenly home with the family and friends who have gone on before. Mrs. Dixon was 96 years, 10 months…

Mrs. Carolyn Combs age 75 of the Monoville Community departed this life at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning May 7, 2025 at the home of her daughter & son-in-law in the Monoville Community. She was under the care of Amedisys Hospice of Murfreesboro. Mrs. Combs was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and following…

Pine Bluff, Arkansas native, Mr. Danny Upshaw, departed this life at the age of 65 at 11 a.m. Wednesday May 7, 2025 at his Main Street North, Pin Oak apartment. With his family and cherished partner Clarice Floyd present, he was pronounced deceased by Gentiva Hospice of Livington who had been lovingly assisting his family…