Area Obituaries

A United States Army Veteran, Ms. Kristine Levinski of South Carthage, was discovered unresponsive on Tuesday evening August 18th at her Duffy Avenue home. She was pronounced dead on arrival at 7:42 p.m. August 18th 2026 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension St. Thomas Emergency Department. Ms. Levinski was 70. Ms. Levinski was…

Mr. David Gibbs age 82 of Lebanon departed this life at the family home on August 16, 2026 on the day of his and his wife Cindy’s 63rd anniversary, surrounded by the love of a family who adored him and will miss him beyond measure. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in…

Little Miss Mallory Harlynn Williams, new born infant daughter of Jon Douglas & Ashley Brooke Waller Williams of the Gladdice Community is now resting in the arms of Jesus following her birth at 5:07 p.m. Saturday evening August 15, 2026 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Graveside services were Wednesday morning August 19th at the…

Mrs. Lora Mae Bobbie Dugan, age 94 of Gordonsville, TN passed away on Wednesday August 19, 2026.  Mrs. Bobbie was born October 31, 1931, she was the widow of the late Rev Ira Arnold Dugan, Jr. who passed away on April 20, 2006, and was also preceded by a daughter Kathi Doris Dugan on December…

Defeated Creek Community native and Shelbyville, Tennessee resident, and a Smith County High School tri-athlete, Mr. Tommy Nixon, departed this life to begin his heavenly journey wrapped in the arms of Jesus and made his arrival into heaven at 8:07 p.m. Monday evening June 22, 2026 at the age of 80 surrounded by his family…

A sweet spirited, kind hearted lady, Mrs. Helen Ramsey Blair departed the walks of this life at the age of 81 at 4:55 a.m. Friday morning August 14, 2026 to begin her heavenly journey with her Lord and Savior. With her daughter at her bedside, she quietly passed at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where…

Frances Lee Gwaltney Hunter was born on February 18, 1923, in Gordonsville, TN to Oliver Wendell Gwaltney and Gladys Ines Williams Gwaltney, the eldest of five siblings. She attended Gordonsville High School where she played basketball and graduated from Peabody College with a degree in accounting. She married the boy next door, William Mose “Bill”…

Mrs. Cathy Bennett Smith, age 67, of Manchester, TN, passed away on Saturday August 8, 2026. Born in Nashville, TN on August 29, 1958, she was a daughter of the late R J Bennett and Ruby Pauline Burton Bennett. She was also preceded by a brother, Randall Dale Bennett, Sr., brother-in-law Kerry Pennington. Cathy graduated…

Mr. Jason Shelton age 52 of Donelson departed this life on Thursday morning August 6, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, He was pronounced deceased at 9:50 a.m. by Heather Lowe with Gentiva Hospice of Livingston. Mr. Shelton had made his home at the facility since May 26, 2026. Private…

Private graveside services and interment for Master Khaos O’Joy Cason, newborn son of Maelia Stewart of Carthage and Keaton Cason of Gordonsville, were conducted Thursday morning July 30, 2026 at the Ridgewood Cemetery in Carthage.  Master Cason was born July 18, 2026 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Surviving in addition to his…