Area Obituaries

A loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and a devoted husband to his wife of over sixty-one years, Bonnie, Mr. Royce Gregory succumbed to lung cancer with his family at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased Friday morning April 17, 2026 at the age of 83 at 10:13 a.m. at the Saint Thomas Mid-Town Hospital where…

A retired Tennessee State Trooper Lieutenant and Vietnam Era veteran, Mr. Don Green of Mount Juliet, died at the age of 79 on Wednesday morning April 15, 2026 after being admitted to TriStar Southern Hills Hospital emergency department with C.P. R. in progress. He was pronounced deceased at 10:23 a.m. His funeral services were Tuesday…

Five days following her 78th birthday, Mrs. Shannon Fairchild a former resident of Lebanon, was called home at 4:50 a.m. Friday morning April 17, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since April 8, 2024. Mrs. Fairchild was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

Mrs. Cindy Recob age 66, a homemaker of the Horseshoe Bend Community, was pronounced deceased at 4:36 p.m. Saturday evening April 11, 2026 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @ Ascension Saint Thomaas Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted moments earlier with C.P.R. in progress. Mrs. Recob was at the Carthage Chapel of…

The Lord in Heaven brought Marian Darlene Gray into the world on September 17, 1935 and took her home on April 14, 2026.   She was born in Hardin, Montana and left this world from Carthage, Tennessee. Marian was a born-again Christian.  She was baptized at the age of eight with her father and sister…

With family at her bedside, Mrs. Doris Givens Mason, a homemaker of the Lancaster Community, was called to be at home with Jesus at 9:35 p.m. Thursday evening April 9, 2026 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since April 30, 2025. She was pronounced deceased…

Mr. Gerald Glover, affectionately known by all as “Papa,” went to be with Jesus on April 8, 2026, at the age of 95. A longtime resident of Hendersonville, TN, Gerald leaves behind a legacy of hard work, devotion to family, and a faith in God. Funeral services from the Hendersonville Funeral Home were conducted Monday…

Ms. Vivian Pettross Krajewski, age 71, of Gordonsville, TN passed away on Friday April 10, 2026. Vivian was born July 15, 1954 in Nashville, TN a daughter of the late Vance Pettross, Jr. and Mary Frances Allmon Pettross; grandparents, Vance Pettross, Sr. and Cora Fincannon Pettross, Benjamin Allmon and Julie Mai Allen Allmon. Vivian was…

Retired Church of Christ minister Mr. Wayne P. Lankford, succumbed to injuries suffered in a fall at his home on Tuesday March 24th. With his family at his bedside, he departed this life to be with the redeemed at 2:23 a.m. Thursday morning April 2, 2026, at Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville where he was…

The Tanglewood Community and Smith County Commission Company’s most beloved friend, Joe Joe Burk departed this life suddenly Saturday morning March 28, 2026 after becoming gravely ill at his home in the Tanglewood Community. With C.P.R. to no avail, he was pronounced deceased at 7:56 a.m. at the Highpoint Health – Riverview @ Ascension Saint…