Area Obituaries

Mrs. Lucette Kemp of the Kempville Community succumbed to a three-year battle with breast cancer and was pronounced deceased at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday morning January 14, 2025 with her family who had been at her bedside since she was admitted Saturday morning January 12th at the High Point Health – Riverview in Carthage. Mrs. Kemp…

Mrs. Marilynn Kirby of Kennys Bend in the Rock City Community died at the age of 70 at 1:05 p.m. Saturday afternoon January 18, 2025 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage. Funeral services will be conducted by her two brothers-in-law, Wally Kirby and Steve Kirby on Thursday morning January 23rd from…

Ms. Mary Martin age 76 died at 8 a.m. Monday morning January 13, 2025 and was pronounced deceased at 9 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston at her daughter, Angie Brimm’s, Beasley Bend Road farm home in the Riddleton Community.  Ms. Martin was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her services were…

Mr. Lynn Beasley age 81 of Hartsville died peacefully at the Westmoreland Care and Rehabilitation Center where he had made his home since June 25, 2024. He was pronounced deceased at 7:07 A.M. on Thursday morning January 16, 2025 by Alive Hospice. His pastor, Eld. Brent Hall, assisted by his former pastor, Eld. Michael Nesbitt,…

Mrs. Shirley Christine Maxwell, age 89, of Livingston, TN, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Mrs. Maxwell was born August 12, 1935 in Jackson County, TN, a daughter of the late Marshall B. Wheeler and Carrie M. Maynard Wheeler. Mrs. Maxwell married James R. Maxwell and he preceded her in death on April 19,…

Mr. John Franklin Michael, Jr., age 71 of Pleasant Shade, TN, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Mr. Michael was born April 8, 1953 in Michigan, a son of the late John Franklin Michael, Sr and Lucy Marie House Michael. He was also preceded in death by a daughter and sister; Constance Marie Michael.…

Longtime Rome Community homemaker, Mrs. Dene Massey Owens, departed this life at 4:10 p.m. Monday afternoon January 6, 2025 at the Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville at the age of 90. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home were conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon January 14th. Her longtime former Rome Church…

Mrs. Wanda Dixon Donoho age 80 of the Sycamore Valley Community in Macon County departed this life at 12:49 p.m. Wednesday afternoon January 8, 2025 at the Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville. Funeral services from the Anderson and Son Funeral Home in Lafayette were conducted Monday afternoon January 13th at 1 p.m. Eld. Glenn Brawner…

Mrs. Mildred Jean Bennett Jones, age 84 of Gordonsville, TN passed away Thursday January 9, 2025. Mrs. Jones was born in Gordonsville, TN on November 14, 1940, a daughter of the late Norman “Normie” Bennett and Frances Elizabeth Grisham Bennett. She was married to Allen Ray Jones on May 16, 1969, he preceded her in…

A South Carthage homemaker, Mrs. Gladys Andrews Sloan, entered into her eternal rest at 12:26 p.m. Tuesday afternoon December 31, 2024 with her son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and great-granddaughter at her bedside at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon. Funeral services, conducted by Bro. Ron Ralph, were held Thursday afternoon January 2nd at 3 p.m.…