Area Obituaries

South Carthage resident, Mr. Wayne Givens, was discovered in respiratory distress by his wife at their Hogans Creek Road home on Thursday afternoon. He was pronounced deceased at Highpoint Health – Riverview at 5:20 p.m. Thursday January 30, 2025. An assistance call for help from Smith County E-911 was received at 4:05 p.m. Funeral services…

Mr. Jeff Cannon of the Defeated Creek Community died peacefully at his Lakeside Drive home under the care of Gentiva Hospice of Livingston with his family at his bedside. Mr. Cannon was 70 years of age. Memorial services are scheduled for Monday afternoon February 10, 2025 from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home to…

Mr. Ray Robertson of Lafayette and a well-known Carthage mechanic, was pronounced deceased at 4:37 a.m. Friday morning January 31, 2025 by Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon at The Palace of Red Boiling Springs where he had resided since August of 2024. Mr. Robertson was 86. Family and friends assembled at the Ridgewood Cemetery in Carthage…

Mrs. Sue Baker Sheddan, age 88 of Fayetteville, Georgia departed this life and began her heavenly walk at 3:51 p.m. E.S.T. Saturday afternoon January 25, 2025 at the Emory Hospital/Clifton Road in Atlanta, Georgia with her family at her bedside. Mrs. Sheddan was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her funeral services…

A widely admired and beloved lady, Mrs. Lois Greene Vance, has died at the age of 59 from injuries received in an automobile accident near the Linwood Road exit on I-40 East which occurred shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon January 21, 2025. After being Life flighted to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville,…

Retired longtime Defeated Creek Community merchant, Mrs. Kathleen Woodard Gregory, ended her earthly journey at 1:06 p.m. at the age of 90 on Tuesday afternoon January 21, 2025 at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette where she had been receiving therapy for a broken hip since December 9th.  Eld. Shawn Shepherd and Bro. Jackie Dillehay officiated…

Mr. Stacey William Rodenbach, age 58, of Difficult, TN, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. He died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on December 27, 2024. Mr. Rodenbach was born April 21, 1966 in Tylersport, PA, a son of the late E. William…

Gary “Mike” Lancaster, 73, passed away peacefully while surrounded by family on January 20, 2025, in Oxford, Mississippi. Mike Lancaster was born on June 26, 1951, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Robert James Lancaster and Hazel Hortense Lancaster. Mike graduated from Itawamba Agricultural High School in 1969, then went on to play baseball at Itawamba Community…

Mrs. Eunice Ann Campbell Manning, age 83, of Hickman, TN, passed away on Saturday afternoon, January 25, 2025 at Riverview Regional Hospital Gentiva Hospice Care. Mrs. Manning was born December 3, 1941 a daughter of the late George Raymond Campbell and Arla Morene McKinney Campbell. Mrs. Manning was a 1959 graduate of Gordonsville High School.…

Mr. Tommy Glenn Tisdale, age 61, of Hickman, TN, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. Tommy was born July 5, 1963, a son of the late Evelyn Overstreet Tisdale and Floyd Tisdale. He was a member of the Gordonsville High School class of 1981 and owner of Tommy…