Area Obituaries

Retired T. B. I. agent, Mr. Bob Vetter, died at the age of 94 at 9:25 a.m. E.S.T. Saturday morning November 2, 2024 at his Crestview Drive home in the Hixon suburb at Chattanooga with his family present. Tuesday afternoon November 5th funeral services were conducted by Bro. Jeff Burton from the Carthage Chapel of…

Mrs. Bonnie Middleton Gregory of Lebanon died at the family’s West End Heights home at 9: 50 a.m. Sunday morning surrounded by her family. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 81 at 11:04 a.m. Sunday morning October 27, 2024 and was under the care of Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon. Mrs. Gregory was at…

Dr. Zachary Tyler Medley, age 39, of Cookeville and formerly of the Hickman community, passed away unexpectedly on October 26, 2024.  Born on June 10, 1985, in Lebanon, TN to Mark and Candice Medley, Zac was a graduate of Gordonsville High School Class of 2004 where he was the class Valedictorian. He attended Tennessee Tech…

Mrs. Melva Lee Salzler, age 85, a longtime resident of Elmwood, TN, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.  Mrs. Salzler was born in East Eden, NY, on March 22, 1939, a daughter of the late August Eichler and Mary Ann Hoelscher Eichler. She was also preceded in death by husband; Germain Salzler, Brother; August…

A Godly Christian lady has departed this life to begin her heavenly journey to be reunited with her family members who have gone on before her. A longtime Riddleton Community resident, Mrs. Henrietta Carver age 91, transitioned at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday evening October 22, 2024 with her children by her bedside at the Alive Hospice…

Ms. Kathy Lewis age 72, was pronounced deceased at 11:07 a.m. Friday morning October 25, 2024 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Emergency Room after being discovered unresponsive at Ms. Lewis’s Sunny View Lane home in the Tanglewood community. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted on Monday afternoon October…

Mr. Eddie Denney of the Rock City Community was pronounced deceased with his family present at his Lost Creek Lane home at 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon October 24, 2025 by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston. The 75-year-old Mr. Denney had been battling leukemia with which he was diagnosed in December of 2021. Mr. Denney was at…

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Becky Ann Bennett Bellar, aged 84, of Seymour, Tennessee, who left this world peacefully on October 23, 2024. Becky was a cherished daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, whose enduring spirit touched the hearts of everyone who had the pleasure of knowing…

Alva Eugene Hieronimus, age 84, of Carthage, Tennessee passed away Wednesday October 23, 2024 after a short illness. Alva is survived by two sons, and daughters-in-law, Raymond and Mary Hieronimus of Mt. Juliet, TN, and Greg and Amanda Hieronimus of Carthage, TN, grandson James Hieronimus and a brother, Don Hieronimus of Ohio. On November 14,…

A Southern gentleman with a smile and laughter as a part of his outgoing personality, has died at the age of 71. Mr. James Hunter of the New Middleton Community departed this life at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Hospital in Carthage surrounded by his family where he was admitted October 8th with a fractured…