Area Obituaries

Miss Mikayla Hunt, age 31 of South Carthage, died peacefully at 5:17 p.m. with her mother and father at her bedside on Sunday evening March 29, 2026 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she had been hospitalized for four months as the result of a fall and pneumonia. Mikayla was at the…

A South Carthage homemaker, Ms. Lizzie Johnson Dawes, departed this life at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital at 2:50 p.m. Thursday afternoon April 2, 2026 where she was admitted Monday March 30th. Pastor Steve Warren officiated at the 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon April 8th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial…

Mr. Steve Adam Huddleston, age 63, of Lewisburg, TN, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at peace with his son Harley at his side. Mr. Huddleston was born April 23, 1962 in Nashville, TN, son of the late James Campbell Huddleston and Doris Baker Murphy. He was also preceded in death by Brother; James…

Mrs. Mary Lucille Napier, age 84, of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Mrs. Napier was born January 18, 1942 in Carthage, TN, a daughter of the late Walter Lee Kent and Daisy Ann Grisham Kent. She married Donald C. Napier and he preceded her in death on February 16, 2012.…

Mrs. Florence Ann Anstis Walper, age 77, of Lancaster, TN, a friend of God, passed away on Monday March 30, 2026. Ann was born on March 29, 1949, in West Palm Beach, Florida, daughter of the late Edward H. Anstis and Mary Chambliss Anstis. She was also preceded by two brothers: James H. Anstis and…

A longtime Tanglewood Community homemaker and former Watervale Community grocery merchant, Mrs. Mary Dillard, quietly ended her earthly journey at the age of 88 at the Alive Hospice Residence in Murfreesboro at 9:39 p.m. on Monday evening March 23, 2026.  She was admitted to the facility March 20th following weeks of declining health. Mrs. Dillard’s…

On March 22, 2026, at his home in the Rock City community of Smith County, Haskell Wayne Jenkins, known affectionately as “Wayne,” passed away at the age of 74. A private graveside service for the family at Wayne’s final resting place on the family farm he loved, was conducted on Wednesday afternoon March 25th at…

A Christian Lady, loving wife, mother with guiding hands, doting grandmother, and a special sister, joined her Heavenly Father at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning March 25, 2026 surrounded by her family at their Hiwassee Road farm home. Mrs. Joyce Bains, age 69, was pronounced deceased at 10:56 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston who had…

Mr. W. Gray Roberts Jr. age 71 of the Rome Community was called home to be with his Lord and Savior at 11:17 a.m. Wednesday morning March 25, 2026 at the Highpoint Health – Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin with his family all present.  Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Mrs. Yvonne Ferguson, a homemaker of Hermitage, went to be with her Lord and Savior with her family at her bedside at the age of 83 at 5:35 p.m. Sunday evening March 22, 2026. She had been a resident of the Brookdale Senior Living in Gallatin since September 5, 2025 and was under the care…