Area Obituaries

Mr. James Willard ‘Jim’ Fuller, age 91 of Cabot, AR., died December 3, 2024 at Smith County Health and Rehab in Carthage, TN, where he had lived since August 17, 2023. He was a son of William Coy Fuller who died May 23, 1996, at age 91, and Hazel Nipper Fuller who died July 02,…

Sharon Suzanne Shoopman, aged 60, of Carthage, Tennessee, passed away on November 22, 2024. Born on October 11, 1964, Sharon was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and a cherished member of her community. She was married to her beloved husband, Johnny Shoopman, for 34 wonderful years. Sharon is survived by her two children, Corey Shoopman…

A Pleasant Shade Community homemaker, Mrs. Ronda Rich, transitioned from this earthly life on Sunday night November 24, 2024 at the age of 76. With her husband and daughter at her bedside at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Emergency Room, the Lord called her home at 10:07 p.m. Her pastor, Eld. Scott Rigsby officiated at…

Mr. Shannon Shoulders age 60 of the Tanglewood Community was pronounced deceased on arrival at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Medical Center Emergency Room at 4:33 p.m. Sunday afternoon November 24, 2024. He was discovered unresponsive at his Crescent Boulevard home by his neighbor and friend Joe Nixon. Mr. Shoulders was at the Carthage Chapel…

Mrs. Joanne Ingraham of the Brush Creek Community entered the kingdom of Heaven at the age of 70 at 6:20 p.m. Saturday evening November 23, 2024 at the School House Circle home of her daughter and son-in-law Alexandria and Zach Warmath’s in the Brush Creek Community. She was under the care of Amedisys Hospice of…

Ms. Trudy Horton of Nashville was discovered deceased at her Buchannan Street apartment and was pronounced deceased at the scene at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning November 2, 2024. She was transferred to the Metro Medical Examiner Office. Ms. Horton was 52. She was released to the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home on Monday afternoon…

Grace Harding Harbison died peacefully on November 23, 2024, in Lebanon, Tennessee following a joyful and adventurous life dedicated to her family and teaching others. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Grace was born in Nashville on November 29, 1927, and was a descendant of Middle Tennessee’s earliest settlers, giving her an enduring sense…

Her earthly journey has ended and her heavenly walk with her family and friends who have gone on before has just begun. Sister Donna Guire, the twenty-two-year pastor of the Carthage Church of God of Prophecy in the Watervale Community, made her transition at 9:03 p.m. Friday evening November 29, 2024 at the age of…

Mrs. Mary Katherine “Chat” Agee Blackburn, age 93, of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024. Mrs. Blackburn was born June 15, 1931, in the Rawls Creek Community of Smith County, TN, a daughter of the late Velvin Agee and Sadie Mae Shoemake Agee. She married John Douglas Blackburn on April 22,…

Mrs. Mary Alice Cook, age 80, of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024. Mrs. Cook was born May 3, 1944 in Cincinnati, OH, a daughter of the late Charles Cochran and Esther J. Shoemaker Cochran. She worked for the State of Tennessee, Department of Revenue for numerous years until she retired. Mrs.…