Area Obituaries

A retired Defeated Creek Community resident, Mr. Hulon Holland, departed this life at 8:55 p.m. Friday evening September 13, 2024 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he was last admitted July 31st after suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mr. Holland was 90. He was transferred from Smith County Health…

Mrs. Rebecca Ann Gregory Butler, 82, of the Rome community, left this earth for her heavenly home on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon September 15th at 3 p.m. from the Partlow Funeral Chapel on South Cumberland Street in Lebanon. Bro. Floyd Massey officiated. Burial followed beside her…

Mr. Donnie Smith age 59 of the Defeated Creek Community was discovered unresponsive at his Lakeside Drive home on Friday afternoon. Donnie was pronounced deceased at 4:40 p.m. September 6, 2024 at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Emergency Room. His former pastor Bro. Tim Miles assisted by Bro. Tim Frank officiated at the Thursday afternoon…

52-year-old Mrs. Bea Davis, of the McClures Bend Community, was pronounced deceased at 4:44 p.m. Friday afternoon September 13, 2024 from complications following open heart surgery. She was a patient at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she was admitted August 31st.  Funeral services were conducted from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

Mr. Ren Coker of Cookeville was pronounced deceased at the age of 27 at 9:05 a.m. Sunday morning September 8, 2024 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center Emergency Room after being discovered unresponsive earlier that morning at his Choate Cemetery Road home. Edward L. Anderson officiated at the 3 p.m. Fridy afternoon September 13th funeral…

Retired MSGT. John Bransford “Peck” Smith, age 86, of Chestnut Mound, TN, passed away September 14, 2024.  He was born in Robertson County, Tennessee on May 14, 1938, to Hershel and Hazel Smith. Growing up farming, he learned the value of hard work and the many strong morals and values he would live and teach…

A widely known Smith County paralegal has departed this life at the age of 64. A memorial gathering for Jamie Ruth Dance to celebrate her life was held Thursday afternoon September 5th at 1 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Her pastors, Bro. Jim Wilburn and Bro. Tim Frank officiated.  Ms. Jamie…

A lifelong Gordonsville resident, Mr. Gaylen Angel, passed peacefully into eternity with his family at his bedside at 3:02 p.m. Friday afternoon September 6, 2024. The 60-year-old Mr. Angel was pronounced deceased at 4 p.m. by Caris Hospice of Cookeville at his Hogan Road home with his fur baby, Archie, his pit-bull companion, nearby. Mr.…

67-year-old Mr. Phil Deering was pronounced deceased at 1:13 p.m. Friday afternoon September 6, 2024 after arriving at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Emergency Room with C.P. R. in progress.   The Smith County E-911 had received a call for assistance at his Hillcrest Drive home for a gentleman unresponsive. Mr. Deering suffered from sugar…

Mr. Ronnie Capps age 77 of Lebanon was pronounced deceased at 8:32 p.m. Tuesday evening September 3, 2024 at the Vanderbilt-Wilson County Hospital Emergence Room in Lebanon shortly after arrival with C. P. R. in progress. He was a resident of the Quality Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lebanon since June 16th receiving therapy for…