Area Obituaries

A devoted and precious, wife, mother, grandmother and sister has transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly reward. Mrs. Robbie Huff Apple, a homemaker of Gordonsville, was discovered unresponsive by her husband at the family Trousdale Ferry Pike home. She was pronounced deceased at 7:11 a.m. Thursday morning July 25, 2024 at the age…

Mrs. Joyce Cantrell “Heavy Duty” Kilgore, age 81, of Alexandria, TN, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024.  Mrs. Kilgore was born July 16, 1943 in Lancaster, TN, a daughter of the late Fred Dennis Cantrell and Mary Alice Jones Cantrell. Joyce married Paul Kilgore and he preceded her in death on December 12, 2001.…

Longtime and well known Smith and Macon County banker, Mr. Jim Porter, a former resident of Carthage and now a resident of Lebanon departed this earthly life at 10:30 p.m. Monday evening July 15, 2024 and was pronounced deceased at the age of 78 at Knollwood Manor in Lafayette where he had made his home…

Mr. Jimmy Robertson age 69 of Alexandria was pronounced deceased at 11:18 p.m. Wednesday evening July 17, 2024 at the TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville shortly after being transferred from HighPoint Health-Riverview E. R. suffering from an aortic aneurysm. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted on Saturday afternoon…

Mr. Roy Mathews of the Defeated Creek Community died at the age of 65 on Friday evening July 19, 2024 at the HighPoint Health-Sumner in Gallatin where he was admitted July 10th being treated for thyroid cancer. Funeral services from the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted Tuesday morning July 23rd with Pastor…

Janet Tubb Sanders, age 85 of Lancaster, TN, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024. Janet was born October 4, 1938 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of the late George Gragson Tubb and Virginia Dare Lancaster Tubb. She was also preceded in death by her Brother; Ricky Tubb and Sister; Dian Tubb. Janet became a…

Mrs. Dixie Hackett Harper, a homemaker of Lebanon and longtime Carthage resident, died peacefully at 12:38 a.m. Sunday morning July 7, 2024 at her Hickory Ridge home in Lebanon. She was 82 and was under the care of Adoration Hospice of Madison. Mrs. Harper was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and as…

Ms. Sibyl Beasley age 86, a longtime resident of Ironwood Drive in Donelson, was pronounced deceased at 5:46 a.m. Sunday morning July 7, 2024 at the Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation and Healing on Murfreesboro Road in Nashville where she had made her home since June 16, 2023. Ms. Beasley was at the Carthage Chapel of…

The Angels in Heaven are rejoicing that one of their own has arrived. Ms. Wilma Shaver age 95 of South Carthage was pronounced deceased by Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon at 4:50 a.m. Friday morning July 12, 2024 at The Pavilion in Lebanon where she had made her home since August 4th of 2020. Mrs. Shaver…

A loving Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother has died at the age of 89. Mrs. Garnetta Hiett, the fifth of nine children, passed from her earthly journey to her heavenly reward at 11:40 a.m. Friday morning July 12, 2024 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had been residing only a…