Area Obituaries

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…

Smith Bend Community farmer and retired merchant, Mr. Billy White Myers, died at the age of 91 at 9:55 p.m. Friday evening August 30, 2024 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he was receiving therapy from a fall. Graveside services and interment were scheduled for Wednesday morning September 4th at…

Mr. Raymond Preuitt of Hartsville quietly and confidently transitioned from this earthly life to a walk with his Heavenly Father at 7:55 a.m. Monday morning September 2, 2024 with his loving wife Rita at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased at his Fort Blount Road home at 8:28 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon who…

David Brainerd Shaw of the Kempville Community went to be with his Lord and Savior at 1:30 a.m. Friday morning September 6, 2024, at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had been since June 10th. Until then he had been lovingly cared for by his parents at their Gladdice Road…

Mrs. Helen May Bush, age 79, of Mt. Juliet, TN, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2024. Mrs. Bush was born April 30, 1945 in Lafayette, TN, a daughter of the late Vestle Trent and Lillie May Bergdord Trent. She was also preceded in death by Siblings; Jerry Trent, Terry Trent, Ricky Trent, Polly Woodard,…

Mr. James Cecil Bennett, age 82 of Lancaster, TN passed away Saturday September 7, 2024 at Whites Creek Health and Rehab in Whites Creek, TN. Mr. Bennett was born in Lancaster, TN on September 17, 1941 to the late Lewis Vernon Bennett and Willie Mai Sullins Bennett. He was also preceded in death by sister…

A highly respected and beloved Smith County physician has died at the age of 72 following a nearly seventeen-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Dr. Roger Duke age 72 of Lebanon was pronounce deceased at 6:13 a.m. Monday morning August 26, 2024 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where he was admitted…

Master Easton Bush age 2 of the Popes Hill Community succumbed to his injuries in his mother’s arms at the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville from injuries received in a single car automobile accident which occurred on Sunday evening August 25th in the Whites Bend Community of Jackson County. He was pronounced deceased at 4:39…