Area Obituaries

Funeral service for Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Hix Bane was held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with Pastor Jeff Pratt officiating.  Interment followed in Cedar Grove Cemetery.  Mrs. Bane, age 60 of Lebanon passed away at her home on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Born June 11, 1964, in…

Mr. Ricky Albritton age 60 of the Kempville Community suffered a fatal heart attack at his Kempville Highway home on Sunday morning July 28, 2024. He was pronounced deceased at 3:05 a.m. at the Highpoint Health – Riverview Emergency Room in Carthage at 3:05 a.m. Smith County E-911 received a call for assistance at 1:40…

Mr. Robey Hiett age 95 of the Pleasant Shade Community died peacefully with his wife and sons at his side at the family’s Pleasant Shade Highway farm home. He was pronounced deceased at 6:24 a.m. Saturday morning August 3, 2024 by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston who had just begun on Wednesday providing assistance to the…

Mr. Richard Roberts age 63 of Hartsville passed peacefully on Saturday morning July 28th 2024 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had made his home since March 18, 2024. He was pronounced deceased at 7:38 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Lebanon who had been assisting the family with his…

A 53 year old Key Hollow resident, Ms. Angela Taylor of the Monoville Community, died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday evening July 31, 2024 surrounded by her loving and supportive family at the home of her niece, Kodi. She was pronounced deceased at 8:02 p.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston who had been assisting the family…

A well-known and highly respected longtime Lebanon businessman, Mr. Dalton Chaffin, passed away peacefully July 27, 2024 at the age of 94 at the Pavilion in Lebanon where he and his wife Patty of seventy four years made their home.  He was born at home July 8, 1930, in the St. Mary’s Community of Smith…

Mrs. Loretta Winfree, a homemaker of South Carthage, died peacefully at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon at 11 a.m. Sunday morning July 21, 2024 at the age of 86. A memorial service to celebrate her life is scheduled for Thursday afternoon August 8th at 3 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

Mrs. Linda Mofield Watson of the Tanglewood Community went to be with her heavenly Father at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday morning July 30, 2024 at the age of 82 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had only resided since July 24th. Her longtime Pastor, Eld. Junior Dickerson assisted by Eld.…

Funeral service for Mr. Hugh D. Minchey were at 1:00 P.M.  on Thursday, August 1, 2024, at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with Bro. Doug Dillard officiating.  Interment followed in the Brush Creek Cemetery. Mr. Minchey, age 86 of Lebanon passed away Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Gallatin Health Care. Born January 1, 1938, in…

Mrs. Debra Marie Owen, age 69 of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Mrs. Owen was born June 11, 1955 in Morrison, Illinois, a daughter of the late Floyd “Newt” Wohrley and Ina Joyce Ott Wohrley. She married Rick Owen and he preceded her in death in 2019. She was also preceded…