Area Obituaries

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…

Mrs. Oleta Robbins Stanton passed away peacefully at age 96 on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, after a long and beautiful life. Mrs. Stanton was born on Dec. 7, 1927, in Byrdstown, Tenn., to Virgil Winsted Robbins and Donna Myrtle (Reagan) Robbins, the only daughter of six children. She graduated from Pickett County…

Mrs. Ruby Turner Hale, age 92, of Cowan, TN, and formerly of Carthage, TN, passed away on Friday, July 12, 2024. Mrs. Hale was born November 23, 1931 in the Monroe County, KY community of Bug Tussle, a daughter of the late Radford Hughes Turner and Donnie Clemons Brandon Turner. She was also preceded in…

Mr. Randall Ray Huffines, age 68, of Hartsville, TN, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Mr. Huffines was born February 13, 1956 in Madison, TN, a son of the late Davie Rayden Huffines and Virginia Ray Huffines. He was also preceded in death by Brother; Charlie Huffines. Mr. Huffines worked at Bestway in the…

A Lock Seven Community homemaker, Mrs. Alline Proffitt Smith age 92, transitioned from her earthly journey to her heavenly walk to be reunited with her family on Saturday Morning June 29, 2024 with her extended family of nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews surrounding her bed. She was pronounced deceased at 9:30 a.m. by…

Mrs. Hilda Polston Flatt age 74 of the Difficult Community was discovered deceased by her daughter at the Flatt family’s Kemp Hollow Road farm home. She was pronounced deceased at 7 a.m. Thursday morning June 27, 2024 at the Highpoint-Health Riverview Emergency Room. Mrs. Flatt was at the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where…

Flatrock Community homemaker and retired nurse, Mrs. Pat Donoho Christian, was pronounced deceased at 3:15 p.m., Sunday afternoon June 30, 2024, one day before her 84th birthday at the Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville. Mrs. Christian had made the decision to donate her body to the Genesis Group in Memphis for an anatomical study…

Mr. Payten Bailey Cowan age 33, of the Love Valley Community of DeKalb Co. passed away Monday July 1, 2024 at Sumner Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Mr. Cowan was born February 27, 1991 in Lebanon, TN, son of Robert Glenn (Bobby) Cowan Jr. and Amanda Faye Green Cowan. He was a 2009…