Area Obituaries

Retired Missionary Baptist Pastor, Eld. Dennis Wayne Ellis, of Lebanon and formerly of the Pleasant Shade Community was pronounced deceased at 4:45 a.m. Sunday May 14, 2024 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. Eld. Barney Allison and Eld. Brent Hall officiated at the 12 noon Wednesday funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home…

A United States Air Force veteran, Mr. James Long age 86 of the Bellar Hollow Community, was pronounced deceased at 10:45 p.m. Sunday evening May 19, 2024 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon where he was admitted Thursday evening May 16th.  Mr. Long was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and…

Ms. Cheri Escher age 52 of the Sullivans Bend Community was pronounced deceased at 1:06 p.m. Wednesday afternoon May 22, 2024 at the Ascension HighPoint-Sumner (formerly Sumner Regional Medical Center) in Gallatin where she was admitted Tuesday evening May 21st suffering from heart complications. Ms. Escher is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Mr. Steven Shores of Hermitage was pronounced deceased at the age of 66 at 1:28 p.m. Monday afternoon May 20, 2024 at the Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville where he was admitted May 14th following a fractured hip and a stroke suffered in February. He had been residing with his daughter and son-in-law at their…

Mrs. Willette Marie Webster, age 84 of Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Mrs. Webster was born December 9, 1939 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of the late William Kelley Marcum and Gladys Pearl Cripps Marcum. She was also preceded in death by Sister; Judy Marcum and granddaughter; Heather Webster Thompson…

The longtime Pleasant Shade District 8 Fire Chief, Mr. Arnold Rich, was pronounced deceased at the age of 65 at his Sloan Branch Road home at 9:50 a.m. Monday morning May 13, 2024 by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston who had been lovingly assisting the Rich family with Arnolds care. He transitioned to his heavenly home…

A longtime Carthage business lady, Mrs. Rhonda Michelle Brown Gregory age 50, a homemaker of Hartsville, transitioned to be with her Heavenly Father at 3:13 a.m. Tuesday morning May 14, 2024 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she was admitted April 23rd. Rhonda was diagnosed with lupus in 2012 which led to…

Flat Rock Community resident, Mr. Steve Rollins was pronounced deceased at 2:13 a.m. Thursday morning May 16, 2024 at the TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Antioch where he was admitted Monday afternoon May 13th to the Cardiac Care Intensive Unit suffering from heart failure. Mr. Rollins was 59 years of age. A graveside service…

Little Miss Ella Kate Mason took her flight into the arms of the Angels  at 12:19 p.m. Friday afternoon May 17, 2024 following her birth at 9:56 a.m. that morning at the Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital in Nashville. She was the daughter of Zackery Scott Mason and Chelsea Nicole Shoulders Mason of Smithville, and was born…

A retired Lebanon Public Librarian has departed this life at the age of 79 after suffering a fall at her Yeager Place apartment in Lebanon on February 29th. Miss Suzanne Nash was pronounced deceased at 7 p.m. on Friday evening May 17th at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was…