Area Obituaries

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…

Ms. Amanda Russell Jackson, age 39, of South Carthage was pronounced deceased at the Highpoint Health-Riverview  E. R. in Carthage at 2:24 p.m. Tuesday afternoon after being found unresponsive at her father’s Davis Street South home. She was 39. Ms. Jackson was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where a visitation was Friday…

Donald Bruce Apple passed away peacefully at Skyline Hospital of a stroke on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at the age of 71, with his loving family at his side. Bruce was born on April 24, 1953 at the Dr. Thayer Wilson’s clinic in Carthage, TN to parents Dan & Lillie Apple, who preceded him in…

An absolutely beautiful person, inside and out, Linda Gale Baker (Meme), 75, of Brush Creek, TN, peacefully transitioned to her Heavenly home on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 surrounded by her beloved family. Born on September 28th, 1948 to the late Dayton and Anna Belle Grandstaff Woodside of Brush Creek, TN. Linda was a 1966 graduate…

Mr. Sam David Swindell Sr. age 87 of Lebanon passed away May 19, 2024, at the Pavilion.  Born October 8, 1936, in Wilson County, TN, he was the son of the late Henry and Mary Amelia Harlan Swindell.  He was a 1955 graduate of Lebanon High School and was a faithful member of the Flat…

Mrs. Kathy Bratton Oakley McCall, age 70 of Hartsville, TN passed away, Wednesday morning, May 15, 2024 at her home.  Kathy was born September 1, 1953 in Nashville, TN to James D. “Budgie” Oakley and Sue Bratton Oakley.  She was a graduate of Trousdale County High School and The University of Mississippi. She was preceded…

Longtime Smith County Commissioner, Mr. Frank Woodard of the Conditt Hollow Community, died at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday evening May 8, 2024 at the Lebanon Center for Rehabilitation and Healing where he was admitted April 5th suffering from a malignant neoplasm of the brain. Mr. Woodard was 74. His cousin, Bro. Jackie Dillehay and his pastor,…

Ms. Donna Pope, a devoted Christian woman of Gordonsville who touched the lives of all who knew her, departed this life surrounded by her family on Saturday morning May 11, 2024 at 11:56 a.m. following a valiant four & one/half year battle with cancer, She was 69 years of age.  Funeral services to celebrate her…