Area Obituaries

Ms. Pat Morris Ham of Lebanon departed this life at 8:58 a.m. Monday morning March 2, 2026 to enter her eternal home at the age of 89. Her family was at her bedside. Mrs. Ham was a resident of the Pavilion Assisted Living in Lebanon. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Ms. Georgia Mae Burk, age 76, of the Buffalo Valley Community was pronounced deceased at 7:35 p.m. Sunday evening March 1, 2026 shortly after arrival at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center Emergency after becoming gravely ill at her St. Mary Road in Putnam County. Mrs. Burk was at the Carthage Chaapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Mrs. Jeanee Wood Baird of Franklin, Tennessee passed away on February 26, 2026. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held Saturday March 28th at Hunterwood, 2128 Key Drive in Brentwood at 2 p.m. with Pastor Dominic Avello officiating. The family will receive friends at Hunterwood for 12 noon until the 2 p.m.…

At the age of 61, Mr. Jerry Wesley Petty of Gordonsville was pronounced deceased at 6:52 a.m. Thursday morning March 5, 2026 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where he was admitted Sunday evening March 1st being treated for sepsis. He was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral and after paper work was completed…

Mrs. Mary Magdlene Sullivan, age 93, of Cookeville, TN passed away on Saturday March 7, 2026 at Grandview Post Acute Nursing Home. Mary was born on February 19, 1933 in Baxter, TN a daughter of the late John Bryant and Grace Bryant. She was also preceded by five sisters, two brothers and a grandson Robert…

Following a long and courageous battle with cancer, Mrs. Dianna Williams Shoulders succumbed to the illness and was pronounced deceased at 8:41 a.m. Thursday morning February 26, 2026 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon March 1st at 3 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Mrs. Patty Litchford Rodgers age 56 of Algood and a native of the Rock City Community, was discovered deceased at her Second Avenue North home and was pronounced deceased at her residence at 9:40 a.m. Thursday morning February 26, 2026 by Paramedics from the Putnam County Ambulance Service. Memorial services were conducted on Monday afternoon…

Mr. Anthony Key of the Elmwood Community departed this life at 1 a.m. Saturday morning February 28, 2026 surrounded by his loving family at his son’s Conditt Hollow Lane home. He was pronounced deceased at 1:55 a.m. by Heather Lowe with Gentiva Hospice of Livingston. Mr. Key was 69. Private graveside services and interment will…

Sandra Ann Crook, age 63, of Gordonsville, TN passed away on Saturday February 21, 2026. Sandra was born February 20, 1963 in Gainesboro, TN daughter of the late James Phann and Dorthey Louise Scott Williams. She was preceded in death by siblings: Brenda Davis, Dewayne Phann and Jerry Phann. Sandra is survived by two daughters:…

Deborah Leigh (Cummings) Blessman Age 65 of Gordonsville, TN passed away peacefully at Cookeville Regional Medical Center surrounded by family and friends on Sunday February 22, 2026, after a 10-year battle with cancer.  Debbie was born in Memphis, TN on July 25, 1960, to Carolyn and Willard Cummings. She graduated from Round Rock High School…