Area Obituaries

Frances Bradley, age 91, passed away at home surrounded by family on March 23, 2024.  The Funeral Service, conducted by Brother Wayne Lankford and Brother Anthony Dickson was 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in the chapel of Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN. Interment in Wilson County Memorial followed the service. Pallbearers: Robert Pitts, Jared…

A Carthage native, Mrs. Nannette Carter Martin, has passed from this world into eternity on Thursday afternoon March 21, 2024, at the home of her daughter Courtney in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Funeral services from the Clark Memorial United Methodist Church located at 1014 14th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208, are scheduled to be conducted on Saturday…

Mr. Gregg Kemple age 77 of South Carthage died on Wednesday morning March 20, 2024 at his Gibbs Landing Drive home with his wife at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased at 3:03 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville who had been assisting Mrs. Kemple with his care during his final days on earth. Mr.…

Ms. Terri Bull, a homemaker of Smyrna, was pronounced deceased at 12:43 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 17, 2024 nine days before her 65th birthday at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had been cared for since March 11th under the care of Gentiva Hospice. Ms. Bull’s family was at her…

A beautiful person inside and out, Virginia Lester Agee, shared her warmth with her family and friends for 99 years until her peaceful transition to her heavenly home on March 18, 2024, much to their sorrow. Born November 13, 1924 in Canton, OH, a daughter of the late Jack Lester, Sr, and Beulah Mai Williams…

A Flatrock Community centenarian and retired Smith County educator, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright Rollins age 100, was pronounced deceased at 2:59 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 10, 2024 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon under the loving care of Gentiva Hospice. Mrs. Rollins was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Graveside…

Mrs. Lucy Midgett Hackett, a devoted Christian who loved her family endlessly, went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2024 at 2:21 a.m. at the age of 83 at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville. She was born December 17, 1940 and was a native of the Popes Hill Community in Smith…

Mr. Maxey Scott of the Rome Community was pronounced deceased at 03:55 a.m. Tuesday morning March 12, 2024 the Vanderbilt-Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon where he was admitted March 9th being treated for myocarditis. Mr. Scott was 81. Bro. Wayne Malone, pastor of the Rome Baptist Church, officiated at the 1 p.m. Friday afternoon March…

Mrs. Carole Ann Norris of Carthage was pronounced deceased at the age of 65 at 11:45 a.m. Friday morning March 15, 2024 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at her Horizon Circle home. A memorial service to celebrate her life is scheduled for Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. from…

Ms. Lynn Green Elrod of Sparta was pronounced deceased at the age of 67 at her Valley Street home at 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 10, 2024 by a Paramedic from the White County E. M. S. Ms. Elrod was released from the Metro Medical Examiner office on Wednesday to the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…