Area Obituaries

Retired Carthage businessman, Mr. Jerry Johnson age 77 of the Cartwright Community, died peacefully with his family at his bedside at the family’s Carver Loop home at 1 a.m. Thursday morning March 14, 2024. He was pronounced deceased at 4:14 a.m. by Amedisys Hospice of Murfreesboro who had been assisting the family with his care…

Mr. Ashley Gaylor of the Funns Branch Community in Jackson County died unexpectedly Thursday morning March 7, 2024 at the age of 51 from complications suffered from epileptic seizures at the family’s Funns Branch Road home. He was pronounced deceased at 9:39 a.m. by a Paramedic unit from the Jackson County Ambulance Service. Mr. Gaylor…

Ms. Renee Palmore age 44 of Carthage was pronounced deceased at 1:47 a.m. Saturday morning March 16th shortly after arrival at the Tri-Star Stone Crest Medical Center E. R. in Smyrna after suffering an apparent heart failure. Funeral services from the North Carthage Baptist Church were conducted Tuesday afternoon March 19th at 1 p.m. with…

Mr. William Jerrell Hall, age 77, of Alexandria, TN, passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Mr. Hall was born May 13, 1946 in Alexandria, TN, a son of the late Joe Don Hall and Bonnie Athelene Judkins Hall. He was also preceded in death by Brother; James Tommy Hall and Sisters; Betty Jean Malone…

Mr. Jason Watts, age 49, of Gordonsville, TN passed away on Wednesday, March 13. 2024. Jason was born December 13, 1974 in Carthage, TN, a son of James Randy Watts and Jeanette Lee Bates Watts. Jason was a 1994 graduate of Gordonsville High School. He was an avid golfer, winning the 2012 Southern Hill Men’s…

Mrs. Nancy Quarles Allen, died peacefully at 11 p.m. Monday evening with her husband and sons present at the family’s Allendale Farm home on Dixon Springs Highway. She was pronounced deceased at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning March 5, 2024 by HighPoint Hospice who had been lovingly assisting the family with her comfort and care during…

Ms. Jessica Mangrum Wilburn of the Difficult Community was pronounced deceased at 2:20 p.m. Monday afternoon March 4, 2024 at the age of 37 at the Unity Medical Center in Manchester, Tennessee after being discovered unresponsive at a friend’s home in the Beech Grove Community of Coffee County. James Bybee officiated at the 3 p.m.…

Mrs. Chauncie Hudson age 79 of Lebanon was pronounced deceased at 6:04 a.m. Tuesday morning March 5, 2024 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since July 21, 2022. Mrs. Hudson was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and will be cremated at the…

Mr. Nick High of Memphis was pronounce deceased at 8:08 p.m. Tuesday evening March 5th, six days before his 39th birthday, at the Saint Francis Hospital in Bartlett in Shelby County where he was being treated for complications from a broken leg. Mr. High was 38. Mr. High’s pastor, Rev James Guthrie Sr. of the…

Mrs. Beverly Ann Hackett, age 86, of Hackett Valley Community of Smith County, TN, passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Mrs. Hackett was born July 26, 1937 in Carthage, TN, a daughter of the late Dewey Perrigo and Elsie Mai Armistead Perrigo. She was also preceded in death by Brothers; Thomas Edward Gibbs and…