Area Obituaries

Longtime former Carthage business owner, Mr. Wendel Bennett of the Turkey Creek Community was pronounced deceased at 1:03 a.m. Tuesday morning January 2, 2024 at the St. Thomas Ascension Hospital-West in Nashville with his daughter Retta, at his bedside. He was admitted December 26th following a period of declining health. Mr. Bennett was 82. Bro.…

Mr. Kenny Swann, a resident of Lebanon and Smith County native, passed away at 7:55 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26 at TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage due to complications from a stroke suffered on December 22. He was 66. A Celebration of Life for Mr. Swann was conducted on Friday December 29th at 11…

A longtime Elmwood Community resident and a centenarian of Franklin, Kentucky and formerly of the Elmwood Community, died at the Franklin Medical Center in Franklin, Kentucky. Mrs. Alice Wallace Hubbard, a homemaker, was pronounced deceased at the age of 100 at 11:25 p.m. on Thursday evening December 28, 2023. Funeral services for Mrs. Hubbard were…

Mrs. Amy Rae Kuhns, a homemaker of Lafayette, was pronounced deceased at the age of 60 at 1:40 p.m. Christmas Day afternoon, December 25, 2023, at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin where she was admitted December 14th suffering from congestive heart failure. Tommy Manning delivered the memorial service eulogy which was held on…

Mrs. Mindy Kelly Wilson age 81 of the Dean Hill Community transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home on Christmas Day morning, December 25, 2023 surrounded by her loved ones and the calming embrace of our lord. Memorial services to celebrate her life will be held Saturday afternoon January 13th at 1p.m. at…

Mr. Larry Vanderpool age 76 of the Buffalo Valley Community died peacefully surrounded by his family at his Nashville Highway home on Sunday morning December 31, 2023. He was pronounced deceased at 9:08 a.m. by Caris Hospice of Cookeville. Mr. Vanderpool was suffering from bladder cancer and sepsis. Memorial services from the Carthage Chapel of…

Mrs. Betty Nesbitt-Gullett, a homemaker of the Lancaster Community, began 2024 by going home to be with her Lord at the age of 83. She was pronounced deceased during the late morning hours at 11:05 a.m. New Year’s morning, January 1, 2024, surrounded by her family at the St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital in Nashville where…

Ms. Mary Lee Davis, age 68, of South Carthage, TN, passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Ms. Davis was born March 13, 1955 in Nashville, TN, a daughter of the late Henry Harlon Tidwell and Bonnie Kay Warren Thomason. She was also preceded in death by Brothers; Larry Eugene Tidwell and Henry Tidwell. Ms.…

Mr. Dennis Christopher “Chris” Clemons, age 53, of Lancaster, TN, passed away Tuesday January 2, 2024. Chris was born on January 7, 1970 in Carthage, TN, son of William Thomas “Bud” Clemons and the late Julia K. “Judy” Williams Clemons who passed away October 16, 2023. Chris attended Gordonsville High School. Mr. Clemons is survived…

Mrs. Margaret Vanessa Torres, age 49 of Lafayette, TN, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Mrs. Torres was born August 16, 1974 in Carthage, TN a daughter of Katherine Marie Young and the late Willie Ray Nunley. She was also preceded in death by grandmother; Geraldine Young, Aunt; Wilma Young, and Son; Lorenzo Torres.…