Area Obituaries

Mr. Benjamin Simmonds of the Tanglewood Community and a Flint, Michigan native was pronounced deceased from natural causes at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center at 4:35 p.m. Thursday afternoon November 16, 2023 where he was admitted November 2nd. Mr. Simmonds was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was scheduled to be cremated…

Mr. Thomas Richard Sadler, age 73, of Stonewall Community in Smith County, TN, was born May 19, 1950 in Granville, TN, Jackson County, to the late Robert Sadler and Lena Mae Clay. On Monday evening, November 13, 2023, Tony went into a peaceful sleep to enter into his heavenly home, where the best is yet…

Willie Carlene Tayes Sevier passed from this life November 13, 2023 at Smith County Health Care and Rehabilitationin Carthage, TN. Willie was born May 29, 1937 to Bev and Nancy (Hite) Tayes in Overton County, TN. She married Jessie Kinlow Sevier in July, 1955 and they had seven children. Willie’s favorite things were growing vegetables…

Mr. Michael Ray Fariss, age 64 of Carthage, TN, passed away on November 13, 2023. Mr. Fariss was born January 10, 1959 in McMinnville, TN, a son of the late William Benton Fariss and Joan McClain Fariss. He was also preceded in death by Brother; Ronnie Fariss. Mr. Fariss married Darlene Frances Davis on August…

Lori Michelle Wester, 56, departed this life on November 7, 2023 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee with her loving daughter, Stacey and soulmate, Steven by her side. She is survived by her loving daughter, Stacey Gore (Brad); soulmate, Steven Farley; devoted stepmother, Lasheryle (Sherry) Wester; two sisters: Rhonda Wester (Zo), and Shaquawana Wester…

Robert Ward Wilder, 79, of Huntsville, Arkansas, went to be with his Lord and Savior Friday, September, 8, 2023 at Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville.  He was born June 25, 1944 to the late Jacob C. Wilder and Frances G. Gregory in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by an…

Mrs. Ramona Collinge age 69 of Carthage was pronounced deceased at 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon November 6, 2023 by Caris Hospice at the Vivian Lane home of her son and daughter-in-law. Mrs. Collinge was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and was prepared for transfer to the O’Donnell Funeral Home in Lowell, Massachusetts…

Mrs. Remonda Lewis Bert, age 58 of Carthage, TN, passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2023. Mrs. Bert was born June 12, 1965 in Huntington, WV, a daughter of the late George Lewis and Dorothy D. Lewis. She was also preceded in death by Sister; Daphne “Angela” Feldbush. Remonda worked as a nurse and in…

Mr. George “Sunshine” Franklin Grisham, age 88, of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Mr. Grisham was born February 21, 1935 in Gordonsville, TN, a son of the late Oscar Clayton Grisham and Dollie Mai Bennett Grisham. He married Gladys Marie Grisham on July 29, 1961 and she preceded him in death…

Mrs. Beverly Lynn Rausch, age 74, of Hickman, TN passed away Friday November 10, 2023. Mrs. Rausch was born on November 11, 1948 in Nashville, Tn, daughter of the late William B. Stephens and Nancy Hendrick Stephens.  She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy “Dee Dee” Rausch and a brother Randy Stephens. …