Area Obituaries

Mrs. Isabella Dawson Smith, age 24 of Knoxville, TN passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center after Cardiac complications. Mrs. Smith was born February 27, 1999 in Cookeville, TN, a daughter of James Howard “Jimmy” Dawson and Althea Lynn Hogg Dawson. Isabella was a graduate of Cookeville High School and…

John Larry Dudney age 77, passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, December 27, 2023, at Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, TN.  He was born in Carthage, TN, on February 9, 1946. He was the son of the late Robert Lee Dudney and the late Louise Upchurch Dudney.  He was a member of…

Mrs. Teresa Pipes, a homemaker and professional baker of the Elmwood Community, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival at the age of 71 at 2:58 p.m. Sunday afternoon December 17, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at the Pipes family’s Cookeville Highway home. Mrs. Pipes is at…

A longtime Carthage business owner has died at the age of 64.  Mrs. Jo Ann Harris age 64, now a homemaker of Carthage, was pronounced deceased at the TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville at 9 p.m. Sunday evening December 17, 2023 where she was airlifted on Tuesday morning December 12th after suffering a debilitating…

Mrs. Maxine Wood Lewis, age 90, of Hendersonville, TN, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023. Mrs. Lewis was born March 22, 1933 in Brotherton, TN, a daughter of the late Jesse Ellis Wood and Sarah Bell Brewer Wood. She married James Meryl Lewis, Sr on June 16, 1951 and he preceded her in death…

Mrs. Marcia Gregory Tisdale of the Elmwood Community was admitted to Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage at 10:08 p.m. Sunday evening December 10, 2023 where the 67 year old Mrs. Tisdale was pronounced deceased at 10:19 p.m. Mrs. Tisdale’s pastor, Eld. Dave Silcox and family friend Eld. Stephen Farley Brooks, officiated at…

A well-known and highly respected retired Southern Baptist Pastor, Bro. Jimmy Gregory age 74 of the Brush Creek Community, was pronounced deceased at 9:08 a.m. Sunday morning December 10, 2023 at the TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville with his family at his bedside. He was airlifted there by Air Evac after suffering a debilitating…

A South Carthage homemaker, Mrs. Sue Dickerson, was pronounced deceased at 11:38 a.m. Monday morning December 11, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. after being discovered unresponsive at the family’s Shenandoah Circle home at Riverpointe. Mrs. Dickerson was 87. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted on Friday…

Mr. William (Bill) Bragdon of the Stewarts Bend Lane Community was pronounced deceased at 10:08 a.m. Monday morning December 11, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage after passing from an extended illness at his CM Farms home. Mr. Bragdon was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and had…

Longtime McClures Bend Community homemaker, Mrs. Ruth Brown, died at 2:10 p.m. Friday afternoon December 15, 2023 at the age of 89 at the Pavilion Assisted Living in Lebanon where she had made her home since January 27, 2021 after moving from the Pavilion Assisted Living in South Carthage where she was admitted August 11,…