Area Obituaries

Mrs. Carolyn Payne Holleman age 76 of Hendersonville was pronounced deceased at 12:38 a.m. Monday morning December 11, 2023 by Alive Hospice of Nashville. Her family was at her bedside. A graveside service and interment were conducted on Tuesday morning December 12th at 11:00 a.m. at the Holleman Family Cemetery in Kempville with Eld. Michael…

Nathaniel Adam Bastian II, age 96 of Doyle, TN, passed away on December 12, 2023.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Ward Goddard Bastian, parents, Nathaniel Adam Bastian I and Mary Haynie Bastian. Along with his older brother, Colonel Haynie Bastian and sister-in-law, Mary Louise Bastian, youngest brother, Marvin Bastian, and son-in-law,…

Mr. Sam Pelotto age 54 of South Carthage was pronounced deceased at his Sanders Drive home in South Carthage at 11:22 a.m. Friday morning December 8, 2023 by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville, who had been lovingly assisting the family with his illness due to cancer. Mr. Pelotto was 54. Mr. Pelotto’s pastor, Eld. Chris White…

A Nashville homemaker, Mrs. Martha Canter, was discovered deceased at the age of 83 at her Healey Drive home by a grandson on Wednesday afternoon December 6, 2023. She was pronounced deceased by a medical investigator from the Metro Medical Examiner Office at 4:21 p.m. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home…

Ms. Lorie O’Patchen, age 74 of the Pleasant Shade Community and a longtime resident of Carthage, died surrounded by family at the Bob Williams Lane home of her nephew and was pronounced deceased by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville at 1:54 p.m. Friday afternoon December 8, 2023 following a period of declining health. Ms. O’Patchen had…

Jimmie Stanton Harper, age 86 of Lebanon, passed away on December 5, 2023. Visitation will be from 2 PM until 5 PM on Friday, December 15th and from noon until the celebration of life service at 2 PM on Saturday, December 16th at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon with Rev. David Hesson officiating.…

A Pea Ridge Community lady, Mrs. Cathy Slagle, was pronounced deceased at the age of 57 at 10:24 a.m. Wednesday morning November 29, 2023 shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage. Smith County E-911 received a call for assistance at the Pea Ridge home of her Mother at 9:16 a.m.…

Mrs. Sally Russell of Carthage and a longtime resident of the Kempville Community was pronounced deceased at 3:51 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital in Nashville where she was admitted Friday afternoon suffering from renal failure. Mrs. Russell was 87. Her minister, Edward L. Anderson, officiated at the 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon…

Mr. John Huth age 87 of the Graveltown Community and a Brooklyn, New York native died peacefully at 4:05 p.m. Monday afternoon November 27, 2023 at the Pavilion Senior Living in South Carthage with his family and friends by his bedside. Mr. Huth was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and had requested…

Ms. Gerri Lovell, a former resident of Meadow Green Apartments in Gordonsville, was pronounced deceased at 2:30 a.m. Friday morning December 1, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since January 27th of this year. Ms. Lovell was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…