Area Obituaries

Mr. Charlie Hewitt age 81 of Hartsville was pronounced dead on arrival at 4:07 p.m. Sunday afternoon October 1, 2023 at the Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville after becoming gravely ill at his River Front Estates Lane home. Funeral services were conducted on Friday morning October 6th at 11 a.m. from the Carthage Chapel of…

Mrs. Becky Reynolds of South Carthage died peacefully at 7:38 a.m. Tuesday morning October 4, 2023 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon with her son at her bedside. She was admitted there Monday October 3rd suffering from a long battle with lung cancer. Mrs. Reynolds was 62. Mrs. Reynolds was at…

Mary Etta Turner Nixon (June 19, 1932 – October 2, 2023) Mary Etta grew up on what we call Agee Branch to Walter Lee and Bertie Atwood Turner. She had three brothers, Ray (LaVergne), W.L. (Sarah), and James (Sue) Turner, and one sister Carolyn Turner Stewart (Joe). Of course, there were multiple nieces and nephews,…

Geraldine Holcomb made her peaceful transition to her Heavenly home on Sunday afternoon October 1, 2023 in the comfort of her home. Geraldine’s parents relocated from Nashville, Tennessee to Detroit, MI where she was born on August 16, 1932 to the late John Henry and Estelle Hurt. Geraldine was the twin sister of Gerald Hurt…

Paige Isabella Nokes, age 21 of Buffalo Valley, TN, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2023. Paige was born March 22, 2002 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of Brock Gabriel Nokes and Jennifer Lynn Elrod Nokes. She was preceded in death by Grandmother; Pauline Elrod. Grandfather; Glen Nokes. Great-grandmother; Ofallon Bryant. Paige is survived by…

Mr. James Erwin Fischbach, husband of Wanda Gibbs Graves, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 1, 2023. Mr. Fischbach was born December 20, 1949 in Ventura, CA, a son of the late Richard Alvin Fischbach and Willie Ruth Blevins Fischbach. He was a beach kid and only came home when the streetlights…

Margaret T. Shoemake Rigsby, age 77, of Spring City, TN, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2023. She is preceded by her parents: Charlie and Thula Bush Shoemake; children: Kenneth Wayne Rigsby, Larry Carrol Rigsby; siblings: Melba Faye Brown, Charles Larry Shoemake. A graveside service was held  on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 1 p.m.…

Mr. Gordy Woodard of the Tanglewood Community died at 9:11 a.m. Tuesday evening, September 26, 2023 under the care of Caris Hospice following an extended fight with pancreatic disease. He was 67. Funeral services were conducted from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral home at 1:00 p.m. Friday afternoon, September 29, with his brother-in-law, Pastor…

Mr. Jimmy Craighead age 57 of the Kempville Community was pronounced deceased at 11:48 a.m. Friday morning September 29, 2023 at the TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. He had suffered a heart attack on Tuesday while at work in Lafayette. Pastor Lanny Thomas and Edward L. Anderson officiate dthe 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon October…

Mr. Chris Harris of the Hogans Creek Community and a longtime resident of the Kempville Community died at the age of 56 at 4:34 p.m. Wednesday afternoon September 27, 2023 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville as the result of a stroke. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were…