Area Obituaries

Mr. Tim Barnes of the Dyer Branch Community died at the age of 59 at 6:55 a.m. Thursday morning September 14, 2023 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted September 11th being treated following a battle with lung cancer. Memorial services will be conducted from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…

Mr. Matt Henry of the Dixon Springs Community was pronounced deceased at 10:03 a.m. Saturday morning September 30, 2023 the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at his Dixon Springs Circle home suffering from a battle with cancer. His funeral services are scheduled to be conducted on Friday afternoon…

Mr. Larry Ash, age 78 of Carthage was pronounced deceased at 5:18 a.m. Friday morning September 22, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage after becoming gravely ill at the family’s Riverside Drive North home. Mr. Ash was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and had requested to be cremated. That…

Mrs. Lois Silcox Hamlet, a housewife of the Turkey Creek Community, died peacefully at 5:45 A.M. Sunday morning September 24, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since April 25, 2013. Mrs. Hamlet was 82 years of age. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of…

An Elmwood Community resident, Mr. Michael Helms, was pronounced deceased at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage on Friday September 15, 2023 at the age of 66. Funeral services from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper – Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home were conducted by Eld. Rickey Hall. Following the 1 p.m. Thursday…

A Difficult Community resident was discovered deceased at his Dog Branch Road South home on Friday afternoon September 15, 2023. Mr. Roy Rice, age 67, was pronounced deceased at 3:51 p.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage. Mr. Rice was at the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. He will be…

Mr. Phillip Fisher, a special needs gentleman of Hartsville, was pronounced deceased at the age of 57 at 6:52 a.m. Tuesday morning September 19, 2023 at the AHC Northside in Murfreesboro where he was receiving rehabilitation following release from Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital in Murfreesboro. Bro. Randy Swaffer officiated at the 11 a.m. funeral service…

Perhaps the most astute businessman to ever own a Carthage business has died at the age of 94. Mr. A. B. McCall was pronounced deceased at his Jackson Avenue home at 1:07 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon September 13, 2023 by HighPoint Hospice who had been lovingly assisting the family with his care. His family was…

A longtime Elmwood Community homemaker, Mrs. Opal Ray Fields, transitioned to her heavenly home on Monday morning September 11, 2023 at the Pavilion Senior Living in South Carthage where she had enjoyed making her home since August 12, 2019. She was pronounced deceased by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville at 8:58 a.m. at the age of…

Retired Corps of Engineer electrician, Mr. Ronnie Collins of Carthage, was pronounced deceased at 3:28 a.m. Tuesday morning September 12, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage after suffering a fatal heart attack at his Ballenger Road home. Mr. Collins was 73. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…