Area Obituaries

Mr. Paul Ray Collins, age 78, of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Mr. Collins was born April 18, 1945 in the Crawford Community of Overton County, TN, a son of the late J.D. Collins and Dorothy Lee Vaughn Collins. He married Shirley Estelle McKinney on January 14, 1972. Mr. Collins graduated…

Mrs. Helen Fay Ezell, age 77, of Lancaster, TN, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2023. Mrs. Ezell was born December 11, 1945, a daughter of the late Herlon “Smiley” Glover and Virginia Smith Glover. She was preceded in death by infant son; Kevin Herd and by brother; Bobby Glover. Helen is survived by her…

Mrs. Joy Dillehay Wright age 94 of the Rome Community was pronounced deceased at the Lebanon Highway home of her daughter and son-in-law, Petey and Hugh Glover Jr., at 12:49 p.m. Sunday afternoon July 16, 2023 by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville.  Mrs. Wright was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her services…

Mrs. Carolyn Young Denney of Lebanon and a longtime resident of the Pea Ridge Community died at 10:44 p.m. Thursday evening July 20, 2023 at the NHC on South Walnut Street in Cookeville at the age of 81 following a period of declining health. She had been a resident of NHC since June 7th. Funeral…

Reba Faye Preston Bellar was born into this world on February 17, 1931 in Gordonsville,  Tennessee to the late David Preston and Dora Mae Cowan Preston. On July 12, 2023, the angels carried Reba to her New Eternal Home at the age of ninety-two years, four months, and twenty-five days.  Friends described Reba as “a…

If any person ever exemplified integrity, honesty, and respect in Smith County, those characteristics were what described the life of Eld. Charles Allen Gentry. Bro. Gentry passed from his earthly life to eternity surrounded by his family at the home of his daughter Julie at 5:26 a.m. on Thursday morning July 13, 2023 following months…

Mr. Jimmy Watson of the Tanglewood Community was pronounced deceased at 5:01a.m. Saturday morning July 15, 2023 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin under the care of HighPoint Hospice and death came two days after his 84th birthday.  Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted Tuesday morning July…

Mr. Thayer Wade Trapp, age 54, of Granville, TN passed away on Sunday July 9, 2023. Mr. Trapp was born on April 30, 1969 in Madison, TN son of the late Jerry Spencer Trapp and Ann Dillon Jones Trapp. He was also preceded in death by an aunt, Dot Birdwell. He attended Castle Heights Military…

Mrs. Marie Maynard Bennett age 85, of Old Hickory, TN passed away Friday July 14, 2023.  Mrs. Bennett was born September 2, 1937 in the Long Branch Community of Dekalb County, TN. She was a daughter of the late John Howard Maynard and Velma Lorene Judkins Maynard. She was married to the late Ralph Donald…

Retired U. S. Air Force Korean and Vietnam War Veteran, Mr. Richard Moore age 89 of the Rome Community, died with his family present at his bedside at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday afternoon July 4, 2023 where he was admitted July 2nd being treated for respiratory failure. His…