Area Obituaries

A Clinton, Tennessee housewife has died at the age of 73. Mrs. Gail Erick was pronounced deceased at 10:09 p.m. Wednesday evening August 24, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she was admitted October 7, 2022 to the Memory Care Unit suffering from dementia. Her husband Paul had arranged…

Mrs. Debra Courtney of Carthage was pronounced deceased at 7:38 a.m. Thursday morning August 17, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. after going into cardiac arrest at her Jefferson Avenue West home. Mrs. Courtney was 65. Mrs. Courtney was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and had requested to be cremated.…

Mrs. Sue Markham age 84 of Lebanon died Monday evening August 14, 2023 at 11:21 p.m. at the Alive Hospice Residence in Murfreesboro. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted Saturday afternoon August 19th at 2:00 p.m. by her longtime minister, Edward L. Anderson. Burial followed in the Cedar…

Mr. Nicholas Ryan Carr, age 29, of Silver Point, TN, passed away on Friday, August 11, 2023. Mr. Carr was born January 30, 1994 in Lebanon, TN, a son of the late Randy Lee Carr and Amanda Jean Westphal. He was also preceded in death by Grandfather; Edd “Don” Carr and Grandmother; Carolyn Peach. Nicholas…

Mr. Garlon Hewitt of the Salt Lick Community in Jackson County died at the age of 70 on Saturday morning June 17, 2023 at the Oakwood Care Center in Baltimore, Maryland where he had resided since November of 2022. Private graveside services were conducted for family and friends by invitation and burial followed in the…

Mr. Dennis Miller age 70 of Carthage and formerly of Knoxville was pronounced deceased at 11:59 p.m. Sunday evening August 6, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where he had made his home since November 27, 2022 shortly after relocating from his Knoxville Boulevard home in Knoxville. He was under…

Mrs. Joyce Petty, age 81, of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Mrs. Petty was born January 16, 1942 in Wartrace, TN a daughter of the late Ernest Hobert West and Maggie Olene Wilkerson West Burton. She was also preceded in death by Step-father; Gilbert Burton and Brother; Billy West. Mrs. Petty…

Joshua Hudson Bly, age 29, of Lebanon, TN, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2023. Mr. Bly was born March 30, 1994 in Carthage, TN, a son of Danny Wayne Bly and Cherrie Ann Morton Welliver. He graduated from Watertown High School in 2012. He loved listening to music and dancing. Joshua played harmonica. He…

Dixon Springs Community native Odell “Mugs” Garrett of Ringgold, Georgia died, at the young age to him, of 87 at the Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga where he was admitted June 30th following a 9:30 a.m. fall while he was preparing to bush hog on the family farm. He was pronounced deceased at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday…

Mr. Dennis Noonan, age 83 of the Flat Rock Community died at 12:22 a.m. Saturday morning July 29, 2023 at his home under the care of hospice.  Mr. Noonan is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and per his request will be cremated by Cumberland Family Services in Algood. A memorial service, with…