Area Obituaries

Mr. John E. Walker age 76, of Old Hickory, TN passed away on Sunday June 11, 2023. Mr. Walker was born on January 14, 1947 in Trenton, N.J. son of the late Kenneth Elmer Walker and Elsie Edna Warren Walker. He served in the United States Air Force from June 27, 1966 until Feb. 21,…

A highly decorated U. S. Army Vietnam Veteran who fought on the front lines for nine months has died from complications of Agent Orange. Wayne Kemp of Lebanon and who was reared in Carthage, was pronounced deceased at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday evening June 7, 2020 at the age of 76 at the Alive Residence Hospice…

Longtime Kempville Community resident, Mrs. Mary Ruth Givens, went to be with her Lord and the angels in heaven at 10:10 a.m. Monday morning June 5, 2023 at the Pavilion Health Care in Lebanon where she was admitted May 16th following a valiant battle with multiple health issues. Mrs. Givens was 77. Her pastor, Bro.…

Mrs. Betty Burton of the Gladdice Community was pronounced deceased at 9:50 a.m. Saturday morning June 10, 2023 shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage, with C.P.R. in progress, after becoming gravely ill at her Gladdice Highway farm home. Mrs. Burton was 90 years of age. Funeral services from…

Mr. Paul “Slick” Bane age 65 of the Bradford Hill Community was pronounced deceased by a Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville nurse at 2:16 p.m. Sunday afternoon, June 4, 2023 at his home with his family at his side. Mr. Bane was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson and was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services…

Mr. Gary Boyd was discovered deceased at his Lafon Drive home in the Waggoner Sub-division in South Carthage on Monday afternoon June 5, 2023. He was pronounced deceased at 4:18 p.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. at the age of 56. Following release from the Metro Medical Examiner office to the Carthage…

Mr. Tim Cooper of the Hiwassee community was pronounced deceased just after midnight at 12:01 a.m. Monday June 5, 2023 at the age of 57 soon after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage with C. P. R. in progress. His pastor, Bro. Frank Bratcher, officiated at the 11 a.m. Saturday morning June…

Mrs. Peggy Bates Brown, age 84, of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023. Mrs. Brown was born November 21, 1938 in Carthage, TN, a daughter of the late Robert Hindsley Bates and Sadie Bell Winfree Bates. She was also preceded in death by Grandparents; Will and Lela Winfree and Fox and Della…

Ms. Marie Gross of Cookeville and formerly of South Carthage and the Chestnut Mound Community, died peacefully at 3 a.m. Friday morning June 2, 2023 at the Charter Senior Living Center in Cookeville where she made her home. She was under the care of Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville at the time of her death. Funeral…

Arlene Wood, age 91 was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 28, 2023. She died peacefully surrounded by her family. Mrs. Wood was born December 31, 1931, in Pleasant Hill, TN, the daughter of Bessie Lou and Arliss Dodson. She was preceded in death by her parents and her stepdad AsaLee…