Area Obituaries

Mr. Steve Wright, a Vietnam Era veteran of Cookeville, died at the age of 75 while at a medical appointment at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Nashville. He was pronounced deceased by V. A. emergency room physicians at 11:59 a.m. Thursday morning April 27, 2023. Edward L. Anderson officiated at the 1 p.m. Monday…

Mrs. Pearley Campbell age 80 of Carthage and a former resident of the Chestnut Mound Community died at the Lebanon home of her caregiver Tammy Campbell. She was pronounced deceased by HighPoint Hospice of Gallatin at 12:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon April 27, 2023 Bro. Dickie Johnson officiated at the 11 a.m. graveside services which were…

Mr. Cordell Hull Blair Jr., age 77 of Hartsville, TN passed away Wednesday morning, April 26, 2023 at his home. Preceded in death by:  Parents, Cordell Hull Blair Sr. & Virgie Lynch Blair, Brothers, Edward, Franklin, Glen & Alton Blair, Sisters, Lorene Bogle & Inez Brewster, Granddaughter, Jetta Lackey. Survived by:  Wife, Joy Blair-Hartsville, TN,…

David Wayne McKinney, 79, of Louisville, KY passed away April 19, 2023, in Panama City Beach, FL.  David was an insurance adjuster for Fireman’s Fund. He was a member of the Kosair Shrine Temple where he was better known as “Curly” with the Kosair Funsters. David was also a member of the Jeffersontown Masonic Lodge…

Timothy “Tim” Barnes was born May 29th,1958 in Madison County, TN to the late John Hershel and Ruby Russell Barnes. Tim passed away peacefully on April 26th,2023, surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Barnes graduated from North Side High School, enlisted in the Air Force in 1976, and was honorably discharged as a Sargent in…

Mr. David “Buckwheat” Robinson of the Turkey Creek Community died peacefully three days before his 66th birthday at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning April 18, 2023 at his Turkey Creek Highway home. He was pronounced deceased at 6:44 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville. A memorial Celebration of Life from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…

Mrs. Brenda Reece Marshall of Sevierville and a former resident of Mount Juliet died at the age of 73 on Wednesday evening April 12, 2023 and was pronounced deceased by Smoky Mountain Health and Hospice at 8:30 p.m. at her Stroud Drive home in Sevierville following an extended illness. Mrs. Marshall was at the Atchley…

Mrs. Shirley Oliver Smith of the Pleasant Shade Community died at 9:45 p.m. at the age of 81 on April 15, 2023 at the Knollwood Manor in Lafayette where she had made her home since November 25, 2006 suffering from multiple sclerosis, Mrs. Smith had been a resident at Knollwood Manor longer than any other…

Mrs. Hattie Jane Papagna Carr, a homemaker of Baxter was pronounced deceased at 5:17 p.m. Saturday evening April 15, 2023 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she was admitted Friday morning April 14th suffering from cardiac distress after becoming gravely ill at her Dyer Ridge farm home. Mrs. Carr was 82. Pastor Lanny Thomas…

Mrs. Christine Goad, a homemaker of the Russell Hill Community, died with her family at her bedside at 6:20 p.m. at the age of 89 at the Palace of Red Boiling Springs on Tuesday evening April 11, 2023 where she had made her home since September 4, 2020 because of dementia.  Eld. Junior Dickerson officiated…