Area Obituaries

Ms. Kathy Kemp, a homemaker of Carmack Avenue in Carthage, died Wednesday morning April 11, 2023 at the age of 64 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted April 6th suffering from respiratory failure. Her family was at her bedside when the death angel called at 10:50 a.m. Ms. Kemp…

A Pea Ridge Community homemaker, Mrs. Vickey Dickens Driver age 58, was pronounced deceased at 3:52 a.m. Sunday morning April 9, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. after becoming gravely ill at her Danny Lane home. Smith County E-911 received a call for assistance at 2:07 a.m. Sunday morning. Funeral services were…

Longtime Flatrock Community homemaker and Jackson County native, Mrs. Robbie Savage North died peacefully at the Pavilion in South Carthage under the tender care of Gentiva Hospice. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 84 at 9:09 a.m. Sunday morning April 9, 2023. Mrs. North is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home.…

Mr. James Hale, a longtime Carthage resident and now of Newport, Tennessee transitioned to his heavenly home-going at his Patter Lane home in Newport with his loving and caring family at his bedside. He was pronounced deceased at 12:33 a.m. E.S.T. Wednesday morning April 12, 2023 and was under the tender care of Smoky Mountain…

South Carthage resident, Mr. Andrew Davis age 51, died at his Reynolds Street home and was pronounced deceased at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon April 10, 2023. Mr. Reynolds was cremated at the Cumberland Family Services in Algood and a private inurnment for the family will be on the McDonald Farm in South Carthage. He was…

Mr. Ron Schwartz age 57 of South Carthage was pronounced dead on arrival on Saturday morning April 1, 2023 at 10:35 a.m. at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage following being discovered deceased at his home. Mr. Schwartz was cremated at the Nashville Cremation Center and no services were planned. Born Ronald John…

Ms. Amy Lynn Rigsby, age 49 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Ms. Rigsby was born January 31, 1974 in Carthage, TN a daughter of Joyce Bunch Poindexter and Ricky Rigsby. She was preceded in death by Step-father; Franklin Poindexter. Ms. Rigsby was a 1992 graduate of Smith Co. High School.…

Mrs. Willa Dean Givens “Gran Gran” Williams, age 74, of Carthage, TN, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2023. Mrs. Williams was born September 19, 1948 in Carthage, TN, daughter of Clarence Willard Givens and Annie Ruth Grisham Givens. She was preceded in death by her husband: Danny Williams: father, Clarence Willard Givens; grandparents, Melvin B.…

Mr. Archie “Papaw” Lee Cook, age 83, of Rome, TN, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Mr. Cook was born December 16, 1939 in Welch, WV, a son of the late Haskell Carman Cook and Ruby Ellen Blackenship Cook. He was also preceded in death by Son; John Barry Cook on April 24, 1985…

Funeral services for James Richard “Smiley” Waller, 78 of Silver Point, were Saturday, April 15 at 1 PM at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment followed in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Bro. Tony Crow officiated. Mr. Waller died Thursday, March 30, 2023 due to injuries sustained in a fire in Silver Point…