Area Obituaries

Ms. Sylvia Ray Crutcher of Lebanon and a Smith County native, was pronounced deceased at the age of 87 at 11:52 p.m. Monday evening May 15, 2023 at the Quality Care Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home were conducted Friday afternoon May 19th at 1…

Services for Mr. Timothy Garrett, 65, were held Friday, May 19 at noon at Peyton Road Church. Interment followed in the Smith County Memorial Gardens.  He was preceded in death by twin brothers, Teresa Garrett Hill, John Glen Garrett, Lauretta Garrett Richardson, Ronald Garrett, Jimmie Garrett and his “fur” baby Rosco. Survivors include wife, Kristine…

A retired Carthage Attorney, former Smith County General Sessions Judge and Vietnam War Veteran, Esq. Joe P. Lane Jr. of South Carthage, was pronounced deceased at 4:08 p.m. Wednesday afternoon May 10, 2023 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon where he was admitted Monday afternoon April 24th being treated for Covid pneumonia.  Mr.…

Mrs. Ann McCall Eatherly of the Watervale Community died Saturday afternoon May 13, 2023 at her Cedar Rock Lane home following an extended illness. She was pronounced deceased at 12:54 p.m. at the age of 86 by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville who had been lovingly assisting the family with her care. Mrs. Eatherly is at…

Ms. Mary Jane Bridgewater, age 92 of the Riddleton Community, died peacefully at 9:54 a.m. Saturday morning May 13, 2023 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage where she was admitted May 11th from her Bowman Branch Road home. Her extended family and friends were at her bedside at the time of her passing.…

Mrs. Penny Jean Luttrell, age 67, of Hickman, TN, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2023. Mrs. Luttrell was born April 8, 1956 in Nashville, TN, a daughter of Ronald Schneider, Sr., and the late Jeannie MacNiven Schneider. She was also preceded in death by a sister; Sandy Cowart. Mrs. Luttrell retired from Kroger after…

Eld. Ronnie Armistead age 62 of Lebanon passed away May 6, 2023, at his home.  Born Ronald Lee Armistead January 19, 1961, in Wilson County, TN, he was the son of the late Wallace Lee Armistead and Ruth Overstreet Armistead.  He served in the Tennessee National Guard.  He worked for the Wilson County Road Commission…

Longtime Riddleton Community farmer and community volunteer, Mr. Edward Massey Sr., was discovered deceased at his Tanglewood Road home at 11:40 a.m. on Monday morning May 1, 2023. He was pronounced deceased at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage at 1:05 p.m. His longtime pastor, Bro. Jimmy Gregory, officiated at the 11 a.m.…

Retired Smith County banker, Mrs. Maxine Woodard Holliman of the Defeated Creek Community died peacefully Saturday morning at 3 a.m. at the Pavilion Senior Living in South Carthage where she had made her home since February 15, 2017. She was pronounced deceased at the age of 92 at 4:57 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Cookeville.…

Mrs. Patricia “Pat” Watson Jones, age 76, of Gordonsville, TN passed away peacefully Saturday May 6, 2023. Pat was born March 30, 1947 in the Club Springs Community of Smith County, TN a daughter of the late Eva Athaleen Bennett Watson and Dewey Odell Watson. She was also preceded in death by a sister: Joyce…