Mr. Fred Willard “Frog” Young Jr.

Fred Willard Young, Jr., affectionately known to many as “Frog,” passed away at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Friday, October 9, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on October 26, 1952, in Gainesboro, Tennessee, Fred was the beloved son of the late Fred...

Mr. Jerry E. Hensley

Jerry E. Hensley, passed away on October 8, 2026, in Gainesboro, Tennessee. He was 69 years old. Born on July 9, 1957, in Gainesboro, he remained connected to the community he called home throughout his life, and he will be remembered for the steady, kind, and honest...

Mr. Joe Louis Heady

Joe Louis Heady age 83 of Chestnut Mound, TN, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Born July 6, 1943 in Red Boiling Springs, he was 1 of 14 children of the late Roscoe Lee Heady and Lola Mae Cross Heady. He was preceded in death by...

Mr. Joe G Holbrook

Mr. Joe Holbrook, age 87, of Lebanon, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at The Pavilion in Lebanon. He was born Joseph Glynn Holbrook on August 7, 1939 in the New Middleton community of Smith County to the late Ralph Holbrook and Ruth Bradford Holbrook. He was...

Mr. Samuel Trevis Pugh

Samuel Trevis Pugh, 73, of Carthage, Tennessee, passed away on October 4, 2026, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease at the Smith County Health and Rehab Facility. Sam was born in January 1953 in Bossier City, Louisiana. Sam was baptized at an early age...

Mrs. Christine Allen Woodard

  With her family at her bedside, Mrs. Christine Allen Woodard of Knoxville and a longtime Jackson Avenue resident in Carthage and longtime business woman, departed her earthly journey that God had so richly blessed her with for 97 years, to enter the eternal...