Mrs. Shirley Christine Maxwell, age 89, of Livingston, TN, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.

Mrs. Maxwell was born August 12, 1935 in Jackson County, TN, a daughter of the late Marshall B. Wheeler and Carrie M. Maynard Wheeler. Mrs. Maxwell married James R. Maxwell and he preceded her in death on April 19, 2019. She was also preceded in death by Daughter; Faye Dodd, Son; John Lee Horton, and Step-daughter; Delores Ann Smith.

Mrs. Maxwell is survived by Daughter; Connie (Tommy) Smith of Springfield, TN. Step-daughter; Tina Huff of North Carolina. Two son-in-laws; Myk Dodd of Knoxville, TN, and Ray Smith of Livingston, TN. Ten grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Maxwell are scheduled to be conducted from the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Thursday, January 16, 2024 at 1PM with Ray Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Maxwell Family Cemetery in the Pea Ridge Community of Smith County, TN.

Visitation with the family will be at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes after 10AM until service time at 1PM.

Mrs. Lucette Shoulders Kemp, age 60 of Kempville, died Tuesday morning, January 14 at Riverview Regional in Carthage.  She is survived by: husband, Steven Kemp; son, Adam Kemp of Kempville; sister, Sally Jane Whitefield and Lamar of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, mother-in-law, Kay Conditt Kemp of Kempville, sister-in-law, Lisa Kemp Huff and husband Alan of Granville, niece and nephew, Kayla and Justin Kemp.  

Lucette will be at the Kempville Old Time Methodist Church where her services will be conducted on Friday afternoon, January 17 at 1:00 PM.  Bro. Bryan Bratcher will officiate.  Interment in the Defeated Creek Memorial Gardens.  Serving as pallbearers are: David Gregory, Richard Gregory, Charles Smith, Donny Dixon, Randy Shoulders, George Clay, Ricky Givens and Adam Kemp, honorary pallbearer, Justin Kemp.

Visitation at the Kempville Old Time Methodist Church will begin on Thursday at noon until 8:00 PM and on Friday from 9:00 AM until service time at 1:00 PM.  

Memorials to Joey Kemp Scholarship or Kempville Old Time Methodist Church.

Ms. Mary Martin, age 76 of the Riddleton Community, died Monday morning, January 13 at her daughter’s home.  She is survived by: daughter, Angie Brimm and husband Andy of Riddleton, Jamie Summers and wife Jennifer Long Summers of the Hickman Community, sister, Willie Lambert and husband Donnie of the Elmwood Community, 2 brothers, Ray Martin and wife Patricia Mckinney Martin of Popes Hill, Raymond Martin of South Carthage; 3 grandchildren, Jorja and Jude Summers and Hadley Brimm.

Ms. Martin is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her service will be conducted on Thursday morning, January 16 at 11:00 AM.  Bro. Floyd Massey will officiate.  Interment in the Smith County Memorial Gardens. Serving as pallbearers are: Shane Martin, Tom Jones, Shannon Brinkley, Justin Martin, Robert Martin, Mike Martin.  

Visitation will begin on Wednesday afternoon from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM and on Thursday from 9:00 AM until service time at 11:00 AM.  

The family has requested memorials to the Gordonsville Methodist Church.

Mrs. Mildred Jean Bennett Jones, age 84 of Gordonsville, TN passed away Thursday January 9, 2025.

Mrs. Jones was born in Gordonsville, TN on November 14, 1940, a daughter of the late Norman “Normie” Bennett and Frances Elizabeth Grisham Bennett. She was married to Allen Ray Jones on May 16, 1969, he preceded her in death on February 29, 2018. She was also preceded in death by three sisters: Martha Mai Bennett Fields, Mable Bennett and Linda Faye Bennett. Mrs. Jones was a 1958 graduate of Gordonsville High School and attended the Church of God of Prophecy.

Mrs. Jones is survived by three children: Norma (Bernie) Gregory of Gordonsville, TN, Lisa (Jimmy) Brown of Gordonsville, TN and Bill Jones of Elmira, NY. Grandchildren: Jaime Phann of Carthage, TN, Dustin Kyle Brown of Carthage, TN, Megan (Larry) Ross of Lebanon, TN and John (Cassie) Jones of Florida: great-grandchildren Cali Grace Brown of Carthage, TN, Titus Bo Brown of Carthage, TN and Millie Rayne Jones of Florida.

Mrs. Jones is at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes. Graveside services and interment are scheduled to be conducted at the Gordonsville Cemetery on Friday January 17, 2025 at 1PM by Bro James Guire.

Mrs. Jones family will receive friends at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Friday January 17, 2025 from 12 Noon until we leave to go to the Gordonsville Cemetery at 12:45PM.

On January 4, 2025 at 5:52AM Bobbie Mae Croslin Woods of the Lancaster Hill Community went to be with her Lord. She was born on March 15, 1928 in Smith County, TN to James Bennett Croslin and Vallie Crawford Croslin. On December 1, 1945 she married Ralph Woods in Ringgold, GA. They had three children Donna, Darla, and Teddy.

Bobbie helped to care for her family in any way she could. She attended Lancaster Hill Church of God for years and also Carthage Church of God until her health issues kept her home. Bobbie worked several years at Carthage Shirt Factory but most of her years were spent as a housewife, mother and daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph on December 26, 2004, parents James Bennett and Vallie Crawford Croslin, infant son Teddy, brother Bart Croslin and son-in-law Kerr Cowan. She is survived by daughters: Donna (Jimmy) Judkins and Darla Cowan of the Lancaster Hill Community. She has three grandchildren; Valerie Judkins, Benny (Suzanne) Judkins and Lori (Greg) Glover; five great grandchildren; Blayne Judkins, Peyton (Casey) Judkins, Brennan Judkins, Katelyn Glover and Caroline Glover: three nephews; Danny, Gary and Jamie Croslin: special cousin Jack Woodard of Birmingham, AL.

Mrs. Woods is at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes where funeral services are scheduled to be conducted on Tuesday January 7, 2025 at 1PM with Bro Seth London and Bro Bill Parkerson officiating. Interment will follow in the Gordonsville Cemetery.

Visitation with the family will be held at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Monday from 2PM to 8PM and on Tuesday after 10AM until service time at 1PM.

Mrs. Woods family request memorial donations in her memory be made to St. Judes.

Mrs. Marie Thomas King of Carthage died at the age of 80 with her family at her bedside at 11:30 p.m. Thursday evening January 2, 2025 and was pronounced deceased at 12:57 a.m. Friday morning January 3, 2025 at her Third Avenue East home under the care of Gentiva Hospice of Livingston.

Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home will be conducted on Monday afternoon January 6th at 1 p.m. with Bro. Tommy Ferguson and Bro. Billy Jones officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband, Kenneth and son Shane, in the Garden of Gethsemane at the Smith County Memorial Gardens.

Visitation at Sanderson in Carthage will be on Sunday from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. and again on Monday from 10 a.m. until the 1 p.m. funeral services.

One of nine children, four daughters and five sons, she was born Lellie Marie Thomas in the Turkey Creek Community on December 20, 1944 and was the daughter of the late Gena (Gene) McMillan Thomas who died November 19, 1978 at the age of 67 and Colena Dixie Henry Thomas Allison who died June 10, 1996 at the age of 71.

Three brothers preceded her in death, Frank Edward Thomas who died at birth on January 28, 1943, Fred Allen Thomas who died November 7, 2003 at the age of 68 and Phillip Furd Thomas who died April 8, 2013 at the age of 50.

Mrs. King was a member of the 1963 graduating class at Smith County High School where she majored in home economics, a class she took all four years. She was also a member of the Smith County High School marching band all four years, was in the Spring Festival her sophomore and junior year, and her senior year was selected in the bands Who’s Who. It was stated in the ‘63 Owl annual that she was helpful, casual and attentive and her peers made the statement about her that; “truth is the most valuable thing we have”.

On June 11, 1964 at the former Carthage Emmanuel Church of Christ in Carthage, she was united in marriage to Elmwood Community native, James Kenneth King who died at the age of 78 on October 10, 2020 following over fifty-six years of marriage. They were wed by then church pastor, Rev. Rob Roy Banks with Audrey McBride Grisham and Elizabeth Grisham Thomas as witnesses.

Mr. and Mrs. King were preceded in death by a son, Rondal Shane King who died at the age of 29 in a single car automobile accident in Wilson County on November 15, 1998.

Mrs. King was a charter member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle In Jesus Name in Lebanon where she retained her membership until her death.

Mrs. King was faithful in attendance and a dedicated employee in the deli department in Lebanon from her employment in 1992 until her retirement in 2004 and prior to that was a longtime respected employee of the Texas Boot Company in Lebanon.

Surviving Marie are her two sons, Michael “Coach” King and Josh King both of Carthage; three sisters, Barbara Thomas Poston of Carthage, Patricia Thomas of Gallatin, and Carol Thomas Reece of the Halls Hill Community; two brothers, Billy Thomas and wife Elizabeth Grisham Thomas of the Turkey Creek Community, Ray Thomas of the Pavilion in South Carthage.

Pallbearers: Corey & Scotty Reece, Larry Guffey Jr., Noah & Eli King, Chris Thackxton.

Former Smith County General Session Judge, Jackie Preston of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 in the evening, peacefully at his home surrounded by family. He was 88 years old.

Mr. Preston was born February 14, 1936 in Gordonsville, TN, a son of the late David Monroe Preston and Dora Mai Cowan. He married Janice Gail Williams Preston on March 29, 1964 and she preceded him in death on March 9, 2013. Mr. Preston was also preceded in death by Sister; Reba Bellar and his beloved dog, Stormy and cat, Meow Meow.

Mr. Preston attended Gordonsville High School. He worked at the Tennessee Department of Correction at the State Penitentiary for 3 years. After that, he was Chief Deputy for Smith County Sherriff’s Office from 1974 until 1978. He then served Smith County as General Sessions Judge from September 1, 1978 until his retirement on August 31, 2006. Mr. Preston was also a bus driver for Smith County School and served as a Smith County Commissioner for 8 years.

Mr. Preston was saved at First Baptist Church, Gordonsville and was baptized by Bro. Jonnie Young. He was a member of the Gordonsville Church of the Nazarene.

He will be remembered as a devoted father and loved the people of his community. He loved farming, his church, his family, and his John Deere Tractor.

Mr. Preston is survived by Children; Renee (Steve) Armistead of Club Springs, TN, Deborah Preston of Gordonsville, TN, Penny Preston of Gordonsville, TN, and Scott (Kim) Preston of Gordonsville, TN. Six grandchildren; Brooke Armistead, Brandi (Serman) Lim, Brittany (Caleb) Reese, Mackenzie (Brett) Silvers, Jesse Cole Preston, and Katie Preston. Eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services for Mr. Preston are scheduled to be conducted from the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 2PM with Bro. Shane Smith officiating and Eulogies by Scotty Lewis, Eugene Roberts, and Steve Armistead. Interment will follow in the Gordonsville Cemetery with Bro. Bobby Peoples officiating.

Visitation with the family will be at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Saturday from 10AM until service time at 2PM.

The family requests memorials be made to the Smith County Humane Society or charity of your choice.

Mrs. Teresa James Ballard, age 75, of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2024.

Mrs. Ballard was born January 23, 1949 in Phoebus, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Herman James on September 11, 2012 and Una Lee Lawrence James on February 28, 2003. She married Howard Cecil Ballard on November 23, 1983 and he preceded her in death on January 20, 2023.

Mrs. Ballard graduated from Gordonsville High School in 1967. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Tennessee Tech University and worked as a teacher for 34 years until her retirement: one year at Union Heights Elementary and 33 years at New Middleton School. She loved her cat, Stray, and watching the Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Braves. Mrs. Ballard also loved her family dearly.

Mrs. Ballard is survived by Daughters; Rachel (Jon) Kelley of Pea Ridge, TN. Penny Kinslow of South Carthage, TN, and Pamela Ballard of Chestnut Mound, TN. Eleven grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. Brother; William (Vicky) James of Lebanon, TN. Two nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Ballard are scheduled to be conducted from the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 11AM with Bishop Richard Blackburn officiating. Interment will follow in the Baird Memorial Cemetery in Hickman, TN.

Visitation with the family will be at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Thursday after 9AM until service time at 11AM.

The family requests memorials be made to St. Jude.

Mrs. Gladys Andrews Sloan, age 93 of South Carthage, died Tuesday afternoon, December 31 at Vanderbilt-Wilson in Lebanon.  She is survived by: son, Mark Sloan and wife Melissa of Turkey Creek; brother, Hollis Andrews of Gallatin; 3 grandchildren, Kaison Sloan and wife Grace of Pleasant Shade, Kolby Sloan of Carthage, Kassady Sloan Cadenhead and husband Noah of Hartsville; 3 great grandchildren, Boaz and Liam Sloan, Lylah Cadenhead; sister-in-law, Barbara Andrews of Lafayette.

Mrs. Sloan is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where her service will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, January 2 at 3:00 PM.  Bro. Ron Ralph will officiate.  Interment in the Pleasant Shade Cemetery.  

Visitation on Thursday only from 1:00 PM until service time at 3:00 PM.  

The family has requested memorials to Pleasant Shade Cemetery.

Mrs. Molly Marie Damron, age 83, of Carthage, TN, passed away Saturday December 27, 2024 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN.

Mrs. Damron was born in Dorton, KY on August 5, 1941, daughter of the late Gilbert Akers and Roxie Ratliff Akers. She was also preceded in death by a son: Terry Lee Damron. She married Clifford Damron in1965. She worked as a hairdresser and was a member of the old Regular Baptist Church in Kentucky.

Mrs. Damron is survived by her husband of 65 years: Clifford Damron of Carthage, TN; son, Clifford Allen Damron of Carthage, TN; sister, Quilla Jean Hall of Toledo, Ohio and one granddaughter; Mandy Damron.

Mrs. Damron is at the Carthage, TN chapel of Bass Funeral Homes. There will be private services held by the family at a later date and she will be laid to rest in the family cemetery in Kentucky.

Mrs. Shari Angelina Addy, “Angie Addy”, age 54, of Carthage, TN, passed away at her home in Carthage, TN surrounded by people who dearly loved her at 58 minutes past midnight on December 25, 2024 Christmas morning, from breast and liver cancer.

Angie was born in Newport Beach, California on September 28, 1970, daughter of Estelle Paquett Jones Cooper and the late Alan Jones of Grand Junction, CO. Angie’s childhood home was La Habra, CA where she graduated from La Habra High School in 1988. Angie was an amazing wife, a wonderful woman and a faithful friend. She loved to laugh and she loved to travel. Angie traveled the country for the past 5 ½ years with John the husband she loved. She had a life well lived. Angie will be infinitely missed by her husband, family and friends.

Angie is survived by her husband: John Addy, mother; Estelle Paquette Cooper; three children; Steven Haar, Jessica Haar, and Megan Alvarez; three step children: Brandon Addy, Michelle Addy and Samantha Rodriguez: two brothers; Tyrel Jones and Race Jones and nine grandchildren.

Angie is at the Carthage, TN chapel of Bass Funeral Homes. There will be private services held by the family at a later date.

Mrs. Joan House of the Brush Creek Community has passed from this life to her eternal home at the Tri-Star Summit Medical Center in Hermitage at the age of 81 at 9:28 a.m. Christmas Eve morning December 24, 2024 and where she was admitted early Friday morning December 20th after suffering years of declining health.

Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home will be conducted on Saturday morning December 28th with officiating Bro. Oran Collins and Pastor Roger Grisham officiating. Burial will follow near her daughter and with their infant son in the Garden of the Cross at the Smith County Memorial Gardens.

The House family will receive friends at Sanderson in Carthage on Friday December 27th from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. and again on Saturday after 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. services.

Born Joan Gibbs in Carthage on May 10, 1943, she was one of seven children and the third of five daughters and two sons and was the daughter of the late Douglas Wilson Gibbs who died February 16, 1955 at the age of 37 and Cora Bell Comstock Gibbs Hardcastle Comstock who died January 3, 2000 at the age of 79.

A brother, Henry Wilson “Pete” Gibbs, a Vietnam veteran, died December 14, 2024 at the age of 85. Also preceding her in death were four sisters, Carolyn Louise Gibbs Grisham who died December 14, 2022 at the age of 85 and Helen Loneta Gibbs Crawford who died November 22, 2022 at the age of 81 and both of these sisters served twelve years each as Smith County Court Clerk, Carolyn 1978 to 1990 and Helen 1990 to 2002. Also preceding these three in death were Patty Sue Gibbs Huddleston who died November 28, 2007 at the age of 60 and Clarence Odell “Bucky” Hardcastle who died December 2, 2015.

On June 20, 1968, Mrs. Joan was united in marriage in Hartsville to New Middleton native Kenneth Edward House.

They were preceded in death by a one-day old son, Timothy Scott House who died March 9, 1991 and by a daughter, Janet Lynn Grisham Denney who died May 30, 2012 at the age of 51.

Mrs. House was a longtime Licensed Practical Nurse working at both the former Carthage General Hospital and the former Smith County Memorial Hospital.

A recipient of her General Education Degree, she was a graduate of the Smith County Memorial Hospital 1968 class of L. P. N. ‘s taught by the late Mrs. Polly Beasley.

She had a gentle spirit and was a kind and caring nurse to those assigned to her care.

She retired as supervisor of nursing nurse at the former Smith County Health Care (now Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center) in 2004.

Surviving in addition to her husband of over fifty-six years are her four children, Bobbie Grisham Eastes and husband Donnie of the Sullivans Bend Community, Jimmy Grisham and wife Donna of the Popes Hill Community, Christa House Wright and husband Todd of Wartrace, Tennessee, Kim House Cotttrell and husband Daniel of Coconut Creek, Florida; sister, Leah Justine Gibbs Lewis of Carthage; eleven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

The House family requests memorials to Gideons International.

Pallbearers: Bobby Dale Mason, Halan & Ryder Denney, Andrew Wright, Kenyan Harper & Dre Eastes.

A Christian Southern Gentleman’s working tools of life were fallen from his hands at 12:17 a.m. Christmas Day morning December 25, 2024 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville with his family at his bedside. He was admitted there Tuesday morning December 17th after suffering a fall at his Plunketts Creek Circle home.

Mr. Fred B. Grisham of the Rock City Community was pronounced deceased at 12:43 a.m. after going into cardiac arrest.

Mr. Grisham is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where his funeral services will be conducted on Sunday afternoon December 29th with his church pastor, Eld. Junior Dickerson, officiating. Burial will follow beside his wife Carolyn, in the College Park section at the Smith County Memorial Gardens.

A Masonic Chapel service by Carthage Benevolent Lodge # 14 F & A M will be conducted on Saturday evening December 28th at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

A member of the Carthage Benevolent Lodge for over 50 years, he received his entered apprentice degree on October 14, 1957, was passed to the degree of fellowcraft Mason on November 18, 1957 and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on December 23, 1957. He had served as a Past Master at both the Carthage Benevolent Lodge # 14 F & A M and the New Middleton Benevolent Lodge # 249 F & A M.

The Grisham family will receive friends at Sanderson in Carthage on Saturday December 28th from 2 p.m. until the closing of the Masonic Service at 6:30 p.m. and again on Sunday from 12 noon until the funeral services at 3 p.m.

Born Fred B. Grisham on July 5, 1933 in the Elmwood Community and was one of three sons and a daughter of the late William Oscar Grisham who died at the age of 62 on June 22, 1962 and Edith Louanna (Louannie) Proffitt Grisham who died at the age of 84 on September 28, 1985.

His only sister, Allie Doin Grisham Culbreath died June 25, 2010 at the age of 89 and his two brothers, Bobby Kenneth “Cotton” Grisham died December 24, 1996 at the age of 61, and A.J. Grisham who died March 9, 1991.

Mr. Grisham was a member of the 1951 graduating class at Smith County High School where it was stated in the “51 Owl Annual” “As his inclinations, so his opinions”.

At the home of the late Eld. L. O. Barclay on November 28, 1957, Mr. Fred was united in holy wedlock to Carthage native, the former Carolyn Louise Gibbs.

Mr. Fred’s wife of over sixty-five years, Mrs. Carolyn Gibbs Grisham served honorably as Smith County Court Clerk for twelve years from 1978 until not seeking re-election in 1990. She preceded him in death at the age of 85 on December 14, 2022.

Mr. Grisham was a Veteran of the Unites States Army serving our country during the Korean War.

Mr. Grisham was a retired over-the-road driver for William Hayes Lines, Campbell 66 Express, and Yellow Freight, spending over 30 years in the freight business before retiring in 1991 and where he had a record of almost four million miles of accident-free driving. He and both brothers were charter members of Teamsters Local Union # 480.

He was saved in March of 1963 while at the wheel of a B-61 Mack driving for William Hayes Lines and was baptized into the full fellowship of the South Carthage Missionary Baptist Church by then pastor, Eld. Benny Maggart and after he and Carolyn constructed a new home in the Rock City Community moved their membership by letter from South Carthage to the Plunketts Creek Missionary Baptist Church, where he remained a faithful and dedicated member until his death. He had also served as a church Deacon for many years at both South Carthage and Plunketts Creek.

Surviving are his two children, a daughter, Leah Grisham Gregory and husband Richard of South Carthage; son, Lendon Grisham and wife Tina Silcox Grisham of the Rock City Community; four grandchildren, Campbell and Cade Gregory of South Carthage, Kasey Smith and husband Brent of Farragut, TN, Kelsey Scudder and husband David of the New Middleton Community; three great-grandchildren, Regan and Davin Scudder of the New Middlton Community and Sawyer Smith of Farragut; sister-in-law, Sue Sloan Grisham of the Pavilion in South Carthage.

The Grisham family requests memorials to the Plunketts Creek Missionary Baptist Church.

Pallbearers: Campbell & Cade Gregory, David Scudder, Brent Smith, Doug

Crawford & Travis Grisham.

Honorary pallbearers: Deacons of the Plunketts Creek Missionary Baptist Church:

Mark Cookston, Larry Taylor Wilkerson, Jimmy Owen, Tommy Mofield

Horace Gene Blades, and Teamsters Local #480 and retirees.

Mr. Frank Hart, age 37 of New Middleton, died Wednesday evening, December 18 at Sumner Regional in Gallatin.  He is survived by: sons, Jayden Burton, Jeremy Hart both of Grant, mother of children, Holly Burton of Grant; father, Frank Hart of New Middleton.  

Memorial Services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, December 26 at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home at 3:00 PM.  Eulogies will be presented by the family. 

Visitation at the Carthage Chapel on Thursday only from 1:00 PM until service time at 3:00 PM.  

The family requested memorials to the Family Funeral Fund.  

Mr. Barry Nathan Woodard, age 83, of Buffalo Valley, TN, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2024.

Mr. Woodard was born March 1, 1941 in Hartsville, TN, a son of the late Leslie F. Woodard and Johna Pearl Franklin. He married Joyce Ann Bennett on July 9, 1962 and she preceded him in death on May 15, 2010. He was also preceded in death by Half Brother; Kendale Gross Nixon. Mr. Woodard served his country in the U.S. Army from August 2, 1966 until July 22, 1968, obtaining the rank of sergeant.

Mr. Woodard worked as a deputy and jailer for the Smith Co. Sherriff’s office under Sherriff Johnny Bain. He also worked construction, and spent some time working at AVCO and TVA. Mr. Woodard also farmed and raised horses.

Mr. Woodard is survived by Daughter; Ginger Smith of Chestnut Mound, TN. Granddaughter; Kelsie Smith of Chestnut Mound, TN. Brother; Russell Allen (Wanda) Woodard of Rome, TN. Two great-grandchildren; Charlie Smith and Brayden Smith. Nephew; Russell Woodard, Jr., Casey (Tracie) Woodard, and Dakota (Marinda) Lyles. Niece; Kendra Graves.

Graveside services and Interment for Mr. Woodard were scheduled for Monday, December 23, 2024 at the Smith County Memorial Gardens with Eld. James Thomas Gibbs officiating.