Obituaries in Smithville, TN

Jonathan Stewart Barnes age 38 of McMinnville passed away on Wednesday December 31 2025 at Ascension St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville following an extended illness. Jonathan was born on July 30 1987 in Murfreesboro Tennessee. He was a 2004 graduate of Warren County High School and a member of Mt. Ho...

Farris Thweatt age 85 of Smithville passed away on January 10 2026. He was born in Woodbury on September 26 1940 to his parents the late Beecher Franklin and Annie Magdalene Thweatt. Farris is survived by his loving wife Barbara Thweatt of Smithville. He leaves behind four children Pamela Jean Denni...

Burling Burdette Barnhart age 88 of Smithville passed away on Saturday December 20 2025 at NHC. Born on January 20 1937 in Grand Rapids Michigan he was the son of the late Burdette and Belna Todd Barnhart. Burling served our country in the US Navy and worked as a Neuropsychiatric Tech. He also atten...

Sam Austin Turner Sr. age 82 of Cookeville Tennessee passed away on Tuesday December 30 2025 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was a retired Health Environmentalist with the State of Tennessee. Sam was born on December 15 1943 in Smithville Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents ...

Reba Irene Smith Malone age 86 of Dowelltown passed away on Friday December 19 2025 at her daughters residence in Murfreesboro. Born on May 23 1939 in Smithville she was a retired custodian at DeKalb Middle School and a member of the Dowelltown Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter and sonin...

Edward Lee Whitford age 74 of Smithville passed away peacefully at his residence on Sunday December 7 2025. Born on March 3 1951 in Clarksville TN Ed was the beloved son of the late Truman Eugene and Dorothy Louise Whitford. He was a proud graduate of Austin Peay University and worked for Brake Pro ...

Jerry Brown age 81 of Smithville passed away peacefully on December 3 2025. He was born on January 15 1944 to Floyd L. Brown Sr and Feddie Lou Keltner Brown in Ripley TN. He was a graduate of Cumberland College Middle Tennessee State University and the Graduate School of Banking at LSU. He worked in...

Sharon Anderson age 67 of Dowelltown passed away on Tuesday January 27 2026 at her residence. Born on March 5 1958 in Woodbury Tennessee she was a retired school teacher and attended Mt. Pisgah Free Will Baptist Church. Sharon had a passion for fishing photography and collecting gemstones and crysta...

Ruby Nell Driver age 85 of Smithville passed away on December 30 2025 at her residence. Born on October 14 1940 in Smithville TN she was the daughter of the late Alvie Ray and Ruby Edna Bogle Hale. Ruby was a machine operator at the shirt factory and a member of the Pentecostal faith. In addition to...

Robert Lee Jarvis Sr. age 78 of Smithville passed away on December 8 2025 at St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. Born on December 24 1946 in Fresno California Robert was a beloved husband father brother grandfather and uncle. He was a retired tar roofer and an army veteran who proudly served his country. Ro...

Deborah Lynn France age 60 of Smithville passed away on Thursday December 4 2025 at Riverview Regional Medical Center in Smith County. Born in Smithville TN on April 2 1965 to her parents Laney Knowles and Kathy Pedigo Luna Deborah was a previously a machine operator at FederalMogul. She is survived...

Melissa Resha Hattaway age 50 of Smithville passed away on Tuesday January 27 2026 at her residence. She was a Baptist and retired postal worker. She was born on June 8 1975 in McMinnville and was preceded in death by her father Mike Ward and grandparents L.C. Lorene Tramel. Visitation with the fam...