Obituaries in Smithville, TN

Georgia Royce Odom age 91 of Smithville passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at the Webb House in Smithville. She was retired from the City of Smithville as a guard for Green Brook Park. In her earlier years she was a farmer and owned Odoms Nursery and was a member of Whorton Springs Baptist Church...

Robert Lee Jeffries age 97 of Smithville passed away at his residence on January 12 2026. Born in Texas on May 26 1928 to his parents the late William and Bertie Carroll Jeffries Robert was a dedicated welder an avid fisher and a rodeoloving cowboy. He was a proud Shriner and a 65year member of Cent...

Kelli Michelle Bess age 36 of Smithville passed away on January 14 2026. Born in Murfreesboro TN on February 14 1989 she was the cherished daughter of Tony Bess and Cheryl Gotro. Kelli was a member of the Smithville First Baptist Church and had careers as a medical assistant CNA and as a restaurant ...

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...

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 ...

Dr. Doug Gibbons Hooper age 68 passed away on December 27 2025. He was born on July 11 1957 in Nashville TN to T.M. and Juanita Hooper of Smithville Tennessee. A lifelong resident of Smithville Doug graduated from DeKalb County High School in 1975 and from Tennessee Technological University in 1979....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bradley Aaron Mullican age 30 passed away on December 4th in DeKalb County. Born on August 17 1995 in McMinnville Tennessee Bradley was a devoted son brother and friend who touched the lives of many. He was preceded in death by his sister Christie Mullican his grandparents John and Fay Cantrell Herb...