Obits

Maude Brown, age 100, of Carthage, longtime resident of the Defeated Creek Community, passed away Fri., March 6, 2009 at the Smith County Health Care Center. Funeral services were conducted Mon., March 9 by Eld. Michael Besbitt and Bro. Jimmy Gregory from the Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home.

Ellen Beatrice Goad, age 85, of Fountain Run, KY, passed away Sat., March 7, 2009. Funeral services were conducted Mon., March 9 from Strode’s Gamaliel Chapel with Eld. Tim Eaton & Eld. Terry Howard officiating. Interment in the Fountain Run Cemetery.

On Thur., March 5, 2009, Virgil Payton Cox passed away. Funeral services for Virgil Cox were conducted Sun., March 9 from the Alexander Funeral Home with Elder Guthrie Thompson and Elder Anthony Hale officiating. Interment followed in the Macon County Memorial Gardens.

Lonia B. Warren Harper, age 85, of Bethpage, Tenn., passed away Sun., March 8, 2009. Funeral services for Mrs. Harper will be Wednesday, March 11 from the Chapel of Woodard Funeral Home, with Bro. Doyle Farris and Bro. Floyd Farris officiating.

Annie Hackett, age 101, of Pleasant Shade Highway in the Graveltown Community, passed away Fri., March 6, 2009 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center North. Funeral services were conducted Sun., March 7, 2009 from the Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home with Bro. Herman “Jake” Collins and Eld. Billy Joe Shoulders officiating.

John David Whitson, age 61, of Portland, passed away March 5, 2009 at his residence. He is preceded in death by his father, John Edward Whitson; sister, Barbara Eden; grandson, John Wesley Hunter Riddle.

Mary Quincy Gregory, age 77, passed away Feb. 27, 2009, at the Skyline Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Mon., Mar. 2, 2009, from the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church with Elder Donald Taylor and Elder Terry Austin officiating. Bobby Ballou, Terry Evetts, Kirt Nichols, Hal Ballou, Steven Kemp, and Lynn Gann served as pallbearers. Interment…