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The Carthage Courier provides these Obituary listings as a public service FREE to all readers. Subscribers can also see the obituary listings with pictures (when available) in the online full edition of the Courier.
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Printice L. Kittrell, age 86 of Muncie, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at Willow Bend Nursing Facility following an extended illness. Mr. Kittrell was born in Difficult, on October 10, 1922, the son of Tom and Effie (Kennedy) Kittrell. He attended Cartwright School in Defeated. Mr. Kittrell was employed with Indiana Bridge for over 36 years. He was a pitcher for a baseball team in Ohio for many years and also enjoyed playing basketball. Survivors include his wife, M. Florence Kittrell, Muncie; daughter, Barbra L. King, (husband - Charles T.), South Charleston, Ohio; a grandson, Robert D. King, (wife - Khrista), London, Ohio; three great-grandchildren and three nephews, Edward Kittrell, Danny Kittrell and Lanny Kitrell. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Donnie D. Kittrell; a grandson, Aaron A. King. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2010, at Parson Mortuary, Muncie, Indiana, with Pastor Thurman Moles officiating. Burial followed in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.parsonmortuary.com.
Long time local businessman Lee Stewart, of L. & P. Sign Company in the Rawls Creek community of Smith County, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2010, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville. Mr. Stewart was born May 22, 1936, in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, the son of Mary Lou Rader Stewart and the late James Wilmer Stewart. The family later moved to Dayton, Ohio where Lee graduated from Stivers High School. For many years, Lee has had a successful sign business covering Smith and surrounding counties. His career in sign work and artistry began as a young man, creating beautiful works for the Cracker Barrel Corporation, Disney theme parks and others. His passion in life, besides his love for his family, was his love for classic cars, restoring and competing in many car shows and winning numerous awards. His love for family and friends will not soon be forgotten. On June 20, 1987, Lee married Pauline Bush Barclay of Gordonsville. Surviving, in addition to his wife of 22 years, Pauline Bush Stewart of Gordonsville; his mother, Mary Rader Stewart of Dayton, Ohio; 12 children, Linda (Joe) Grisham of Rawls Creek, Carl Stewart of Carthage, Tammy Robinson of Apoka, FL, Helen Jones of Wooten, KY, Velda Jarvis of Dayton OH, Shirley (Steven) Smith of Bowling Green, KY, Kenneth (Melissa) Lackey of Gallatin, Eddie Stewart of Unadilla, GA, Ricky (Stacie) Barclay of Gordonsville, Brenda Scurlock of Brush Creek, Barbara (Gerald) Kelley of Gordonsville, and Paulette (Mike) Shoemake of Gordonsville; four brothers, Jim (Sue) Stewart of Ormond Beach, FL, Henry (Judy) Stewart, Denver (Sue) Stewart and John (Shirley) Stewart all of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services for Mr. Stewart were held at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes on Friday, January 29, 2010, with Bro. Ricky Scurlock officiating. Interment Gordonsville Cemetery. Bass Funeral Homes, Gordonsville Chapel, directors.
Mrs. Jo Anna Price, age 82, a lifelong resident of Pleasant Shade, died at 11:30 p.m. Friday evening, January 29, 2010, at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin with her daughter by her side. With courage and determination she had fought breast cancer for 35 years. An inspiration to all who knew her, her valiant battle against this disease will hopefully help other women with this complication in their lives to find inspiration and hope from her long and successful battle against the disease. Funeral services were conducted by Eld. James “Pee Wee” Massey and Eld. Charles Jones on Tuesday morning, February 2nd, from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial followed the 11:00 a.m. service in the Price family lot at Pleasant Shade Cemetery. One of 10 children of the late Herman Lester Gregory and Lena Dortch Beasley Gregory, she was born Jo Anna Gregory in Pleasant Shade on February 25, 1927. She was the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of the prolific pioneer settler, Isham Beasley, who settled in Smith County with his growing family in 1798. Siblings preceding her in death were three brothers, Harry, Frank and Lester Gregory; three sisters, Helen Grigg, Kathleen Chaffin, and Peggy June Shoulders, who died June 28, 2009. at the age of 74. She was united in marriage on December 30, 1944 to Ules Ray “Birdie” Price, of the Thomas Ridge in the Russell Hill community of Macon County. He preceded her in death on August 30, 1998, at the age of 74, after almost 54 years of marriage. Jo Anna had fond memories and often spoke of her first job in the 1940’s at Sloan Brothers in Pleasant Shade, where she began work every day except Sunday before the sun came up and didn’t stop until after it went down and where they sold everything that a family needed from the “cradle to the grave”. She was always thankful to her cousin, Oval Sloan, and his wife Patty, for her first opportunity at making her own way in life. She also worked for many years at the Carthage Shirt Corporation and Stephens Manufacturing. She always spoke fondly of those years of hard work and the many people she met along the way, especially all the ladies she “rode together” with from home in Pleasant Shade to work in Carthage. Mrs. Price had a beautiful singing voice and was a gifted piano player. She was a talented seamstress, enjoyed quilting and gardening, and was an avid reader and a wonderful cook. She sewed beautifully and left for her family to cherish many hand-made quilts that she spent countless winter hours piecing together and quilting from the time of her childhood until just the past few years. She was a member of the Pleasant Shade Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Surviving is a small and adoring family, her daughter, Deborah Price Beasley; two grandchildren, Jessica Beasley and Ted Beasley all of Dixon Springs; great-granddaughter, Anna Kate Beasley Sanders; two sisters, Lonia Alice Shoulders of Difficult, Hilda Napier and husband, Roger of Norene; brother, Tom Gregory and wife, Ann of Gallatin; brother-in-law, James “Hammer” Price and wife, Wilma of Pleasant Shade. The family has requested memorials to either the Pleasant Shade Cemetery Care Fund or the Sanderson Cemetery Care Fund. Sanderson of Carthage.
Mrs. Mary Katherine Tyree, a homemaker of Carthage, died, at the age of 73, at 6:15 a.m. Sunday morning, January 31, 2010, at Smith County Health Care Center where she had been a resident since January 11th suffering from cancer. Bro. Jimmy Gregory officiated at the Wednesday morning, February 3rd, funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Following the 11:00 a.m. services, burial was in the Smith County Memorial Gardens. The middle child of the late John William Richardson and Lois Agee Richardson, she was born Mary Katherine Richardson on November 19, 1936, in the Rawls Creek community of Smith County. A sister, Billie Faye Goolsby, died, at the age of 60, on February 25, 1995, and a nephew, Michael Richardson, preceded her in death on April 29, 1999 at the age of 26. She was united in marriage in Corinth, Mississippi, on October 25, 1952, to Carthage native Charles Kenneth Tyree. Mrs. Tyree was a member of the Carthage First Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to her husband of over 57 years, Kenneth, is their daughter, Karen Thackxton and husband, Steve of South Carthage; two grandchildren, Christy Grisham and husband, Scottie, Kelly Thackxton; great-granddaughter, Briley Anne Grisham, all of South Carthage; brother, Johnny Richardson and wife, Nancy of South Carthage. The Tyree family has requested memorials to the Smith County Help Center. Sanderson of Carthage.
Mr. Richard “Row” Tedrow, age 60 of Butler, died Saturday, January 30, 2010, at the Johnson County Community Hospital after suddenly becoming ill at his home. Services were conducted at 8:00 p.m., Monday evening, from the chapel of Mountain City Funeral Home with Rev. Ernest Widby Sr. and Minister Maurice Widener officiating. A graveside service and interment with full military honors was held Tuesday afternoon, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mountain Home National Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Thursday evening at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home with Brett Scudder officiating. The family will receive friends at the Carthage Chapel on Thursday from 4:00 p.m. until service time at 6:00 p.m. Born Richard Glenn Tedrow, in French Lick, Indiana, on February 14, 1949, he was the son of the late Robert Tedrow and Goldie Moffatt Tedrow of Indianapolis, Indiana, who survives. He was preceded in death by a brother, Johnnie Tedrow. Mr. Tedrow was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Vietnam. He received a Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars and several other meritorious service medals. He recently retired from the Northeast Correctional Center after 19 years of service. Mr. Tedrow had a total of 31 years of service to the Tennessee Prison System. He attended the New Zion Faith Church. “Row” was an avid fisherman. Surviving, in addition to his mother, is his wife of 24 years, Donna Tedrow; daughters, Lisa Marie Tedrow and fiancé B.J. Porter, Cassie Mae Tedrow, Glenna Sue Tedrow, and Kellie Ann Tedrow, all of Butler, Bobbie Scudder and husband, Brett of Cookeville, Rachel Baxter and husband, Michael of Chapmansboro; sisters, Mildred Mills of Indianapolis, IN, Liz Carver of Tanglewood, Brenda Sue McCormick of Levitown, PA, Lori Brewer of Lebanon; brothers, Roy Tedrow of Atwater, CA, Darrel Tedrow of Pleasant View; 3 grandchildren, Chelsea Baxter, Emma Grace Scudder, and Ethan Gregory Scudder. Sanderson of Carthage & Mountain City Funeral Home.
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