Mr. Jimmy Trainham
After a long and courageous battle with an illness accorded him by serving our country with the United States Army during the Vietnam Era, Mr. Jimmy Trainham age 81 of Carthage, quietly transitioned to his heavenly home at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday evening October 20, 2026 at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital where he was admitted October 17th from the V. A. Health Systems in Murfreesboro with a broken hip. His wife and family members were at his bedside.
It was during this surgery that doctors discovered he had bone cancer. Jimmy, having been saved and having total faith in his Lord and Savior, advised his family and care team that he was ready to let go of his earthly journey.
Funeral services from First Baptist Church Carthage will be conducted by his son-in-law, Bro. Jim Wilburn, at 11 a.m. Friday morning October 23rd. Burial will follow in the Garden of Everlasting Life at the Smith County Memorial Gardens.
The musical portion of the funeral service will be by Jim Wilburn, Colin Wilburn, Davy Baker, and Trey Sanders accompanied on piano by Crystal McCall.
The Trainham family will receive friends at Sanderson in Carthage on Thursday afternoon October 22nd from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. and on Friday they will receive friends at First Baptist from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.
He was born James Edward Trainham in Dyersburg in Dyer County, Tennessee on August 31, 1945 and was the son of the late Paul Edward Trainham and Kathryn Brown Trainham Seratt.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Brown Trainham who died at birth, a sister, Paula Trainham Brock and by two brothers-in-law, Joe Nix and Charlie Brock.
Mr. Trainham relocated to Carthage from Evergreen, Alabama in 1961 and became a member of the freshman class at Smith County High School. He was a member of the 1965 graduating class of 116 members and he was the forty-fifth classmate to leave this world.
While at S.C.H.S. he played football his first three years and was a member of the Pep Club his senior year.
It was stated of him in the “65 Owl annual” that he was sharp, inquisitive, and fun-loving and what Jimmy said was: “that what his country needed was a good five-cent cigar”.
After high school graduation in May of 1965, November 22, 1966 he was drafted into the United States Army in Jacksonville, Alabama and was honorably discharged at Fort Benning, Georgia on September 10, 1968.
He served in Vietnam for eleven months and twenty nine days and in additional to receiving a Purple Heart for being wounded, he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Expert Rifle Marksman for the M-14 rifle, the M-16 rifle and the 45 Pistol., the Vietnam Service Medal with two Bronze Stars, A Combat Infantryman Badge, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, One Oak Leaf Service Bar, and an Air Medal.
He was a certified and licensed Laboratory Technician having worked at the former Smith County Hospital, received an Associates Degree in Science form Cumberland University and his Bachelor of Science Degree from Liberty University, a private Christian University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Jimmy was a gentleman of deep religious convictions, having been saved as a young man while living in Dyersburg and after moving to Carthage was a dedicated member at First Baptist Carthage. He was also a member of Gideons International.
On November 11, 1977, he was united in marriage to Carthage native, the former Laura Jane Dickerson, daughter of the late Smith County educator, Milton (Monk) Dickerson and Mrs. Ogeal Wilmore Dickerson of Carthage. The ceremony was performed at the home of Jimmy’s sister Sandra, in Evergreen, Alabama.
Mr. Trainham was a multi-faceted business man and was never content with sitting around the house as long as his health permitted.
In addition to being a licensed laboratory technician, he was a Tennessee Licensed Real Estate Agent working with the late Bill Floyd, founded a very successful business known as Tennessee Pest Control which he operated from the founding in 1980 until selling the business on May 12, 2022.
He was employed, before his retirement, with the U. S. Postal Service, first in Carthage and upon his retirement was the Pleasant Shade Postmaster, a job he enjoyed greatly because Jimmy was a people-person with an unforgettable personality.
He was a member of the Carthage Benevolent Lodge # 14, of Free and Accepted Masons.
Surviving in addition to his wife Jane of almost forty-nine years are his five children, Patsy Trainham Sanders and husband Trey of the Lancaster Community, James Trainham II and wife Jan Broyles Trainham, Mary Trainham Baker and husband Davy of the Rome Community, Karen Trainham Wilburn and husband Bro. Jim Wilburn, Abby Trainham all of Carthage; sister, Sandra Trainham Nix of Evergreen, Alabama, sixteen grandchildren, John Sanders and wife Kristen, Patrick Sanders and wife Samantha Zachary Sanders and wife Bailey, Nikkole and Hadleigh Sanders, Betsy Little and husband Parrish, J. Edward Trainham III and wife Emma, Luke Washer and wife Andrea, Kameran Washer, Bill Washer and wife Annie, Bradi Baker, Colin, Kate and Jack Wilburn, Reagan Dias, and Bryant (B) Dias; thirteen great-grandchildren, Quinn, Jolynn, Jaylee, Haywood Emerson, Eleanor, Breckston, Mila, Cutler, and Cora, Henry Little, Jaxon and Lennon Washer, .
The Trainham family has requested memorials to First Baptist Church Carthage.
Pallbearers: John, Patrick, and Zach Sanders, J. Edward Trainham III, Luke and Bill Washer, Colin Wilburn and B. Dias.
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