Check website of www.jacksonsun.com, it may have obituary online. Obituaries for some people of Henderson Co. TN (including Sardis, TN) are sometimes printed in The Jackson Sun newspaper, Jackson, Madison Co. TN. I believe obituaries on the Jackson Sun website go back to 2000. For copy of a death certificate for 2000, you need to write the Henderson County Courthouse in Lexington, TN. Laws are stricter now, you may have to show PROOF that you are related to the person in order to obtain. re: I am seeking a county Death Index lookup,  Please search for sadie Swindle( Cunningham) I am not sure of living or deceased, but check your death index for 1987-2000, Sadie s last residence in  Tennessee,was Sardis. if anyone can search, I would be most appreciative, Sadie s mother name was Eva Cunningham