Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
George Everett Jones
Mar 2, 2019
George Everett Jones, age 83, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born August 18, 1935 and passed away March 2, 2019 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of AEDC, where he worked for 38 years, member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ and son of the late Virgil Lee and...
Raymond Ray Curtis
Mar 2, 2019
Raymond Ray Curtis, age 86, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born October 23, 1932 and passed away March 2, 2019 in the V.A. Hospital in Murfreesboro. He was a retired employee of Magnetek, member of the Church of Christ at Morrison and son of the late Haskel Jacob and Ethel Ella Green Curtis. In addition to his...
Shirley Ann Meeks
Mar 1, 2019
Shirley Ann Meeks, age 73, a Warren County, TN native and Muncie, IN native was born January 14, 1946 and passed away March 1, 2019 in St. Thomas Midtown Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and daughter of the late Bernard and Belva Moore Sunderman. In addition to her parents,...
Frances Carolyn Duvall
Feb 27, 2019
Frances Carolyn Duvall, age 92, a Van Buren County, TN resident and Allensville, KY native was born August 5, 1926 and passed away February 27, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of First Baptist Church and daughter of the late D.D. and Thursa Harper Deason. In addition to her parents,...
Dorothy Jean "Mama Jean" Childress
Feb 26, 2019
Dorothy Jean “Mama Jean” Childress, age 85, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born March 24, 1933 and passed away February 26, 2019 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a retired driver for UCARTS, member of Trinity Baptist Church and daughter of the late Charles C. and Maude Newby Harding. In addition to her parents,...
Joyce Levon Wanamaker
Feb 25, 2019
Joyce Levon Wanamaker, age 72, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County native was born March 10, 1946 and passed away February 25, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. She was retired from work in a shirt factory and nursery, a member of Pearls of Christ Church and daughter of the late Clyde and Novela Nunley Brady. In...
Eleanore Celine Swoape
Feb 21, 2019
Eleanore Celine Swoape, age 86, a Warren County, TN resident and Elmhurst, IL native was born March 3, 1932 and passed away February 21, 2019 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Catholic Church and daughter of the late August and Marie Yandick Anderson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Jerry Wayne Clemons
Feb 21, 2019
Jerry Wayne Clemons, age 70, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born February 7, 1949 and passed away February 21, 2019 in the Nashville Veteran’s Hospital following a brief illness. He was a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, retired from Carrier Corporation and son of the late Robert and Irene Rogers Clemons. In addition to his parents,...
Brenda Joyce Cantrell
Feb 21, 2019
Brenda Joyce Cantrell, age 74, a Warren County, TN resident and White County native was born October 11, 1944 and passed away February 21, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Blues Hill Church of Christ and daughter of the late Dudley and Jennie Ledford Scott. In addition to her...
Evelyn Donna Tate Driver
Feb 20, 2019
Evelyn Donna Tate Driver, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County native was born October 1, 1944 and passed away February 20, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital. She was retired from Carrier Corporation and daughter of the late Joe Bradford and Kathryn Iola Tate. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the...
Ernest L. Fults
Feb 20, 2019
Ernest L. Fults, age 81, a Grundy County, TN resident and native was born November 22, 1937 and passed away February 20, 2019 following an extended illness. He was retired from Burroughs-Ross-Colville, member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and son of the late Dee A. and Thelma Elvada Campbell Fults. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Fred Johnson Stepp
Feb 20, 2019
Fred Johnson Stepp, age 69, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born February 11, 1950 and passed away February 20, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam, retired employee of McMinnville Housing Authority, member of Covenant Fellowship Church and son of the late William Gordon Stepp, Sr....
Betty Hoover Smith
Feb 19, 2019
Betty Hoover Smith, wonderful, loving and selfless mother and grandmother, passed away on February 19, 2019 at the age of 92. She was born to the late Fred L. Hoover, Sr. and Ruby Ramsey Hoover on January 4, 1927. Betty graduated from Ward Belmont College and had a long, committed career in education. She was a librarian in the Warren...
Linda Sue Harris
Feb 16, 2019
Miss Linda Sue Harris, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Lenior City, TN native, was born July 31, 1948 and passed away February 16, 2019 following a sudden illness. She was a retired employee of Raintree Manor, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Robert Lee and Josephine Clark Harris. In addition to her parents, she...
Edward Harlin Ryan
Feb 15, 2019
Morrison, TN resident and Lepanto, AR native Edward Harlin Ryan, age 85, was born January 13, 1934 and died February 15, 2019 at his daughter's residence following an extended illness. A driver with UCHRA, a United States Air Force veteran of Korea and Vietnam, and a member of Smartt Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Casper...
Dickie Fleisher
Feb 15, 2019
Dickie Fleisher, age 71, a Warren County, TN resident and native, was born June 8, 1947 and passed away February 15, 2019 in Horizon Health Center following an extended illness. He was a retired tool and die maker with ADA Mould Company, member of the Church of Christ and son of the late Raymond A. and Beatrice Gertrude Newcome Fleisher....
Virginia Christine Hayes Cantrell
Feb 12, 2019
Virginia Christine Hayes Cantrell, age 95, a Warren County, TN resident and native passed away February 12, 2019 following a brief illness. She was a wife, mother, retired receptionist and daughter of the late W.T. H. and Mallie Johnson Hayes. Mrs. Cantrell was a life-long Christian and attended Bybee Branch Church of Christ. She was married September 18, 1943 to...
Barbara June Cooper
Feb 11, 2019
Brentwood, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Barbara June Cooper, age 62, was born January 3, 1957 and died February 11, 2019 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Glendull and Lila Jo Gilbert McCormick. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Mary Elizabeth Barnes
Feb 9, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Barnes, age 84, a McMinnville, TN resident and Chattanooga native was born February 1, 1935 and passed away February 9, 2019 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Magness Memorial Library and daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson and Lillie Rogers Barnes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Darrell Stephen Dotson
Feb 6, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native Darrell Stephen Dotson, age 67, was born May 29, 1951 and died February 6, 2019 at Manchester Healthcare Center following a brief illness. Darrell had a love for life! A Christian. He thoroughly enjoyed vintage audio and video! His favorite hobby was music, from Irish Scottish Celtic through heavy metal to modern country....
