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McMinnville, TN. Obituaries

Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas

Ernest Lee Wade

Ernest Lee Wade

Jun 25, 2017

Ernest Lee Wade, age 59, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 30, 1958 and died June 25, 2017 following a sudden illness. He was a member of Browns Chapel Baptist Church and son of Tommie Ford Brown of McMinnville and the late Cecil Wade. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death...

Dr. Kenneth Harvey Abbott II

Dr. Kenneth Harvey Abbott II

Jun 25, 2017

Kenneth Harvey Abbott II was born in Upland California to Kenneth H. Abbott M.D. and Mariann Donnelly on May 28, 1937. He was delivered by his grandfather, Frank Abbott M.D. He spent his early years in Rochester MN, where his father was trained as a Neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic, and Worthington Ohio where his father set up practice. He...

Lois Gilbert Hennessee

Lois Gilbert Hennessee

Jun 25, 2017

Lois Vivian Evans was born November 1, 1917 in Warren County, the daughter of Joe Evans and Helen Brady Evans. She attended Fairview Grammar School and graduated from Irving College High School. She married Eben N. Gilbert and they had one son, Eben N. Gilbert, Jr. When Mr. Gilbert died, after 48 years of marriage, she was wed to three...

Virginia May Anderson

Virginia May Anderson

Jun 25, 2017

McMinnville, TN resident and Wayne, MI native Virginia May Anderson, age 86, was born April 17, 1931 and died June 25, 2017 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from Powermatic and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Elwin H. and Lucy Tallmage Hamilton. She was married to William L....

Wilma Ruth Powers

Wilma Ruth Powers

Jun 23, 2017

Wilma Ruth Powers, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 29, 1931 and died June 23, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a brief illness. She was a retired employee of Genesco, member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ and daughter of the late Marion Francis and Myrtle Christian Panter. In addition...

Charity Pearl Bouldin Rutledge

Charity Pearl Bouldin Rutledge

Jun 22, 2017

Charity Pearl Bouldin Rutledge, age 87, a Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born December 28, 1929 and died June 22, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Levi’s, member of Pine Bluff Community Church and daughter of the late Clyde Bouldin and Lola Ann...

Melba Barnes Hillis

Melba Barnes Hillis

Jun 21, 2017

Melba Barnes Hillis, age 94, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born November 13, 1922 and died June 21, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, retired cook from Irving College School, life-long member of Armstrong Church of Christ and daughter of the late Wince and Ruby Ware Barnes....

Betty Marie Patton

Betty Marie Patton

Jun 13, 2017

McMinnville, TN resident and Athens, OH native Betty Marie Patton, age 89, was born April 20, 1928 and died June 13, 2017 at the Webb House Retirement Center in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from Century Electric and of the Christian faith, she was the daughter of the late John Elsworth and Bessie Crum Adams. She was married to...

Jimmy Ray Webb

Jimmy Ray Webb

Jun 12, 2017

Morrison, TN resident and Painesville, OH native Jimmy Ray Webb, age 64, was born July 8, 1952 and died June 12, 2017 at his residence following a brief illness. An employee of DeZurik, he was the son of the late Orville Earl Webb and Emma Pearl Holt Gatchel. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother,...

Gertrude Krupa

Gertrude Krupa

Jun 11, 2017

McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Gertrude Krupa, age 93, was born January 7, 1924 and died June 11, 2017 at Webb House Retirement Center in McMinnville. A homemaker and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late V.B. and Cordelia Davis Carmack. She was married to Andrew Krupa who preceded...

Hobert Brown

Hobert Brown

Jun 10, 2017

Hobert Brown began life’s journey on February 7, 1940 to the parentage of the late Nathaniel and Gladys Terry of McMinnville. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and uncle. He was also a loyal friend to those who knew him. Even though he moved his family to Wichita, KS years ago, he never forgot where his roots...

Paul Houston Timothy "Pee-Wee" Ward

Paul Houston Timothy "Pee-Wee" Ward

Jun 10, 2017

Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native Paul Houston Timothy "Pee-Wee" Ward, age 35, was born August 22, 1981 and died suddenly June 10, 2017. An employee of Custom Vinyl and Purple Lion Tattoos and of the Christian Faith, he was the son of Lynn Ward of Pikeville, TN and Johnnie Moore of Rock Island, TN. In addition to...

Robbie Melton Beaver

Robbie Melton Beaver

Jun 9, 2017

Robbie Melton Beaver, 95, a McMinnville resident and Warren County native, was born March 23, 1922 and died June 9, 2017 at her residence. She was retired and a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Beaver attended Tennessee Technological University. She was a member of the First United Methodist Prayer Shawl group, the Daughters of the American Revolution,...

Nancy Marie Stubblefield

Nancy Marie Stubblefield

Jun 9, 2017

Nancy Marie Stubblefield, age 98, a Hendersonville, TN resident and Huntland, TN native was born December 23, 1918 and died June 9, 2017 in Brookdale Senior Living Facility following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, member of Central Church of Christ and daughter of the late Thomas Warner and Sallie Blanche Foster Gonder. Mrs. Stubblefield was married August 26,...

Sue Downs Smartt

Sue Downs Smartt

Jun 4, 2017

Sue Downs Smartt, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born July 6, 1927 and died June 4, 2017 at Webb House following a five-day illness. A retired educator with the Warren County School System and member of Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Billy Morris and Laura Susan Beal...

Sara J. Baker

Sara J. Baker

Jun 4, 2017

Sara J. Baker, 86, of Washington, IL passed away at 6:58 a.m. Sunday, June 4, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was born on August 18, 1930 in McMinnville, TN the daughter of Will and Josie Thomison. Mrs. Baker was married May 19, 1948 in LaFayette, GA to Hoyt Baker who preceded her in death on September 2, 1996 in...

Connie Jo Holt

Connie Jo Holt

May 31, 2017

Connie Jo Holt, age 60, a Cleveland, GA resident and Inglewood, CA native was born October 8, 1956 and died May 31, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired supervisor at Johnson Controls and daughter of Billy Mullins of McMinnville, TN and the late Gloria Joan Swann Mullins. In addition to her...

Madeline Marie Hutchins

Madeline Marie Hutchins

May 31, 2017

Madeline Marie Hutchins, age 92, a Rock Island, TN resident and Arcadia Township, MI native was born April 15, 1925 and passed away peacefully on May 31, 2017 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker, member of Smyrna Church of Christ and daughter of the late John and Bertha Fisher Schwerin. In addition to her parents, she was...

Elizabeth Cantrell Lawrence LaFever

Elizabeth Cantrell Lawrence LaFever

May 29, 2017

Former McMinnville resident Elizabeth Cantrell Lawrence LaFever, age 96, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 at Woodbury Health and Rehab, where she has resided for the past five years. Born Kathryn Elizabeth Cantrell, August 16, 1920 in DeKalb County, Tennessee, she is the daughter of Zollie Adron and Shirley Love Cantrell, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in...

Charlotte Ann Burch Oliver

Charlotte Ann Burch Oliver

May 28, 2017

Charlotte Ann Burch Oliver, age 58, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born November 23, 1958 and died May 28, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired social worker with Friendship Home Health, a member of Covenant Fellowship Church and daughter of the late George Franklin and Gladys Louise Bouldin Burch....

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