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McMinnville, TN. Obituaries

Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas

Edward Lee Priest

Edward Lee Priest

Sep 16, 2016

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Edward Lee Priest, age 88, was born November 1, 1927 and died September 16, 2016 at his residence following a brief illness. A self-employed logger and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late William Marion and Leta Crim Priest. He was married to Phyllis Ann Sullivan...

Mary Katherine Lawhenore Cox

Mary Katherine Lawhenore Cox

Sep 11, 2016

McMinnville, TN resident and Bridgeport, AL native Mary Katherine Lawhenore Cox, age 90, was born July 25, 1926 and died September 11, 2016 at Riverview Terrace following a brief illness. A retired teacher's assistant with the Warren County School System and member of First United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Myrtle Smith Lawhenore. She...

Junior Emmett Rigsby

Junior Emmett Rigsby

Sep 11, 2016

Junior Emmett Rigsby, age 85, a Morrison, TN resident and White County, TN native died September 11, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a short illness. He was a retired farmer and son of the late Willie Emmett and Mida Hutchins Rigsby. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Rosa Ray Vickers Rigsby;...

John Lambert Duncan

John Lambert Duncan

Sep 10, 2016

John Lambert Duncan, age 92, a McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native died September 10, 2016 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of McMinnville Electric and a United States Army veteran of World War II, where he served in the Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion Medical Detachment as a Surgical Technician 861 in Northern...

Calvin Clyde Herrin

Calvin Clyde Herrin

Sep 8, 2016

Calvin Clyde Herrin, age 75, a Vervilla Community resident and DeKalb County, TN native died September 8, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired machinist with Powermatic, member of the Church of Christ and son of the late Warren and Martha Belle Steele Herrin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

James Larry Youngblood

James Larry Youngblood

Sep 8, 2016

Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James Larry Youngblood, age 69, was born October 14, 1946 and died September 8, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired forklift operator with Carrier Corporation and a member of Morrison United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Arry and Alma Wood Youngblood. In...

Julia Grace Winfree Pitts

Julia Grace Winfree Pitts

Sep 6, 2016

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Julia Grace Winfree Pitts, age 87, was born May 9, 1929 and died September 6, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A homemaker and member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Buford and Quixie Marie Newby Turner. She was married...

Frankie Golden

Frankie Golden

Sep 6, 2016

Frankie Golden, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died September 6, 2016 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a sudden illness. Ms. Golden was a retired school teacher and had taught in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee. She was a member of Central Church of Christ and daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Charlotte...

Jesse Newton Fitts

Jesse Newton Fitts

Sep 4, 2016

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Jesse Newton Fitts, age 96, was born February 26, 1920 and died September 4, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park following an extended illness. Jesse was the last surviving child of the late Samuel Walker Fitts and Ethel Rosetta Hendrickson Fitts. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Jasper,...

Nancy Carole Holder

Nancy Carole Holder

Sep 3, 2016

Nancy Carole Holder, age 69, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died September 3, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired LPN with NHC Home Care and River Park Hospital, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Albert Lloyd and Bertha Louise Blair Elrod. She...

Ralph Lewis Hamby

Ralph Lewis Hamby

Sep 3, 2016

Ralph Lewis Hamby, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Winston, GA native died September 3, 2016 in Webb House of McMinnville following a brief illness. He was a retired mechanic with American Airlines, veteran of the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late Reese Frank Hamby and...

Lois Montandon

Lois Montandon

Sep 1, 2016

Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Lois Montandon, age 89, was born March 5, 1927 and died September 1, 2016 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN following an extended illness. Retired from Genesco, she was the daughter of the late Willie C. and Dovie Alice Craig Mills. She was married October 2, 1946...

Vicki Lynn Pryor

Vicki Lynn Pryor

Aug 30, 2016

McMinnville, TN resident and Madison County, AL native Vicki Lynn Pryor, age 60, was born June 7, 1956 and died August 30, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired nurse with Dr. Del Valle and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Lloyd and Loyce Wimberly McCoy. In addition...

Dorothy Lillian Cantrell

Dorothy Lillian Cantrell

Aug 30, 2016

Dorothy Lillian Cantrell, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 30, 2016 at NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was retired from Kingston Timer, a member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Aaron & Lillie Belle Roach Pepper. She was married May 23, 1945 to Newman Houston...

John Wesley Allen Young

John Wesley Allen Young

Aug 27, 2016

John Wesley Allen Young, age 33, a Christiana, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native passed suddenly at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on August 27, 2016. He was a foreman at Platinum Roofing and son of Jeff Young of Murfreesboro, TN and Nancy Haley of McMinnville, TN. Mr. Young was married to Kelly Brown Young who survives. In addition to...

Sarah Francis Brown

Sarah Francis Brown

Aug 27, 2016

Sarah Francis Brown, age 95, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 27, 2016 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of East End Drive Church of Christ and daughter of the late George and Mattie Bell Guess Coonrod. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by daughters,...

Henry Hugh Starkey

Henry Hugh Starkey

Aug 26, 2016

Henry Hugh Starkey, age 92, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 26, 2016 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was retired from the Ford Motor Company, a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, member of the Church of Christ and son of the late Herman...

Eloise Dunn Eaton

Eloise Dunn Eaton

Aug 25, 2016

McMinnville, TN resident and Murfreesboro, TN native Eloise Dunn Eaton, age 89, was born December 14, 1926 and died August 25, 2016 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A homemaker and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Orman Lytle and Elizabeth Almetia Warren Dunn. She was married July 20,...

Sarah Marie Starkey

Sarah Marie Starkey

Aug 24, 2016

Spencer, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Sarah Marie Starkey, age 77, was born August 18, 1939 and died August 24, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Free Will Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late George Monroe and Mary L. Moore Pack. She was married...

Erma Barr

Erma Barr

Aug 23, 2016

Erma Barr, age 80, a Mt. Juliet, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native died August 23, 2016 in Carrick Glen Assisted Living Center following a brief illness. She was a retired sales person with D & M Distributing, member of Silver Springs Baptist Church and daughter of the late Roe and Bertha Hutchings Barr. In addition to her parents,...

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