Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Linda Gale Moore
Feb 10, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Linda Gale Moore, age 64, was born January 21, 1953 and died February 10, 2017 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A self-employed florist with Country Garden Florist and a member of Smyrna Quilters, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward "Eddie" and Della Agnes Hale...
Allen Randolph Voss, Sr.
Feb 10, 2017
Allen R. Voss Sr., age 65, of McMinnville, TN passed on to be with his Lord Friday, February 10, 2017 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. He was born November 16, 1951 to the late Randolph and Delores Hackett Voss. Originally from Baltimore, MD, Allen spent much of his life in Tampa, FL. There...
Douglas Ulysses Hobbs
Feb 9, 2017
Manchester, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native Douglas Ulysses Hobbs, age 92, was born May 10, 1924 and died February 9, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired aircraft mechanic with AEDC, a United States Air Force veteran of WWII and Korea, and a member of Morrison Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Richie Taylor
Feb 7, 2017
Rock Island, TN resident and Bristol, TN native Richie Taylor, age 39, was born October 19, 1977 and died February 7, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. A welder with Tennessee Metal Fabricating and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, he was the son of Donnie and Charlotte Taylor of Rock Island, TN. He was married November...
Barry Edward Cole
Feb 6, 2017
LCPL/R Barry Edward Cole, age 55, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 17, 1961 and died February 6, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Cole was a Warren County High School Graduate of 1979, in the United States Marine Corps from 1979 to 1983, the National Guard from 1983 to 2000 and the son of...
Ralph Elmer Hillis
Feb 6, 2017
Ralph Elmer Hillis, age 88, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born October 16, 1928 and died February 6, 2017 at his residence. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, owner of H & H Nursery, member of Eastside Baptist Church and son of the late Russ and Jessie Maude Teeters Hillis....
Anthony Layton "Crusher" Morris
Feb 6, 2017
Anthony Layton “Crusher” Morris, age 63, a Morrison, TN resident and Woodbury, TN native was born September 16, 1953 and died February 6, 2017 in Vanderbilt University Medical Center following a brief illness. He was the owner of A&K Termite and Pest Control, a veteran of the United States Army, son of Patricia Jordan Morris of McMinnville and the late...
Rebecca W. Stubblefield
Feb 5, 2017
Rebecca "Becky" Watson Stubblefield, age 93, died on February 5, 2017. She was born July 27, 1923 to the late Dr. and Mrs. Jerre Watson of Anniston, Alabama. She was a graduate of David Lipscomb College in 1942. Becky married Herman H. Stubblefield on October 6, 1944. They moved to the Birmingham area in 1973 from Maryville, Tennessee and lived...
Edith E. Cummings
Feb 2, 2017
Edith E. Cummings, age 80, a Doyle, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 9, 1936 and died February 2, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a sewing machine operator, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late John T. and Maggie Cunningham Rogers. Mrs. Cummings was married...
William Franklin Brewer
Feb 1, 2017
William Franklin Brewer, age 45, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born August 8, 1971 and died February 1, 2017 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was an owner of Brewer Amusement, member of Christ Community Church and son of the late Arnold Matt Brewer, Jr. and June Lance Brewer. In addition to his...
John Douglas Morrison
Feb 1, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native John Douglas Morrison, age 91, was born April 26, 1925 and died February 1, 2017 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a two-week illness. A retired United States Marine Corps veteran of WWII and Korea and a member of Griffin Church of Christ in Griffin, GA, he was the son of the...
Kenneth Charles Cunningham
Jan 29, 2017
Kenneth Charles Cunningham, age 58, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born January 14, 1959 and died January 29, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. He was a construction worker, veteran of the United States Army, member of the Baptist Church and son of Eleanor McCaleb Simerly of McMinnville and the late...
Iris Nell Walker
Jan 29, 2017
Iris Nell Walker, age 76, died January 29, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. She was born May 1, 1940 in Tarlton Valley to the late Osborn Conard and Bessie D. Tate Wanamaker and was raised at Wanamaker’s Branch in Grundy County, TN, and later moved to McMinnville with her husband to raise a family. She...
James William Stotts
Jan 26, 2017
James William Stotts, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native was born April 28, 1934 and died January 26, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A retired employee of Stanton Oil, a United States Marine Corps veteran of Korea where he served as a tank commander and member of Shellsford Baptist Church,...
Tina Christine Phillips
Jan 22, 2017
Tina Christine Phillips, age 39, a McMinnville, TN resident and Tampa, FL native was born March 5, 1977 and died January 22, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a former employee of Federal Mogul and daughter of James and Bobbie King of Smithville, TN. In addition to her parents, she is survived by husband, Eugene Phillips;...
Alton Ray Judkins
Jan 22, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Alton Ray Judkins, age 77, was born December 29, 1939 and died January 22, 2017 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A self-employed nurseryman and a member of Sunny Hills Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Jessie and Wilma Zona Young Judkins. In...
David Wayne Bell
Jan 22, 2017
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native David Wayne Bell, age 61, was born May 30, 1955 and died January 22, 2017 at his daughter's residence following an extended illness. A lineman with Dillard Smith Construction Company and member of Lighthouse Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Elbert Bell and Welthan May Parker Bell. In addition to...
William Junior Miller
Jan 22, 2017
William Junior Miller, age 86, of McMinnville passed peacefully from this life on January 22, 2017 at Raintree Manor. He was born to the late William and Pearl Miller on January 5, 1931. He was the thirteenth of fourteen children. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by thirteen siblings. He was married to Williene "Potsie" Miller...
Shawn Keith King
Jan 20, 2017
McMinnville resident and Lincoln County, TN native Shawn Keith King, age 42, was born September 2, 1974 and died suddenly January 20, 2017 at Unity Medical Center in Manchester, TN. An employee of Kasai in Manchester, TN and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Paul and Sandra Widner King of Rock Island, TN. He was...
Dorothy Ruth Simons
Jan 18, 2017
Dorothy Ruth Simons, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 13, 1937 and died January 18, 2017 in Vanderbilt University Medical Center following an extended illness. She was a retired CNA with NHC Healthcare of McMinnville, member of Philadelphia Baptist Church and daughter of the late William Sterling and Velma Lou Simmons Pendleton....
