Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Charlotte Belle "Dolly" Harper
Dec 9, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Painesville, OH native Charlotte Belle "Dolly" Harper, age 79, was born May 10, 1937 in Chardon, OH and died December 9, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. Retired from the Assembly Department at Carrier Corporation and a member of Dayspring Community Church, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Erma Carpenter Disbro....
Clairene McGregor Aycock
Dec 9, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Clairene McGregor Aycock, age 100, was born June 27, 1916 and died December 9, 2016 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. Retired from the Tennessee Department Employment Security and a member of the Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Jess M. and Belle Chastain McGregor. She...
Jennifer Alane Dodson Densteadt
Dec 7, 2016
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Jennifer Alane Dodson Densteadt, age 50, was born November 5, 1966 and died December 7, 2016 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of the United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Jim Dodson of Walter Hill, TN and the late Glyndia Joyce Prater Dodson. In...
Kimes Lee Wilson
Dec 5, 2016
Kimes Lee Wilson, age 82, a Morrison, TN resident and Overton County, TN native was born July 29, 1934 and died December 5, 2016 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was a veteran of the United States Army, United States Air Force and Tennessee Army National Guard during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, retired correction officer...
George Edward "Eddie" Rutledge
Dec 4, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native George Edward "Eddie" Rutledge, age 65, was born December 19, 1950 and died December 4, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired shift supervisor with A.O. Smith and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Eugene and Iris Lucille McCormick Rutledge. In...
William Paul Ervin
Dec 4, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native William Paul Ervin, age 71, was born September 15, 1945 and died December 4, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A retired union stewart/assembly department with Carrier Corporation, he was the son of the late Robert Allen and Delcie Bain Ervin. He is survived by Sandra Hillis...
Donald Venus Cantrell
Dec 3, 2016
Donald Venus Cantrell, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 20, 1937 and died December 3, 2016 in St. Thomas West Hospital following a brief illness. He was a retired farmer and inspector with Carrier Corporation and son of the late W.T. "Bill" and Bertha Cantrell. He loved God, the church and his...
Charles Trousdale Henry
Dec 3, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Marion County, TN native Charles Trousdale Henry, age 77, was born January 22, 1939 and died December 3, 2016 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A retired welder with DeZurik, a member of the Methodist Church, and a United States Air Force veteran, he was the son of the late Alvie Clarence and Martha Elouise...
Billy Dale Simmons
Dec 3, 2016
Billy Dale Simmons, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native was born September 17, 1937 and died December 3, 2016 in NHC Healthcare following a brief illness. He was a veteran of the Tennessee Army National Guard, retired shipping clerk with Powermatic, member of the Church of Christ and son of the late Joe and Ethel...
Dema Sue Betschart Lee
Dec 2, 2016
Dema Sue Betschart Lee, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born September 8, 1936 and died December 2, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a waitress at Chicken Chef for 26 years, where she was voted Best of The Best Waitress in 1998, member of the Church of Christ at...
Dorothy Lee "Dot" Molloy
Dec 2, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Dorothy Lee "Dot" Molloy, age 87, was born March 1, 1929 and died December 2, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Christ Community Church, she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Ruby Lee Kell Hall. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Deborah Ann Smith Johnson
Nov 30, 2016
Deborah Ann Smith Johnson, age 58, a Morrison, TN resident and McMinnville, TN native was born September 22, 1958 and died November 30, 2016 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Bernard K. Smith and Betty Jane Taylor Smith. Survivors include two daughters...
Winona Pauline Martin Ward
Nov 30, 2016
Winona Pauline Martin Ward, age 94, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 24, 1922 and died November 30, 2016 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a retired food service employee with Warren County High School, member of Armstrong Church of Christ and daughter of the late Walter and Louise Hillis Martin....
Charles Edward Anderson
Nov 29, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Chattanooga, TN native Charles Edward Anderson, age 74, was born May 2, 1942 and died November 29, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired maintenance worker with Carrier Corporation and a member of the Pentecostal Church, he was the son of the late John Houston and Lucille Mathis Anderson. In addition to his...
Frank Davis Farrar
Nov 29, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Frank Davis Farrar, age 74, was born January 27, 1942 and died November 29, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A member of Central Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Wade and Catherine Davis Farrar. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Jeffery Steven Turner
Nov 27, 2016
Jeffery Steven Turner, age 49, a Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born October 8, 1967 and died November 27, 2016 in Vanderbilt University Medical Center following an extended illness. He was a Therapeutic Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy Teacher at GCI, member of the Pentecostal Church and son of Carol Estes of McMinnville, TN and the...
Betty Vaughn
Nov 27, 2016
Betty Vaughn, age 52, a Smyrna, TN resident and McMinnville, TN native was born February 25, 1964 and died November 27, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late James Estel and Ola Mae Jones Vaughn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Erbie Clarence Gentry
Nov 23, 2016
Cookeville, TN resident and White County, TN native Erbie Clarence Gentry, age 76, was born December 4, 1939 and died November 23, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired truck driver and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Clarence and Veda Henry Gentry. In addition to his parents,...
Mary Magaline Stanley Wilson
Nov 22, 2016
Mary Magaline Stanley Wilson, age 76, a McMinnville, TN resident and Overton County, TN native died November 22, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired CNA with River Park Hospital, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Lonzie and Ina Stillwater Ledbetter. In addition to her parents, she was...
Mary "Libba" Christie King
Nov 22, 2016
Mary “Libba” Christie King, 92, died Tuesday, November 22 at Raintree Manor. She was born January 7, 1924 in Stephens, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Joshua Finis and Maggie Bryan Scott, and wife to the late Gaylord Christie. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by sisters, Edith (John) Thompson, Addie (Lewis)...
