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McMinnville, TN. Obituaries

Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas

Leonard Troy Rains

Leonard Troy Rains

Jan 7, 2016

Leonard Troy Rains, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 7, 2016 at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. He was born July 23, 1935 to the late Rufus J. and Dovie Young Rains of McMinnville. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four...

Joe Bryan Glenn

Joe Bryan Glenn

Jan 6, 2016

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Joe Bryan Glenn, age 76, was born June 1, 1939 and died January 6, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a sudden illness. A retired real estate salesman and a member of East End Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Arthur Otis "Red" and Nannie Lee Green...

Margaret Jean Sparkman

Margaret Jean Sparkman

Jan 6, 2016

Margaret Jean Sparkman, age 60, a McMinnville, TN resident and Goshen, IN native died January 6, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a motor home painter, member of First Baptist Church and daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Garner Collins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by step-son,...

Cleo Gertrude Milstead

Cleo Gertrude Milstead

Jan 4, 2016

McMinnville, TN resident and Birmingham, AL native Cleo Gertrude Milstead, age 97, was born December 21, 1918 and died January 4, 2016 at Raintree Manor following a two-month illness. A homemaker and a member of Armstrong Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Dredmon M. and Beulah Madewell Roberts. She was married March 27, 1937 to Charles...

Scottie Ray Gilbert

Scottie Ray Gilbert

Jan 2, 2016

Scottie Ray Gilbert, age 46, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 2, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. He was an employee with Highland Rim Construction Company, member of the Church of Christ and son of Junetta Gilbert of McMinnville, TN and the late Billy Howard Gilbert. In addition to...

Pauline Ware Provau

Pauline Ware Provau

Jan 1, 2016

Cookeville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Pauline Ware Provau, age 86, was born June 5, 1929 and died January 1, 2016 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN following a sudden illness. Retired from Whirlpool in Orlando, FL, a member of Lake Hill Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, and attended Double Springs Baptist Church in Cookeville, TN,...

Brenda Carol Knight

Brenda Carol Knight

Dec 31, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Bridgeport, AL native Brenda Carol Knight, age 73, was born August 4, 1942 and died December 31, 2015 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital. She was a graduate of the Baptist Hospital Nursing Program, and she received a Nurse Anesthesia Certificate from Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. A retired certified nurse anesthetist at River Park Hospital...

Odell Green

Odell Green

Dec 29, 2015

Rock Island, TN resident and Cumberland County, TN native Odell Green, age 70, was born December 25, 1945 and died December 29, 2015 at his residence following and extended illness. A retired self-employed construction worker, he was the son of the late Leonard Loyd and Tamsey Mae Bilbrey Green. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Nelma Brown Justin

Nelma Brown Justin

Dec 28, 2015

Nelma Brown Justin, age 90 of McMinnville, died Monday, December 28, 2015. She was born November 5, 1925 in McMinnville to the late James A. and Florence Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Alfred Ray "Happy" Justin; two brothers, James B. "Buddy" Brown and David E. Brown; and four sisters, Flossie...

Velma Bell Hutchings

Velma Bell Hutchings

Dec 26, 2015

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Velma Bell Hutchings, age 81, was born July 16, 1934 and died December 26, 2015 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following and extended illness. A retired employee of Kingston Timers and member of the Bluff Springs Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Delia Curtis Moffitt. She was...

Jeffery "Jeff" Marion Lytle

Jeffery "Jeff" Marion Lytle

Dec 26, 2015

McMinnville resident and Putnam County, TN native Jeffery "Jeff" Marion Lytle, age 52, was born June 6, 1963 and died December 26, 2015 at his residence following a sudden illness. An employee of Burger King and member of the Grange Hall Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Beecher Jewel and Mary Elizabeth Frazier Lytle. Mr. Lytle...

Oliver Myers Donnell

Oliver Myers Donnell

Dec 26, 2015

Franklin, TN resident (formerly of McMinnville) and Warren County native Oliver Myers Donnell, age 85, was born June 19, 1930 and died December 26, 2015 at Grace Healthcare of Franklin, TN following a brief illness. A self-employed truck broker, United States Air Force veteran of Korea and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late...

John Harris Smith

John Harris Smith

Dec 25, 2015

John Harris Smith, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died suddenly December 25, 2015 at his brother's residence in Franklin, TN. He was an employee of Sherwin-Williams Company, a U.S. Navy veteran of Vietnam, member of the Methodist Church and son of the late James Andrew and Katherine Ruth Brooks Smith. Mr. Smith is survived...

Harold Grey Glenn

Harold Grey Glenn

Dec 19, 2015

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Harold Grey Glenn, age 84, was born August 8, 1931 and died December 19, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a brief illness. Longtime Warren County Road Superintendent and member of the Bluff Springs Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Venus and Myrtle Mayfield Glenn. In...

Carol Annette Barrett

Carol Annette Barrett

Dec 19, 2015

Carol Annette Barrett, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died December 19, 2015 at her residence following a one-year illness. Mrs. Barrett was a kindergarten teacher for forty-one years at Eastside Elementary School, member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ and daughter of the late Leonard Woodrow and Mildred Inez Gribble Glenn. She was married...

Gladys Young Prater

Gladys Young Prater

Dec 18, 2015

Morrison, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Gladys Young Prater, age 85, was born May 17, 1930 and died December 18, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. Retired from McMinnville Garment Company and a member of Morrison Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Houston and Hester Parker Young. She was married June 27,...

Martha Jean Hudson

Martha Jean Hudson

Dec 17, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Scottsboro, AL native Martha Jean Hudson, age 58, was born October 20, 1957 and died December 17, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A factory worker at Findlay Industries and a member of Victory Free Will Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late James and Martha Pauline...

Emma Gladys Pope

Emma Gladys Pope

Dec 17, 2015

Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Emma Gladys Pope, age 90, was born November 5, 1925 and died December 17, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from Carrier Air Conditioning Company and a member of Grange Hall Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Bryan and Lodema Roberts Bouldin. She...

Melba Fraley

Melba Fraley

Dec 15, 2015

Melba Cain Fraley, age 99, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died December 15, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Hugh and Myrtle Hall Cain. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husband, Walling Fraley in...

Nellie Starkey

Nellie Starkey

Dec 14, 2015

Nellie Starkey, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died December 14, 2015 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Smyrna Church of Christ and daughter of the late Noah Howard Byron and Rena Catherine Jarrels Keel. Mrs. Starkey was married June 29, 1956 to Alford...

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