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McMinnville, TN. Obituaries

Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas

James Everett Walling

James Everett Walling

Mar 7, 2015

James Everett Walling, a McMinnville, TN resident and Bledsoe County,TN native died March 7, 2015 at River Park Hospital. He was the retired owner of Black Cat Tire Exchange, Village Car Wash and Vilco Supply. He was active in the Jaycees and honored in the McMinnville Rotary Club with the Paul Harris Fellowship award. For several years he served on...

Francis Keith McGowan

Francis Keith McGowan

Mar 7, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Marion, KS native Francis Keith McGowan, age 93, was born May 2, 1921 and died March 7, 2015 at The Webb House in McMinnville following an extended illness. The son of the late Jacob Samuel and Minnie Emeline Noble McGowan, he was a retired nuclear physicist with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a United States Army...

Richard Lynn McCormick

Richard Lynn McCormick

Mar 6, 2015

Mr. Richard Lynn McCormick, age 52 of Sparta, passed away Friday March 6, 2015. Richard was born November 10, 1962 in Sparta, Tennessee to Judy Ann Whiteaker McCormick and the late Lynn Douglas McCormick. He was a former truck driver. In addition to his father he is also preceded in death by grandparents Ed & Birdie Mae McCormick, Perry &...

Michael Lee Rhea

Michael Lee Rhea

Mar 6, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Michael Lee Rhea, age 63, was born May 5, 1951 and died March 6, 2015 at the Nashville Veterans Hospital following an extended illness. A retired home builder, a United States Army veteran and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Dollie Roberts Rhea of McMinnville and the...

Mary Colleen Garner Jarrell

Mary Colleen Garner Jarrell

Mar 6, 2015

Mary Colleen Garner Jarrell passed from this life on March 6, 2015 at the age of 87. The daughter of Verner Allen Garner and Jane Wright Garner, Mary grew up in Viola. She graduated as the Valedictorian of McMinnville Central High School in 1946, and from George Peabody College in 1950, with a degree in math and science. In 1954,...

Catherine Nunley Hennessee

Catherine Nunley Hennessee

Mar 4, 2015

Ms. Catherine Nunley Hennessee was born August 9, 1936 and went to her home in heaven on March 4, 2015 from River Park Hospital after an extended illness. She is preceded in death by her husband, Billy Hennessee; her parents, Will and Della Nunley; brothers, Howard, Sherman and Edward Nunley and sister, Edna Mae Nunley Orzech. She is survived by...

Donald "Don" Louis Leatherwood

Donald "Don" Louis Leatherwood

Mar 3, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Blount County, TN native Donald "Don" Louis Leatherwood, age 82, was born June 13, 1932 and died March 3, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville. Retired from the Warren County Sanitation Department, a United States Air Force veteran of Korea, and a member of Dibrell Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Jack...

Mildred McMahan Prater

Mildred McMahan Prater

Mar 3, 2015

Mildred McMahan Prater, age 93, a Morrison, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native died March 3, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, member of Morrison Church of Christ and daughter of the late John W. and Zora Ann Dodd McMahan. She was married for sixty-nine years to Theodore "Ted" Prater who preceded...

Paula Rutledge

Paula Rutledge

Mar 1, 2015

Paula Rutledge, age 55, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died March 1, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital, Nashville, TN following an extended illness. She was an employee of Calsonic-Yorozu Corp., member of the Church of Christ and daughter of Juanita Walline Bishop Scott of McMinnville and the late Lester Rogers. In addition to her mother,...

Sarah Lynn Childress

Sarah Lynn Childress

Feb 28, 2015

Sarah Lynn Childress, the infant daughter of Chris and Beth Childress of McMinnville, was born and died February 28, 2015 at River Park Hospital. In addition to her parents, she is survived by three sisters, Hannah and Hailey Lee, and Hailey Childress all of McMinnville; brother, Hayden Childress of McMinnville; grandparents, Russell Pease and Arlene Randolph, Roger Pease and Donna...

Nancy Elizabeth Baker

Nancy Elizabeth Baker

Feb 27, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Bristol, VA native Nancy Elizabeth Baker, age 87, was born June 17, 1927 and died February 27, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A housekeeper and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Charles Eugene and Maxie Poole Dickerson. She was married to Walter Andrew...

Dwana Frances Phifer

Dwana Frances Phifer

Feb 27, 2015

McMinnville resident and White County, TN native Dwana Frances Phifer, age 62, was born August 12, 1952 and died February 27, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired housekeeper with NHC McMinnville, she was the daughter of the late Emmitt Phifer and the late Doris Bradshaw Brogno. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Frances Price Johns

Frances Price Johns

Feb 27, 2015

Mrs. Frances Johns was born to the late Arle and Cary Ball Price in Englewood, TN. She is survived by her husband, Randy Johns and son, Dale Johns both of Spencer, TN; sisters, Irene Coburn of Murfreesboro, TN, Betty Faye Wampler of MO, Reba McGinnis of Knoxville, TN and Ouida Middleton of Englewood, TN; brothers, "Buddy" Price of Cleveland, TN...

Eddie Royce Pack

Eddie Royce Pack

Feb 25, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native Eddie Royce Pack, age 76, was born April 16, 1938 and died February 25, 2015 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a short illness. The owner of E. Pack's Concrete, a United States Army veteran, and a member and Elder of Arlington Church of Christ, he was the son of...

Hazel M. Starkey

Hazel M. Starkey

Feb 23, 2015

Hazel M. Starkey, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born March 3, 1936 and died February 23, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ at Trousdale and daughter of the late Thurman Lee and Georgia Mae Reynolds Northcutt. In addition to her parents,...

Eva Marie Badger

Eva Marie Badger

Feb 20, 2015

Rock Island, TN resident and Johnson, OH native Eva Marie Badger, age 80, was born June 19, 1934 and died February 20, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Badger was an accomplished pianist and organist. An administrative assistant for a Florida hospital and a member of the McMinnville Seventh Day Adventist Church, she was the daughter of the late Lester Charley...

Michael Robert Crankshaw

Michael Robert Crankshaw

Feb 20, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Redwood City, CA native Michael Robert Crankshaw, age 56, was born November 19, 1958 and died February 20, 2015 at his residence following a sudden illness. A retail clerk with Advance Auto Parts, he was the son of Joyce Crankshaw of California and the late Robert Harry Crankshaw. He is survived by is wife of 19...

Sarah Elizabeth Tindle

Sarah Elizabeth Tindle

Feb 19, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Sarah Elizabeth Tindle, age 76, was born December 27, 1938 and died February 19, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in Smithville, TN following an extended illness. A retired Dietary Service Technician with NHC and a member of Gum Springs Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Vera Teeters Hash....

Leon Ward

Leon Ward

Feb 17, 2015

Leon Ward, age 84, a Rockvale, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died February 17, 2015 at Woodbury Health Center following an extended illness. He was a self employed dairy farmer, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late Mattie Edgar and Winnie Addline Jones Ward. He was married February 4, 1954 to Willie Louise Bettis Ward...

Thomas Brewer

Thomas Brewer

Feb 17, 2015

McMinnville, TN resident and Atlanta, GA native Thomas Brewer, age 69, was born February 5, 1946 and died suddenly February 17, 2015 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. A retired employee from Carrier Corporation, he was the son of the late Henry Roy and Lois Griffith Brewer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

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