Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
SR., Douglas Eugene BROOKS
May 19, 2009
McMinnville resident and Rome, GA native Douglas Eugene Brooks, Sr., age 69, was born December 26, 1939 and died May 19, 2009 at his residence following an extended illness. A heavy-equipment operator, United States Air Force veteran and member of New Hope Full Gospel Church, he was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Roberta Irene Stanley Brooks. In...
Kaden Juan SOLOMON
May 17, 2009
Kaden Juan Solomon, son of Tiffany Eldridge of Manchester, TN and Brandon Solomon of McMinnville, was born April 19, 2009 in Warren County, TN and died May 17, 2009. He was one month old. In addition to his parents he is survived by brother, Isiah Solomon and sister, Kaylie Solomon; maternal grandmother, Deborah Eldridge of Manchester, TN; maternal grandfather and...
Charles Bryan STUBBLEFIELD
May 16, 2009
Mr. Charles Bryan Stubblefield, 77, of Gastonia, NC died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC after an eight year battle with cancer. Born in Viola, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Herman P. and Mamie Hall Stubblefield. Mr. Stubblefield was a 1960 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a...
Rickey Eugene HOWARD
May 15, 2009
Rock Island, TN resident and Cumberland County, TN native Rickey Eugene Howard, age 27, was born October 20, 1981 and died May 15, 2009 at River Park Hospital following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A farmer, he was the son of Teresa Bryant Howard of Rock Island, TN and Rick Howard of Pikeville, TN. He was preceded in death...
Rex Allen MARTIN
May 15, 2009
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native Rex Allen Martin, age 41, was born September 3, 1967 and died May 15, 2009 at River Park Hospital following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A farmer and member of the church, he was the son of Gary and Brenda Martin of Rock Island, TN. He was preceded in death by...
Lucy J. SMITH
May 14, 2009
McMinnville resident and Greensboro, NC native Lucy J. Smith, age 87, was born February 14, 1922 and died May 14, 2009 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. The retired assistant superintendent with Lindley Nursery Company in Greensboro, NC and member of McMinnville First United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Wynona E....
Akeelia Storm FISHER
May 13, 2009
Akeelia Storm Fisher, the one-year-old daughter of Sandra Fisher of Rock Island, TN and Mitchell Stone of McMinnville, was born June 19, 2007 and died May 13, 2009. They were preceded in death by their maternal grandfather, William "Bill" Fisher. In addition to their parents, they are survived by their step-mother, Rose Stone of McMinnville; maternal grandmother, Lela Fisher of...
Cathy Carletta GRISSOM
May 13, 2009
Smithville, TN resident and Warren County native Cathy Carletta Grissom, age 54, was born November 8, 1954 and died May 13, 2009 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A former employee of Precision Molding and member of the First Congregational Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Wanda Turner Lindsey of Sparta, TN and the late James C....
Kayndace Rayn FISHER
May 13, 2009
Kayndace Rayn Fisher, the three-year-old daughter of Sandra Fisher of Rock Island, TN and Mitchell Stone of McMinnville, was born June 15, 2005 and died May 13, 2009. They were preceded in death by their maternal grandfather, William "Bill" Fisher. In addition to their parents, they are survived by their step-mother, Rose Stone of McMinnville; maternal grandmother, Lela Fisher of...
James Leo CANTRELL
May 9, 2009
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James Leo Cantrell, age 94, was born August 17, 1914 and died May 9, 2009 at NHC in McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired farmer and TN Forestry Serviceman, he was the son of the late Lelland and Delia Cantrell. He was married to Nell Lane Cantrell, who preceded him in...
E. W. BRIDGES
May 7, 2009
McMinnville resident and Knox County, TN native E. W. Bridges, age 66, was born September 20, 1942 and died May 7, 2009 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A self-employed woodworker and a member of Free Will Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Fletcher Esco and Edna Ruth Ezell Bridges. In addition to his parents,...
James Alvin PEGG
May 6, 2009
McMinnville resident and Coffee County, TN native James Alvin Pegg, age 87, was born July 1, 1921 and died May 6, 2009 at the St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A retired Minister, a United States Army veteran of W.W.II and a member of the Mt. Leo Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Wilbert Frederick BREEDLOVE
May 6, 2009
Painesville, OH resident and Warren County, TN native Wilbert Frederick Breedlove, age 82, was born December 30, 1926 and died May 6, 2009 in Painesville, OH following a brief illness. A retired foreman for IRC Fibers, a United States Army veteran of WWII, and a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, he was the son of the late George Edgar...
James William Bill HOLLIS
May 3, 2009
McMinnville resident and Cannon County, TN native James William "Bill" Hollis, age 69, was born October 15, 1939 and died May 3, 2009 at the St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. A plumber and pipe fitter, a United States Air Force veteran and a deacon at the Philadelphia Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Arthur Sneed and...
Shirley Geneva MANUS
May 2, 2009
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native Shirley Geneva Manus, age 71, was born April 19, 1938 and died May 2, 2009 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A homemaker and a member of the Shellsford Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Frank Cheatham and Tennie Mae Davis Hillis. She was married...
Freda Lynne GUY
May 2, 2009
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Freda Lynne Guy, age 47, was born February 6, 1962 and died May 2, 2009 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. An employee of Phillips Lighting and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Silas Johnson and Wilma Payne. In addition to...
Dorothy W. SOUTHARD
Apr 30, 2009
Franklin, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Dorothy W. Southard, age 91, was born August 11, 1917 and died April 30, 2009 at Grace Healthcare in Franklin, TN, following an extended illness. A retired employee from Genesco and a member of the Tulip Street Methodist Church in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Charles Miller and...
Jennie Lou HALEY
Apr 30, 2009
McMinnville resident and South Pittsburg, TN native Jennie Lou Haley, died April 30, 2009 following a brief illness. A retired LPN and a member of the Christ United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Bertha Ladd Mayfield. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles S. Haley, Sr., sisters,...
J.D. GREEN
Apr 25, 2009
Clarksville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native J.D. Green, age 76, was born May 15, 1932 and died April 25, 2009 at Alive Hospice at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A court officer with the Warren County Sheriff's Department and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Bryan...
Sedryc Phelan SIMMONS
Apr 24, 2009
McMinnville resident and Tullahoma, TN native Sedryc Phelan Simmons, age 7, was born March 26, 2002 and died April 24, 2009 at T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. A first grade student at Hickory Creek Elementary School, he was the son of James and Lori Simmons of McMinnville. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers,...
