Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Rosie Janie Odineal YORK
Aug 8, 2007
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Rosie Janie Odineal York, age 81, was born December 2, 1925 and died August 8, 2007 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired employee of Genesco and a member of the Bybee Branch Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George and Dallie Hendrix Odineal. She was married...
SR., Frank Dome GARRETSON
Aug 8, 2007
Viola, TN resident and native Frank Dome Garretson, Sr., age 65, was born January 4, 1942 and died August 8, 2007 at River Park Hospital following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The owner of Rocky River Stone Company and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Earl Ross and Julia Walker Garretson....
JR., Thomas Butler Tommy CARNEY
Aug 6, 2007
McMinnville resident and Rutherford County, TN native Thomas Butler "Tommy" Carney, Jr., age 76, was born August 15, 1930 and died August 6, 2007 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired partner and funeral director/embalmer at High Funeral Home, a United States Air Force Veteran of Korea and a member of the Central Church of Christ, he...
Herbert Levoy Sonny ROBERTS
Aug 4, 2007
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Herbert Levoy "Sonny" Roberts, age 68, was born December 1, 1938 and died August 4, 2007 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A service station owner/operator and a member of the Mt. Leo Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Herbert and Gracie Pearl O'Neal Roberts. In addition to...
Reba Roxie CANTRELL
Aug 4, 2007
Morrison, TN resident and Madisonville, TN native Reba Roxie Cantrell, age 79, was born April 9, 1928 and died August 4, 2007 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A hospital cafeteria cashier and a member of the Morrison Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Mary Elizabeth Lankford McKee. She is survived...
Sarah Jane Katherine WHITMAN
Aug 3, 2007
Beersheba Springs, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Sarah Jane Katherine Whitman, age 87, was born January 20, 1920 and died August 3, 2007 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired nursery worker and member of the Cumberland Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Terrell and Fannie Caldwell Anderson. She was married to...
Samuel Lucien CORDELL
Aug 2, 2007
McCormick, SC resident, formerly of McMinnville and Marion County, TN native Samuel Lucien Cordell, age 91, was born January 23, 1916 and died August 2, 2007 at Savannah Heights Living Center in McCormick, SC following an extended illness. The former owner of Grizzell's Jewelry, a United States Navy veteran of WWII and a member of the Christ United Methodist Church,...
Betty Sue Powers ROWLAND
Jul 29, 2007
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Betty Sue Rowland, age 76, was born July 19, 1931 and died July 29, 2007 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired seamstress with Findlay Industries and a member of the Cumberland Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Clara Mai Driver Powers. In addition...
Lannie CLEMONS
Jul 27, 2007
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Lannie Clemons, age 77, was born October 5, 1929 and died July 27, 2007 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired test driver for the Department of Defense, a United States Army veteran of Korea and a member of the Westwood Church of Christ, he was the son of Nettie Hobbs...
Jessie Roberta Hodges GRIBBLE
Jul 25, 2007
Rock Island, TN resident and Hamilton County, TN native Jessie Roberta Hodges Gribble, age 87, was born January 26, 1920 and died July 25, 2007 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company and a member of the Mt. View Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Julia Martin...
Bratten WOODS
Jul 25, 2007
McMinnville resident and Cannon County, TN native Bratten Woods, age 71, was born April 22, 1936 and died July 25, 2007 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. The food manager at Bi-LO and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Sherman and Nora Haley Woods. In addition to his parents, he...
Mary Perkins Bragg HILLIS
Jul 25, 2007
Mary Hillis died July 25, 2007 at Asbury Place in Kingsport, TN. Mary Perkins Bragg Hillis was born February 26, 1913, in Dibrell, Tennessee, Warren County, later moving to McMinnville, Tennessee, where she spent most of her life. She attended David Lipscomb College and Middle Tennessee State College. She was employed in the family nursery business as a young woman...
Emma Gladys SMITH
Jul 22, 2007
Spring City, TN resident, former Rock Island, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Emma Gladys Smith, age 88, was born August 10, 1918 and died July 22, 2007 at Spring City Care and Rehab in Spring City, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Ruben...
Andrew Arlie SOUTHARD
Jul 21, 2007
McMinnville resident and Rutherford Co., TN native Andrew Arlie Southard, age 24, was born April 21, 1983 and died July 21, 2007 at River Park Hospital following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. An employee of Southard Lawn Care and Landscaping and a member of the Arlington Church of Christ, he was the son of Ron and Eileen Powell Southard...
Tom MORAN
Jul 19, 2007
McMinnville resident and Grundy County, TN native Tom Moran, age 74 ,was born March 5, 1933 and died July 19, 2007 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of Bridgebuilders Inc., a United States Navy veteran and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Mark Wilson and Marie Meeks Moran....
Ivan Ginn LJUBICH
Jul 16, 2007
Milton, FL resident and Tennessee native Ivan Ginn Ljubich, age 90, was born February 26, 1917 and died July 16, 2007 in Milton, FL following a lengthy illness. She was a retired employee of Chicago Rawhide and a member of the Margaret Street Church of Christ. She was married to Dragoljub Ljubich who preceded her in death October 5, 1990....
Cora Sue TEMPLE
Jul 14, 2007
McMinnville resident and Fort Knox, KY native Cora Sue Temple, age 60, was born April 27, 1947 and died July 14, 2007 at Stones River Hospital in Woodbury, TN following a sudden illness. A cashier at McDonald's and a member of the Sunny Hills Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Silas A. "S.A." Drake, IV of McMinnville and the...
Evelyn Dorothy KROFSSIK
Jul 12, 2007
McMinnville resident and Danby, VT native, Evelyn Dorothy Krofssik, age 84, was born September 24, 1922 and died July 12, 2007 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Catholic Church, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Agnes Champagne Beauregard. She was married to Morris Krofssik who preceded her in...
Patricia Ann Vaughn SWEETON
Jul 9, 2007
McMinnville resident and Painesville, OH native Patricia Ann Vaughn Sweeton, age 63, was born October 21, 1943 and died July 9, 2007 at her residence following a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of the Pentecostal Church, she was the daughter of the late George David and Ruth Earls Vaughn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Roy Lincoln Buttercup MASON
Jul 8, 2007
Pulaski, TN resident and Biloxi, MS native Roy Lincoln "Buttercup" Mason, age 79, was born February 12, 1928 and died July 8, 2007 at Hillside Hospital in Pulaski, TN. He was a retired employee of McCloud Steel and the son of the late John and Carmen Parker Mason. He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Ken and Lili Mason...
