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McMinnville, TN. Obituaries

Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas

Twana Leigh Durham Smith

Twana Leigh Durham Smith

Dec 3, 2020

McMinnville, TN resident and Elkins, WV native Twana Leigh Durham Smith, age 76, was born November 22, 1944 and died December 3, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired clerk with the City of McMinnville and a member of Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Ethelene Grace "Tiny" Durham...

Wanda Lee McCormick

Wanda Lee McCormick

Dec 2, 2020

McMinnville, TN resident and Osgood, IN native Wanda Lee McCormick, age 83, was born November 6, 1937 and died December 2, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. Retired from Tennessee Apparel and a member of Friendship The Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Clarence William and Laura Elaine Lane Hess. She was married on July...

Dakota Colton Nunley Scott

Dakota Colton Nunley Scott

Dec 2, 2020

Remlap, AL resident and Warren County, TN native Dakota Colton Nunley Scott, age 22, was born October 4, 1998 and died suddenly December 2, 2020 in Blount County, AL. A hardwood floor mechanic with Century Specialist and a member of Trinity Bible Fellowship, he was the son of Tonya Murray of Dunlap, TN and Christopher Scott of McMinnville, TN. In...

Marvin Bryant Lynn

Marvin Bryant Lynn

Dec 1, 2020

Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Marvin Bryant Lynn, age 82, was born May 16, 1938 and passed away December 1, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A veteran with the United States Navy, retired electrical engineer with AEDC, avid outdoorsman, hunter, and animal lover, he was the son of the late Minnie Floyd Lynn. He...

Ray Leon Walker

Ray Leon Walker

Nov 30, 2020

Nancy, KY resident and Warren County, TN native, Ray Leon Walker, age 87, was born September 12, 1933 and passed away November 30, 2020 at Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN following an extended illness. A retired co-owner of Walker Brothers Dairy Supply, a TN Army National Guard veteran, a member of #381 Ezel Lodge in Morrison, TN, and a...

Jesse Benjamin Thaxton, Jr.

Jesse Benjamin Thaxton, Jr.

Nov 30, 2020

Jesse Benjamin Thaxton, Jr., age 98, a McMinnville, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native, was born December 29, 1921 and passed November 30, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following a brief illness. He was a retired insurance underwriter and a ticket agent at the local Greyhound Bus Lines, a United States Army Air Corp. veteran of WWII, and the...

Donald R. Collette

Donald R. Collette

Nov 29, 2020

Donald R. “Don” Collette, of McMinnville, age 84, died on November 29, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles M. Collette and Maredia R. Collette Bales. Mr. Collette is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Mary Cameron Collette, who cared for him throughout his illness; children, Dr. David Collette (Debbie) Huntsville, AL and Dr. Ann...

Victor Allen Saylor

Victor Allen Saylor

Nov 28, 2020

Victor Allen Saylor, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Port Angeles, Washington native was born June 13, 1957 and passed November 28, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired construction worker, a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, a member of the Protestant faith, and the son of the late Larry Brown and Bonita...

Magnolia Solomon

Magnolia Solomon

Nov 27, 2020

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Magnolia Solomon, age 85, was born May 19, 1935 and passed away November 27, 2020 at her residence. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Alex and Ethel Buchannon Grayson. She was married to Harold Solomon of McMinnville, TN. In addition to...

Janice Kay Jones

Janice Kay Jones

Nov 25, 2020

Janice Kay Jones, age 77, a La Vergne, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born January 31, 1943 and passed November 25, 2020 at NHC of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired pharmacy tech with the V.A. in Nashville, a member of Gilroy Church of Christ in La Vergne, TN, and the daughter of the...

Jimmy Ray Barnes

Jimmy Ray Barnes

Nov 23, 2020

On Monday, November 23, 2020, Jimmy Ray Barnes, loving husband and father of three children, passed away at age 66. Jimmy was born on June 17, 1954 in McMinnville, TN to CD and Lucille Barnes. He graduated from Warren Senior High School in 1972. On August 27, 1976, he married Paula Marie Haley. They raised two daughters, Rebecca and Jennifer,...

William Arthur Simons, Jr.

William Arthur Simons, Jr.

Nov 23, 2020

William Arthur Simons, Jr., age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 28, 1941 and died November 23, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. A retired quality assurance supervisor with A.O. Smith and member of First Baptist Church, he was the son of the late William Arthur and Rachel Elizabeth Davenport...

Richard Allen Ross

Richard Allen Ross

Nov 22, 2020

McMinnville, TN resident and Kokomo, IN native, Richard Allen Ross, age 53, was born December 16, 1966 and passed away November 22, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A rollback truck driver with Turners Auto Salvage and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late James Richard and Harriett June Miller Ross....

Dorothy Emmalene Grissom

Dorothy Emmalene Grissom

Nov 22, 2020

Dorothy Emmalene (Grove) Grissom, 90, passed on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, IN. She was born November 3, 1930 in the Pleasant Cove Community of Warren County, TN to Charlie W. And Bertha M. (Bouldin) Grove. She attended Warren County Schools, graduating from Central High School in McMinnville, TN in 1949. She worked...

Geneva Ann Locke Pleasant

Geneva Ann Locke Pleasant

Nov 20, 2020

Geneva Ann Locke Pleasant, age 51, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 26, 1969 and died November 20, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a member of Browntown Church of Christ and the daughter of Patricia Ann Terry Dillard of Georgia and the late William Locke, Jr. In addition to...

Mary Jane Woodlee

Mary Jane Woodlee

Nov 19, 2020

Mary Jane Woodlee, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born December 6, 1937 and died November 19, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. The retired owner of Stop & Go Market in Irving College and member of the Church of Christ she was the daughter of the late John Clark and...

Chiquita Ann Rhea

Chiquita Ann Rhea

Nov 18, 2020

Chiquita Ann Rhea, age 69, a Smithville, TN resident and Winchester, IN native was born August 8, 1951 and died November 18, 2020 following an extended illness. A retired medical records and billing coder and member of Pioneer Community Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late adopted father and mother, Gene Allen and Betty JoAnn Gahret. In addition...

Jerry Donald Dunn

Jerry Donald Dunn

Nov 17, 2020

Jerry Donald Dunn, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born April 11, 1950 and died November 17, 2020 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired nursery worker, United States Army veteran and member of the Baptist faith, he was the son of the late Travis Matthew and Opal Maynard Dunn. In...

Douglas Darnell Ford

Douglas Darnell Ford

Nov 15, 2020

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Douglas Darnell Ford, age 65, was born January 2, 1955 and died November 15, 2020 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, self-employed construction worker, and member of Browntown Church of Christ, he was the son of the late William Weeden...

Billie Nadell Watson

Billie Nadell Watson

Nov 13, 2020

Billie Nadell Watson, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born July 1, 1930 and died November 13, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. A retired assembly worker with Genesco and member of West Riverside Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George and Samantha Lou McDowell Dove. In...

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