Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Jo Ann Robertson
Dec 25, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Manistique, MI native, Jo Ann Robertson, age 55, was born September 9, 1965 and died suddenly December 25, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN. A homemaker and member of House of Prayer, she was the daughter of the late Lowell and Verbolynn Jones Maxson. She was married to Ricky Lee Robertson of...
Melvin Bratcher
Dec 24, 2020
Melvin Bratcher, born 1945, entered God’s presence on Thursday, Christmas Eve. He was a Warren County native and lifelong resident, as well as a ninth generation Tennessean, owner of Northview Mold Shop, had his pilots license, and a deacon and founding member at McMinnville Congregational Church. He passed away suddenly while working on his family’s century farm, doing what he...
Irene Lois Wilson
Dec 24, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Irene Lois Wilson, age 100, was born November 5, 1920 and died December 24, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired clerk with Lay's Department Store and a member of Unity Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Martin T. and Mary Maxwell Wiseman....
Roy Johnson Pierce, III
Dec 24, 2020
Roy Johnson Pierce, III, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Nashville, TN native, was born February 19, 1931 and died December 24, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a retired Vice President of Five Star Food Service, a United States Air Force veteran, a member of Christ Community Church, and the son of the late...
Kevin Dale Grizzle
Dec 24, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Kevin Dale Grizzle, age 44, was born October 21, 1976 and died December 24, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN following complications from COVID-19. A production manager with Southern Standard and attended Pioneer Community Church, he was the son of Gwendolyn “Wendy” Robinson of McMinnville, TN. He was married...
Israel Gutierrez
Dec 23, 2020
Israel Gutierrez, age 63, a Morrison, TN resident and Chiapas, Mexico native, was born April 2, 1957 and died December 23, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a nurseryman, a member of Covenant Fellowship Church, and the son of the late Israel Gutierrez Gonzalez and Hilaria Dominguez. Mr. Gutierrez was married July 5, 2006 to Iva...
James Frankie William Gilbert
Dec 22, 2020
Morrison, TN resident and native James Frankie William Gilbert, age 74, was born June 4, 1946 and died December 22, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Gilbert was the son of the late Lucius and Bertha Kay Brown Gilbert. He was a member of Browntown Church of Christ in Morrison, TN. He attended and graduated from McMinnville...
Thelma Ernestine Vaughn
Dec 22, 2020
On December 22, 2020 at 8:15 a.m., Thelma Ernestine Rorie Vaughn, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, succumbed to complications from heart failure and liver cancer, and was received into the loving arms of Jesus Christ. She is preceded in death by her husband, Louis Amos Vaughn; parents, Louis Arlander Rorie and Velma Ernestine Wingo Rorie; sister...
Dorothy Evelyn Panter
Dec 22, 2020
Dorothy Evelyn Panter, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 27, 1930 and died December 22, 2020 at NHC Healthcare following an extended illness. She was a retired assembly line worker with Genesco, a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Barnes Gulick. In...
Ralph Lee Coleman
Dec 19, 2020
Ralph L. Coleman of Viola, TN passed peacefully at home December 19, 2020 surrounded by his family. Ralph was born February 9, 1931 in Jacksonville, FL to Leroy Coleman and Annie Margarett Burns Coleman and attended Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville. He always had a passion for old cars, whether remodeling a vintage auto or racing his cars on...
Richard "RT" McCormick
Dec 19, 2020
McMinnville resident Richard "RT" McCormick, age 86, was born May 6, 1934 and died December 19, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of Cumberland Lumber and member of the First Assembly of God, he was the son of the late James William and Maggie Lee Priest McCormick. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Carl Lynn Southard
Dec 18, 2020
Carl Lynn Southard, age 56, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born November 20, 1964 and died December 18, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was employed with Yorozu Automotive, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of the late John Thomas and Joyce C. Adcock Southard. In addition to...
Shirley Ann Parton
Dec 17, 2020
McMinnville resident and Waco, TX native Shirley Ann Parton, age 73, was born November 23, 1947 and died December 17, 2020 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A retired sewing machine operator at Crane Industries in Woodbury, TN and member of the Baptist church, she was the daughter of the late Louis Robert and...
Billy Ed "Bill" Webb
Dec 16, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Billy "Bill" Ed Webb, age 79, was born July 8, 1941, and died December 16, 2020, at his residence following an extended illness. Bill retired as CFO from River Park Hospital with 32 plus years of service and was a member of Westwood Church of Christ. Bill was the son of the...
Della Dell Christian
Dec 16, 2020
Della Dell Higgins Christian, age 84, a McMinnville, TN resident and Rusk, TX native, was born February 2, 1936 and died December 16, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, a member of McMinnville Church of God, and the daughter of the late Claude and Gertie Mae Starkey Higgins. In addition to her...
Carl Douglas Fults
Dec 14, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Carl Douglas Fults, age 79, was born September 20, 1941 and died December 14, 2020 at Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A nursery worker, he was the son of the late Grover and Maggie Rodgers Fults. In addition to his parents he was preceded...
Bobby McBride
Dec 14, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Bobby McBride, age 82, was born December 7, 1938 and died December 14, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. An employee of Burroughs-Ross-Colville Mulch Yard, Tennessee Army National Guard veteran and member of the Baptist faith, he was the son of the late Isaac Buford and Alma Rogers McBride. In addition to...
Mildred Warren
Dec 14, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Mildred Warren, age 79, was born October 3, 1941 and died December 14, 2020 at Willow Branch Health & Rehabilitation in McMinnville, TN following a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist church, she was the daughter of the late James and Minnie Lee Sanders McCormick. In addition to...
Robert L. Rhea
Dec 13, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Robert L. Rhea, age 83, was born August 5, 1937 and passed away December 13, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A retired nursery worker at Forest Nursery and member of Central Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Eugene and Lizzie Rhea. He...
Winter Rae Odom
Dec 13, 2020
Cookeville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Winter Rae Odom, age 24, was born November 11, 1996 and passed away suddenly December 13, 2020 at TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A caregiver with Home Instead Senior Care and member of The Oasis church, she was the daughter of Clinton Ray...
