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McMinnville, TN. Obituaries

Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas

Sheila Diana Bell

Sheila Diana Bell

Jun 18, 2020

Sheila Diana Bell, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Huntsville, AL native was born January 3, 1945 and passed June 18, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. She was a retired employee with Carrier Corporation, a member of Westside Baptist Church, and the daughter of the late Gordon Simon and Laura Haley Lemley. Mrs. Bell married...

Florence Elaine Howell

Florence Elaine Howell

Jun 18, 2020

Florence Elaine Howell, age 73, a McMinnville, TN resident and Short Mountain, TN native, was born July 15, 1946 and passed June 18, 2020 at home following an extended illness. She was retired from NHC of McMinnville, a member of Short Mountain Old Methodist Church, and the daughter of the late, Howard Daniel and Naomi “Dude” Jewell Motley Howell. She...

Kenneth Warrington Smith, Sr.

Kenneth Warrington Smith, Sr.

Jun 17, 2020

Kenneth Warrington Smith, Sr., age 70, a Morrison, TN resident and Chicago, IL native, was born December 13, 1949, and passed June 17, 2020, at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired portfolio manager, a former elder and member of Central Church of Christ, a Paul Harris Fellow, and the son of the late Willard Lynwood and...

Melissa DeBerry

Melissa DeBerry

Jun 16, 2020

Melissa DeBerry, age 63, a Rutherford County resident, was born September 23, 1956 and passed June 16, 2020 at St. Thomas West Hospital following a sudden illness. She was an auditor, a member of Walter Hill Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Powell Lewis and Dorothy Walene Underwood Barlow. She was also preceded in death by brother,...

Patty Hobbs

Patty Hobbs

Jun 15, 2020

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Patty Hobbs, age 71, was born March 6, 1949 and died June 15, 2020 at St. Thomas West in Nashville following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Frank Warner and Dorothy Lucille Mullican Powell. In addition to her...

Bobbye Sue "Yaya" McCormick

Bobbye Sue "Yaya" McCormick

Jun 14, 2020

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Bobbye Sue "Yaya" McCormick, age 78, was born July 14, 1941 and died June 14, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of A.O. Smith, she was the daughter of the late George and Ada Leath Leverett. She was married April 16, 1960 to Harvey Joel McCormick who preceded her...

Joyce Monzell Lewis

Joyce Monzell Lewis

Jun 14, 2020

Smithville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Joyce Monzell Lewis, age 85, was born January 25, 1935 and died June 14, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in Smithville, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Belford and Kathleen Young Lewis. In addition to her parents,...

Thomas Hester Ezell, Sr.

Thomas Hester Ezell, Sr.

Jun 14, 2020

McMinnville, TN resident and Jacksonville, AR native Thomas Hester Ezell, Sr., age 78, was born May 17, 1942 and died June 14, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired construction foreman and a United States Navy veteran, he was the son of the late Peyton and Martha Ezell. He was married to Nancy Wells Ezell who also...

David Earl Rogers

David Earl Rogers

Jun 11, 2020

David Earl Rogers, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native, was born October 31, 1937 and passed June 11, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired U.S. Navy veteran, a retired mechanic, and the son of the late Hervey Thomas and Lassie J. Smartt Rogers. He was also preceded in death...

Lois Gail Argo

Lois Gail Argo

Jun 11, 2020

Lois Gail Argo, age 79, a DeKalb County resident and Warren County native was born December 29, 1940 and passed June 11, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Hebron Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Hervy and Ada McReynolds Jones. She was also preceded in death by...

Paul Howard Walker

Paul Howard Walker

Jun 11, 2020

Paul Howard Walker, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born January 26, 1952 and passed June 11, 2020 following an extended illness. He was the owner of Walker Tire and Alignment, a member of Eastside Baptist Church, and the son of the late Howard B. and Eugenia Bottoms Walker. Mr. Walker was married to Sherry...

JJ Vanloo

JJ Vanloo

Jun 11, 2020

Woodbury, TN resident and Deland, FL native JJ Vanloo, age 28, was born August 6, 1991 and died suddenly June 11, 2020 in Smithville, TN. He was the son of Misty Lee Hernandez of McMinnville and Fred Lee Elliott of Mustang, OK. He was preceded in death by son, Kameron Vanloo. In addition to his mother and father, he is...

Beau Christopher Lowe

Beau Christopher Lowe

Jun 8, 2020

Beau Christopher Lowe, age 33, a Morrison, TN resident and Rutherford County, TN native was born March 26, 1987 and died suddenly June 8, 2020. He was an industrial maintenance employee, a member of the First Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Faith, and the son of Oliver Lowe of Manchester, TN, and Michelle (Tony) Stamps of Cookeville, TN. Mr. Lowe...

Al J. Stotts

Al J. Stotts

Jun 3, 2020

Al J. Stotts, 84, a McMinnville resident and Detroit, MI native was born July 11, 1935 and died June 3, 2020 at his residence after a brief illness. He was married to Marietta McBride Stotts on August 13, 1954. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Jim (Kim) Stotts of Somerset, Ky and Kevin (Amanda) Stotts...

Donald Wayne Tanner

Donald Wayne Tanner

Jun 3, 2020

Warren County native & resident, Mr. Donald “Wayne” Tanner, age 80, was born Saturday, November 4, 1939 and passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at his home after a two-year battle with cancer, surrounded by family. Wayne is survived by two sons & daughters-in-law, Joey & Jamie Tanner and Donald and Darian Tanner; three daughters & son-in-law, Krystal Tanner and...

Mildred Eloise Hillis

Mildred Eloise Hillis

Jun 2, 2020

Mildred Eloise Hillis, age 89, a Morrison, TN resident and Coffee County native was born September 30, 1930 and passed June 2, 2020 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville following a brief illness. She was a retired employee of Forest Nursery, a member of Trousdale Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Harvie Lee and Ruby Lee Freeze Young....

Anthony Bryan King

Anthony Bryan King

Jun 2, 2020

Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Anthony Bryan King, age 43, was born June 9, 1976 and died June 2, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. A carpenter, he is survived by four children, Tristin, Ashley, Emily and Sara King, all of McMinnville; grandson, Kayson King of McMinnville; parents, Gail & Johnny Solomon...

James Clarence Shampine

James Clarence Shampine

May 31, 2020

Manchester, TN resident and Leominster, MA native James Clarence Shampine, age 76, was born January 24, 1944 and died May 31, 2020 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. Retired from Lab Research with the U.S. Military, he was the son of Clarence & Gwendolyn Dolton Shampine. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Audrey Gilberta Wyant

Audrey Gilberta Wyant

May 31, 2020

Audrey Wyant, age 90, an Antioch, TN resident and Laurelburg, TN native was born February 7, 1930 and passed May 31, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired real estate agent, a member of the Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late John Dalton “Doc” and Lucinda “Miss Cindy” Simmons Mooneyham. She was...

Mark Ashley Nunley

Mark Ashley Nunley

May 30, 2020

Mark Ashley Nunley, age 51, an Oak Ridge, TN resident and Warren County native was born March 15, 1969 and passed May 30, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, a coal belt operator with TVA, and the son of Belynda Montandon Gregory and husband William of Clinton, TN and father, Ronnie Nunley...

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