Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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...
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....
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
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
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
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
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...
Bettye Blankenship
Nov 13, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Pikeville, TN native Bettye Blankenship, age 88, was born June 23, 1932 and died November 13, 2020 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired teacher with the Warren County School system, she received her BS and MS Degrees from UT-Knoxville. She was a member of the Church of Christ and the daughter of the...
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...
Nancy Rebecca Kirby
Nov 11, 2020
Nancy Rebecca Kirby, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born August 30, 1950 and died November 11, 2020 at St. Thomas Midtown following a sudden illness. A beautician with Charm and Beauty and member of McMinnville Church of God, she was the daughter of Opal King Davis of McMinnville and the late Will A....
Betty Sue Deaton
Nov 10, 2020
Betty Sue Deaton, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 6, 1941 and died November 10, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of A.O. Smith and member of Rock Island Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Clifton Woodrow and Hazel Leona Hill Griffith. Mrs....
