Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Brenda Joyce Cantrell
Feb 21, 2019
Brenda Joyce Cantrell, age 74, a Warren County, TN resident and White County native was born October 11, 1944 and passed away February 21, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Blues Hill Church of Christ and daughter of the late Dudley and Jennie Ledford Scott. In addition to her...
Evelyn Donna Tate Driver
Feb 20, 2019
Evelyn Donna Tate Driver, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County native was born October 1, 1944 and passed away February 20, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital. She was retired from Carrier Corporation and daughter of the late Joe Bradford and Kathryn Iola Tate. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the...
Ernest L. Fults
Feb 20, 2019
Ernest L. Fults, age 81, a Grundy County, TN resident and native was born November 22, 1937 and passed away February 20, 2019 following an extended illness. He was retired from Burroughs-Ross-Colville, member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and son of the late Dee A. and Thelma Elvada Campbell Fults. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Fred Johnson Stepp
Feb 20, 2019
Fred Johnson Stepp, age 69, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born February 11, 1950 and passed away February 20, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam, retired employee of McMinnville Housing Authority, member of Covenant Fellowship Church and son of the late William Gordon Stepp, Sr....
Betty Hoover Smith
Feb 19, 2019
Betty Hoover Smith, wonderful, loving and selfless mother and grandmother, passed away on February 19, 2019 at the age of 92. She was born to the late Fred L. Hoover, Sr. and Ruby Ramsey Hoover on January 4, 1927. Betty graduated from Ward Belmont College and had a long, committed career in education. She was a librarian in the Warren...
Linda Sue Harris
Feb 16, 2019
Miss Linda Sue Harris, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Lenior City, TN native, was born July 31, 1948 and passed away February 16, 2019 following a sudden illness. She was a retired employee of Raintree Manor, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Robert Lee and Josephine Clark Harris. In addition to her parents, she...
Edward Harlin Ryan
Feb 15, 2019
Morrison, TN resident and Lepanto, AR native Edward Harlin Ryan, age 85, was born January 13, 1934 and died February 15, 2019 at his daughter's residence following an extended illness. A driver with UCHRA, a United States Air Force veteran of Korea and Vietnam, and a member of Smartt Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Casper...
Dickie Fleisher
Feb 15, 2019
Dickie Fleisher, age 71, a Warren County, TN resident and native, was born June 8, 1947 and passed away February 15, 2019 in Horizon Health Center following an extended illness. He was a retired tool and die maker with ADA Mould Company, member of the Church of Christ and son of the late Raymond A. and Beatrice Gertrude Newcome Fleisher....
Virginia Christine Hayes Cantrell
Feb 12, 2019
Virginia Christine Hayes Cantrell, age 95, a Warren County, TN resident and native passed away February 12, 2019 following a brief illness. She was a wife, mother, retired receptionist and daughter of the late W.T. H. and Mallie Johnson Hayes. Mrs. Cantrell was a life-long Christian and attended Bybee Branch Church of Christ. She was married September 18, 1943 to...
Barbara June Cooper
Feb 11, 2019
Brentwood, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Barbara June Cooper, age 62, was born January 3, 1957 and died February 11, 2019 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Glendull and Lila Jo Gilbert McCormick. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Mary Elizabeth Barnes
Feb 9, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Barnes, age 84, a McMinnville, TN resident and Chattanooga native was born February 1, 1935 and passed away February 9, 2019 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Magness Memorial Library and daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson and Lillie Rogers Barnes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Darrell Stephen Dotson
Feb 6, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native Darrell Stephen Dotson, age 67, was born May 29, 1951 and died February 6, 2019 at Manchester Healthcare Center following a brief illness. Darrell had a love for life! A Christian. He thoroughly enjoyed vintage audio and video! His favorite hobby was music, from Irish Scottish Celtic through heavy metal to modern country....
Sue R. Barnes
Feb 3, 2019
Sue R. Barnes, age 65, a Warren County resident and Marion County native was born February 27, 1953 and passed away February 3, 2019 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker and the daughter of the late Barney and Vera Mae Griffith. Mrs. Barnes was married March 25, 1972 to David Lee Barnes....
Ruth Hennessee Smith
Feb 2, 2019
McMinnville resident and Bledsoe County, TN native Ruth Hennessee Smith, age 82, was born January 11, 1937 and died February 2, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of Magnetek Century Electric and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Thurman and Fronie Johnson Hennessee. She was married to Merlin...
Joe Glynn Gribble
Feb 1, 2019
Joe Glynn Gribble, age 81, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born June 2, 1937 and passed away February 1, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired lineman with Caney Fork Electric and son of the late Myra Grissom Gribble. Mr. Gribble was married November 28, 1963 to Alta Faye...
Robbie Neely Prater
Jan 30, 2019
Robbie Neely Prater, age 70, a Warren County, TN resident and White County native was born October 20, 1948 and passed away January 30, 2019 in St. Thomas West Hospital following a brief illness. She was a retired educator with the Cannon County School System, member of the Catholic Church and daughter of the late Robert and Beulah Rowland Neely....
Geneva Crouch
Jan 30, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Geneva Crouch, age 82, was born July 20, 1936 and died January 30, 2019 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, she was the daughter of the late John Ivor and Hallie May Milstead Patrick. She was married on May...
Paul Morris McCormack
Jan 29, 2019
Smithville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Paul Morris McCormack, age 65, was born January 30, 1953 and died January 29, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired machinist with A.O. Smith and a manager with Walmart, he was the son of the late Amos and Nina Louise Prater McCormack. In addition to his parents, he...
Bonnie Louise Reed Hollon
Jan 29, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Bonnie Louise Reed Hollon, age 73, was born March 6, 1945 and died January 29, 2019 at her residence following a short illness. Retired from Powermatic and Yorozu and a member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Houston and Clara Mae Phillips Reed. She was married to...
Bonita Boyd Markum
Jan 29, 2019
Bonita Boyd Markum, age 84, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born April 22, 1934 and passed away January 29, 2019 in Webb House Retirement Center following a brief illness. She was a retired line operator for Rich’s Frozen Foods, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Arzie and Josie Maxwell Boyd. Mrs. Markum...
