Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
Tanya Dawn Hall
Jan 25, 2019
McMinnville resident and Cumberland County, TN native Tanya Dawn Hall, age 48, was born February 8, 1970 and died January 25, 2019 at Big South Fork Medical Center in Oneida, TN following injuries sustained in an ATV accident. A foster care team leader with the State of Tennessee Department of Children's Services and member of the Church of Christ, she...
Leonard Lee Snodgrass
Jan 25, 2019
Leonard Lee Snodgrass, age 69, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born May 3, 1949 and passed away January 25, 2019 at his residence following a five-year illness. He was a fork lift driver for Carrier for 35 years, member of the Oasis Church and son of the late Carson Clay and Christine Shelton Snodgrass. In addition to...
Douglas Randal Byars
Jan 24, 2019
Douglas Randal Byars, age 78, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born November 14, 1940 and passed away January 24, 2019 in NHC Rehabilitation of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was a member of the National Guard, retired employee of Century Electric of 34 years and retired from the Warren County Schools Transportation System. Mr. Byars was...
Jenalynn Ryan Jones
Jan 24, 2019
Jenalynn Ryan Jones, infant daughter of Erica Jones of McMinnville, was born January 23, 2019 and passed away January 24, 2019 in Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Jenalynn was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Jerry Jones. In addition to her mother, she is survived by sister, Jera Jones of McMinnville; maternal grandmother, Sharon Kelley of McMinnville; maternal grandfather, David...
Frances Kay Brady Gribble
Jan 22, 2019
Frances Kay Brady Gribble, age 73, a Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native was born April 4, 1945 and passed away January 22, 2019 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired caregiver, member of Hebron Church of Christ and daughter of the late Marcus and Lucy Barnes Brady. In addition to her...
Ernest Everett "Ernie" Frankenberg
Jan 17, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Bulls Gap, TN native Ernest Everett “Ernie” Frankenberg, age 73, was born August 1, 1945 and died January 17, 2019 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN. Retired from sales, a United States Navy veteran of 15 years who served in Vietnam, and attended the First Baptist Church, he was the son of the late...
Vida Jean Rogers
Jan 17, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Vida Jean Rogers, age 94, was born October 7, 1924 and died January 17, 2019 at Raintree Manor following a brief illness. A homemaker, a member of East End Church of Christ and a former member of Rock Island Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Mary...
Melvia Zean McCormick Blair
Jan 15, 2019
Melvia Zean McCormick Blair, age 83, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born March 27, 1935 and passed away January 15, 2019 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired caregiver, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Amon and Wavie Priest McCormick. Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Joe...
Ferman Jay Young
Jan 14, 2019
Ferman Jay Young, age 96, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native was born August 4, 1922 and passed away January 14, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. He was a WWII veteran of the United States Army, retired co-owner of Morgan & Young Parts, Inc., member of Central Church of Christ and...
Reba C. Prater
Jan 14, 2019
Reba C. Prater, age 88, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born October 28, 1930 and passed away January 14, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired director of Central Daycare, bookkeeper, an operator for General Telephone Company, member of Central Church of Christ and daughter of the late Dalton and Elsie Knight...
Drew Hibshman
Jan 14, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Greenfield, MA native Drew Hibshman, age 33, was born April 4, 1985 and died January 14, 2019. He was the son of Linda Anderson Hibshman of McMinnville and the late Thomas Michael Hibshman. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by maternal grandmother, Roberta Anderson; and uncle, Stanley Anderson. In addition to his...
Laura Margaret Wilson Bryant
Jan 13, 2019
Laura Margaret Wilson-Bryant - At age 88, mom went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at approximately 12:17 p.m. She was a resident Woodville Health & Rehabilitation Medical Center in Woodville, Texas. She was raised in McMinnville, Tennessee and lived there before coming to Woodville to be closer to her daughters. She was the youngest of...
Earl Haskell Rigsby
Jan 13, 2019
Earl Haskell Rigsby, age 98, a Columbia, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born March 19, 1920 and passed away January 13, 2019 in Maury Regional Medical Center following a short illness. He was a WWII veteran of the United States Army, retired contractor, member of Mt. Elim Baptist Church and son of the late Fred Harold...
Darius Michael "Reese" Bishop
Jan 12, 2019
Darius Michael "Reese" Bishop, age 33, passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville. He was born January 3, 1986 in Ann Arbor, MI to Thelma Jean Grayson Bishop of McMinnville and the late James Alvin Bishop. He was a 2004 graduate of Warren County High School. He worked at General Mills in...
Aubrey Lee Turner
Jan 9, 2019
Aubrey Lee Turner, age 76, a Warren County, TN resident and native was born October 5, 1942 and passed away January 9, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was a self-employed businessman, attended First Baptist Church and son of the late Lee Ramsey and Louise Ware Turner. Mr. Turner was married October 2, 1959...
Kenneth Wayne Colwell
Jan 9, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Kenneth Wayne Colwell, age 68, was born December 31, 1950 and died January 9, 2019 at Cumberland River Hospital in Celina, TN following an extended illness. Retired from Carrier Corporation and a member of Locust Street Church of God, he was the son of the late Gussie Howard and Delma Nadine Rackley...
"Buster" Scott
Jan 9, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native "Buster" Scott, age 53, was born July 26, 1965 and died January 9, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. Retired from Accu-Router and a member of the Lord's Church, he was the son of Lincoln B. and Betty Jo Pepper Scott of McMinnville. In addition to his parents, he is...
Norman Lloyd Elrod
Jan 8, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Norman Lloyd Elrod, age 77, was born August 18, 1941 and died January 8, 2019 in NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a brief illness. The retired coordinator of student services at Tennessee Technology Center of McMinnville, retired from the Tennessee Army National Guard where he served for 37 years, a member of...
