Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
Joeon "Joe" Evans Alexander
Jan 7, 2019
Joeon “Joe” Evans Alexander, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and native was born July 2, 1939 and passed from this life January 7, 2019 following a sudden illness. Mr. Alexander was a former long-distance truck driver with Batesville Casket Company and attended Friendship The Baptist Church of Rock Island, TN. He was the son of the late J. P....
Dr. Robert L. Barksdale, Jr.
Jan 7, 2019
Dr. Robert L. Barksdale, Jr., age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and Leesburg, FL native was born March 9, 1925 and passed away January 7, 2019 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Willie Crain Barksdale, Sr. and leaves behind numerous dear friends to celebrate many fond...
William Parker Smartt
Jan 4, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native William Parker Smartt, age 79, was born November 27, 1939 and died January 4, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. Retired from the State of TN Dept. of Transportation and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Jonah and Annie Fults Smartt. In...
Freddie Lynn Eldridge
Jan 2, 2019
Freddie Lynn Eldridge, age 35, a Nashville, TN resident and McMinnville native was born October 7, 1983 and passed away suddenly on January 2, 2019. He was a welder with Capitol Fence Company, member of Cross Point Church and son of Linda Evans of McMinnville and the late Freddie Star Eldridge. In addition to his mother, he is survived by...
Albert Western Neal
Dec 31, 2018
Albert Western Neal, age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County native was born February 4, 1925 and passed away December 31, 2018 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a sudden illness. He was retired from Carrier, a member of Long Mountain the Baptist Church and son of the late Lonnie and Dovie Miller Neal. In addition to his...
Clara Argo Roller
Dec 30, 2018
Clara Argo Roller, age 92, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County native was born September 23, 1926 and passed away December 30, 2018 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ and daughter of the late Howary and Jennie Hobbs Argo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
