Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Robert "Pete" Parsley
Jul 13, 2017
Robert “Pete” Parsley, age 85 of McMinnville was born January 27, 1932 and died July 13, 2017 at his residence. Retired from Powermatic after 42 years, he was son of the late Robert and Grace Lee Butler Parsley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Lila Medley and Louise Dilley; and brother, Thomas Eugene Parsley....
Rick Jones
Jul 13, 2017
Rick Jones, age 54, a Murfreesboro, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 21, 1963 and died July 13, 2017 in Alive Hospice of Murfreesboro following an extended illness. He was a graduate of Warren County High School and MTSU. Mr. Jones was a Trooper with the Tennessee Highway Patrol for 25 years, Rutherford County Trooper of...
John A. Duke
Jul 11, 2017
John A. Duke, age 69, passed away on July 11, 2017 in Franklin, TN. He was born September 24, 1947 to the late Hickman and Lois Duke. Mr. Duke was married April 15, 1978 to Sally Warren Duke who survives. In addition to his wife, he is survived by sister, Nancy Duke of Nashville, TN; brother and sister-in-law, Trey and...
William Herman Pierce
Jul 10, 2017
William Herman Pierce, age 82, a Rock Island, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native was born October 14, 1934 and died July 10, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired truck driver, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late Otto and Nellie Bryant Pierce. Mr. Pierce was married November 20, 1994...
Wilma Jean Stubblefield
Jul 9, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Wilma Jean Stubblefield, age 79, was born February 21, 1938 and died July 9, 2017 at her niece's residence in Tullahoma, TN following a brief illness. Retired from Century Electric and A.O. Smith and a member of Clark United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Lue Edith...
Liam Allen Clark
Jul 4, 2017
Liam Allen Clark, the infant son of "Bo" and Charity Holland Clark of McMinnville, was born and died July 4, 2017 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Myrick Clark of McMinnville and Christian Hewitt of Murfreesboro, TN; and paternal grandparents, Dennis and Shirley Clark of McMinnville. Funeral...
Jean Smith Jennings
Jul 2, 2017
Murfreesboro, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Jean Smith Jennings, age 91, was born May 28, 1926 and died July 2, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in McMinnville, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Farr and Johanna Pitson Smith. She was married to Raymond...
Judy Gail Stotts
Jun 28, 2017
Judy Gail Stotts, age 58, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born October 24, 1958 and passed away unexpectedly on June 28, 2017 at her residence. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Thurman and Della Myers Basham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Dr. Kenneth Harvey Abbott II
Jun 25, 2017
Kenneth Harvey Abbott II was born in Upland California to Kenneth H. Abbott M.D. and Mariann Donnelly on May 28, 1937. He was delivered by his grandfather, Frank Abbott M.D. He spent his early years in Rochester MN, where his father was trained as a Neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic, and Worthington Ohio where his father set up practice. He...
Ernest Lee Wade
Jun 25, 2017
Ernest Lee Wade, age 59, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 30, 1958 and died June 25, 2017 following a sudden illness. He was a member of Browns Chapel Baptist Church and son of Tommie Ford Brown of McMinnville and the late Cecil Wade. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death...
Lois Gilbert Hennessee
Jun 25, 2017
Lois Vivian Evans was born November 1, 1917 in Warren County, the daughter of Joe Evans and Helen Brady Evans. She attended Fairview Grammar School and graduated from Irving College High School. She married Eben N. Gilbert and they had one son, Eben N. Gilbert, Jr. When Mr. Gilbert died, after 48 years of marriage, she was wed to three...
Virginia May Anderson
Jun 25, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Wayne, MI native Virginia May Anderson, age 86, was born April 17, 1931 and died June 25, 2017 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from Powermatic and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Elwin H. and Lucy Tallmage Hamilton. She was married to William L....
Wilma Ruth Powers
Jun 23, 2017
Wilma Ruth Powers, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 29, 1931 and died June 23, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a brief illness. She was a retired employee of Genesco, member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ and daughter of the late Marion Francis and Myrtle Christian Panter. In addition...
Charity Pearl Bouldin Rutledge
Jun 22, 2017
Charity Pearl Bouldin Rutledge, age 87, a Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born December 28, 1929 and died June 22, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Levi’s, member of Pine Bluff Community Church and daughter of the late Clyde Bouldin and Lola Ann...
Melba Barnes Hillis
Jun 21, 2017
Melba Barnes Hillis, age 94, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born November 13, 1922 and died June 21, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, retired cook from Irving College School, life-long member of Armstrong Church of Christ and daughter of the late Wince and Ruby Ware Barnes....
Betty Marie Patton
Jun 13, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Athens, OH native Betty Marie Patton, age 89, was born April 20, 1928 and died June 13, 2017 at the Webb House Retirement Center in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from Century Electric and of the Christian faith, she was the daughter of the late John Elsworth and Bessie Crum Adams. She was married to...
Jimmy Ray Webb
Jun 12, 2017
Morrison, TN resident and Painesville, OH native Jimmy Ray Webb, age 64, was born July 8, 1952 and died June 12, 2017 at his residence following a brief illness. An employee of DeZurik, he was the son of the late Orville Earl Webb and Emma Pearl Holt Gatchel. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother,...
Gertrude Krupa
Jun 11, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Gertrude Krupa, age 93, was born January 7, 1924 and died June 11, 2017 at Webb House Retirement Center in McMinnville. A homemaker and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late V.B. and Cordelia Davis Carmack. She was married to Andrew Krupa who preceded...
Hobert Brown
Jun 10, 2017
Hobert Brown began life’s journey on February 7, 1940 to the parentage of the late Nathaniel and Gladys Terry of McMinnville. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and uncle. He was also a loyal friend to those who knew him. Even though he moved his family to Wichita, KS years ago, he never forgot where his roots...
Paul Houston Timothy "Pee-Wee" Ward
Jun 10, 2017
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native Paul Houston Timothy "Pee-Wee" Ward, age 35, was born August 22, 1981 and died suddenly June 10, 2017. An employee of Custom Vinyl and Purple Lion Tattoos and of the Christian Faith, he was the son of Lynn Ward of Pikeville, TN and Johnnie Moore of Rock Island, TN. In addition to...
