Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Robbie Melton Beaver
Jun 9, 2017
Robbie Melton Beaver, 95, a McMinnville resident and Warren County native, was born March 23, 1922 and died June 9, 2017 at her residence. She was retired and a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Beaver attended Tennessee Technological University. She was a member of the First United Methodist Prayer Shawl group, the Daughters of the American Revolution,...
Nancy Marie Stubblefield
Jun 9, 2017
Nancy Marie Stubblefield, age 98, a Hendersonville, TN resident and Huntland, TN native was born December 23, 1918 and died June 9, 2017 in Brookdale Senior Living Facility following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, member of Central Church of Christ and daughter of the late Thomas Warner and Sallie Blanche Foster Gonder. Mrs. Stubblefield was married August 26,...
Sue Downs Smartt
Jun 4, 2017
Sue Downs Smartt, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born July 6, 1927 and died June 4, 2017 at Webb House following a five-day illness. A retired educator with the Warren County School System and member of Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Billy Morris and Laura Susan Beal...
Sara J. Baker
Jun 4, 2017
Sara J. Baker, 86, of Washington, IL passed away at 6:58 a.m. Sunday, June 4, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was born on August 18, 1930 in McMinnville, TN the daughter of Will and Josie Thomison. Mrs. Baker was married May 19, 1948 in LaFayette, GA to Hoyt Baker who preceded her in death on September 2, 1996 in...
Connie Jo Holt
May 31, 2017
Connie Jo Holt, age 60, a Cleveland, GA resident and Inglewood, CA native was born October 8, 1956 and died May 31, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired supervisor at Johnson Controls and daughter of Billy Mullins of McMinnville, TN and the late Gloria Joan Swann Mullins. In addition to her...
Madeline Marie Hutchins
May 31, 2017
Madeline Marie Hutchins, age 92, a Rock Island, TN resident and Arcadia Township, MI native was born April 15, 1925 and passed away peacefully on May 31, 2017 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker, member of Smyrna Church of Christ and daughter of the late John and Bertha Fisher Schwerin. In addition to her parents, she was...
Elizabeth Cantrell Lawrence LaFever
May 29, 2017
Former McMinnville resident Elizabeth Cantrell Lawrence LaFever, age 96, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 at Woodbury Health and Rehab, where she has resided for the past five years. Born Kathryn Elizabeth Cantrell, August 16, 1920 in DeKalb County, Tennessee, she is the daughter of Zollie Adron and Shirley Love Cantrell, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in...
Charlotte Ann Burch Oliver
May 28, 2017
Charlotte Ann Burch Oliver, age 58, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born November 23, 1958 and died May 28, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired social worker with Friendship Home Health, a member of Covenant Fellowship Church and daughter of the late George Franklin and Gladys Louise Bouldin Burch....
Ronald Terry Wilmore
May 23, 2017
Warren County, TN native Ronald Terry Wilmore, age 49, was born April 20, 1968 and died May 23, 2017 in Manchester, KY following a sudden illness. A nursery worker and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Sandra Wilmore of Smithville, TN and Ronald Wilmore of McMinnville. He was preceded in death by maternal grandmother,...
Jimmy Andrew Boyd
May 23, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Jimmy Andrew Boyd, age 51, was born January 19, 1966 and died May 23, 2017 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. An employee of Yorozu, he was the son of Winona Passons Boyd of Rock Island, TN and the late John Thomas Boyd. In addition to his father,...
William Edward "Edd" Patterson
May 22, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native William Edward "Edd" Patterson, age 93, was born December 17, 1923 and died May 22, 2017 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. Retired from the Tennessee Department of Transportation as an inspector and supervisor of bridges and paving, and a member of East End Church of Christ, he...
Mary Jane Prater
May 19, 2017
Mary Jane Prater, age 98, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born September 25, 1918 and died May 19, 2017 in Woodbury Health and Rehab following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Levi Strauss Company, member of Bethel Hill Baptist Church and daughter of the late Adam and Delia Crook Ferrell. Mrs. Prater...
William Howard Chandler
May 19, 2017
Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native William Howard Chandler, age 82, was born October 27, 1934 and died May 19, 2017 at his residence following a brief illness. Retired from Oster Corporation and Powermatic, a farmer, and a member of the Pentecostal Church, he was the son of the late Andrew Howard and Iva Mae McCoy...
John Laxson
May 19, 2017
Morrison, TN resident and Hillsboro, TN native John Laxson, age 85, was born September 14, 1931 and died May 19, 2017 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a sudden illness. The restaurant owner/operator for Uncle John's Kitchen, a mason, a United States Army veteran of Korea, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Morrison, he...
Dr. Charles Dwight Morgan
May 18, 2017
Dr. Charles Dwight Morgan, age 61, a McMinnville, TN resident and Montery, CA native was born June 13, 1955 and died May 18, 2017 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was the son of the late Chester D. Morgan, who died October 13, 2013 and Martha Douglas Morgan, who died April 2011. Dr. Morgan served as...
John Thomas "Tom" Russell
May 16, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native John Thomas "Tom" Russell, age 84, was born September 27, 1932 and died May 16, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. He was retired from Ben Lomand Telephone Company, a farmer, affiliated with the Baptist Faith, and the son of the late Taylor and Ella West Russell. In addition to...
Fred Wesley Sain, Jr.
May 16, 2017
Fred Wesley Sain, Jr., age 97, a McMinnville, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native was born December 7, 1919 and died May 16, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was retired from the United States Post Office, a United States Navy veteran of World War II, member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ and...
Morris Anthony Templeton
May 16, 2017
Rock Island, TN resident and Fort Knox, KY native, Morris Anthony Templeton, age 67, was born August 5, 1949 and died May 16, 2017 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a five-month battle with cancer. An employee of Bridgestone and a member of Christ Community Church, he was married on May 5, 1978 to Jimmie Austin Templeton...
Charles Joe "Charlie" Brady
May 15, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Charles Joe "Charlie" Brady, age 44, was born March 24, 1973 and died May 15, 2017 at his residence following a six-month illness. An employee of Yorozu Corporation and a member of Dayspring Community Church, he was the son of the late Johnney Doyel and Linda Edell Young Brady. In addition to...
Linda Jean Gilley
May 13, 2017
McMinnville resident and Coffee County native Linda Jean Gilley, age 75, was born December 15, 1941 and died May 13, 2017 at her residence following a one-year illness. A homemaker and member of Spirit of Life and Hope Church, she was the daughter of the late Curtis and Ruby Burdett Moore. She was married to Ray Donald Gilley who preceded...
