Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Charlie Milligan
Aug 20, 2017
Charlie Milligan, age 58, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born April 17, 1959 and died August 20, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was an auto body mechanic, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late Charles Henry and Altie Dutton Milligan. In addition to his parents,...
Emma Frances Moore Prater
Aug 18, 2017
Emma Frances Moore Prater, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 8, 1931 and died August 18, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a Professor of P.E. at David Lipscomb University for 20 years, teacher with the Warren County School System, member of the Church of Christ...
Wynema Whiteaker
Aug 18, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Tompkinsville, KY native Wynema Whiteaker, age 89, was born January 1, 1928 and died August 18, 2017 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN following a sudden illness. Retired from Oster Corporation and a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late Truman and Wealthie Hale Carter. She was married on...
Susan Ann Kirby Smith
Aug 16, 2017
Susan Ann Kirby Smith, age 66, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born October 30, 1950 and died August 16, 2017 in Hospice of Cumberland County following a brief illness. She was a homemaker and nursery grower, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late E.B. and Rebecca Woodlee Kirby. Mrs. Smith was...
Dimple Lee Davis Parsley
Aug 16, 2017
Dimple Lee Davis Parsley, age 81, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born on September 1, 1935 and died August 16, 2017 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a retired salesperson with Kings Department Store and Fraley’s Furniture, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Felix Butler Davis and Avale...
Reba Ann Phifer
Aug 13, 2017
Spencer, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Reba Ann Phifer, age 74, was born April 22, 1943 and died August 13, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of God, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Dovie Brimer Sullivan. In addition to her parents, she was...
Bertie Ray Weitzel
Aug 13, 2017
Hazel Green, AL resident and Van Buren County, TN native Bertie Ray Weitzel, age 91, was born May 10, 1926 and died August 13, 2017 at her grandson's residence in Raleigh, NC following a brief illness. A retired employee of American Airlines, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Tucker and the late Ida Roberts Tucker Rutledge. She was...
Brenda Gail Bond
Aug 12, 2017
Brenda Gail Bond, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 12, 1943 and died August 12, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late James and Betty Ruth Denton Stroud. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Kathy Martin
Aug 11, 2017
Morrison, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native Kathy Martin, age 65, was born April 19, 1952 and died August 11, 2017 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville. A homemaker and a member of the Jehovah's Witness, she was the daughter of the late Everett T. and Dorothy Belle Smith Earls, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Ann Vaughn
Aug 9, 2017
Ann Vaughn, age 65, a Rock Island, TN resident and Dayton, Ohio native was born July 18, 1952 and died August 9, 2017 in Halifax Medical Center in Florida following a brief illness. She was a retired receptionist with UCHRA, member of Life Restorations Church in Shelbyville, TN and daughter of the late James Estel and Ola Mae Jones Vaughn....
Clark R. McGee
Aug 6, 2017
Clark R. McGee, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 22, 1943 and died August 6, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired foreman with Century Electric, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late William Jennings Bryan McGee and Gladys Rhea McGee....
Barry Kent Stroud
Aug 6, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Muncie, IN native Barry Kent Stroud, age 63, was born January 3, 1954 and died August 6, 2017 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a short illness. Retired from A.O. Smith, a United States Air Force veteran of Vietnam, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Willene Hollingsworth HItchcock Simons
Aug 5, 2017
Longtime educator with the Van Buren County school system, Willene Hollingsworth Hitchcock Simons died peacefully at home after an extended illness on August 5, 2017. She was a classroom teacher for 23 years and Supervisor of Instruction for 16 years. She earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from Tennessee Technological University and was a member of Phi...
Zachary Allen Hendrix
Jul 31, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Zachary Allen Hendrix, age 23, was born March 25, 1994 and died suddenly July 31, 2017. A grill operator and a member of Webb's Methodist Church, he was the son of Joan Hendrix of McMinnville and the late Ray Allen Hendrix. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by...
Ruby May Bell
Jul 31, 2017
Ruby May Bell, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native was born January 18, 1939 and died July 31, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following a six-month illness. She was a retired sales lady, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Willie Enoch and Mida Catherine Hutchings Rigsby. Mrs. Bell was married...
Elnora Mai "Tootie" Bennett
Jul 29, 2017
Elnora Mai “Tootie” Bennett, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Jackson County, TN native was born February 17, 1928 and died July 29, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following a brief illness. Mrs. Bennett was a retired employee of Century Electric, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Joel Ernest and Anna Lee Stafford...
Gary Simons
Jul 29, 2017
Gary Simons, age 78, a Morrison, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native was born November 29, 1938 and died July 29, 2017 in Alive Hospice of Murfreesboro following an extended illness. He was the owner of Gary Simons Construction and son of the late Floyd and Pearl Cantrell Simons. Mr. Simons was married August 5, 1961 to Dail Marie...
Flora Ruth Floyd Southard Sullivan
Jul 28, 2017
Flora Ruth Floyd Southard Sullivan, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native was born July 16, 1937 and died July 28, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, of the Christian Faith and daughter of the late Carl Mack and Ruby Jane Lewis Floyd. In addition to her parents,...
Joe Fred "Ted" Smith
Jul 27, 2017
Joe Fred “Ted” Smith died at home following an extended illness on July 27, 2017. He was born August 4, 1923 in Jackson County, TN and was 93 years of age. Mr. Smith retired from Magnetek in 1986 and later retired from Burch Supply. He was a member of Central Church of Christ and son of the late Henry L....
Virginia E. Kirby
Jul 26, 2017
Virginia E. Kirby, age 88, a McMinnville, TN resident and Tipton County, TN native was born August 15, 1928 and died July 26, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired nurse's aide with Baptist Hospital in Memphis, member of the Church of Christ at Earlyville and daughter of the late Ollie B. and...
