Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
Delores J. McCormick
May 13, 2017
Delores J. McCormick, age 77, a McMinnville, TN resident and native was born April 30, 1940 and died May 13, 2017 in St. Thomas West Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Avco Corporation, member of Smyrna Church of Christ and daughter of the late Lonnie Ford Jordan and Mary Lee Earls Harper. Mrs. McCormick was...
Willie Mattie Winnett Rice
May 13, 2017
McMinnville resident and White County, TN native Willie Mattie Winnett Rice, age 96, was born April 6, 1921 and died May 13, 2017 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a lingering illness. A retired employee of Sparta Shirt Factory and Century Electric, she was the daughter of the late Hillard Lee and Annie Ledford Winnett. In addition to her parents, she...
Carol Lynn Cole
May 13, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Monroe County, MS native Carol Lynn Cole, age 60, was born July 2, 1956 and died May 13, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired legal secretary and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Bill Cole and Mildred Ross Wiseman. In addition to her parents, she...
Laura Faye Barnes
May 10, 2017
Laura Faye Barnes, age 71, a McMinnville, TN resident and Lawrenceburg, TN native was born May 18, 1945 and died May 10, 2017 in Centennial Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness and daughter of the late George and Delma Young Richardson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Harrison "Sonny" Biles, Jr.
May 10, 2017
Smithville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Harrison "Sonny" Biles, Jr., age 87, was born September 20, 1929 and died May 10, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired supervisor with Arnold Engineering Air Force Base in Tullahoma, TN, a U.S. Army veteran, and a member of East End Drive Church of Christ, he was the...
Shirley Ann Aughinbaugh
May 9, 2017
Shirley Ann Aughinbaugh, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Manchester, TN native was born January 4, 1943 and died May 9, 2017 at her residence following a lingering illness. She was a retired beautician, member of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church and daughter of the late Murphy L. and Opal Lee Gross Ragland. Mrs. Aughinbaugh is survived by husband, Joe...
Dow Yates
May 9, 2017
Dow Yates, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Putnam County, TN native was born September 4, 1937 and died May 9, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, self-employed in office supplies sales and service and son of the late James Monroe and Mary Eller Yates. Mr. Yates was a member...
Dorothy Elizabeth "Dot" Snodgrass
May 8, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Montgomery County, TN native Dorothy Elizabeth "Dot" Snodgrass, age 96, was born April 2, 1921 and died May 8, 2017 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A homemaker, member of Gath Baptist Church, and member of The Order of The Eastern Star McMinnville Chapter 349 for 66 years, she was...
Linda Lee Ore Perry
May 6, 2017
Linda Lee Ore Perry, age 70, a Morrison, TN resident and Kansas City, MO native was born December 14, 1946 and died May 6, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired elementary teacher in Dyersburg, TN, attended Hebron Church of Christ and was the daughter of the late Arthur Franklin and Bessie Mae...
Doyle Cooper Pryor
May 6, 2017
Doyle Cooper Pryor, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born October 7, 1934 and died May 6, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. He was retired from the Tennessee Department of Transportation and a farmer, member of Arlington Church of Christ and son of the late Henry and Martha Golden Pryor. In...
Ada Lois Vaughn
May 5, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ada Lois Vaughn, age 80, was born June 27, 1936 and died May 5, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. Retired from McGregor's Nursery, she was the daughter of the late J.T. and Mattie Mae Fults Church. She was married to Marlon Brice McClure who preceded her in death. In...
Mary Elizabeth Bunch
May 3, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Bunch, age 72, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 9, 1945 and died May 3, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late John R. and Maggie Basham Cox. She was married to Jimmie Lee...
Ann Brady
May 1, 2017
Ann Brady, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born October 1, 1946 and died May 1, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Westwood Church of Christ and daughter of the late Granville Leon and Macon Lee “Bill” Bush Orrick. In addition to her parents, she was...
Bryson Lemoine James, Ph.D.
Apr 29, 2017
McMinnville resident and Florence, AL native Bryson Lemoine James, Ph.D., age 86, was born September 12, 1930 and died April 29, 2017 at St. Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta, TN following an extended illness. Dr. James was a former Professor of Horticulture at the University of North Carolina, former Director of Horticultural Research at the University of Florida and after...
Bobby William Newby
Apr 28, 2017
Bobby William Newby, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born November 4, 1934 and died April 28, 2017 at his residence after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Mr. Newby was a retired educator and coach of various sports in Tullahoma, TN, TN Preparatory School in Nashville, Dyersburg, TN and Warren County, TN and a...
Teresa Lynn Johnson
Apr 27, 2017
Teresa Lynn Johnson, age 60, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 18, 1957 and died April 27, 2017 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center following an eight-year illness. She was a member of Corinth Church of Christ and daughter of the late Newman Houston and Dorothy Lillian Pepper Cantrell, Sr. In addition to her parents,...
