Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
Freddie Sneed
Jul 26, 2017
Freddie Sneed, age 67, a McMinnville, TN resident and Murfreesboro, TN native was born March 14, 1950 and died July 26, 2017 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. He was a retired deliveryman with Ruth’s Salads, member of the Church of God at Short Mountain and son of the late Edward Carmack and Bertha Melton Sneed....
David Glenn Bouldin
Jul 26, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native David Glenn Bouldin, age 65, was born December 2, 1951 and died July 26, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. Retired from DeZurik, the owner of Bouldin's Country Market, and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Therion Page and Lela Louise...
Frances Evelyn Fults
Jul 25, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Frances Evelyn Fults, age 88, was born February 15, 1929 and died July 25, 2017 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A retired nursery worker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Bertha Ann Foster Melton. She was...
George William Delph
Jul 25, 2017
Morrison, TN resident and Lee County, VA native George William Delph, age 70, was born July 8, 1947 and died July 25, 2017 at Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, TN. A coal miner with Westmoreland Coal Company and a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, he was the son of the late Leslie George and Mollie Jetta Wade Delph. In...
Helen Marie Lynn
Jul 25, 2017
Helen Marie Lynn, age 85, a Viola, TN resident and Warren County native was born December 6, 1931 and died July 25, 2017 at her residence followed by an extended illness. She was a retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company, member of Pleasant Knoll Church of Christ and daughter of the late Hervey and Lassie Smartt Rogers. In addition to...
Edward Lee Hayes
Jul 24, 2017
Edward Lee Hayes, age 59, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born April 24, 1958 and died July 24, 2017 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was an iron worker, member of the Baptist Church and son of Don and Lucille Hayes of McMinnville. Mr. Hayes was married March 6, 2006 to Sunshine Lynette Nickerson...
Carl Wayne Wooden
Jul 24, 2017
Livingston, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Carl Wayne Wooden, age 81, was born May 4, 1936 and died July 24, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Orville and Cleo Holland Wooden. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Nancy Wooden and Deborah Blake....
Harold "Mr. T" Thomas
Jul 24, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Viola, TN native Harold "Mr. T." Thomas, age 80, was born July 2, 1937 and died July 24, 2017 at his residence following a sudden illness. A retired cook with Medley's Diner and a member of East End Drive Church of Christ, he was the son of the late John Leonard "Abe" and Ina Pauline Northcutt...
Minnie Sue Fisher
Jul 24, 2017
Hermitage, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Minnie Sue Fisher, age 87, was born December 5, 1929 and passed away July 24, 2017 at McKendree Village following a prolonged illness. Sue grew up in McMinnville the daughter of the late Ralph L. and Minnie Smartt Earle. She was married on June 24, 1952 to the late Joe Donald Fisher,...
Pearl "Billie" Rigsby Laws
Jul 23, 2017
Pearl “Billie” Rigsby Laws, age 91, a McMinnville, TN resident and Sheffield, AL native was born June 9, 1926 and died July 23, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Oakland Church of Christ and daughter of the late Ernest and Martha Duncan Rigsby. Mrs. Laws was married February 27, 1945...
Geraldine Davenport Morton
Jul 19, 2017
Geraldine Davenport Morton, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and native was born December 23, 1942 and died July 19, 2017 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired office manager for Dr. Questell, member of Dayspring Community Church and daughter of the late Elsie Lee and Irene Rogers Davenport. In addition to her parents,...
Judy Ann Cunningham
Jul 18, 2017
Rock Island, TN resident and Campaign, TN native Judy Ann Cunningham, age 74, was born March 23, 1943 and died July 18, 2017 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired school teacher with the White County School System where she taught second grade for 40 years, and a member of the Lutheran Church, she was the...
Diana Lynn George
Jul 18, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Diana Lynn George, age 70, was born March 3, 1947 and died July 18, 2017 at AdamsPlace in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired bank teller with Homeland Community Bank and a member of Northside Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Bertle Franklin and Lena Mae Rutledge...
Linda Smartt
Jul 17, 2017
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Linda Smartt, age 66, was born November 9, 1950 and died July 17, 2017 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A nutritionist with the Warren County School System and a member of Oasis Denominational Church, she was the daughter of the late James William and Emma Jane...
