Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Dolan Hugh Sullivan
Dec 30, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Dolan Hugh Sullivan, age 77, was born February 17, 1939 and died December 30, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. The owner of Budget Auto Sales and a member of Sunny Hills Baptist Church where he was a Deacon, he was the son of the late Titus Sullivan and...
Jose Abigail Duenas
Dec 29, 2016
Jose Abigail Duenas, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Zacatecas, Mexico native was born March 13, 1937 and died December 29, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a cook with Rafael's Italian Restaurant, member of the Catholic Church and son of the late Severo Duenas and Mä Trinidad Esparza Duenas. In addition to his parents,...
Connie Denise Campbell Short
Dec 26, 2016
Connie Denise Campbell Short, age 59, a McMinnville, TN resident and native was born July 29, 1957 and died December 26, 2016 following a brief illness. She was a retired employee of Tenneco, veteran of the United States Army, a Christian and daughter of Betty Powell Short of McMinnville and the late Colonel Kenneth E. Short. In addition to her...
Katherine Sutton Neal
Dec 26, 2016
Katherine Sutton Neal was born in Rhea County, TN, on October 1, 1919, the eighth child of Samuel and Betty Kyle Sutton. She died at the age of 97 at NHC in McMinnville on December 26, 2016 after a brief illness. She was married nearly 50 years to Clyde Neal of Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Neal was preceded in death by...
Bill Douglas Young
Dec 26, 2016
Quebeck, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Bill Douglas Young, age 81, was born December 25, 1935 and died December 26, 2016 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a short illness. A retired truck driver with Textron Camcar and a member of McElroy Church of Christ, he was the son of the late John Dolph and...
Shirley Rotert Rackley
Dec 25, 2016
Shirley A. Rotert Rackley, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Cleveland, OH native was born December 27, 1947 and died December 25, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired employee of the McMinnville City Police Department and daughter of Margaret Helen Rotert of Willowick, OH and the late Norman Russell Rotert....
Linda Faye Mullican
Dec 23, 2016
McMinnville, TN and Warren County, TN native Linda Faye Mullican, age 72, was born October 3, 1944 and died December 23, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. Retired from Oster Corporation and a member of Mt. View Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Rayburn and Frances Ogle Priest. In addition to...
Thomas Carroll McBride, Sr.
Dec 21, 2016
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Thomas Carroll McBride, Sr., age 78, was born June 11, 1938 and died December 21, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired cabinet installer, he was the son of the late Clyde Fuston McBride and Sarah Fay McCormick Woodlee. In addition to his father and mother, he was preceded...
Howard Davis McCormick
Dec 19, 2016
Howard Davis McCormick, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native was born October 4, 1938 and died December 19, 2016 in Erlanger Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was a self-employed nurseryman, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late James and Minnie Lee Sanders McCormick. In addition to his parents, he was...
Madelena Dorotea Gutierrez
Dec 19, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Lubbock, TX native Madelena Dorotea Gutierrez, age 68, was born February 6, 1948 and died December 19, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. A custodian with the Warren County School System and a member of the Catholic Church, she was the daughter of the late Jose Camilo and Maria Rosales Gutierrez. She is survived...
Ernest Marshall Laws
Dec 19, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ernest Marshall Laws, age 91, was born November 14, 1925 and died December 19, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A retired Gospel Preacher, a member of Oakland Church of Christ, and a United States Army veteran of WWII, he was the son of the late Kenneth...
Virginia Marie Cole
Dec 18, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Delphi, IN native Virginia Marie Cole, age 85, was born August 20, 1931 and died December 18, 2016 at her residence following a six-year illness. A homemaker and member of Dayspring Community Church, she was the daughter of the late Gordon C. and Eva Florence Beard Moore. She was married to Andy T. Cole who preceded...
Della Irene Foster
Dec 18, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Della Irene Foster, age 96, was born July 1, 1920 and died December 18, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. Retired from McMinnville Garment Company where she worked for 27 years and a member of East End Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Perry and...
Bertha Pauline Webster
Dec 17, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Madison County, AL native Bertha Pauline Webster, age 90, was born November 4, 1926 and died December 17, 2016 at Raintree Manor following a one-year illness. A homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Liddie Camp Adkins. She was married to Buford W. Webster who preceded...
Bernice Denney Martin
Dec 17, 2016
Spencer, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Bernice Denney Martin, age 89, was born March 3, 1927 and died December 17, 2016 at NHC Healthcare of Sparta following an extended illness. A homemaker, retired from domestic service for Dr. Margaret Rhinehardt, and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Morgan and...
Bessie Leona Hillis
Dec 14, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Sequatchie County, TN native Bessie Leona Hillis, age 84, was born October 22, 1932 and died December 14, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. Retired from Oster Corporation and a member of McMinnville First Free Will Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Daisy Slaughter Minton. She was married December...
Kelly R. Hillis
Dec 14, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Kelly R. Hillis, age 91, was born June 9, 1925 and died December 14, 2016 at Hospice of Chattanooga Care Center following a sudden illness. Retired from Coca Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Roswell Isaac and...
David Richard "Rick" Turner
Dec 13, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native David Richard "Rick" Turner, age 62, was born June 24, 1954 and died December 13, 2016 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A mechanic with Morrison Tank & Vault, he was the son of the late Foster Price and Lucille Young Turner, Sr. In addition to...
Ruth McGee
Dec 13, 2016
Ruth McGee, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 24, 1926 and died December 13, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Century Electric, member of West Riverside Church of Christ and daughter of the late H.B. and Maggie Ulla Spain Stiles, Sr....
Debra Lynn Greene
Dec 13, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Flint, MI native Debra Lynn Greene, age 50, was born January 25, 1966 and died December 13, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of Ann Louge of McMinnville and Larry Tittsworth of McMinnville. In addition to her mother and father, she is survived by two sons, Travis (Tabitha...
