Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Betty Vaughn
Nov 27, 2016
Betty Vaughn, age 52, a Smyrna, TN resident and McMinnville, TN native was born February 25, 1964 and died November 27, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late James Estel and Ola Mae Jones Vaughn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Erbie Clarence Gentry
Nov 23, 2016
Cookeville, TN resident and White County, TN native Erbie Clarence Gentry, age 76, was born December 4, 1939 and died November 23, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired truck driver and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Clarence and Veda Henry Gentry. In addition to his parents,...
Mary Magaline Stanley Wilson
Nov 22, 2016
Mary Magaline Stanley Wilson, age 76, a McMinnville, TN resident and Overton County, TN native died November 22, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired CNA with River Park Hospital, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Lonzie and Ina Stillwater Ledbetter. In addition to her parents, she was...
Mary "Libba" Christie King
Nov 22, 2016
Mary “Libba” Christie King, 92, died Tuesday, November 22 at Raintree Manor. She was born January 7, 1924 in Stephens, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Joshua Finis and Maggie Bryan Scott, and wife to the late Gaylord Christie. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by sisters, Edith (John) Thompson, Addie (Lewis)...
Clifton Ray Harper
Nov 20, 2016
Clifton Ray Harper, age 69, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died November 20, 2016 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. He was a veteran of the United States Army during Vietnam, retired employee of the U.S. Post Office and son of the late George Harrison and Lorena Holt Harper. In addition to his...
Joyce Marie Bouldin
Nov 19, 2016
Joyce Marie Bouldin, age 65, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died November 19, 2016 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a one-month illness. She was a retired employee of A.O. Smith and daughter of the late Mildred Louise O'Neal. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by two children, Tina Bouldin and Denise...
Clifford W. Walker
Nov 18, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Clifford W. Walker, age 73, was born November 2, 1943 and died November 18, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. The owner of Walker Sod Farm, a veteran of the Tennessee Army National Guard, and a member of Smartt Baptist Church, he was the son of the...
Marcus Scott "Buddy" Tittsworth
Nov 18, 2016
Marcus Scott "Buddy" Tittsworth, age 28, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died November 18, 2016 in Murfreesboro, TN. He was a truck driver with Federal Express and son of Donna Tittsworth of McMinnville and Danny and Paulette Nichols of McMinnville. Mr. Tittsworth was preceded in death by great-grandparents, Henry and Lillie Mae Scott, Parlee Tittsworth and...
William "Bill" Albert Harmon
Nov 18, 2016
Baxter, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native William "Bill" Albert Harmon, age 82, was born December 15, 1933 and died November 18, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in Cookeville, TN following a short illness. A retired truck driver and a member of the Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Roscoe and Bertie Cantrell Harmon. In addition to...
Richard Edward Erickson
Nov 17, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Los Angeles, CA native Richard Edward Erickson, age 70, was born October 24, 1946 and died November 17, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired diesel mechanic with Wilco Truck Rental in Atlanta, GA, a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, and a member of the Catholic Church, he was the son of...
Charles Tyson Ferrell
Nov 17, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Tyson's Corner, Maryland native Charles Tyson Ferrell, age 54, was born February 26, 1962 and died November 17, 2016 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A Registered Nurse with Centennial Medical Center, he was the son of the late Charles Franklin and Mary Elizabeth Carr Ferrell. He is survived by...
Bob Forrest Burch
Nov 13, 2016
McMinnville resident and Putnam County, TN native Bob Forrest Burch, age 46, was born November 17, 1969 and died November 13, 2016 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a one-year illness. An employee of Warren County Utility District, United States Army veteran of Desert Storm and member of the Earleyville Church of Christ, he was the son...
Virgie Mae Ward
Nov 12, 2016
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County, TN native Virgie Mae Ward, age 91, was born October 5, 1925 and died November 12, 2016 at her residence. A retired babysitter and member of Madison Street Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Hassie Hillis Simons. She was married June 29, 1947 to John Wesley Ward, Jr. who...
Randall Conover Snoddy
Nov 12, 2016
Colorado Springs, CO resident and Coffee County, TN native Randall Conover Snoddy, age 93, was born April 16, 1923 and died November 12, 2016 at Pikes Peak Hospice at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO. A retired veteran with the United States Marines where he served during WWII, Korea and Vietnam, and a member of the Church of Christ, he...
Tina Marie Smartt
Nov 12, 2016
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native Tina Marie Smartt, age 52, was born October 19, 1964 and died November 12, 2016 at her residence. A homemaker and member of the Pentecostal Church, she was the daughter of Charles and Helen Leverett Anderson of McMinnville. She was married November 1, 1989 to Gregory Ross Smartt of McMinnville. She was preceded...
Royce Turner
Nov 11, 2016
Spencer, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Royce Turner, age 56, was born September 14, 1960 and died suddenly November 11, 2016 at St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. A self-employed logger, he was the son of Betty Turner of McMinnville and the late Francis William Turner. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by son, Colby Turner....
Anh Bui
Nov 11, 2016
Anh Bui, age 82, a Nashville, TN resident and Binh Dinh, Vietnam native died November 11, 2016 following a brief illness. She was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother and friend. Mrs. Bui was married to Vy Nguyen who preceded her in death. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Trevor and Lucky Nguyen of McMinnville, TN; and grandson, Eric Nguyen of...
William McKinley "Bill" Askew, Jr.
Nov 8, 2016
William McKinley “Bill” Askew, Jr., age 77, a McMinnville, TN resident and Manchester, TN native died November 8, 2016 in Erlanger Medical Center following a sudden illness. A veteran of the United States Army, owner of Baga Printing Company and member of Stones River Car Club and First Baptist Church, he was the son of the late William McKinley Askew,...
Timothy Ray Smith
Nov 8, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Portland, OR native Timothy Ray Smith, age 57, was born March 5, 1959 and died November 8, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. A nursery worker and construction worker with Southern State Construction Company, he was the son of Loretta Simmons Smith of McMinnville and the late James Howard Smith, Sr. In addition to...
Norman William Marttala
Nov 7, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and New Castle, PA native Norman William Marttala, age 83, was born April 18, 1933 and died November 7, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired metallurgical engineer with the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Army veteran of Korea, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, he was the son...
