Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Jewel Marie Taylor
Feb 28, 2016
Jewel Marie Taylor, age 94, a Smyrna, TN resident and Putnam County, native died February 28, 2016 in Diversicare of Smyrna following a brief illness. She was a self employed caregiver, member of Living Springs Baptist Church and daughter of the late Jessie Thomas and Vona Ramsey Hudson. Mrs. Taylor was married to Willie Benton Taylor who preceded her in...
Carl Lynn Weddington
Feb 27, 2016
Carl Lynn Weddington, age 50, was born September 13, 1965 in Warren County, TN and died February 27, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. A factory worker with Smithport Cabinetry, he was the son of the late Carl Gene and Arlene Scott Weddington. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Henry and...
Vivian Pauline Roberts
Feb 24, 2016
Vivian Pauline Roberts, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Jackson County, TN native died February 24, 2016 in Webb House Retirement Center following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Herbert Baugh and Ara Chaffin Smith. Mrs. Roberts was married March 16, 1946 to Ray Douglas Roberts who...
Jerry Lynn Butler
Feb 22, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Christian County, KY native Jerry Lynn Butler, age 71, was born March 7, 1944 and died February 22, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired police chief with Las Animas, CO, he was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson and Helen Long Butler. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Della Elaine Toomer
Feb 22, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Wichita, KS native Della Elaine Toomer, age 56, was born April 15, 1959 and died February 22, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired surgical tech with St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, AZ and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Albert Cantrell of McMinnville and the late...
Charles William Davis, Sr.
Feb 21, 2016
The Colony, TX resident and Davidson County, TN native Charles William Davis, Sr., age 85, was born March 20, 1930 and died February 21, 2016 at his daughter's residence in Texas following an extended illness. A retired Southern Baptist Minister and a United States Navy veteran of the Korean War, he was the son of the late John William and...
William J. "Billy Joe" Campbell
Feb 20, 2016
William J. "Billy Joe" Campbell, 67, passed away peacefully in his home in Floral City, FL on February 20, 2016. William was born on November 3, 1948 in McMinnville, TN to the late Winford A. and Anna Frances Campbell. He worked as a Health Physics Technician in the Nuclear Power Industry and served his country as a member of the...
Glenn Bowhall
Feb 18, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Howell, MI native Glenn Bowhall, age 57, was born September 22, 1958 and died February 18, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. The store manager for Kangaroo Express and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Robert and Ruth Esther Dreyer Bowhall. In addition to his parents, he was...
Judy Gail Smartt
Feb 18, 2016
Judy Gail Smartt, age 71, a Sparta, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died February 18, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. Ms. Smartt was a retired employee with the Carrier Corporation, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Everett Lee and Wilma Hillis Dunlap. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
James "Jim" Cooper Shockley
Feb 17, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native James "Jim" Cooper Shockley, age 77, was born September 26, 1938 and died February 17, 2016 at VA TN Valley Healthcare System in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. The retired owner of Shockley Carpet and a United States Navy veteran, he was the son of the late Roy Cooper and Ruby...
Lindalee Doss
Feb 16, 2016
Lindalee Doss, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Beverly, MA native died February 16, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired employee with Huber Suhner in Vermont, member of Locust Street Church of God and daughter of the late Benjamin and Dorothy L. Conley Hutchinson. Mrs. Doss was married January 7,...
Marcus Dewitt "Buddy" Meadows, Jr.
Feb 14, 2016
Hazlehurst, MS resident and Warren County native Marcus Dewitt "Buddy" Meadows, Jr., age 97, was born July 12, 1918 and died February 14, 2016 at Pine Crest Guest Home in Hazlehurst following an extended illness. The former owner of The Cloth Shop, United States Air Force veteran and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Shirlee Lois Stiles Young
Feb 14, 2016
Quebeck, TN resident and Warren County native Shirlee Lois Stiles Young, age 75, was born July 4, 1940 and died February 14, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A supervisor at Kroger and member of the DeRossett Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Ross and Clista Gribble Stiles. In addition...
Herbert Lee Ashley
Feb 13, 2016
Sparta, TN resident and Franklin County, TN native Herbert Lee Ashley, age 75, was born March 30, 1940 and died February 13, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a one-year illness. Mr. Ashley was the Purchasing Manager for Powermatic Corporation where he worked for twenty-seven years, member of Central Church of Christ in Sparta, TN, a graduate of...
Evelyn Marie Humphrey
Feb 12, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Evelyn Marie Humphrey, age 78, was born May 10, 1937 and died February 12, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. Retired from Findlay Industries and a member of Unity Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Brown and Nannie Elizabeth Jordan Prater. She was...
Penny Dale Gunter
Feb 11, 2016
Penny Dale Gunter, age 56, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died February 11, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of First Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Faith and daughter of the late Willard and Hazel King Rutledge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Kimberly Renee Black
Feb 9, 2016
Wilson, OK resident and DeKalb County, TN native (formerly of McMinnville), Kimberly Renee Black, age 46, was born November 4, 1969 and died suddenly February 9, 2016 in Ardmore, OK. Kimberly attended high school in McMinnville, graduating in 1987. She then moved to Florida for five years, then to Michigan before moving to Oklahoma in 2009, where she lived for...
Alene Priest Duggin
Feb 9, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Alene Priest Duggin, age 74, was born July 1, 1941 and died February 9, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. Retired from Rockford Textile Company and a member of Locust St. Church of God, she was the daughter of the late John James and Mary Maggie Richardson Priest. In addition...
Ruth Green
Feb 6, 2016
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ruth Green, age 73, was born August 20, 1942 and died February 6, 2016 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A retired Registered Nurse with Baptist, St. Thomas and Vanderbilt Hospitals and member of the Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E....
Sara Frances Moore
Feb 6, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Sara Frances Moore, age 88, was born March 6, 1927 and died February 6, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital. A homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Sally Stroud Henegar. She was married to Clarence Aubry Moore who preceded...
