Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Flavil Ray Pitts
Feb 5, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Flavil Ray Pitts, age 88, was born June 27, 1927 and died February 5, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired auditor with Chrysler Corporation, a United States Army veteran of WWII, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Jacqueline Woodlee Thompson
Feb 3, 2016
Van Buren County, TN resident and Chattanooga, TN native, Jacqueline Woodlee Thompson, age 73, was born February 25, 1942 and died February 3, 2016 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Josephine Woodlee and the late Livy B. Woodlee. She was married in...
Gloria Kline DaCosta
Feb 3, 2016
Gloria Kline DaCosta, 91, a Winter Park, FL, resident, and Warren County, TN native, died on February 3rd at her childhood home in the Irving College community following an extended illness. Gloria was a loving and dedicated wife, long-time federal employee, and daughter of the late Elijah D. And Myrtle Hall Cain Martin. In addition to her parents, she was...
Terry Stanley Caldwell
Feb 2, 2016
Terry Stanley Caldwell, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died February 2, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a construction worker, member of Centertown United Methodist Church and son of the late Eugene and Willie Elliott Caldwell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Ernie Caldwell....
Steven Taylor Johnson
Feb 1, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Gadsden, AL native Steven Taylor Johnson, age 53, was born February 22, 1962 and died February 1, 2016 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. The Director of Human Resources for Caney Fork Electric, he was the son of the late James Edward and Sara Frances Taylor Johnson. In addition to...
Kenneth Clyde Sweeton
Feb 1, 2016
Kenneth Clyde Sweeton, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native died February 1, 2016 in St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville following a sudden illness. He was a retired manager for Lear Siegler, member of Faith Chapel Church and son of the late John William Edward and Maude Effie Hargis Sweeton. Mr. Sweeton was married July...
Barbara Jane Hall
Jan 31, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Barbara Jane Hall, age 76, was born July 30, 1939 and died January 31, 2016 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a short illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Enoch and Mina Wilson Turner. She was married August 20, 1955 to Hubert Clarence Hall who...
Pearlie Louise King Harper
Jan 30, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Fayetteville, TN native Pearlie Louise King Harper, age 83, was born April 14, 1932 and died January 30, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. Retired from Carrier Air Conditioning Company and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Green King. In addition to her parents,...
Buford Lee Hitchcock
Jan 30, 2016
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Buford Lee Hitchcock, age 86, was born September 22, 1929 and died January 30, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. A self-employed dairy farmer and a member of the Church of God, he was the son of the late Horace Edward and Sophia Electa George Hitchcock. In addition to...
Helen Marie Lefevers Moore
Jan 27, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Helen Marie Lefevers Moore, age 89, was born June 1, 1926 and died January 27, 2016 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late James Madison and Eulan Mae Tharp Lefevers. She was married October 4,...
Robert Jerry Ware
Jan 23, 2016
Robert Jerry Ware, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 23, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a self-employed nurseryman, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late Thurman and Gilberta Woodlee Ware. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by son, Jeremy Ware. Mr....
Roy Thomas Meadows
Jan 20, 2016
Roy Thomas Meadows, age 95, a McMinnville, TN resident and Westmoreland, TN native died January 20, 2016 in Quality Care Nursing Home in Lebanon, TN. He worked as a carpenter and was the son of the late Virgil and Sadie Curtis Meadows. Mr. Meadows is survived by daughters, Linda (Steve) Derryberry of Portland, TN and Wanda Baker of Huntsville, AL;...
Josephine Virginia Martin
Jan 20, 2016
Josephine Virginia Martin, age 98, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 20, 2016 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following a short illness. She was a homemaker, member of Clark United Methodist Church and daughter of the late Foster and Thula Looper Martin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husband, Raymond...
Leo Glenn Donley
Jan 19, 2016
Morrison, TN resident and Battle Creek, MI native Leo Glenn Donley, age 82, was born April 18, 1933 and died January 19, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from the Kellogg Company after 38 years of service, a United States veteran of the Korean war, and a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he was...
Burl Robert Schafer
Jan 19, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Gary, IN native Burl Robert Schafer, age 73, was born May 7, 1942 and died January 19, 2016 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN following an extended illness. A retired driver for Med-Ride, a United States Army veteran, member of Martin City Masonic Lodge #551 in Martin, TN, member of the American Legion Post...
Margaret Juanita Johnson
Jan 18, 2016
Margaret Juanita Johnson, age 76, a Shelbyville, TN resident and Spencer, TN native died January 18, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Carroll and Polly Ann Manus Simmons. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Clifford Johnson; sons, Randall...
Virginia Phifer Patton
Jan 16, 2016
Murfreesboro, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Virginia Phifer Patton, age 84, was born December 13, 1931 and died January 16, 2016 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro following an extended illness. A member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Forest and Mary Boyd Phifer. She was married May 27, 1949 to...
Carolyn Duane Turner
Jan 16, 2016
Smithville, TN resident and Eva, AL native Carolyn Duane Turner, age 77, was born April 1, 1938 and died January 16, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee from Oster Corporation and a member of Corinth Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Linzy Elton and Ann Tanner Mason. She...
Sara Jean Colville Slayden
Jan 16, 2016
Sara Jean Colville Slayden, 95, of Knoxville, TN, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2016, and is at home with her Lord. She was born July 24, 1920 in McMinnville, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Lytle Colville and Bessie Smith Colville, her husband, J. Paul Slayden; infant daughter, Sara Beth Slayden; and by her infant...
Clifton Edward Sparkman
Jan 14, 2016
Clifton Edward Sparkman, 92, was born January 4, 1924 to C.E. (Clifton) and Ethel Miller Sparkman in the Bone Cave Community of Van Buren County, TN. The fourth of six children, he grew up on a farm that had the long heritage of an early pioneering family with influence in the center of the community. Young Edward was known to...
