Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
Judith Darlene Argo
Jan 14, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Whiting, IN native Judith Darlene Argo, age 58, was born May 13, 1957 and died January 14, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A homemaker, song writer, member and one of the lead singers of "Just Passn' Thru", and member of the Assembly of God, she was the daughter of the...
Terry Joe Thompson
Jan 11, 2016
Terry Joe Thompson, age 57, a McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native died January 11, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was a self employed nursery contractor, member of Shellsford Baptist Church and son of the late Wayne and Mattie Holland Thompson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Billy Turner
Jan 11, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Billy Turner, age 81, was born August 17, 1934 and died January 11, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. A retired driver from Cumberland Lumber Company, a United States Army veteran, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Bonner Lewis and Vergie...
Audrey Dell Patton Sircy
Jan 10, 2016
Audrey Dell Patton Sircy, age 95, a Madison, AL resident and DeKalb County, TN native died January 10, 2016 at Limestone Health Facility in Athens, AL. She was the owner of Pandora's Box, a member of First Baptist Church and daughter of the late Alvie and Velma Hale Patton. Ms. Sircy is survived by Donna Bond Gaj, Steven, Ted and...
Pearlene Jane Ramsey
Jan 9, 2016
Rock Island, TN resident and Franklin County, TN native Pearlene Jane Ramsey, age 90, was born March 4, 1925 and died January 9, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired machine operator with Genesco and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Lillie Belle Brown. In addition to...
Abbie Lovell Walker
Jan 7, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Cullman, AL native Abbie Lovell Walker, age 80, was born January 1, 1936 and died January 7, 2016 at Raintree Manor following a brief illness. A self-employed merchandiser, she was the daughter of the late Martin Odis and Hilda Schaeffer Lovell. She is survived by two daughters, Lila Walker of Chattanooga, TN and Lise (Tim) Pedigo...
Leonard Troy Rains
Jan 7, 2016
Leonard Troy Rains, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 7, 2016 at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. He was born July 23, 1935 to the late Rufus J. and Dovie Young Rains of McMinnville. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four...
Joe Bryan Glenn
Jan 6, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Joe Bryan Glenn, age 76, was born June 1, 1939 and died January 6, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a sudden illness. A retired real estate salesman and a member of East End Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Arthur Otis "Red" and Nannie Lee Green...
Margaret Jean Sparkman
Jan 6, 2016
Margaret Jean Sparkman, age 60, a McMinnville, TN resident and Goshen, IN native died January 6, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a motor home painter, member of First Baptist Church and daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Garner Collins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by step-son,...
Cleo Gertrude Milstead
Jan 4, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Birmingham, AL native Cleo Gertrude Milstead, age 97, was born December 21, 1918 and died January 4, 2016 at Raintree Manor following a two-month illness. A homemaker and a member of Armstrong Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Dredmon M. and Beulah Madewell Roberts. She was married March 27, 1937 to Charles...
Scottie Ray Gilbert
Jan 2, 2016
Scottie Ray Gilbert, age 46, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 2, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. He was an employee with Highland Rim Construction Company, member of the Church of Christ and son of Junetta Gilbert of McMinnville, TN and the late Billy Howard Gilbert. In addition to...
Pauline Ware Provau
Jan 1, 2016
Cookeville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Pauline Ware Provau, age 86, was born June 5, 1929 and died January 1, 2016 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN following a sudden illness. Retired from Whirlpool in Orlando, FL, a member of Lake Hill Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, and attended Double Springs Baptist Church in Cookeville, TN,...
Brenda Carol Knight
Dec 31, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Bridgeport, AL native Brenda Carol Knight, age 73, was born August 4, 1942 and died December 31, 2015 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital. She was a graduate of the Baptist Hospital Nursing Program, and she received a Nurse Anesthesia Certificate from Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. A retired certified nurse anesthetist at River Park Hospital...
Odell Green
Dec 29, 2015
Rock Island, TN resident and Cumberland County, TN native Odell Green, age 70, was born December 25, 1945 and died December 29, 2015 at his residence following and extended illness. A retired self-employed construction worker, he was the son of the late Leonard Loyd and Tamsey Mae Bilbrey Green. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Nelma Brown Justin
Dec 28, 2015
Nelma Brown Justin, age 90 of McMinnville, died Monday, December 28, 2015. She was born November 5, 1925 in McMinnville to the late James A. and Florence Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Alfred Ray "Happy" Justin; two brothers, James B. "Buddy" Brown and David E. Brown; and four sisters, Flossie...
Jeffery "Jeff" Marion Lytle
Dec 26, 2015
McMinnville resident and Putnam County, TN native Jeffery "Jeff" Marion Lytle, age 52, was born June 6, 1963 and died December 26, 2015 at his residence following a sudden illness. An employee of Burger King and member of the Grange Hall Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Beecher Jewel and Mary Elizabeth Frazier Lytle. Mr. Lytle...
Oliver Myers Donnell
Dec 26, 2015
Franklin, TN resident (formerly of McMinnville) and Warren County native Oliver Myers Donnell, age 85, was born June 19, 1930 and died December 26, 2015 at Grace Healthcare of Franklin, TN following a brief illness. A self-employed truck broker, United States Air Force veteran of Korea and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late...
Velma Bell Hutchings
Dec 26, 2015
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Velma Bell Hutchings, age 81, was born July 16, 1934 and died December 26, 2015 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following and extended illness. A retired employee of Kingston Timers and member of the Bluff Springs Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Delia Curtis Moffitt. She was...
John Harris Smith
Dec 25, 2015
John Harris Smith, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died suddenly December 25, 2015 at his brother's residence in Franklin, TN. He was an employee of Sherwin-Williams Company, a U.S. Navy veteran of Vietnam, member of the Methodist Church and son of the late James Andrew and Katherine Ruth Brooks Smith. Mr. Smith is survived...
