Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
James Claude Norrod
Jan 6, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James Claude Norrod, age 69, was born April 3, 1947 and died January 6, 2017 at his residence following a brief illness. A self-employed heavy equipment operator and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, he was the son of the late Claude Benton Norrod and Rosie Lee Hale Simmons....
Margie Sadler
Jan 4, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Jackson County, TN native Margie Sadler, age 88, was born February 29, 1928 and died January 4, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired waitress at Stewart's Pharmacy for 30 years and a member of Arlington Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Benton and Tenny Sutton Shoemake. She was...
Sheena Danielle Jones
Jan 4, 2017
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Sheena Danielle Jones, age 33, was born October 21, 1983 and died suddenly January 4, 2017 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital. A machine operator with McMinnville Tool & Die and a member of the Pentecostal Church, she was the daughter of the late Mark James Hill. In addition to her father,...
Mary Jeraldine Arnold
Jan 3, 2017
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Mary Jeraldine Arnold, age 58, was born November 5, 1958 and died January 3, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Wilma Young Judkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Anna Ruth Foster
Jan 3, 2017
Anna Ruth Foster, age 91, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born August 27, 1925 and died January 3, 2017 in Raintree Manor following a two-month illness. She was a retired clerk from the Warren County Health Department, member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ and daughter of the late James Robert "Jim" and Ada Cantrell...
Paul Douglas Grissom
Jan 1, 2017
Paul Douglas Grissom, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born April 22, 1942 and died January 1, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of McMinnville Water Department, member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church and son of the late Phillip Lee and Velma Jewel Simons Grissom. In...
Charlotte Christine Clemons
Jan 1, 2017
Charlotte Christine Clemons, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native was born April 11, 1936 and died January 1, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Victory Freewill Baptist Church and daughter of the late Christopher C. and Eugena Cleo Luna Young. In addition to her parents, she was...
Ozelle Hall Wilson
Jan 1, 2017
Ozelle Hall Wilson, age 97, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 28, 1919 and died January 1, 2017 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Ernest and Nellie Shirley Barnes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
James Garey Vanatta
Dec 31, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native James Garey Vanatta, age 62, was born January 1, 1954 and died December 31, 2016 at his residence following an eight-month illness. A self-employed construction worker and a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, he was the son of Ruth Vanatta of McMinnville and the late James Thomas Vanatta. In addition to...
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...
