Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
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...
