Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
Harold Grey Glenn
Dec 19, 2015
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Harold Grey Glenn, age 84, was born August 8, 1931 and died December 19, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a brief illness. Longtime Warren County Road Superintendent and member of the Bluff Springs Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Venus and Myrtle Mayfield Glenn. In...
Carol Annette Barrett
Dec 19, 2015
Carol Annette Barrett, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died December 19, 2015 at her residence following a one-year illness. Mrs. Barrett was a kindergarten teacher for forty-one years at Eastside Elementary School, member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ and daughter of the late Leonard Woodrow and Mildred Inez Gribble Glenn. She was married...
Gladys Young Prater
Dec 18, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Gladys Young Prater, age 85, was born May 17, 1930 and died December 18, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. Retired from McMinnville Garment Company and a member of Morrison Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Houston and Hester Parker Young. She was married June 27,...
Martha Jean Hudson
Dec 17, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Scottsboro, AL native Martha Jean Hudson, age 58, was born October 20, 1957 and died December 17, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A factory worker at Findlay Industries and a member of Victory Free Will Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late James and Martha Pauline...
Emma Gladys Pope
Dec 17, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Emma Gladys Pope, age 90, was born November 5, 1925 and died December 17, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from Carrier Air Conditioning Company and a member of Grange Hall Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Bryan and Lodema Roberts Bouldin. She...
Melba Fraley
Dec 15, 2015
Melba Cain Fraley, age 99, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died December 15, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Hugh and Myrtle Hall Cain. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husband, Walling Fraley in...
Nellie Starkey
Dec 14, 2015
Nellie Starkey, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died December 14, 2015 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Smyrna Church of Christ and daughter of the late Noah Howard Byron and Rena Catherine Jarrels Keel. Mrs. Starkey was married June 29, 1956 to Alford...
Robert Kendall Davis, Jr.
Dec 13, 2015
Robert Kendall Davis, Jr., age 70, a Rock Island, TN resident and San Jose, Costa Rica native died December 13, 2015 at his residence following a three-year illness. He was a disabled United States Army veteran, member of Campaign Church of God and son of the late Robert K. and Joan H. Hamlin Davis, Sr. Mr. Davis was married February...
Hassie Lee Dykes
Dec 11, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Hassie Lee Dykes, age 79, was born April 1, 1936 and died December 11, 2015 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. Retired from B & P Lamp Supply and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Thurman and Della Myers Basham. In...
Clyde Moore
Dec 10, 2015
Clyde Moore, age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died December 10, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of McMinnville Electric System, member of the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church and son of the late Frank and Grace Riggs Moore. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...
Linda G. Bates Young
Dec 9, 2015
Holland, OH resident and McMinnville, TN native Linda G. Bates Young, age 72, was born June 9, 1943 and died December 9, 2015 at the Hospice of Northwest Ohio following an extended illness. A retired nurse's aide, she was the daughter of the late Toy and Hazel Starkey Bates. She was married October 13, 1961 to Glenn Montgomery Young who...
Stella Mae Caten
Dec 9, 2015
Stella Mae Johnson Caten, age 76, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native died December 9, 2015 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. Mrs. Caten was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late George Thomson "Jack McGuire" and Levina Polly Hale Johnson. She was married in July of...
Luther Wayne Fisher
Dec 9, 2015
Luther Wayne Fisher, age 68, a Sparta, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native died December 9, 2015 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was an employee with White County Lumber, member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church and son of the late Luke Lee and Ovlean Hendrixson Fisher. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
Betty Joyce Dillard
Dec 8, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Betty Joyce Dillard, age 73, was born May 22, 1942 and died December 8, 2015 at her residence following a long illness. A self-employed home cleaner, she was the daughter of the late Herman D. and Myrena Womack Looper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers,...
Billie Lee Fuston
Dec 8, 2015
Billie Lee Pierce Fuston, McMinnville, TN resident and Ringgold, GA native, passed this life December 8, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville after a lingering illness. She was born May 31, 1920 and was 95 years of age. Until her health declined, she was a faithful member of the East End Church of Christ. She was a loving wife, a...
