Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
John Lambert Duncan
Sep 10, 2016
John Lambert Duncan, age 92, a McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native died September 10, 2016 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of McMinnville Electric and a United States Army veteran of World War II, where he served in the Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion Medical Detachment as a Surgical Technician 861 in Northern...
Calvin Clyde Herrin
Sep 8, 2016
Calvin Clyde Herrin, age 75, a Vervilla Community resident and DeKalb County, TN native died September 8, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired machinist with Powermatic, member of the Church of Christ and son of the late Warren and Martha Belle Steele Herrin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
James Larry Youngblood
Sep 8, 2016
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James Larry Youngblood, age 69, was born October 14, 1946 and died September 8, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired forklift operator with Carrier Corporation and a member of Morrison United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Arry and Alma Wood Youngblood. In...
Julia Grace Winfree Pitts
Sep 6, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Julia Grace Winfree Pitts, age 87, was born May 9, 1929 and died September 6, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A homemaker and member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Buford and Quixie Marie Newby Turner. She was married...
Frankie Golden
Sep 6, 2016
Frankie Golden, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died September 6, 2016 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a sudden illness. Ms. Golden was a retired school teacher and had taught in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee. She was a member of Central Church of Christ and daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Charlotte...
Jesse Newton Fitts
Sep 4, 2016
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Jesse Newton Fitts, age 96, was born February 26, 1920 and died September 4, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park following an extended illness. Jesse was the last surviving child of the late Samuel Walker Fitts and Ethel Rosetta Hendrickson Fitts. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Jasper,...
Nancy Carole Holder
Sep 3, 2016
Nancy Carole Holder, age 69, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died September 3, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired LPN with NHC Home Care and River Park Hospital, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Albert Lloyd and Bertha Louise Blair Elrod. She...
Ralph Lewis Hamby
Sep 3, 2016
Ralph Lewis Hamby, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Winston, GA native died September 3, 2016 in Webb House of McMinnville following a brief illness. He was a retired mechanic with American Airlines, veteran of the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late Reese Frank Hamby and...
Lois Montandon
Sep 1, 2016
Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Lois Montandon, age 89, was born March 5, 1927 and died September 1, 2016 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN following an extended illness. Retired from Genesco, she was the daughter of the late Willie C. and Dovie Alice Craig Mills. She was married October 2, 1946...
Vicki Lynn Pryor
Aug 30, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Madison County, AL native Vicki Lynn Pryor, age 60, was born June 7, 1956 and died August 30, 2016 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired nurse with Dr. Del Valle and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Lloyd and Loyce Wimberly McCoy. In addition...
Dorothy Lillian Cantrell
Aug 30, 2016
Dorothy Lillian Cantrell, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 30, 2016 at NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. She was retired from Kingston Timer, a member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Aaron & Lillie Belle Roach Pepper. She was married May 23, 1945 to Newman Houston...
John Wesley Allen Young
Aug 27, 2016
John Wesley Allen Young, age 33, a Christiana, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native passed suddenly at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on August 27, 2016. He was a foreman at Platinum Roofing and son of Jeff Young of Murfreesboro, TN and Nancy Haley of McMinnville, TN. Mr. Young was married to Kelly Brown Young who survives. In addition to...
Sarah Francis Brown
Aug 27, 2016
Sarah Francis Brown, age 95, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 27, 2016 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of East End Drive Church of Christ and daughter of the late George and Mattie Bell Guess Coonrod. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by daughters,...
Henry Hugh Starkey
Aug 26, 2016
Henry Hugh Starkey, age 92, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 26, 2016 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was retired from the Ford Motor Company, a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, member of the Church of Christ and son of the late Herman...
Eloise Dunn Eaton
Aug 25, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Murfreesboro, TN native Eloise Dunn Eaton, age 89, was born December 14, 1926 and died August 25, 2016 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A homemaker and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Orman Lytle and Elizabeth Almetia Warren Dunn. She was married July 20,...
Sarah Marie Starkey
Aug 24, 2016
Spencer, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Sarah Marie Starkey, age 77, was born August 18, 1939 and died August 24, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Free Will Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late George Monroe and Mary L. Moore Pack. She was married...
Erma Barr
Aug 23, 2016
Erma Barr, age 80, a Mt. Juliet, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native died August 23, 2016 in Carrick Glen Assisted Living Center following a brief illness. She was a retired sales person with D & M Distributing, member of Silver Springs Baptist Church and daughter of the late Roe and Bertha Hutchings Barr. In addition to her parents,...
Paul Carson Davis
Aug 23, 2016
Paul Carson Davis, age 76, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 23, 2016 in NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. He was the retired owner of National Sheet Metal, member of Bonner Church of Christ and son of the late Issac M. and Zola Franks Davis. In addition to his parents, he was...
Margaret Marie Smith
Aug 22, 2016
Margaret Marie Smith of Ft. Myers, Florida passed away Monday, August 22, 2016. Born on June 29, 1939, in McMinnville, Tennessee to Charley and Catherine Blanks Pistole, she enjoyed an idyllic childhood growing up on a rural, working farm. Marie attended Central High School and grew up as a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church. After high school, she worked...
Gary Lee Surber, Sr.
Aug 21, 2016
Gary Lee Surber, Sr., age 69, a Rock Island, TN resident and Campbell County, TN native died August 21, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired employee with Ferodo, member of Fall City Baptist Church and son of the late R.C. and Shirley Lee Freeman Surber. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
