Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Terrence Lee Tinker
Apr 25, 2016
Terrence Lee Tinker passed away on April 25, 2016 at the age of 63 in Murfreesboro, TN. Terry was born April 5, 1953 in Washington, D.C. to Thomas and Beverly Tinker. Terry's father, Thomas, served in the United States Air Force, so Terry had the opportunity to live in Europe as well as several states in the U.S. Terry also...
Doris Lee Argo Starkey
Apr 24, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Doris Lee Argo Starkey, age 79, was born October 31, 1936 and died April 24, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired clerk with the Warren County Register of Deeds and a member of East End Church of Christ, she was married July 17, 1955 to J.M....
Loid Kenneth "Mouse" Boles
Apr 23, 2016
Loid Kenneth “Mouse” Boles, age 53, a McMinnville, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native died April 23, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was an employee with Burroughs-Ross-Colville Co., LLC, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and son of the late Loid Estell B. and Beulah Mae McGuire Boles. Mr. Boles was married to Vickie Mae...
Betty Ruth Long
Apr 21, 2016
Betty Ruth Long, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Marion County, TN native died April 21, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired employee with Arwood Can Company, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Early Howard and Emma Lee Green Jaco. Mrs. Long was married November 3, 1962 to...
Ina Lee Ryan
Apr 16, 2016
Ina Lee Ryan, age 81, a Morrison, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native died April 16, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired Registered Nurse with the Warren County Health Department, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Alec and Belle Grissom Johnson. In addition to...
Barbara Jean Allison
Apr 15, 2016
Fort Oglethorpe, GA resident and Detroit, MI native Barbara Jean Allison, age 72, was born March 22, 1944 and died April 15, 2016 at Pruitt Health in Fort Oglethorpe, GA following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Bayside Baptist Church in Harrison, TN, she was the daughter of the late Temple James and Evelyn Grey Roberts Wright. She...
Brian Patrick Blaylock
Apr 13, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Smyrna, TN native Brian Patrick Blaylock, age 46, was born December 26, 1969 and died suddenly April 13, 2016 at his residence. An employee of Yorozu, a graduate of Motlow Community College, and a member of Bethel United Methodist Church, he was the son of Jo Ann Lowery Blaylock of Smithville, TN and the late William...
Teddy Lee Collins
Apr 13, 2016
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Teddy Lee Collins, age 47, was born September 10, 1968 and died April 13, 2016 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN following a sudden illness. A nursery worker and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Mildred Herrin of the Vervilla Community and Alford Collins of Athens,...
Marsha Lynne Reaves
Apr 12, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Augusta, GA native Marsha Lynne Reaves, age 61, was born February 9, 1955 and died April 12, 2016 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired rural mail carrier and member of Shellsford Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Zora Chastain Waldrop. She was married...
Ben Rutledge
Apr 12, 2016
Ben Rutledge, age 89, a Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died April 12, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a retired employee of Ames Manufacturing, member of Friendship The Baptist Church and son of the late Levater and Lydie Belle Priest Rutledge. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Alton "Al" Webb
Apr 11, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Alton "Al" Webb, age 81, was born November 5, 1934 and died April 11, 2016 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A retired electrical technologist supervisor at UTSI, a United States Army veteran and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Oval James and...
Linda Joyce Magness
Apr 10, 2016
Linda Joyce Magness, age 73, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died April 10, 2016 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a short illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Waymon and Iola Killian Cagle. Mrs. Magness was married to Henry Magness, Jr. who survives. In addition to...
Alice Hillis Whiteaker
Apr 9, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Hazel Green, AL native Alice Hillis Whiteaker, age 85, was born May 5, 1930 and died April 9, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired employee from Carrier Corporation, the owner and operator of Whiteaker's Gift Shop, and a member of Smartt Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Solomon...
Ione Virginia Mae Marchbanks
Apr 9, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ione Virginia Mae Marchbanks, age 88, was born May 17, 1927 and died April 9, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired housekeeper and member of East End Drive Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Ruby Spurlock Smith, Sr. She was...
Carolyn Sue Dodson Bostick
Apr 8, 2016
Carolyn Sue Dodson Bostick, 78---Beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed peacefully from this life in the early hours of April 8, 2016 at NHC after a brief illness. A McMinnville resident, she was born in Monterey, TN on January 5, 1938 to the late Roe Sherman Dodson and Ella Mae Breedlove Dodson Jones. Mrs. Bostick was married January 8, 1959...
Lisa Sue Boyd
Apr 8, 2016
Lisa Sue Boyd, age 58, a Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died April 8, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired employee of Century Electric, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of Dorothy Dykes Mayfield of Campaign, TN and the late Leonard C. Mayfield. In addition...
Tressie Sue Hitchcock
Apr 7, 2016
Tressie Sue Hitchcock, age 62, a McMinnville, TN resident and Brinkley, AR native died April 7, 2016 in Erlanger Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was the owner of Tressie's School of Gymnastics and daughter of the late Earl and Myrtle Mae Norman Goode. Survivors include children and spouses Randy Hitchcock and wife Lori, Jonathan Hitchcock and wife Allison,...
Larry Dan Snow
Apr 5, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Larry Dan Snow, age 69, was born December 16, 1946 and died suddenly April 5, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital. A retired foreman with Carrier Corporation, a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, he was the son of Mary Snow of...
Shirley Ann Boles
Apr 5, 2016
Shirley Ann Boles, age 67, a McMinnville, TN resident and Fayetteville, TN native died April 5, 2016 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, member of Victory Free Will Baptist Church and daughter of the late J.W. Painter and Ruby Nell Boles. Mrs. Boles was married April 14, 1978 to Mearl Boles who survives....
Jeral Stanton Rowland
Apr 2, 2016
Jeral Stanton Rowland, age 69, a McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native died April 2, 2016 at his residence following a brief illness. He was a retired truck driver with Freedom Express, veteran of the Tennessee Army National Guard, member of Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church, and son of the late Jeral Ross and Pauline Lowery Rowland. In addition...
