Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Miss Janie R. Moore
Mar 28, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Miss Janie R. Moore, age 72, was born February 16, 1943 and died March 28, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired educator and principal at Centertown Elementary School and a member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Willie L. Fuston of Morrison, TN and...
Mary West Curtis
Mar 27, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Mary West Curtis, age 91, was born November 25, 1923 and died March 27, 2015 at Spring City Care & Rehab in Spring City, TN following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, and in her retirement years, a school cafeteria monitor where she befriended many children, teachers and staff. An active...
Fannie Alliene Leonheart
Mar 20, 2015
Fannie Alliene Leonheart, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died March 20, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Ohio Rubber Corp., member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Harvey and Verline Turner Wilson, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Ray Hendrix
Mar 20, 2015
Ray Allen Hendrix, age 48, a McMinnville, TN resident and Sweetwater, TX native died March 20, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. He was an employee of Carrier Corp., member of Webb's Chapel Methodist Church and son of David and Coletta George Hendrix of McMinnville. He was married January 24, 1986 to Joan Jacobs Hendrix who survives. In...
Ruby Jackson West
Mar 17, 2015
Ruby Jackson Gay West of McMinnville was born June 12, 1927 and peacefully went to her heavenly reward on March 17, 2015. Mrs. West was a homemaker and nursery woman and was well known for her love of cooking big meals for her family. She was a member of Turning Point United Pentecostal Church where she enjoyed her role of...
Donald Albert Wray
Mar 17, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Limestone County, AL native Donald Albert Wray, age 66, was born March 18, 1948 and died March 17, 2015 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A mechanic with Carco in Nashville, TN and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Katie Collins Thomas of McMinnville and the late Albert Wray....
Donna Elizabeth Abercrombie Rutherford
Mar 17, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Chattanooga, TN native Donna Elizabeth Abercrombie Rutherford, age 56, was born September 26, 1958 and died March 17, 2015 at her residence following a four-year illness. A medical transcriptionist and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of Carolyn Roberson Abercrombie of McMinnville and the late Richard Abercrombie. She was married May...
Frances Faye Steinmann
Mar 16, 2015
Frances Faye Steinmann, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Pound, VA native died March 16, 2015 at Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of God and daughter of the late Edmund and Opal Mullins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Leslie Russell;...
Kristal Lee Hall
Mar 14, 2015
Kristal Lee Hall, age 46, a Winchester, TN resident and Winter Haven, FL native died suddenly March 14, 2015 at the Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, TN. She was a homemaker, member of Winchester Church of Christ and daughter of Gary Williams of Texas and Carol Melody of Florida. She was married to Tim Hall who survives. In addition to...
James Smith Webb
Mar 14, 2015
James Smith Webb, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native died March 14, 2015 following an extended illness. He was self employed in rental properties, member of the First Baptist Church and son of the late Herbert and Sarah Jane Bain Webb. He was married to Betty Ruth Davenport Webb who preceded him in death February...
Jimmie Dale Ferrell
Mar 11, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Woodbury, TN native Jimmie Dale Ferrell, age 70, was born April 10, 1944 and died March 11, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A retired employee of Kunkle Foundry in Huntington, IN, he was the son of the late Hershel Wayne and Georgia Laurine Pack Ferrell. In addition to...
John Anthony "Tony" Woodlee
Mar 10, 2015
Chattanooga, TN resident and Warren County, TN native John Anthony "Tony" Woodlee, age 53, was born April 11, 1961 and died suddenly March 10, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. A retail manager with Hobby Lobby in Hixson, TN, he was the son of Dorothy Jean Nelms Woodlee of McMinnville and the late Alvin Lierd Woodlee. He was...
Doretha Marie Moore Qualls
Mar 10, 2015
Lincoln Park, MI resident and Groveport, OH native Doretha Marie Moore Qualls, age 77, was born July 22, 1937 and died March 10, 2015 at her daughter's residence in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired employee from Meijer Company and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Mary Pennington Moore....
Jessie Floyd McGee
Mar 10, 2015
Jessie Floyd McGee, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died March 10, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of Carrier Corp., member of the Church of Christ at Smyrna and son of the late Alton and Gladys Ford McGee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
James Everett Walling
Mar 7, 2015
James Everett Walling, a McMinnville, TN resident and Bledsoe County,TN native died March 7, 2015 at River Park Hospital. He was the retired owner of Black Cat Tire Exchange, Village Car Wash and Vilco Supply. He was active in the Jaycees and honored in the McMinnville Rotary Club with the Paul Harris Fellowship award. For several years he served on...
Francis Keith McGowan
Mar 7, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Marion, KS native Francis Keith McGowan, age 93, was born May 2, 1921 and died March 7, 2015 at The Webb House in McMinnville following an extended illness. The son of the late Jacob Samuel and Minnie Emeline Noble McGowan, he was a retired nuclear physicist with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a United States Army...
Richard Lynn McCormick
Mar 6, 2015
Mr. Richard Lynn McCormick, age 52 of Sparta, passed away Friday March 6, 2015. Richard was born November 10, 1962 in Sparta, Tennessee to Judy Ann Whiteaker McCormick and the late Lynn Douglas McCormick. He was a former truck driver. In addition to his father he is also preceded in death by grandparents Ed & Birdie Mae McCormick, Perry &...
Mary Colleen Garner Jarrell
Mar 6, 2015
Mary Colleen Garner Jarrell passed from this life on March 6, 2015 at the age of 87. The daughter of Verner Allen Garner and Jane Wright Garner, Mary grew up in Viola. She graduated as the Valedictorian of McMinnville Central High School in 1946, and from George Peabody College in 1950, with a degree in math and science. In 1954,...
Michael Lee Rhea
Mar 6, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Michael Lee Rhea, age 63, was born May 5, 1951 and died March 6, 2015 at the Nashville Veterans Hospital following an extended illness. A retired home builder, a United States Army veteran and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Dollie Roberts Rhea of McMinnville and the...
Catherine Nunley Hennessee
Mar 4, 2015
Ms. Catherine Nunley Hennessee was born August 9, 1936 and went to her home in heaven on March 4, 2015 from River Park Hospital after an extended illness. She is preceded in death by her husband, Billy Hennessee; her parents, Will and Della Nunley; brothers, Howard, Sherman and Edward Nunley and sister, Edna Mae Nunley Orzech. She is survived by...
