Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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...
Burl Robert Schafer
Jan 19, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Gary, IN native Burl Robert Schafer, age 73, was born May 7, 1942 and died January 19, 2016 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN following an extended illness. A retired driver for Med-Ride, a United States Army veteran, member of Martin City Masonic Lodge #551 in Martin, TN, member of the American Legion Post...
Margaret Juanita Johnson
Jan 18, 2016
Margaret Juanita Johnson, age 76, a Shelbyville, TN resident and Spencer, TN native died January 18, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Carroll and Polly Ann Manus Simmons. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Clifford Johnson; sons, Randall...
Virginia Phifer Patton
Jan 16, 2016
Murfreesboro, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Virginia Phifer Patton, age 84, was born December 13, 1931 and died January 16, 2016 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro following an extended illness. A member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Forest and Mary Boyd Phifer. She was married May 27, 1949 to...
Carolyn Duane Turner
Jan 16, 2016
Smithville, TN resident and Eva, AL native Carolyn Duane Turner, age 77, was born April 1, 1938 and died January 16, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee from Oster Corporation and a member of Corinth Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Linzy Elton and Ann Tanner Mason. She...
Sara Jean Colville Slayden
Jan 16, 2016
Sara Jean Colville Slayden, 95, of Knoxville, TN, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2016, and is at home with her Lord. She was born July 24, 1920 in McMinnville, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Lytle Colville and Bessie Smith Colville, her husband, J. Paul Slayden; infant daughter, Sara Beth Slayden; and by her infant...
Clifton Edward Sparkman
Jan 14, 2016
Clifton Edward Sparkman, 92, was born January 4, 1924 to C.E. (Clifton) and Ethel Miller Sparkman in the Bone Cave Community of Van Buren County, TN. The fourth of six children, he grew up on a farm that had the long heritage of an early pioneering family with influence in the center of the community. Young Edward was known to...
Judith Darlene Argo
Jan 14, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Whiting, IN native Judith Darlene Argo, age 58, was born May 13, 1957 and died January 14, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A homemaker, song writer, member and one of the lead singers of "Just Passn' Thru", and member of the Assembly of God, she was the daughter of the...
Terry Joe Thompson
Jan 11, 2016
Terry Joe Thompson, age 57, a McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native died January 11, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was a self employed nursery contractor, member of Shellsford Baptist Church and son of the late Wayne and Mattie Holland Thompson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Billy Turner
Jan 11, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Billy Turner, age 81, was born August 17, 1934 and died January 11, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. A retired driver from Cumberland Lumber Company, a United States Army veteran, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Bonner Lewis and Vergie...
Audrey Dell Patton Sircy
Jan 10, 2016
Audrey Dell Patton Sircy, age 95, a Madison, AL resident and DeKalb County, TN native died January 10, 2016 at Limestone Health Facility in Athens, AL. She was the owner of Pandora's Box, a member of First Baptist Church and daughter of the late Alvie and Velma Hale Patton. Ms. Sircy is survived by Donna Bond Gaj, Steven, Ted and...
Pearlene Jane Ramsey
Jan 9, 2016
Rock Island, TN resident and Franklin County, TN native Pearlene Jane Ramsey, age 90, was born March 4, 1925 and died January 9, 2016 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired machine operator with Genesco and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Lillie Belle Brown. In addition to...
Abbie Lovell Walker
Jan 7, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Cullman, AL native Abbie Lovell Walker, age 80, was born January 1, 1936 and died January 7, 2016 at Raintree Manor following a brief illness. A self-employed merchandiser, she was the daughter of the late Martin Odis and Hilda Schaeffer Lovell. She is survived by two daughters, Lila Walker of Chattanooga, TN and Lise (Tim) Pedigo...
Leonard Troy Rains
Jan 7, 2016
Leonard Troy Rains, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 7, 2016 at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. He was born July 23, 1935 to the late Rufus J. and Dovie Young Rains of McMinnville. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four...
Joe Bryan Glenn
Jan 6, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Joe Bryan Glenn, age 76, was born June 1, 1939 and died January 6, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a sudden illness. A retired real estate salesman and a member of East End Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Arthur Otis "Red" and Nannie Lee Green...
Margaret Jean Sparkman
Jan 6, 2016
Margaret Jean Sparkman, age 60, a McMinnville, TN resident and Goshen, IN native died January 6, 2016 in St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a motor home painter, member of First Baptist Church and daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Garner Collins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by step-son,...
Cleo Gertrude Milstead
Jan 4, 2016
McMinnville, TN resident and Birmingham, AL native Cleo Gertrude Milstead, age 97, was born December 21, 1918 and died January 4, 2016 at Raintree Manor following a two-month illness. A homemaker and a member of Armstrong Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Dredmon M. and Beulah Madewell Roberts. She was married March 27, 1937 to Charles...
