Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Geraldean J. Reynolds
Jan 15, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Geraldean J. Reynolds, age 78, was born March 2, 1936 and died January 15, 2015 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A homemaker and of the Protestant Faith, she was the daughter of the late Brackett and Chloe Stoner Jones. She was married to Thomas Leroy Reynolds who preceded her...
Tommy Joe Basham
Jan 12, 2015
Tommy Joe Basham, age 58, a Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 12, 2015 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a former employee of Magnatek-Century and A.O. Smith and son of the late Thurman and Della Myers Basham. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Joyce Fults...
Lesa Faye Taylor Butcher
Jan 12, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Lesa Faye Taylor Butcher, age 52, was born July 23, 1962 and died January 12, 2015 at her residence following a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of Covenant Fellowship Church, she was the daughter of Linda Butcher of McMinnville and the late James Billy Taylor. She was married May 17,...
Tony Curtis
Jan 12, 2015
Tony Curtis, age 57, a McMinnville, TN resident and native, was born June 6, 1957 and died January 12, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. He was an engineer with Ladd Engineering, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of Raymond and Dorothy Joines Curtis of McMinnville. He was married to Tammy Wheeler Curtis who...
Mary Edith "Nancy" Rackley Strack
Jan 11, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Mary Edith "Nancy" Rackley Strack, age 77, was born March 20, 1937 and died January 11, 2015 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. A retired CNA with NHC Healthcare and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, she was the daughter of the late Bob and Cora Hicks Rackley. She was...
Kathleen "Kathy" Roberts
Jan 10, 2015
Manchester, TN resident and White County, TN native Kathleen "Kathy" Roberts, age 81, was born June 14, 1933 and died January 10, 2015 at Medical Center of Manchester following an extended illness. A cook at Opal's Cafe and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Gordon Dewey and Mary Bell Harden Davis. In addition...
Ray Brymer, Jr.
Jan 10, 2015
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County, TN native Ray Brymer, Jr., age 69, was born August 9, 1945 and died January 10, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN following a sudden illness. A retired Guidance Counselor with Taft Youth Center and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late William Ray and Maggie Lene...
Zelma Louise Rhea Scott
Jan 9, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Zelma Louise Rhea Scott, age 91, was born November 17, 1923 and died January 9, 2015 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Issac and Frankie Smartt Rhea. She was married to Roy C. Scott who preceded her in death...
Charles Jackson Conner
Jan 9, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Overton County, TN native Charles Jackson Conner, age 78, was born January 10, 1936 and died January 9, 2015 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired foreman from Carrier Corporation, a United States Air Force veteran, a member of the Church of Christ, and a long-time member of the Warren County A&L Fair...
Joelene Solomon
Jan 5, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and native Joelene Solomon, age 69, was born July 19, 1945 and died January 5, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A retired employee of Powermatic and member of Hiawassee Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Sherman and Sadie Starkey Solomon. In addition to her parents,...
Dorothy Evelyn Chambers Norrod
Jan 4, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Dorothy Evelyn Chambers Norrod, age 83, was born January 1, 1932 and died January 4, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a sudden illness. Co-owner and Business Manager of Norrod Garage and member of East End Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late J.A. and...
Carmen Cowans West
Jan 4, 2015
Loudon, TN resident and Murfreesboro, TN native Carmen Roselle Cowans West, age 40, was born September 10, 1974 and found peace in the arms of her loving Lord and Savior on January 4, 2015. Carmen grew up in McMinnville, Tennessee. She then moved with her mother and three brothers to Knoxville, Tennessee in order to care for her younger brothers...
Gerald Houston Slatton
Jan 4, 2015
Gerald Houston Slatton, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native died January 4, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. He was a retired Church of Christ minister, teacher with the Warren and Van Buren County School Systems, member of McElroy Church of Christ and son of the late George Houston and Evie...
Korbin Bryce Dudley
Jan 1, 2015
Korbin Bryce Dudley, the infant son of Daniel Dudley and Megan Gipson of McMinnville, was born and died January 1, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN. In addition to his parents, he is survived by paternal grandparents, Charles and Lisa Dudley of Cookeville, TN and Karen and Freddy Windsor of Roanoke, AL; maternal grandparents, Robin and Charles...
Joy St. Clair Trail
Jan 1, 2015
Joy St. Clair Trail, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren, OH native died January 1, 2015 at Generations of Spencer following an extended illness. She was s registered nurse, 1st. Lt. USAF Nurse Corps and a CRNA, member of the Church Christ and daughter of the late Earnest and Carolyn Carter St. Clair. In addition to her parents,...
Nyoka Gunter
Jan 1, 2015
McMinnville resident and Meigs County, TN native Nyoka Gunter, age 68, was born December 11, 1946 and died January 1, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A retired employee of Carrier Corporation and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Dick Austin and Viola Mae Miles Gunter. In...
Brenda Sue Shockley
Jan 1, 2015
Bone Cave, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Brenda Sue Shockley, age 66, was born September 24, 1948 and died January 1, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired employee of Oster Corporation and member of the Mt. Elim Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Rube and...
Fana Alberta Mitchell
Jan 1, 2015
Fana Alberta Myers Mitchell, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native died January 1, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was an employee of Nana's Restaurant for the past eleven years and had previously worked at Stewart's Luncheonette and Century. She was a member of the Church of Christ and daughter of...
Artie Arline Fowler
Jan 1, 2015
McMinnville resident and Grand Rapids, MI native Artie Arline Fowler, age 73, was born April 13, 1941 and died January 1, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late William Guy and Artie Mae Boyd Crosslin. She was married to Lester Fowler who preceded her in...
"Paul T" Brazier
Dec 30, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native "Paul T" Brazier, age 66, was born April 5, 1948 and died December 30, 2014 at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville, TN following a one-year illness. A custodian and member of the First Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Thomas and Fana Davis Brazier. In addition to his parents,...
