Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Billy Joe Chandler
Nov 6, 2014
Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Billy Joe Chandler, age 79, was born July 13, 1935 and died November 6, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness. Retired from Gulf Ice Systems and a member of Eastside Baptist Church, he was the son of the late James Bascom and Jennie Tabitha Hash Chandler. In addition...
Robert Harry "Bob" Wood
Nov 6, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Cincinnati, OH native Robert Harry "Bob" Wood, age 72, was born July 8, 1942 and died November 6, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired mechanic, a United States Air Force veteran of Vietnam and a member of Brethren in Christ Church, he was the son of the late Robert C. and Laverne...
Claude Brown Stembridge, Jr.
Nov 6, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Claude Brown Stembridge, Jr., age 68, was born June 17, 1946 and died November 6, 2014 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A truck driver and member of the Baptist Faith, he was the son of the late Claude Brown and Marjorie Parsley Stembridge. He was married April 6, 1968...
Linda Sue Watts
Nov 6, 2014
Linda Sue Watts, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died November 6, 2014 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ at East End and daughter of the late, James and Lila Cunningham Rogers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Virginia Lee Evans
Nov 5, 2014
Virginia Lee Evans, age 76, a McMinnville, TN resident and Franklin County, TN native died November 5, 2014 at her residence following an illness of two years. She was a retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company and Aqua Tech, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Coy and Ada Mae Gault Hall. Ms. Evans is survived...
Ralph Eugene Goff
Nov 4, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Rapid City, SD native, Ralph Eugene Goff, age 78, was born October 7, 1936 and died November 4, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Goff was a retired construction foreman with Baltimore Gas & Electric in Baltimore, MD. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church....
Larry Larwood Abston
Nov 3, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Chattanooga, TN native Larry Larwood Abston, age 77, was born June 13, 1937 and died November 3, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Abston was a retired Safety Specialist at AEDC and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ. He was retired from the United States Air Force and was a veteran of...
James Paul Phifer
Nov 3, 2014
James Paul Phifer, age 77, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died November 3, 2014 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. He was a retired employee of DeZurik Corp., member of Westwood Church of Christ, the Warren County Rescue Squad, Board of Meals on Wheels, a TSSAA softball/baseball referee and umpire, an avid golfer and...
Nellie Jo Whitman Rains
Nov 2, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Nellie Jo Whitman Rains, age 83, was born December 6, 1930 and died November 2, 2014 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of East End Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Buford and Nellie Travis Whitman. She was married to Willie Rains who...
Ed Yager
Oct 31, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ed Yager, age 85, was born December 7, 1928 and died October 31, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Yager was a retired Loan Company Examiner with the State of Tennessee and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He worked in his father's store, Yager Grocery. He also...
Brenda Faye Steele Blackburn
Oct 30, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Brenda Faye Steele Blackburn, age 58, was born September 27, 1956 and died October 30, 2014 at her residence following a sudden illness. A cosmetic sales employee at Stewart's Pharmacy and a member of Caney Branch Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Flavil and Virgie Davenport Steele. In addition...
Ernest Thomas Morton
Oct 27, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ernest Thomas Morton, age 83, was born November 22, 1930 and died October 27, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. The owner of Morton's Horticulture Products and of the Baptist Faith, he was the son of the late Johnny and Willie Green Morton. In addition to his parents, he was...
Melvina McCormick
Oct 27, 2014
Melvina Delaney McCormick, age 103, a Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died October 27, 2014 at NHC Healthcare, McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Friendship The Baptist Church and daughter of the late John and Betty Talley Delaney. She was married to Johnny McCormick who preceded her in death in 1982....
James Lewis "J.L." Hillis
Oct 26, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James Lewis "J.L." Hillis, age 80, was born April 17, 1934 and died October 26, 2014 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. Retired from Burroughs-Ross-Colville, a U.S. Army veteran of Korea, a member of VFW and American Legion, and of the Christian Faith, he was the son of the late James...
Billy Austin Bounds
Oct 24, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Billy Austin Bounds, age 71, was born July 28, 1943 and died October 24, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired Supervisor/District Manager with Ruth's Salads, he was the son of the late Lee Austin and Mary Novella Mullican Bounds. He was married to Christine Smith Bounds of McMinnville....
Shirley Ann Evans
Oct 21, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Shirley Ann Evans, age 71, was born November 24, 1942 and died October 21, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired Special Education Teacher's Aide with the Warren County School System and a member of Madison Street Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Roy and...
Roy Carson Gibbs
Oct 21, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Roy Carson Gibbs, age 61, was born May 16, 1953 and died October 21, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Army during Desert Storm and affiliated with the Church of God, he was the son of the late Daisy Louise Phillips Kitchen....
Nancy Rhea Newby
Oct 19, 2014
Nancy Rhea Potter Newby passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014. She was born and raised in Tullahoma, TN and lived most of her life in Cookeville, TN. She recently moved to Columbia, TN to live near her daughter. She was a long-time member of Collegeside Church of Christ in Cookeville and worked as a real estate agent for American Way...
Ronald Ralph Daus
Oct 18, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Euclid, Ohio native Ronald Ralph Daus, age 82, was born October 12, 1932 and died October 18, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness. Retired from Premier Products, Inc. located in Monroe, LA, a U.S. Air Force veteran, and a member of the First United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Ralph...
Clifford L. McCormick
Oct 17, 2014
Clifford L. McCormick, age 92, a Coalmont, TN resident and White County, TN native died October 17, 2014 in Cumberland House Hospice in Crossville, TN following a brief illness. He was a retired employee of the U.S. Corps of Engineers, member of Morrison Church of Christ and son of the late Bransford and Mary Elizabeth Holder McCormick. In addition to...
