Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Reba Sue Lefevers
Sep 3, 2014
Lebanon, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Reba Sue Lefevers, age 73, was born July 21, 1941 and died September 3, 2014 at University Medical Center in Lebanon, TN following a brief illness. A retired florist with Leaf and Petal Florist in Donelson, TN and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late...
Emma Irene Woodlee
Sep 1, 2014
Emma Irene Woodlee, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native was born January 29, 1924 and died September 1, 2014 at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville, TN. She was a homemaker and devoted member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late James and Oshia Stoner Woodlee. In addition to her parents, she...
Danny "D.R." Ryan Martin
Aug 30, 2014
Danny Ryan "D.R." Martin, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 30, 2014 at NHC Healthcare, McMinnville following an illness of six and one-half years. He was a masonry contractor, member of the Campaign Church of God and son of the late Joe and Virginia Raper Martin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Hope Clark
Aug 29, 2014
Rock Island, TN resident Hope Clark, age 89, was born December 1, 1924 and died August 29, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired secretary with Firestone Tire and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Bennie Mae Stanley Haston. She was married to Clifford Ray Clark who preceded her in...
Eugenia "Jeanie" Walker
Aug 27, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Eugenia "Jeanie" Walker, age 86, was born April 13, 1928 and died August 27, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired school teacher of thirty-one years with Warren County School System and member of Shellsford Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Ervin and Hazel Chastain Bottoms. She was...
Jimmy Dee Jones
Aug 27, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Jimmy Dee Jones, age 52, was born November 27, 1961 and died suddenly August 27, 2014. The son of Charles Jones of McMinnville and the late Mildred "Mickey" Jones, he was a self-employed auto mechanic and attended Irving College Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by...
Monroe Eugene Dixon
Aug 26, 2014
Monroe Eugene Dixon, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 26, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. He was the owner of Kingwood Foodland, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late James William and Lillie Vera Hodges Dixon. He was married to Randy Jane Taylor Dixon who preceded him...
Hailey Ann Taylor
Aug 25, 2014
Hailey Ann Taylor, age 15, a Murfreesboro, TN native and McMinnville, TN resident died August 25, 2014 at her residence following an illness of three years. She was a sophomore at Warren County Senior High School and daughter of Michael Taylor of McMinnville and Kim & Dale Nunley of McMinnville. She is also survived by sisters, Megan (Jordan) Underhill, Blakney...
Ruth Abigail Slonecker
Aug 25, 2014
Ruth Abigail Robles was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on Dec 8, 1923 to the late Mr. Juan Robles & Regina Rios Robles. She was the youngest of 11 children and the last survivor of her siblings. Her father was the first Protestant minister in Puerto Rico and also worked for the US government as a revenuer during Prohibition. Her...
LtCol Charles King Bostick
Aug 23, 2014
McMinnville resident and Murfreesboro, TN native LtCol Charles King Bostick, age 83, was born November 21, 1930 and died August 23, 2014 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A supervisor with Century Electric/Magnetek and member of Christ United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Thomas Edwin and Grace Givens Bostick. He was a member of...
Dorothy "Dot" Jones Mullican
Aug 20, 2014
Dorothy "Dot" Mullican, age 89, a Maryville, TN resident died August 20, 2014 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Clyde Sutton and Johnnie Ida Jones and was married to Billy Akers Mullican who preceded her in death May 22, 2013. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by son, Thomas Sutton...
Delma Louise Campbell
Aug 20, 2014
Delma Louise Campbell, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native died August 20, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Genesco, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Elmer and Nannie Jennings Cole. She was married to Artis Winford Campbell who preceded her in...
Fronie Hennessee
Aug 19, 2014
Fronie Hennessee, age 96, a Spencer, TN resident and Bledsoe County, TN native died August 19, 2014 at NHC Healthcare, McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Cumberland Manufacturing Company, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Joshua Jahue and Eliza Turner Johnson. She was married December 26, 1935 to Thurman Hennessee...
Doris Golden Whitlock
Aug 19, 2014
Warren County resident and native Doris Golden Whitlock, 87, died August 19 at River Park Hospital following a lingering illness. A member of the Arlington Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Alaska Elkana and Estella Pryor Golden. Doris was born Nov. 3, 1926 in the Wayside community of Warren County, where she grew up at Crystal...
Linda F. Smartt
Aug 17, 2014
White County, TN native and McMinnville resident Linda F. Seibers Smartt, age 59, was born August 27, 1954 and died August 17, 2014 at her residence following a brief illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Joe Lee and Mable Bernice Hutson Seibers. She was married to Nickie Dwayne Smartt who survives. In addition to her parents,...
Jess Whitley "J.W." Taylor
Aug 17, 2014
Jess Whitley (J.W.) Taylor, age 98, passed away on August 17, 2014. He was born on July 1, 1916 in Brush Creek, TN. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of McMinnville, a past member of the Rotary Noon Club, Gideons, American Legion, and McMinnville Housing Authority Board. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jess...
Eva Green Hiter
Aug 15, 2014
Mt. Juliet, TN resident and White County, TN native (formerly of McMinnville)Eva Green Hiter, age 85, was born March 1, 1929 and died August 15, 2014. A homemaker and member of the Center Chapel Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George Dewey and Mary M. McCormack Green. She was married June 16, 1946 to Joseph William...
Ruth Elizabeth Benton Porter
Aug 11, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Keene, TX native Ruth Elizabeth Benton Porter, age 87, was born June 3, 1927 and died August 11, 2014 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a short illness. A retired teacher from Faulkner Springs Christian School and a member of McMinnville Seventh-Day Adventist Church, she was the daughter of the late Roy Lee...
Earl Thomas Adams
Aug 8, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Earl Thomas Adams, age 70, was born March 15, 1944 and died August 8, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee of Commercial Painting, Inc. in Nashville, TN and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Lonnie and Ozelle McCormick Adams. In addition to...
James Willard Smartt
Aug 8, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Willard Smartt, age 51, was born February 23, 1963 and died August 8, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A nursery worker and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Willard and Barbara O'Neal Smartt. Mr. Smartt was married to Pam Smartt of McMinnville. In...
