Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Anessa Ann Adams
May 10, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Anessa Ann Adams, the infant daughter of Savanah and Austin Adams of McMinnville, was born April 7, 2015 and died suddenly May 10, 2015 at River Park Hospital. In addition to her parents, she is survived by sister, Alayna Adams of McMinnville; maternal grandparents, Brad Darnbush of McMinnville and Andrea Kilgore of...
Bessie Bolen Cecil Lusk
May 7, 2015
On Thursday, May 7, 2015, Bessie Bolen Cecil Lusk, age 90, changed her address from Smartt Station, TN to Heaven. She loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with all her heart, mind, body and soul. A homemaker and a member of Forest Park Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Charles Walter and Matilda Belle Bolen Cecil....
Ronald Douglas Bell
May 4, 2015
Ronald Douglas Bell, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died May 4, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. He was a retired employee of Warren Farmers Co-op, a U.S. Army veteran and member of First Baptist Church, Morrison and son of the late Elbert Leslie and Welthan May Parker Bell. In addition...
Myrtle Mae Seals Rigsby
May 3, 2015
Myrtle Mae Seals Rigsby, age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native died May 3, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of Central Church of Christ and daughter of the late Ed and Maggie Johnson Seals. She was married April 3, 1937 to Julius Eldridge Rigsby who preceded her...
Paulette Cantrell Drewitz Halsted
Apr 30, 2015
Paulette Cantrell Drewitz Halsted, age 88, an East Ridge, TN resident and McMinnville, TN native died April 30, 2015 at the Hospice of Chattanooga Care Center following an extended illness. She was an artist, member of Madison Church of Christ and daughter of the late Bernice "B.C." and Loreta Newby Cantrell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Selma Jean Brooks
Apr 30, 2015
Selma Jean Brooks, age 69, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died April 30, 2015 at her residence following a lingering illness. She was a retired manager for Dairy Queen, member of the New Hope Full Gospel Church and daughter of the late Claude Alexander and Ocie Adell Hickey. She was married to Douglas E. Brooks, Sr....
Bertha Jane Mitchell
Apr 30, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Bertha Jane Mitchell, age 100, was born February 10, 1915 and died April 30, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired cafeteria worker at Warren County High School and a member of Bonner Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Henry J. and Della Youngblood...
Edith Faye Cox
Apr 29, 2015
Manchester, TN resident and Madison County, AL native Edith Faye Cox, age 70, was born September 19, 1944 and died suddenly April 29, 2015 at Manchester Medical Center. A homemaker and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, she was the daughter of the late Ross and Flossie Cothren. She was married April 9, 1960 to Morris Ray...
Thelma Snow Boyd
Apr 28, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native Thelma Snow Boyd, age 94, was born December 11, 1920 and died April 28, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a ten-day illness. A homemaker and a member of Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Snow and Valton Liebhart. She was married to Fernando Campbell Boyd,...
Aubrey J. Williams
Apr 26, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Aubrey J. Williams, age 104, was born February 25, 1911 and died April 26, 2015 at Raintree Manor. He was the son of the late Johnie Richmond and Josephine Parilee Tramel Williams. His beloved wife, Rose Carrie Danielson Williams, preceded him in death November 3, 2007. In addition to his wife and...
Leonard Lawrence "Larry" Smotherman
Apr 25, 2015
Spencer, TN resident and Rutherford County, TN native Leonard Lawrence "Larry" Smotherman, age 69, was born September 30, 1945 and died April 25, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. A mechanic with Edd Rogers General Motors, he was the son of the late Leonard Lee and Evelyn Morehead Smotherman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Glenda Faye Martin "Me Ma" McBride
Apr 25, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Glenda Faye Martin "Me Ma" McBride, age 57, was born February 24, 1958 and died April 25, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a sudden illness. Co-owner of McBride's Window Cleaning and member of Rolling Acres Brethren in Christ Church, she was the daughter of Harold and Claudia...
Willard Elden Tibbs
Apr 21, 2015
Fayetteville, TN resident and Campbell County, TN native Willard Elden Tibbs, age 81, was born October 13, 1933 and died April 21, 2015 at Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville, TN following an extended illness. An electrician with TVA for 44 years, a United States Army veteran, and a member of State Line Freewill Baptist Church, he was the son of...
E. Louis Madewell
Apr 21, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native E. Louis Madewell, age 72, was born August 23, 1942 and died suddenly April 21, 2015 at DeKalb Community Hospital in Smithville, TN due to an automobile accident. Mr. Madewell was an employee of B & G Supply in Smithville, TN for 47 years, a member of the Warren County Lions Club,...
Joyce Elizabeth Curtis
Apr 18, 2015
McMinnville resident and Westfield, NJ native Joyce Elizabeth Curtis, age 87, was born December 14, 1927 and died April 18, 2015 at her residence following an extended illness. A sales clerk with Formfit Outlet Store and member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Grace Elizabeth Drake O'Brien. Ms. Curtis is survived by a...
Stephen Douglas Turner
Apr 16, 2015
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Stephen Douglas Turner, age 64, was born November 15, 1950 and died April 16, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. The owner and mechanic at Shade Tree Repair, a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, and a member of the New Bybee Methodist Church, he was the son of...
Austin Clinton Golden
Apr 15, 2015
Austin Clinton Golden, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died suddenly April 15, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. He was a personnel manager for Genesco for forty-eight years, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, member of Arlington Church of Christ and son of the late Alaska Elkana and Estella Pryor...
Carl Edward Nash, Sr.
Apr 15, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and White County, TN native Carl Edward Nash, Sr., age 86, was born August 4, 1928 and died April 15, 2015 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. Retired from Powermatic, a United States Marine Corps veteran of Korea, and a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he was the son of the late Ethel and...
Elizabeth Louise White Patrick
Apr 12, 2015
Elizabeth Louise (White) Patrick, 77, passed away April 12, 2015 in Fort Myers, FL. She was born in Bone Cave, TN on October 26, 1937. Mrs. Patrick was a loving daughter, sister, aunt, wife, mother, and grandmother. Her faith and family meant everything to her, especially her grandchildren. She grew up in Tennessee but moved with her family to Painesville,...
David Clark Cummings
Apr 11, 2015
Albuquerque, NM resident and Warren County, TN native David Clark Cummings, age 65, was born January 11, 1950 and died April 11, 2015 in Albuquerque, NM. A geologist for the State of New Mexico Department of Agriculture, he was the son of the late David Lawrence and Sara Josephine McCormick Cummings. He is survived by five children and their spouses,...
