Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Lewis Gene Copley
May 23, 2014
Rock Island, TN resident and Blanchard, OK native Lewis Gene Copley, age 86, was born September 29, 1927 and died May 23, 2014 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A retired meat cutter with Copper Cellar Corporation, a United States Navy veteran of WWII and a member of the Christian Worship Center in Whitwell, TN, he was the son...
Linda Kay Reed
May 23, 2014
Linda Kay Reed, age 68, a Morrison, TN resident and Painesville, OH native was born September 3, 1945 and died May 23, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company, member of the Pioneer Community Church and daughter of the late Isabelle Kelly Fleming and Charles Gatchel. In addition to her...
Claudia Jo Stanton
May 23, 2014
Claudia Jo Hallum Stanton, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native was born March 1, 1925 and died May 23, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker and member of the Dibrell Church of Christ and daughter of the late Charles Stenson and Lula Louis Austin Hallum. She was married...
David Richmon Farless
May 22, 2014
David Richmon Farless, age 69, a Pikeville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native was born April 25, 1945 and died May 22, 2014 at his daughter's residence following an extended illness. He was the pastor of Smith Chapel Independent Baptist Church in Bledsoe County and former missionary to Old Mexico and had served in the National Guard. He was the...
Mary Lynn Bounds Rigsby
May 17, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mary Lynn Bounds Rigsby, age 86, was born December 6, 1927 and died May 17, 2014 at Raintree Manor following a short illness. A retired employee of Oster Corporation, she attended First Baptist Church and was the daughter of the late Charles Isam and Anna Nancy Adcock Bounds. She was married February 1, 1946...
Edna Pennington
May 14, 2014
McMinnville resident and Ogden, KS native Edna Pennington, age 82, was born December 19, 1931 and died May 14, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Garland and Mary Weeks Powers. She was married to Ret. U.S. Army Sgt. Millard James Pennington who preceded her in death January 29,...
Mary Lois Cantrell
May 14, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mary Lois Cantrell, age 80, was born September 25, 1933 and died May 14, 2014 at her residence following a two-year illness. A homemaker and seamstress and member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late John Noel and Geneva Ann Griffith Foster. In addition to her parents, she...
Karen Leslie Martin
May 14, 2014
Murfreesboro, TN resident and Putnam County, TN native Karen Leslie Martin, age 50, was born April 24, 1964 and died May 14, 2014 at her residence following a sudden illness. She spent most of her childhood and attended school through her high school years in Key Biscane, FL which still held a special place in her heart. She later went...
Sharon Joan Ferrell
May 13, 2014
Rock Island, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Sharon Joan Ferrell, age 71, was born October 15, 1942 and died May 13, 2014 following an extended illness. A retired pharmacy technician with Stewart's Pharmacy and member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Hubert Murrell and Della Mae Tuck Osborne. In addition to her...
Johnny Brent Cantrell
May 12, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Johnny Brent Cantrell, age 46, was born September 18, 1967 and died May 12, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A welding inspector with Yorozu and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Linda G. Cantrell of McMinnville and the late Glen Alden Cantrell. In addition to his...
Jerry Bennett Watson
May 9, 2014
McMinnville resident and Charleston, SC native Jerry Bennett Watson, age 70, was born November 10, 1943 and died May 9, 2014 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a sudden illness. A mail clerk with the Tennessee Department of Revenue and member of First United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Thomas J. and Lillie Ruth Floyd Watson. Mr....
Nelda Lucille Hitchcock Rutledge
May 6, 2014
Cleveland, TN resident and Warren County native Nelda Lucille Rutledge, age 88, was born August 10, 1925 and died May 6, 2014 at Life Care Centers of America in Cleveland, TN following a brief illness. A homemaker and member of the Church of God, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Marlin and Laura George Hitchcock. She was married...
Luther Wayne Davis
May 5, 2014
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native Luther Wayne Davis, age 69, was born June 12, 1944 and died May 5, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness.An employee of Warren County Sanitation Department, he was the son of the late Zollie Ray and Lola Mae Mooneyham Davis. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Manuel Kattell Malone
May 4, 2014
Manuel Kattell Malone, age 60, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died May 4, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a salesman with Smith & Son, Inc. and son of the late Paul Edward Malone and Brownie Russell Mears. Mr. Malone is survived by daughter, Kelley Malone of McMinnville, TN; two sisters, Sabrina...
Nadean O'Neal
May 4, 2014
Bone Cave, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Nadean O'Neal, age 88, was born May 12, 1925 and died May 4, 2014 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness.A librarian at Van Buren County High School, she attended Laurel Creek Baptist Church and was the daughter of the late Clarence and Ida Cecile Barlow Cummings. In addition...
Samuel Myrel "Pete" McBride
May 3, 2014
McMinnville resident and Franklin County, TN native Samuel Myrel "Pete" McBride, age 84, was born June 1, 1929 and died May 3, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness.A retired machinist and welder with Ford Motor Company, United States Marine Corps veteran of WWII and Korean and member of the Westwood Church of Christ, he was the son of...
Norbert Leo Huvar
May 3, 2014
McMinnville resident and Flatonia, TX native Norbert Leo Huvar, age 88, was born January 3, 1926 and died May 3, 2014 at River Park Hospital.A retired lab technician with Schlumberger Well Services and United States Navy veteran of WWII, he was the son of the late Willie J. and Emma Wasek Huvar. He was married to Elizabeth Comer Huvar who...
John A. Tipton
May 1, 2014
McMinnville resident and Clearwater, FL native John A. Tipton, age 68, was born May 14, 1945 and died May 1, 2014 at his residence.A retired employee of Century Electric and a Jehovah's Witness, he was the son of the late Earl S. and Edna M. Williams Tipton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son,...
Johnnie "Buck" McCormick, Jr.
May 1, 2014
Johnnie "Buck" McCormick, Jr., age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died May 1, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an illness of six months.He was a self employed cattle farmer, U.S. Army Veteran, life member of Disabled Veterans and V.F.W. and member of the North Hills Dr. Church of God of Prophecy. He was the ...
Horace "H.V." Burks
Apr 30, 2014
Spencer, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Horace "H.V." Burks, age 71, was born March 5, 1943 and died April 30, 2014 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN following an extended illness.A retired employee of Carrier Corporation and member of Welchland Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Isaac and Stella Carmack Burks. In addition...
