Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Sarah Norris Stewart
Apr 10, 2015
McMinnville resident and Edinburgh, Scotland native Sarah Norris Stewart, age 79, was born December 15, 1935 and died April 10, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. An executive assistant with National Life Insurance Company and member of the Episcopal Church, she was the daughter of the late David and Sarah Norris Stewart. After moving to McMinnville, Miss Stewart...
Raymond Earl McCormick
Apr 7, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Raymond Earl McCormick, age 81, was born July 13, 1933 and died April 7, 2015 at his residence following a five-year illness. A retired logger and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Jim and Minnie Sanders McCormick. He was married to Tressie Myers McCormick who...
Betty Lou Myers
Apr 6, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Betty Lou Myers, age 80, was born September 19, 1934 and died April 6, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired employee from Powermatic and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late John R. and Maggie Mae Basham Cox. She was...
Edwin "Ed" Ezekiel Chastain
Apr 3, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Edwin "Ed" Ezekiel Chastain, age 84, was born August 18, 1930 and died April 3, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a three-month illness. Mr. Chastain was an avid gardener and enjoyed sharing with neighbors and friends. A retired U.S. Postal Service rural carrier, a farmer and a member of Shellsford...
Teresa Lynette Campbell
Apr 1, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Teresa Lynette Campbell, age 53, was born November 8, 1961 and died April 1, 2015 at her residence following an extended illness. An Assistant Manager with Walmart and a member of Charles Creek Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Carmon Ray and Lucille Mai Dennis Mears. In addition to...
Betty Jo Blankenship
Apr 1, 2015
Madison, AL resident and Warren County, TN native Betty Jo Blankenship, age 85, was born March 18, 1930 and died April 1, 2015 at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, AL following a brief illness. A business school teacher with the Warren County School System, an avid antique dealer in Madison, AL and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the...
Gail Northcutt Mahar
Apr 1, 2015
Gail Northcutt Mahar, age 64, a McMinnville, TN native and Knoxville, TN resident died suddenly April 1, 2015 at the Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. She was a dedicated oncology nurse practitioner who committed her life to the care and betterment of others, member of Parkwest Church of God and daughter of Tenia Myers Northcutt of McMinnville and the late...
Mary Elizabeth Curtis Pickreign
Mar 31, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Mary Elizabeth Curtis Pickreign, age 90, was born November 27, 1924 and died March 31, 2015 at her residence following a brief illness. A retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company and a member of West Riverside Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Allen and Louwretha Martin Smith....
Robin Christian Morton
Mar 30, 2015
Robin Christian Morton, age 56, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died accidentally March 30, 2015 at River Park Hospital emergency room. She was a surgical technician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and daughter of Evelyn Joyce Hutchins Drake of McMinnville and the late John Morris Drake. In addition to her mother, Ms. Morton is survived by...
Brince Otis Pack
Mar 29, 2015
Brince Otis Pack, age 82, a longtime resident of McMinnville, TN and a Warren County, TN native died March 29, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro,TN following a one year illness. He was a retired employee of Parmount Packaging in Murfreesboro, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean war, member of the Catholic Church and son of the...
Miss Janie R. Moore
Mar 28, 2015
Morrison, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Miss Janie R. Moore, age 72, was born February 16, 1943 and died March 28, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired educator and principal at Centertown Elementary School and a member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Willie L. Fuston of Morrison, TN and...
Mary West Curtis
Mar 27, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Mary West Curtis, age 91, was born November 25, 1923 and died March 27, 2015 at Spring City Care & Rehab in Spring City, TN following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, and in her retirement years, a school cafeteria monitor where she befriended many children, teachers and staff. An active...
Fannie Alliene Leonheart
Mar 20, 2015
Fannie Alliene Leonheart, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died March 20, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Ohio Rubber Corp., member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Harvey and Verline Turner Wilson, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Ray Hendrix
Mar 20, 2015
Ray Allen Hendrix, age 48, a McMinnville, TN resident and Sweetwater, TX native died March 20, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. He was an employee of Carrier Corp., member of Webb's Chapel Methodist Church and son of David and Coletta George Hendrix of McMinnville. He was married January 24, 1986 to Joan Jacobs Hendrix who survives. In...
Ruby Jackson West
Mar 17, 2015
Ruby Jackson Gay West of McMinnville was born June 12, 1927 and peacefully went to her heavenly reward on March 17, 2015. Mrs. West was a homemaker and nursery woman and was well known for her love of cooking big meals for her family. She was a member of Turning Point United Pentecostal Church where she enjoyed her role of...
Donald Albert Wray
Mar 17, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Limestone County, AL native Donald Albert Wray, age 66, was born March 18, 1948 and died March 17, 2015 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A mechanic with Carco in Nashville, TN and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Katie Collins Thomas of McMinnville and the late Albert Wray....
Donna Elizabeth Abercrombie Rutherford
Mar 17, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Chattanooga, TN native Donna Elizabeth Abercrombie Rutherford, age 56, was born September 26, 1958 and died March 17, 2015 at her residence following a four-year illness. A medical transcriptionist and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of Carolyn Roberson Abercrombie of McMinnville and the late Richard Abercrombie. She was married May...
Frances Faye Steinmann
Mar 16, 2015
Frances Faye Steinmann, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Pound, VA native died March 16, 2015 at Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of God and daughter of the late Edmund and Opal Mullins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Leslie Russell;...
Kristal Lee Hall
Mar 14, 2015
Kristal Lee Hall, age 46, a Winchester, TN resident and Winter Haven, FL native died suddenly March 14, 2015 at the Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, TN. She was a homemaker, member of Winchester Church of Christ and daughter of Gary Williams of Texas and Carol Melody of Florida. She was married to Tim Hall who survives. In addition to...
James Smith Webb
Mar 14, 2015
James Smith Webb, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native died March 14, 2015 following an extended illness. He was self employed in rental properties, member of the First Baptist Church and son of the late Herbert and Sarah Jane Bain Webb. He was married to Betty Ruth Davenport Webb who preceded him in death February...
