Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Jimmie Dale Ferrell
Mar 11, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Woodbury, TN native Jimmie Dale Ferrell, age 70, was born April 10, 1944 and died March 11, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A retired employee of Kunkle Foundry in Huntington, IN, he was the son of the late Hershel Wayne and Georgia Laurine Pack Ferrell. In addition to...
John Anthony "Tony" Woodlee
Mar 10, 2015
Chattanooga, TN resident and Warren County, TN native John Anthony "Tony" Woodlee, age 53, was born April 11, 1961 and died suddenly March 10, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. A retail manager with Hobby Lobby in Hixson, TN, he was the son of Dorothy Jean Nelms Woodlee of McMinnville and the late Alvin Lierd Woodlee. He was...
Doretha Marie Moore Qualls
Mar 10, 2015
Lincoln Park, MI resident and Groveport, OH native Doretha Marie Moore Qualls, age 77, was born July 22, 1937 and died March 10, 2015 at her daughter's residence in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired employee from Meijer Company and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Mary Pennington Moore....
Jessie Floyd McGee
Mar 10, 2015
Jessie Floyd McGee, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died March 10, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of Carrier Corp., member of the Church of Christ at Smyrna and son of the late Alton and Gladys Ford McGee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
James Everett Walling
Mar 7, 2015
James Everett Walling, a McMinnville, TN resident and Bledsoe County,TN native died March 7, 2015 at River Park Hospital. He was the retired owner of Black Cat Tire Exchange, Village Car Wash and Vilco Supply. He was active in the Jaycees and honored in the McMinnville Rotary Club with the Paul Harris Fellowship award. For several years he served on...
Francis Keith McGowan
Mar 7, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Marion, KS native Francis Keith McGowan, age 93, was born May 2, 1921 and died March 7, 2015 at The Webb House in McMinnville following an extended illness. The son of the late Jacob Samuel and Minnie Emeline Noble McGowan, he was a retired nuclear physicist with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a United States Army...
Richard Lynn McCormick
Mar 6, 2015
Mr. Richard Lynn McCormick, age 52 of Sparta, passed away Friday March 6, 2015. Richard was born November 10, 1962 in Sparta, Tennessee to Judy Ann Whiteaker McCormick and the late Lynn Douglas McCormick. He was a former truck driver. In addition to his father he is also preceded in death by grandparents Ed & Birdie Mae McCormick, Perry &...
Mary Colleen Garner Jarrell
Mar 6, 2015
Mary Colleen Garner Jarrell passed from this life on March 6, 2015 at the age of 87. The daughter of Verner Allen Garner and Jane Wright Garner, Mary grew up in Viola. She graduated as the Valedictorian of McMinnville Central High School in 1946, and from George Peabody College in 1950, with a degree in math and science. In 1954,...
Michael Lee Rhea
Mar 6, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Michael Lee Rhea, age 63, was born May 5, 1951 and died March 6, 2015 at the Nashville Veterans Hospital following an extended illness. A retired home builder, a United States Army veteran and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Dollie Roberts Rhea of McMinnville and the...
Catherine Nunley Hennessee
Mar 4, 2015
Ms. Catherine Nunley Hennessee was born August 9, 1936 and went to her home in heaven on March 4, 2015 from River Park Hospital after an extended illness. She is preceded in death by her husband, Billy Hennessee; her parents, Will and Della Nunley; brothers, Howard, Sherman and Edward Nunley and sister, Edna Mae Nunley Orzech. She is survived by...
Mildred McMahan Prater
Mar 3, 2015
Mildred McMahan Prater, age 93, a Morrison, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native died March 3, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, member of Morrison Church of Christ and daughter of the late John W. and Zora Ann Dodd McMahan. She was married for sixty-nine years to Theodore "Ted" Prater who preceded...
Donald "Don" Louis Leatherwood
Mar 3, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Blount County, TN native Donald "Don" Louis Leatherwood, age 82, was born June 13, 1932 and died March 3, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville. Retired from the Warren County Sanitation Department, a United States Air Force veteran of Korea, and a member of Dibrell Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Jack...
Paula Rutledge
Mar 1, 2015
Paula Rutledge, age 55, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died March 1, 2015 at St. Thomas West Hospital, Nashville, TN following an extended illness. She was an employee of Calsonic-Yorozu Corp., member of the Church of Christ and daughter of Juanita Walline Bishop Scott of McMinnville and the late Lester Rogers. In addition to her mother,...
Sarah Lynn Childress
Feb 28, 2015
Sarah Lynn Childress, the infant daughter of Chris and Beth Childress of McMinnville, was born and died February 28, 2015 at River Park Hospital. In addition to her parents, she is survived by three sisters, Hannah and Hailey Lee, and Hailey Childress all of McMinnville; brother, Hayden Childress of McMinnville; grandparents, Russell Pease and Arlene Randolph, Roger Pease and Donna...
Nancy Elizabeth Baker
Feb 27, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Bristol, VA native Nancy Elizabeth Baker, age 87, was born June 17, 1927 and died February 27, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A housekeeper and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Charles Eugene and Maxie Poole Dickerson. She was married to Walter Andrew...
Dwana Frances Phifer
Feb 27, 2015
McMinnville resident and White County, TN native Dwana Frances Phifer, age 62, was born August 12, 1952 and died February 27, 2015 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired housekeeper with NHC McMinnville, she was the daughter of the late Emmitt Phifer and the late Doris Bradshaw Brogno. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Frances Price Johns
Feb 27, 2015
Mrs. Frances Johns was born to the late Arle and Cary Ball Price in Englewood, TN. She is survived by her husband, Randy Johns and son, Dale Johns both of Spencer, TN; sisters, Irene Coburn of Murfreesboro, TN, Betty Faye Wampler of MO, Reba McGinnis of Knoxville, TN and Ouida Middleton of Englewood, TN; brothers, "Buddy" Price of Cleveland, TN...
Eddie Royce Pack
Feb 25, 2015
McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native Eddie Royce Pack, age 76, was born April 16, 1938 and died February 25, 2015 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a short illness. The owner of E. Pack's Concrete, a United States Army veteran, and a member and Elder of Arlington Church of Christ, he was the son of...
Hazel M. Starkey
Feb 23, 2015
Hazel M. Starkey, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born March 3, 1936 and died February 23, 2015 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ at Trousdale and daughter of the late Thurman Lee and Georgia Mae Reynolds Northcutt. In addition to her parents,...
Eva Marie Badger
Feb 20, 2015
Rock Island, TN resident and Johnson, OH native Eva Marie Badger, age 80, was born June 19, 1934 and died February 20, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Badger was an accomplished pianist and organist. An administrative assistant for a Florida hospital and a member of the McMinnville Seventh Day Adventist Church, she was the daughter of the late Lester Charley...
