Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Brenda Faye Steele Blackburn
Oct 30, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Brenda Faye Steele Blackburn, age 58, was born September 27, 1956 and died October 30, 2014 at her residence following a sudden illness. A cosmetic sales employee at Stewart's Pharmacy and a member of Caney Branch Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Flavil and Virgie Davenport Steele. In addition...
Ernest Thomas Morton
Oct 27, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ernest Thomas Morton, age 83, was born November 22, 1930 and died October 27, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. The owner of Morton's Horticulture Products and of the Baptist Faith, he was the son of the late Johnny and Willie Green Morton. In addition to his parents, he was...
Melvina McCormick
Oct 27, 2014
Melvina Delaney McCormick, age 103, a Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died October 27, 2014 at NHC Healthcare, McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, member of Friendship The Baptist Church and daughter of the late John and Betty Talley Delaney. She was married to Johnny McCormick who preceded her in death in 1982....
James Lewis "J.L." Hillis
Oct 26, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James Lewis "J.L." Hillis, age 80, was born April 17, 1934 and died October 26, 2014 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. Retired from Burroughs-Ross-Colville, a U.S. Army veteran of Korea, a member of VFW and American Legion, and of the Christian Faith, he was the son of the late James...
Billy Austin Bounds
Oct 24, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Billy Austin Bounds, age 71, was born July 28, 1943 and died October 24, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired Supervisor/District Manager with Ruth's Salads, he was the son of the late Lee Austin and Mary Novella Mullican Bounds. He was married to Christine Smith Bounds of McMinnville....
Shirley Ann Evans
Oct 21, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Shirley Ann Evans, age 71, was born November 24, 1942 and died October 21, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired Special Education Teacher's Aide with the Warren County School System and a member of Madison Street Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Roy and...
Roy Carson Gibbs
Oct 21, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Roy Carson Gibbs, age 61, was born May 16, 1953 and died October 21, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Army during Desert Storm and affiliated with the Church of God, he was the son of the late Daisy Louise Phillips Kitchen....
Nancy Rhea Newby
Oct 19, 2014
Nancy Rhea Potter Newby passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014. She was born and raised in Tullahoma, TN and lived most of her life in Cookeville, TN. She recently moved to Columbia, TN to live near her daughter. She was a long-time member of Collegeside Church of Christ in Cookeville and worked as a real estate agent for American Way...
Ronald Ralph Daus
Oct 18, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Euclid, Ohio native Ronald Ralph Daus, age 82, was born October 12, 1932 and died October 18, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness. Retired from Premier Products, Inc. located in Monroe, LA, a U.S. Air Force veteran, and a member of the First United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Ralph...
Clifford L. McCormick
Oct 17, 2014
Clifford L. McCormick, age 92, a Coalmont, TN resident and White County, TN native died October 17, 2014 in Cumberland House Hospice in Crossville, TN following a brief illness. He was a retired employee of the U.S. Corps of Engineers, member of Morrison Church of Christ and son of the late Bransford and Mary Elizabeth Holder McCormick. In addition to...
Dorothy L. Eaton Swann
Oct 14, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Dorothy L. Eaton Swann, age 90, was born July 18, 1924 and died October 14, 2014 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A retired employee from Carrier Corporation and a member of Viola Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Roy and Ruby Justice Eaton. She was...
Shanna Lynn Cantrell
Oct 14, 2014
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Shanna Lynn Cantrell, age 36, was born April 5, 1978 and died suddenly October 14, 2014 at River Park Hospital. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Brenda Blaylock Cantrell of Morrison, TN and the late James "J.W." Cantrell, Jr. In addition to her father,...
Betty Sue West
Oct 13, 2014
Betty Sue West, age 81, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died October 13, 2014 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late John Edward and Alma Grace Oneal Warren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sister,...
Kelly Wayne Rowland
Oct 13, 2014
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Kelly Wayne Rowland, age 69, was born March 6, 1945 and died October 13, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired maintenance electrician, a TN National Guard veteran, a member of the Church of Christ, and attended East End Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Betty Jean "Gurney" Smith
Oct 12, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native Betty Jean "Gurney" Smith, age 88, was born November 14, 1925 and died October 12, 2014 following a brief illness. Retired from McMinnville Garment and a member of Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Johnathan Lloyd and Allie Louise McCormick Stanley. She was married April 26, 1950 to...
Charles Taylor "Charlie" Harris
Oct 12, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Loudon County, TN native Charles Taylor "Charlie" Harris, age 64, was born July 9, 1950 and died October 12, 2014 at his residence. A retired employee of Carrier Corporation and of the Baptist Faith, he was the son of the late Robert and Josephine Clark Harris. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Charles Gann
Oct 10, 2014
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Charles Gann, age 70, was born November 1, 1943 and died October 10, 2014 at his residence following a one-year illness. Retired from Batesville Casket Company and also a farmer, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Alvin and Hazel...
Larry Lee Bradbury
Oct 9, 2014
Morrison, TN resident and Ft. Wayne, IN native Larry Lee Bradbury, age 72, was born December 1, 1941 and died October 9, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A truck driver and member of the Smartt Assembly of God, he was the son of the late Jay Bradbury. Mr. Bradbury was married February 6, 1988 to Brenda Ray...
Daisy High Bailey
Oct 9, 2014
Centertown Community resident and Warren County native Daisy High Bailey, age 88, was born February 16, 1926 and died October 9, 2014 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following and extended illness. A homemaker and member of the Bratchers Crossroads Free Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jeff Thomas and Hallie Mae Moore Mears. She was married to Ernest...
Doranella Henegar
Oct 9, 2014
McMinnville resident Doranella Henegar, age 81, succumbed to a two weeks illness in Vanderbilt University Medical Center Thursday afternoon October 9, 2014. She was a native of Pennington Gap, VA, and daughter of the late Frank and Elizabeth Carnes Conyer. She was married March 8, 1955 to Alton Henegar, a retired WWII veteran, who preceded her in death in 1984....
