Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Jimmy Dee Jones
Aug 27, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Jimmy Dee Jones, age 52, was born November 27, 1961 and died suddenly August 27, 2014. The son of Charles Jones of McMinnville and the late Mildred "Mickey" Jones, he was a self-employed auto mechanic and attended Irving College Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by...
Monroe Eugene Dixon
Aug 26, 2014
Monroe Eugene Dixon, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 26, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. He was the owner of Kingwood Foodland, member of the Baptist Church and son of the late James William and Lillie Vera Hodges Dixon. He was married to Randy Jane Taylor Dixon who preceded him...
Hailey Ann Taylor
Aug 25, 2014
Hailey Ann Taylor, age 15, a Murfreesboro, TN native and McMinnville, TN resident died August 25, 2014 at her residence following an illness of three years. She was a sophomore at Warren County Senior High School and daughter of Michael Taylor of McMinnville and Kim & Dale Nunley of McMinnville. She is also survived by sisters, Megan (Jordan) Underhill, Blakney...
Ruth Abigail Slonecker
Aug 25, 2014
Ruth Abigail Robles was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on Dec 8, 1923 to the late Mr. Juan Robles & Regina Rios Robles. She was the youngest of 11 children and the last survivor of her siblings. Her father was the first Protestant minister in Puerto Rico and also worked for the US government as a revenuer during Prohibition. Her...
LtCol Charles King Bostick
Aug 23, 2014
McMinnville resident and Murfreesboro, TN native LtCol Charles King Bostick, age 83, was born November 21, 1930 and died August 23, 2014 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A supervisor with Century Electric/Magnetek and member of Christ United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Thomas Edwin and Grace Givens Bostick. He was a member of...
Dorothy "Dot" Jones Mullican
Aug 20, 2014
Dorothy "Dot" Mullican, age 89, a Maryville, TN resident died August 20, 2014 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Clyde Sutton and Johnnie Ida Jones and was married to Billy Akers Mullican who preceded her in death May 22, 2013. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by son, Thomas Sutton...
Delma Louise Campbell
Aug 20, 2014
Delma Louise Campbell, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native died August 20, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Genesco, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Elmer and Nannie Jennings Cole. She was married to Artis Winford Campbell who preceded her in...
Fronie Hennessee
Aug 19, 2014
Fronie Hennessee, age 96, a Spencer, TN resident and Bledsoe County, TN native died August 19, 2014 at NHC Healthcare, McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of Cumberland Manufacturing Company, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Joshua Jahue and Eliza Turner Johnson. She was married December 26, 1935 to Thurman Hennessee...
Doris Golden Whitlock
Aug 19, 2014
Warren County resident and native Doris Golden Whitlock, 87, died August 19 at River Park Hospital following a lingering illness. A member of the Arlington Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Alaska Elkana and Estella Pryor Golden. Doris was born Nov. 3, 1926 in the Wayside community of Warren County, where she grew up at Crystal...
Linda F. Smartt
Aug 17, 2014
White County, TN native and McMinnville resident Linda F. Seibers Smartt, age 59, was born August 27, 1954 and died August 17, 2014 at her residence following a brief illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Joe Lee and Mable Bernice Hutson Seibers. She was married to Nickie Dwayne Smartt who survives. In addition to her parents,...
Jess Whitley "J.W." Taylor
Aug 17, 2014
Jess Whitley (J.W.) Taylor, age 98, passed away on August 17, 2014. He was born on July 1, 1916 in Brush Creek, TN. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of McMinnville, a past member of the Rotary Noon Club, Gideons, American Legion, and McMinnville Housing Authority Board. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jess...
Eva Green Hiter
Aug 15, 2014
Mt. Juliet, TN resident and White County, TN native (formerly of McMinnville)Eva Green Hiter, age 85, was born March 1, 1929 and died August 15, 2014. A homemaker and member of the Center Chapel Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George Dewey and Mary M. McCormack Green. She was married June 16, 1946 to Joseph William...
Ruth Elizabeth Benton Porter
Aug 11, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Keene, TX native Ruth Elizabeth Benton Porter, age 87, was born June 3, 1927 and died August 11, 2014 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a short illness. A retired teacher from Faulkner Springs Christian School and a member of McMinnville Seventh-Day Adventist Church, she was the daughter of the late Roy Lee...
Earl Thomas Adams
Aug 8, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Earl Thomas Adams, age 70, was born March 15, 1944 and died August 8, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee of Commercial Painting, Inc. in Nashville, TN and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Lonnie and Ozelle McCormick Adams. In addition to...
James Willard Smartt
Aug 8, 2014
McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Willard Smartt, age 51, was born February 23, 1963 and died August 8, 2014 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A nursery worker and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Willard and Barbara O'Neal Smartt. Mr. Smartt was married to Pam Smartt of McMinnville. In...
Paul Womack Webb
Aug 6, 2014
Paul Womack Webb, age 87, a Smyrna, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died August 6, 2014 at Stonecrest Medical Center in Smyrna following an extended illness. He was preceded in death by parents, Everett O. and Hattie Belle Womack Webb; brothers, Phillip R. and William J. Webb and sister, Kathleen Coleman. He was a member of the Church...
Leland Andrew Norris, III
Aug 5, 2014
Old Hickory, TN resident and Memphis, TN native Leland Andrew Norris, III, age 59, was born March 3, 1955 and died August 5, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness. A videographer and United States Coast Guard veteran, he was the son of the late Leland Andrew and Dora Hayden Henegar Norris, Jr. He is survived locally by aunt,...
Scott Allen St. Clair
Aug 3, 2014
Morrison, TN resident and Rutherford County, TN native Scott Allen St. Clair, age 42, was born August 14, 1971 and died suddenly August 3, 2014. A construction worker and member of Covenant Fellowship Church, he was the son of Jimmie Sue Barnes and Stan and Rhonda St. Clair all of McMinnville. He was preceded in death by his father, Ken...
Mary Gayden Phifer
Aug 2, 2014
McMinnville resident and Davidson County, TN native Mary Gayden Phifer, age 82, was born September 27, 1931 and died August 2, 2014 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired time keeper with Oster and member of the Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George T. and Elizabeth Denby Martin. In addition to...
Mary Elizabeth Duckworth Womack
Jul 25, 2014
Former McMinnville resident and Hot Springs, AR native Mary Elizabeth Duckworth Womack, age 99, was born August 7, 1914 and died July 25, 2014 at her daughter's residence following an extended illness. She was a faithful member of Westwood Church of Christ for more than fifty years, daughter of the late Robert Lee and Zaidee Loretta McFadden Duckworth and was...
