Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Audra Mae Bellew Rafter
Jan 21, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Louisville, KY native Audra Mae Bellew Rafter, age 86, was born February 19, 1927 and died January 21, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. Retired as the Department Head of American Chemical Society and a member of the Lutheran Church, she was the daughter of the late Raymond H. and Marion Frances Perkins Lightfoot....
Martha Eleanor Barnes
Jan 19, 2014
Martha Eleanor Barnes, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 19, 2014 at Raintree Manor following a one year illness. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Tallman and Sara Ramsey Boyd, retired office manager for Dr. Michael Roberts, DDS and charter member of Westwood Church of Christ. She was married to Cordell...
Clarence Brown Russell
Jan 19, 2014
Indianapolis, IN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Clarence Brown Russell, age 83, was born July 30, 1930 and died January 19, 2014 at his residence. A retired driver for Pike Township Transportation, a United States Army veteran of Korea, and a member of Calvary Tabernacle Church in Indianapolis, IN, he was the son of the late William and Clara...
Katherine Fontaine "Kap" Stubblefield
Jan 18, 2014
Katherine Fontaine "Kap" Stubblefield, age 99, a McMinnville, TN resident and Coahoma County, Mississippi native died January 18, 2014 in Raintree Manor following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late James Francis and Teen Syme Ratiff Fontaine, a retired Chemistry Teacher with the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse and a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church....
Myrtle Mae Grieves
Jan 18, 2014
Myrtle Mae Grieves, age 88, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native died January 18, 2014 in NHC Healthcare, McMinnville, following a lingering illness. Mrs. Grieves was retired, having been employed by McMinnville Garment Company, Savage Nursery, River Park Hospital and a self employed caregiver. She was a member of Irving College Baptist Church. She was the daughter...
Gary Randolph Wells
Jan 17, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Olive Hill, KY native Gary Randolph Wells, age 75, was born June 4, 1938 and died January 17, 2014 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. Retired from Hobart Corporation, a United States Army veteran and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Roy...
Heber Earl Bess
Jan 14, 2014
Fairmount, GA resident and Grundy County, TN native Heber Earl Bess, age 94, was born October 2, 1919 and died January 14, 2014 at Calhoun Health Care Center in Calhoun, GA following a brief illness. Retired from the Southern Standard, he was the son of the late Venus and Lettie Mae Whitman Bess. He was married to Esther Lee Bouldin...
Billy Howard Gilbert
Jan 14, 2014
Billy Howard Gilbert, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born May 13, 1938 and died January 15, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a retired employee of Carrier Corporation, a United States Army Veteran and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ. He was the son of the...
JoAnn Pepper Scott
Jan 12, 2014
Buford, GA resident and Warren County, TN native JoAnn Pepper Scott, age 73, was born February 13, 1940 and died January 12, 2014 at Embracing Hospice in Cumming, GA from natural causes. She was retired from Shade Tree Creations and a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by husband, Glenn C. Scott (1992); and her parents....
Nadia Evelyn Bowman Mitchell
Jan 11, 2014
Mrs. Nadia Evelyn Bowman Mitchell, age 83 of McMinnville, TN, died January 11, 2014, in Nashville, TN with family at her side. She was born March 20, 1930 to the late Edward and Johnnie Bowman. She worked as the secretary of Cole Elementary School until her retirement in 1995. Mrs. Mitchell was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include...
Louise Hannah Cunningham
Jan 11, 2014
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Louise Hannah Cunningham, age 90, was born May 5, 1923 and died January 11, 2014 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. The owner of Louise's Beauty Shop in Morrison for over 60 years and a member of Caney Branch The Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Irving H....
Johnny Garvin Haley
Jan 7, 2014
Rock Island, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Johnny Garvin Haley, age 93, was born June 26, 1920 and died January 7, 2014 at Highlands Medical Center in Sparta, TN following a one-year illness. Mr. Haley was the owner of Haley's Furniture Store, and was ordained to the ministry in 1953. He pastored nine Southern Baptist Churches in six...
Lillian V. Wyatt
Jan 6, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Lillian V. Wyatt, age 90, was born March 31, 1923 and died January 6, 2014 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. Mrs. Wyatt was a retired social worker with the Tennessee Department of Human Services and a member of the Church of Christ. She was married to Claude E. Wyatt,...
Sarah Frances Panter Hobbs
Jan 5, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Sarah Frances Panter Hobbs, age 88, was born January 29, 1925 and died January 5, 2014 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a brief illness. Mrs. Hobbs was the co-founder of Warren County Nursery and bookkeeper for 63 years. She was named Tennessee Nurseryman Association's honorary life-time member. She...
Carolyn Ann Sweeten
Jan 4, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Carolyn Ann Sweeten, age 61, was born January 4, 1953 and died suddenly January 4, 2014 at her residence. A homemaker, she was the daughter of Betty Jo Fults of McMinnville and the late Robert Houston Fults. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by brother, Floyd Fults; and...
Joyce Elaine Myers
Jan 1, 2014
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Joyce Elaine Myers, age 60, was born November 7, 1953 and died January 1, 2014 at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. The co-owner of A.J.'s Tree Farm and a member of the Christian Fellowship Church, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Ellen Irene...
James "J.P" Edward Pack, II
Dec 31, 2013
McMinnville, TN resident and Louisville, AR native James "J.P." Edward Pack, II, age 34, was born August 29, 1979 and died suddenly December 31, 2013. The owner of J.P.'s Happy Tire, he was the son of James Pack of McMinnville and Renia Pack of Houston, TX. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two children, Destiny Faith Pack...
Frank Lewis Cox
Dec 26, 2013
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Frank Lewis Cox, age 74, was born January 8, 1939 and died December 26, 2013 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Mr. Cox was a retired manager with Magnetek, a woodworker and cabinet maker, a member of the Masonic Lodge #452 of Rock Island, and a member of...
Dorothy Belle McGee
Dec 23, 2013
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Dorothy Belle McGee, age 77, was born February 25, 1936 and died December 23, 2013 at her residence following a brief illness. Retired from Michigan Bulb Forest Nursery and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Cooper Eugene and Mennie Belle Myers Scott, Sr. She...
Margaret Samantha Seals
Dec 22, 2013
Walling, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Margaret Samantha Blankenship Seals, age 93, was born August 11, 1920 and died December 22, 2013 at her residence following a brief illness. A homemaker and a member of Quebeck Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Sally McDowell Blankenship. She was married to Ervin Austin Seals who...
