Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Kathy Diane Holland
Apr 6, 2013
McMinnville resident and Bessemer, AL native Kathy Diane Holland, age 58, was born January 1, 1955 and died April 6, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. A maitre d' and dining room manager with Vestavia Country Club in Birmingham, AL and member of the Baptist church, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Hugh and Dora Earline...
Barbara S. Blackburn
Apr 5, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Barbara S. Blackburn, age 81, was born September 13, 1931 and died April 5, 2013 at River Park Hospital. A retired LPN with River Park Hospital and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Ernest F. and Fannie Mae Tallent Smith, Sr. She was married to Frank James Blackburn...
Billy Winfred Preston
Apr 4, 2013
McMinnville resident and Cannon County, TN native Billy Winfred Preston, age 74, was born December 3, 1938 and died April 4, 2013 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A retired foreman with Simpson Construction in Cleveland, TN, he was the son of the late Bill and Annie Belle Ledbetter Preston. He was a member of...
Ida Besona Garnett
Apr 2, 2013
Ida "Bee" Garnett, 87, a Farmington Hills, Michigan resident and Warren County, TN native died April 2, 2013 in the St. John Povidence Park Hospital in Novi, Michigan. A nursing home administrator and member of the Bethel Baptist Church, Livonia, MI, she was the daughter of the late Erby Lee and Clara Lee Holder Passons. She was married to Wilford...
Malcolm Franklin Bounds, Sr.
Apr 1, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Malcolm Franklin Bounds, Sr., age 90, was born May 7, 1922 and died April 1, 2013 at his residence following a recent illness. A self-employed plumber and electrician, codes inspector with the City of McMinnville, United States Navy veteran of WWII and member of the Northside Baptist Church, he was the son of the...
Johnny Lynn Coppinger
Mar 30, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Johnny Lynn Coppinger, age 50, was born October 1, 1962 and died March 30, 2013 at his residence following a sudden illness. A member of Arlington Church of Christ, he was the son of Billie Frances Coppinger of McMinnville and the late Francis "J.C." Coppinger. In addition to his father, he was preceded in...
Gwendolyn Sue Wright
Mar 29, 2013
Gwendolyn Sue Wright, 51, a McMinnville, TN resident and Duluth, GA native was born January 9, 1962 and died March 29, 2013 at her home with loved ones following an illness of nine months. A homemaker and a member of the Eastside Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late, Jimmy and Shirley McAfee Barnes. She was married April...
Juanita Higginbotham Medley
Mar 29, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native Juanita Higginbotham Medley, age 92, was born September 12, 1920 and died March 29, 2013. A retired sales clerk and buyer for J.C. Penney Co. and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Carrie Alice Dodson Johnson. She was married to Drury Higginbotham...
Michael Loyd Boles
Mar 27, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Michael Loyd Boles, age 34, was born March 14, 1979 and died March 27, 2013 following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A computer programmer with Boles Tool and Die and member of the Smithville Church of Christ, he was the son of Terry Boles of McMinnville and the late Christie Bouldin Bennett. In...
Patsy Sue Powell
Mar 26, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Patsy Sue Powell, age 84, was born March 2, 1929 and died March 26, 2013 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A retired employee of City Bank and Trust Company and member of the Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Ollie Harmon and Maude Ann Webb Phillips,...
Pauline Rackley
Mar 23, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Pauline Rackley, age 87, was born October 22, 1925 and died March 23, 2013 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. Mrs. Rackley was a retired employee of Genesco and later worked as a caregiver. She was the daughter of the late Curg and Mattie Bell Tanner Morton and a member of Locust...
Robert Eugene Hendrixson
Mar 21, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Robert Eugene Hendrixson, age 79, was born June 12, 1933 and died March 21, 2013 at Raintree Manor Nursing Home following an extended illness. A retired employee of the United States Postal Service and United States Navy veteran, he was the son of the late George W. and Nona Mae Young Hendrixson. He is...
Judy Gail West
Mar 21, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Judy Gail West, age 67, was born December 10, 1945 and died March 21, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of the McMinnville Missionary Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Haston and Wilma Zona Young Judkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Billy Edwin Whitlock
Mar 19, 2013
Billy Edwin Whitlock, 87, died March 19, 2013 peacefully at home in McMinnville, TN. Born November 30, 1925 in the Crisp Springs Community of Warren County, TN. Preceded in death by his parents, O.H. Whitlock and Bobbie Evelyn Whitlock; brother, John Carl Whitlock and sister, Nancy Hallene Spangler. Survived by his wife of sixty-six years, Louise Seamons Whitlock; son and...
David Lee "Bunton" Smith
Mar 15, 2013
Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native David Lee "Bunton" Smith, age 71, was born October 10, 1941 and died March 15, 2013 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee of Powermatic and member of Campaign Church of God, he was the son of the late Walter and Daisy Mae Taylor Smith. In...
Harper Louise Bouldin
Mar 14, 2013
Harper Louise Bouldin, the daughter of Stephanie King and Justin Bouldin both of McMinnville, was stillborn March 14, 2013 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. In addition to her parents, she is survived by maternal grandparents, Jeffery and Angela Anderson of McMinnville and Phillip and Shelley King of Viola, TN; maternal great-grandparents, Wilson and Ruby King, Bonnie Holland and Linda...
Alford "Hoot" Bales Starkey
Mar 11, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native Alford "Hoot" Bales Starkey, age 84, was born September 6, 1928 and died March 11, 2013 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired nurseryman and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Herman and Velma Bell Starkey. In addition to his parents, he...
Joseph Lawson "J.L." Simons
Mar 11, 2013
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County, TN native Joseph Lawson "J.L." Simons, age 95, was born March 27, 1917 and died March 11, 2013 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired carpenter, United States Army veteran of WWII and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late James and Hassie Hillis Simons. In addition...
Ronnie Clark Argo
Mar 10, 2013
Ronnie Clark Argo, 71, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born April 26, 1941 and died March 10, 2013 following a sudden illness. A retired employee of Carrier Corporation, he was the son of the late Luke Lee and Hazel Leona Wanamaker Argo. He was married March 15, 1969 to Lois Gail Jones Argo who survives....
Timothy Wandell Casady
Mar 9, 2013
Smartt, TN resident and Bakersfield, CA native Timothy Wandell Casady, age 49, was born July 2, 1963 and died March 9, 2013 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. An employee of Tenac, Inc., he was the son of Della Moore Casady of Oklahoma and the late William "Bill" Casady. In addition to his father, he was preceded in...
