Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Woodrow Wilson St. John
Oct 24, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Huntland, TN native Woodrow Wilson St. John, age 87, was born April 16, 1925 and died October 24, 2012 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from Burroughs-Ross-Colville Company, a United States Army veteran of WWII and a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and...
Brenda Joy Knowles
Oct 23, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Brenda Joy Knowles, age 65, was born August 5, 1947 and died October 23, 2012 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Bethel Hill Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Cleveland and Alva Irene Myers McCormick. She was married to James...
Robert Lee Reynolds
Oct 22, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Oak Hill, WV native Robert Lee Reynolds, age 76, was born October 20, 1936 and died October 22, 2012 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Hilton and Bessie Blake Reynolds, and was married to Monna Jean Thomas Reynolds. He was a retired electrician with Disney World,...
Monna Jean Reynolds
Oct 22, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Fayetteville, WV native Monna Jean Reynolds, age 73 was born November 2, 1938 and died October 22, 2012 at her residence following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Raymond and Edith Marie Beaver Thomas and was married November 22, 1956 to Robert Lee Reynolds. She was a retired Teacher's Assistant with the...
Dean Young
Oct 20, 2012
Newnan, GA resident (formerly of McMinnville) and Warren County native Dean Young, age 63, was born August 9, 1949 and died October 20, 2012 in Newnan, GA. A retired welder, he was the son of the late Raymond and Barbara Louise Holt Young. Mr. Young is survived by two daughters, Kim Clarke of Murfreesboro, TN and Karen Rados of Newnan,...
Clemmie Lela Youngblood Lowry Patrick
Oct 19, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Clemmie Lela Youngblood Lowry Patrick, age 95, was born September 29, 1917 and died October 19, 2012 at her residence following a brief illness. A homemaker and former employee of Woodbury Shirt Factory and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Samuel B. and Maggie Flynn...
Caitlin Sierra Talley
Oct 19, 2012
McMinnville resident and Rutherford County native Caitlin Sierra Talley, age 17, was born July 11, 1995 and died October 19, 2012 at River Park Hospital following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Senior at Warren County High School and employee of McDonald's, she was the daughter of Tara Alford and Chuck Talley both of McMinnville. Caitlin was a member...
Charlie Thomas Humphrey
Oct 14, 2012
McMinnville resident and Hazel Green, AL native Charlie Thomas Humphrey, age 81, was born September 11, 1931 and died October 14, 2012 at his residence following a six month illness. He was a retired employee of Powermatic with 36 years service, employed by the Warren County Sanitation Department, a United States Army veteran of Korea and a member of the...
Clara McMahan McAfee
Oct 14, 2012
Morrison, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Clara McMahan McAfee, age 99, was born July 2, 1913 and died October 14, 2012 at Raintree Manor following a brief illness. A homemaker and a member of Morrison Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Zora Ann Dodd McMahan. She was married to Bernard L....
Katherine Potter Tarwater
Oct 13, 2012
Jacksonville, FL resident and White County, TN native Katherine Potter Tarwater, age 100, was born April 29, 1912 and died October 13, 2012 at Sterling House Assisted Living in Jacksonville, FL. A librarian and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Kelly Frederick and Kate Dibrell Potter. Mrs. Tarwater met her husband at LMU...
Eugene Dale Darland
Oct 13, 2012
Rock Island, TN resident and Greenville, Ohio native Eugene Dale Darland, age 66, was born March 5, 1946 and died October 13, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of McMinnville Tool & Die and a United States Air Force veteran of Vietnam, he was the son of the late Bernard Clark and Cona Lee Clem....
Bobby Wayne Seals
Oct 12, 2012
McMinnville resident and Grundy County, TN native Bobby Wayne Seals, age 69, was born September 16, 1943 and died October 12, 2012 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A nurseryman and landscaper, and a member of the Pentecostal Church, he was the son of the late Louis and Ethel Rollins Seals. In addition to his parents, he was...
Leon Timothy "Peanut" Baldwin, III
Oct 11, 2012
Leon Timothy "Peanut" Baldwin, III age 4 months of McMinnville, TN was born May 29, 2012 and died October 11, 2012 in Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN. He is survived by parents, Lauren Elizabeth Dodson and Leon Timothy Baldwin, Jr. of McMinnville, TN, maternal grandparents, Delita Dodson and Jimmy Turner of Morrison, TN and Bill Dodson and Barbara Jones of...
James E. Totherow, Sr.
Oct 9, 2012
McMinnville resident and Sand Mountain, AL native James E. Totherow, age 87, was born June 8, 1925 and died October 9, 2012 at River Park Hosptial following a brief illness. He was the son of the late William Martin and Hattie Shrader Totherow and was married to Ophelia Taylor Totherow who preceded him in death March 7, 2005. Mr. Totherow...
Morton Willard Tate
Oct 8, 2012
McMinnville resident and Grundy County, TN native Morton Willard Tate, age 87, was born August 24, 1925 and died October 8, 2012 at Alive Hospice @ St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A retired nurseryman with Mid South Nursery and United States Army veteran of WWII and Korea, he was the son of the late Albert...
Verbolynn "Peggy" Maxson
Oct 7, 2012
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Verbolynn "Peggy" Maxson, age 79, was born August 12, 1933 and died October 7, 2012 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. An LPN with National Healthcare and River Park Hospital, she was the daughter of the late Verby and Beatrice Ellen Fisher Jones. She attended Living Word Fellowship Church and Mt....
Hassie M. Harper
Oct 7, 2012
Rock Island, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Hassie M. Harper, age 78, was born January 11, 1934 and died October 7, 2012 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A retired employee of NHC Healthcare McMinnville and member of the Church of God, she was the daughter of the late Rubin Thomas and Velma...
Floyd "Joe" Gambrell
Oct 6, 2012
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Floyd "Joe" Gambrell, age 82, was born March 12, 1930 and died October 6, 2012 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired veteran of the United States Air Force having served during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam, he was in communications security. He was the son of the late William...
Michael Terry Bennett
Oct 6, 2012
Rock Island, TN resident and Jackson County, TN native Michael Terry Bennett, age 65, was born April 2, 1947 and died October 6, 2012 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A retired employee of the United States Postal Service, United States Navy veteran of Vietnam and member of the Church of Christ, he was...
Tommy Euel Johnson
Oct 3, 2012
McMinnville resident and Coffee County, TN native Tommy Euel Johnson, age 71, was born January 3, 1941 and died October 3, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness. A security enforcement officer with Davis Security Company, United States Navy veteran and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Tom Johnson and the late Velma...
