Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Jo R. Yager
Nov 18, 2012
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Jo R. Yager, age 85, was born April 24, 1927 and died November 18, 2012 at River Park Hospital. A retired secretary with the Warren County School System and member of the Christ United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Willie Monroe and Clara West Russell. In addition to her...
Robert Edward Lee
Nov 17, 2012
Robert Edward Lee, age 88, McMinnville resident and Putnam County, TN native, was born March 24, 1924 and died November 17, 2012 at Raintree Manor following a brief illness. A United States Army veteran of WWII, he was awarded the Eastern Service Medal with five Bronze Stars while serving in Europe with the Third Army's 10th Infantry Regiment. He served...
Wesley Joseph Warriner
Nov 17, 2012
McMinnville resident and Wilmington, IL native, Wesley Joseph Warriner, age 95, was born January 13, 1917 and died November 17, 2012 at his residence following a brief illness. A retired carpenter and a member of the Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Charles and Florence Griffeth Warriner. He was married to Blanche Hool Warriner who preceded him...
Laura Mae Gibbs
Nov 17, 2012
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Laura Mae Gibbs, age 89, was born September 5, 1923 and died November 17, 2012 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late John Floyd and Josephine "Josie" Mayfield Whitworth. She was married to John Austin Gibbs, Jr....
Ruth Jeanette Vaughn
Nov 16, 2012
Ruth Jeanette Vaughn, age 79, Walling, TN resident and White County, TN native, was born January 23, 1933 and died November 16, 2012 at Life Care Center of Sparta following an extended illness. A farmer and homemaker and a member of Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Willie Mae Wiggington Seals. In addition...
Ella May Jones
Nov 9, 2012
Smithville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Ella May Jones, age 98, was born September 26, 1914 and died November 9, 2012 at DeKalb Community Hospital in Smithville, TN following a short illness. A homemaker and member of the Smithville First Assembly of God, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Mary Etta Redmon Delong. She was...
Lillie Mae Scott
Nov 8, 2012
Lillie Mae Scott, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy Co.,TN native was born September 14, 1926 and died November 8, 2012 following an extended illness. A retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Perry and Hassie Campbell Myers. She was married to Henry Scott who...
Phyllis Ann Buckner
Nov 8, 2012
Gainesboro, TN resident (formerly of McMinnville) and Warren County native Phyllis Ann Buckner, age 63, was born January 16, 1949 and died November 8, 2012 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired employee of Aqua-Tech and member of the Bridge Community Church, she was the daughter of the late Emma Louise Davis Brock and the late Willard Elbert...
Virginia Louise Woodard
Nov 5, 2012
Virginia Louise Woodard, age 85, McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born April 4, 1927 and died November 5, 2012 at her residence following a lingering illness. A retired self-employed caterer and a member of East End Drive Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Doris and Sally Locke Ramsey. In addition to her...
Joan Lesnick
Nov 4, 2012
Joan Francis Lesnick,age 70, Morrison, TN resident and Waynesboro, VA native was born April 17, 1942 and died November 4, 2012 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. She was a retired assistant advertising agent with Times Newspaper and member of the Morrison United Methodist Church, Morrison, TN and daughter of the late Owen and Elizabeth Alma Courtney...
Mary Ingram Garner
Nov 2, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Sallisaw, OK native Mary Adeline Garner, age 88, was born October 3, 1924 and died November 2, 2012 at Raintree Manor following a brief illness. A retired accountant with Sohio Petroleum and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Alma Pennington Ingram. She was married March 5, 1949 to...
Faye Pelham
Nov 2, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Cleveland, TN native Violet Faye Pelham, age 79, was born August 30, 1933 and died November 2, 2012 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A retired employee of Aqua-Tech and member of the Christian Fellowship Church, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Pearl Picklesimer Staton and was married...
David Hugh Stacey, Jr.
Oct 28, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Lewisburg, TN native David Hugh Stacey, Jr., age 70, was born November 22, 1941 and died October 28, 2012 at St. Thomas Hospital following a four-month illness. The son of the late David Hugh and Mary Ruth Ledford Stacey, Sr., he was a retired school teacher with the Warren County School System and a member of...
Bessie Farless
Oct 27, 2012
Bessie G. Farless, a resident of Huntsville, AL and long-time resident of McMinnville, was born May 6, 1917 and passed away October 27, 2012 at home following a short illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hugh Issac and Nannie Green Van Hooser; five brothers, Hugh Van Hooser, Nelson Van Hooser, Issac Van Hooser, Hoskins Van Hooser and...
William Douglas "Billy" Cartwright
Oct 26, 2012
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native William Douglas "Billy" Cartwright, age 77, was born February 28, 1935 and died October 26, 2012 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired Teacher and Assistant Principal for forty-one years with the Warren County School System and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ. He was the...
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,...
