Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
L.C. Wanamaker
Apr 15, 2013
McMinnville resident and Grundy County, TN native L.C. Wanamaker, age 77, was born November 25, 1935 and died April 15, 2013 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired truck driver with Gant Oil and member of New Hope The Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Aubrey and Helen Gross Wanamaker. In addition to his parents,...
Geraldine Scott King
Apr 14, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Geraldine Scott King, age 71, was born March 20, 1942 and died April 14, 2013 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired sales associate with Kmart and member of the Arlington Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Erby Sedberry and Maude Marie Martin Scott. In addition to her...
MSgt Melvin "Gene" Eugene Gillette
Apr 14, 2013
Smithville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native MSgt Melvin Eugene "Gene" Gillette, age 84, was born February 13, 1929 and after a long illness, passed away unexpectedly April 14, 2013. The retired owner/operator of Gillette Service Center, retired United States Air Force veteran of twenty years of the Korean and Vietnam war and a member of the Baptist Church,...
Livy Dearing Hill Hoover
Apr 12, 2013
Sevierville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Livy Dearing Hill Hoover, age 84, was born April 13, 1928 and died April 12, 2013 at Wellington Place in Sevierville, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Livingston Dearing and Edna Hunter Hill. She was married...
Frank "Bigfoot" Hawkins
Apr 12, 2013
McMinnville resident and Anderson County, TN native Frank "Bigfoot" Hawkins, age 81, was born May 27, 1931 and died April 12, 2013 at his residence following an extended illness. A ginseng digger and member of Long Mountain Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, he was the son of the late Levi Jackson and Elizabeth Tackett Hawkins. In addition...
Earlene B. Doak
Apr 11, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Earlene B. Doak, age 84, was born April 8, 1929 and died April 11, 2013 at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, FL following a sudden illness. A retired Bookkeeper with McMinnville Concrete Company and member of the St. Mary's Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Athelia Boyd Barnes. In addition...
Eleese Haston
Apr 11, 2013
Sparta, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Eleese Griffith Haston, age 86, was born April 22, 1926 and died April 11, 2013 at Highlands Medical Center in Sparta, TN following extended illness. A retired supervisor with General Telephone Company and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elsie Dora Yeargin Griffith....
Minnie Notie Mooneyham Ashley
Apr 9, 2013
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County, TN native Minnie Notie Mooneyham Ashley, age 93, was born March 18, 1920 and died April 9, 2013 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A retired seamstress at Pikeville Shirt Factory and a member of Midway Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late John Herbert and Minnie Susan Dodson Mooneyham....
Thomas Edward Clendenon
Apr 9, 2013
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native Thomas Edward Clendenon, age 77, was born August 17, 1935 and died April 9, 2013 at his residence following an eight-month illness. A retired employee of Carrier Corporation and a member of Shellsford Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Edward and Willie Mae Panter Clendenon. He was married to Barbara...
John Franklin Hillis
Apr 7, 2013
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County, TN native John Franklin Hillis, age 92, was born January 8, 1921 and died April 7, 2013 at Raintree Manor Nursing Home following an extended illness. A retired welder with Ford Motor Company, a member of the Warren Masonic Lodge #125 F&AM and a member of the Shellsford Baptist Church, he was the son...
Dorothy Dean Matheney Holder
Apr 7, 2013
McMinnville resident and Putnam County, TN native Dorothy Dean Matheney Holder, age 90, was born June 9, 1922 and died April 7, 2013 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a lingering illness. A retired supervisor at Rockford Textile, member of VFW Post 5064 Ladies Auxiliary and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Homer B. and...
Tyler Wayne Green-Fisher
Apr 6, 2013
Tyler Wayne Green-Fisher, the seven year-old son of Heather Dion Fisher and Ryan Jacob Green both of Sparta, TN was born November 22, 2005 and died April 6, 2013 at White County Community Hospital in Sparta, TN. A first grade student at Doyle Elementary School, he was preceded in death by his paternal great-grandfather, James E. Rutledge. In addition to...
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...
