Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Cathy Carletta GRISSOM
May 13, 2009
Smithville, TN resident and Warren County native Cathy Carletta Grissom, age 54, was born November 8, 1954 and died May 13, 2009 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A former employee of Precision Molding and member of the First Congregational Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Wanda Turner Lindsey of Sparta, TN and the late James C....
Kayndace Rayn FISHER
May 13, 2009
Kayndace Rayn Fisher, the three-year-old daughter of Sandra Fisher of Rock Island, TN and Mitchell Stone of McMinnville, was born June 15, 2005 and died May 13, 2009. They were preceded in death by their maternal grandfather, William "Bill" Fisher. In addition to their parents, they are survived by their step-mother, Rose Stone of McMinnville; maternal grandmother, Lela Fisher of...
James Leo CANTRELL
May 9, 2009
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James Leo Cantrell, age 94, was born August 17, 1914 and died May 9, 2009 at NHC in McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired farmer and TN Forestry Serviceman, he was the son of the late Lelland and Delia Cantrell. He was married to Nell Lane Cantrell, who preceded him in...
E. W. BRIDGES
May 7, 2009
McMinnville resident and Knox County, TN native E. W. Bridges, age 66, was born September 20, 1942 and died May 7, 2009 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A self-employed woodworker and a member of Free Will Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Fletcher Esco and Edna Ruth Ezell Bridges. In addition to his parents,...
James Alvin PEGG
May 6, 2009
McMinnville resident and Coffee County, TN native James Alvin Pegg, age 87, was born July 1, 1921 and died May 6, 2009 at the St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A retired Minister, a United States Army veteran of W.W.II and a member of the Mt. Leo Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Wilbert Frederick BREEDLOVE
May 6, 2009
Painesville, OH resident and Warren County, TN native Wilbert Frederick Breedlove, age 82, was born December 30, 1926 and died May 6, 2009 in Painesville, OH following a brief illness. A retired foreman for IRC Fibers, a United States Army veteran of WWII, and a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, he was the son of the late George Edgar...
James William Bill HOLLIS
May 3, 2009
McMinnville resident and Cannon County, TN native James William "Bill" Hollis, age 69, was born October 15, 1939 and died May 3, 2009 at the St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. A plumber and pipe fitter, a United States Air Force veteran and a deacon at the Philadelphia Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Arthur Sneed and...
Shirley Geneva MANUS
May 2, 2009
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native Shirley Geneva Manus, age 71, was born April 19, 1938 and died May 2, 2009 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A homemaker and a member of the Shellsford Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Frank Cheatham and Tennie Mae Davis Hillis. She was married...
Freda Lynne GUY
May 2, 2009
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Freda Lynne Guy, age 47, was born February 6, 1962 and died May 2, 2009 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. An employee of Phillips Lighting and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Silas Johnson and Wilma Payne. In addition to...
Dorothy W. SOUTHARD
Apr 30, 2009
Franklin, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Dorothy W. Southard, age 91, was born August 11, 1917 and died April 30, 2009 at Grace Healthcare in Franklin, TN, following an extended illness. A retired employee from Genesco and a member of the Tulip Street Methodist Church in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Charles Miller and...
Jennie Lou HALEY
Apr 30, 2009
McMinnville resident and South Pittsburg, TN native Jennie Lou Haley, died April 30, 2009 following a brief illness. A retired LPN and a member of the Christ United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Bertha Ladd Mayfield. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles S. Haley, Sr., sisters,...
J.D. GREEN
Apr 25, 2009
Clarksville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native J.D. Green, age 76, was born May 15, 1932 and died April 25, 2009 at Alive Hospice at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A court officer with the Warren County Sheriff's Department and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Bryan...
Sedryc Phelan SIMMONS
Apr 24, 2009
McMinnville resident and Tullahoma, TN native Sedryc Phelan Simmons, age 7, was born March 26, 2002 and died April 24, 2009 at T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. A first grade student at Hickory Creek Elementary School, he was the son of James and Lori Simmons of McMinnville. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers,...
Charles L. PRATER
Apr 24, 2009
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Charles L. Prater, age 92, was born October 20, 1916 and died April 24, 2009 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A foreman with McMinnville Concrete Company for twenty-three years, a fork lift operator with Carrier for ten years, a United States Army veteran of WWII and member of the Christ...
Kaleb Zachary SMITH
Apr 23, 2009
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Kaleb Zachary Smith, age 7, was born July 19, 2001 and died April 23, 2009 at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, TN following a one-month illness. A first grade student at Hickory Creek Elementary School, he was the son of David and Jennifer Smith of McMinnville. In addition to his parents, he is survived...
Fran Allison GEORGE
Apr 23, 2009
Santa Ana, CA resident and Morrison, TN native Fran Allison George, age 89, was born July 18, 1919 and died April 23, 2009 at Orange Coast Memorial Hospital in Fountain Valley, CA following a sudden illness. A retired supervisor with Town & Country Retirement Home in Santa Ana, CA and member of the Newland Church of Christ in Garden Grove,...
SR., James Morton TATE
Apr 19, 2009
McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Morton Tate, Sr., age 61, was born March 19, 1948 and died April 19, 2009 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. The owner of Tate Nursery and member of Morton Memorial Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Jasper and Wilsie Emmalene Hobbs Tate. In addition to his parents,...
Zada Mai RUTLEDGE
Apr 17, 2009
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Zada Mai Rutledge, age 82, was born July 9, 1926 and died April 17, 2009 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She was the daughter of the late Jack and Sally Gwynn McKinley. She is survived by husband, James Rutledge of McMinnville...
James Lavoy TILLETT
Apr 17, 2009
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native James Lavoy Tillett, age 82, was born June 24, 1926 and died April 17, 2009 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a sudden illness. A retired employee of A.E.D.C., a United States Air Force veteran and a member of the Morrison Church of Christ, where he served as longtime treasurer. He was the...
Dorothy Roland BRYANT
Apr 16, 2009
Knoxville, TN resident and Lamar County, TX native Dorothy Roland Bryant, age 96, died April 16, 2009 at Shannondale Nursing Home in Knoxville, TN following a brief illness. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the McMinnville Garden Club, the Daughters of the Confederacy, The Questers and the Eastern Star. She was retired from the antique business...
