Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Esther Mae SIMONDS
Nov 15, 2006
Morrison, TN resident and White County, TN native Esther Mae Simonds, age 73, was born May 18, 1933 and died November 15, 2006 at her residence following an extended illness. A nutritionist at Crittenton Hospital in Crittenton, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Lee and Beulah Rigsby Hutchins. She was married to Abslom Grant Simonds who preceded...
Patrick Ray RILEY
Nov 15, 2006
Vonore, TN resident and Cincinnati, Ohio native Patrick Ray Riley, age 64, was born March 1, 1942 and died November 15, 2006 at his residence following a four-month illness. He was retired from Seagram Management as Director of Grains and Cooperage, was a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, a member of the Methodist Church and the son of the...
Ora Margaret Todd CANTRELL
Nov 14, 2006
Crossville, TN resident and Warren County native Ora Margaret Todd Cantrell, age 80, was born September 3, 1926 and died November 14, 2006 at Country Place Nursing Home in Crossville, TN following a lingering illness. She was a self-employed beautician, a hospital dietician at Lincoln County Hospital and a LPN at Warren County Hospital and River Park Hospital. She was...
Doris Virginia SHAVER
Nov 13, 2006
McMinnville resident and South Hampton, Massachusetts native Doris Virginia Shaver, age 86, was born March 28, 1920 and died November 13, 2006 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A retired employee of Formfit Rogers and a member of the Lutheran Church, she was the daughter of the late Arnold and Anna Kaepel Hiltpold. She was...
Woodrow GLENN
Nov 11, 2006
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Woodrow Glenn, age 90, was born November 2, 1916 and died November 11, 2006 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired employee of Caney Fork Electric Cooperative, a United States Air Force veteran of WWII and a member of the Bybee Branch Church of Christ, he was the son of the...
Selma Gene CANTRELL
Nov 11, 2006
McMinnville resident and Chattanooga, TN native Selma Gene Cantrell, age 62, was born July 6, 1944 and died November 11, 2006 at his residence. He was the son of Mary Lee Hale Cantrell of Union Grove, Alabama and the late William Carson Cantrell and was a member of the Arlington Church of Christ. In addition to his mother, he is...
E.L. WHITWORTH
Nov 8, 2006
Laurelburg Community (Van Buren County, TN) resident and Warren County native E.L. Whitworth, age 85, was born June 12, 1921 and died November 8, 2006 at River Park Hospital. A self-employed farmer and a member of the Church of Christ at Campaign, he was the son of the late John Floyd and Josephine "Josie" Mayfield Whitworth. He was married June...
Donald Lennis LUSK
Nov 8, 2006
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Donald Lennis Lusk, age 52, was born February 22, 1954 and died November 8, 2006 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A former employee of Carrier, he attended the Clark United Methodist Church and was the son of Rosena Starkey Lusk of McMinnville and the late Frank Duncan Lusk. In addition to...
Herman MEDLEY
Nov 7, 2006
McMinnville resident and Dekalb County, TN native Herman Medley, age 85, was born January 14, 1921 and died November 7, 2006 at his residence following a brief illness. The former owner of Warren County Furniture, he was a member of the American Legion Post 173, VFW Post 5064, McMinnville Evening Exchange Club and First United Methodist Church. Mr. Medley was...
Mildred Inez KELL
Nov 6, 2006
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mildred Inez Kell, age 80, was born February 14, 1926 and died November 6, 2006 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee of Colonial Shirt Factory and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Ibbie Jane Youngblood Prater. She was...
Maxine Madge TURNER
Nov 6, 2006
McMinnville resident and Meadowbrook, WV native Maxine Madge Turner, age 79, was born November 25, 1926 and died November 6, 2006 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A CNA and a member of the non-denominational church, she was the daughter of the late Arch Sylvester and Lena Pearl Davis Wilkins. She is survived by three daughters, Carol Spiznogla...
Dorothy Hillis KNIGHT
Nov 5, 2006
McMinnville resident and Grundy County, TN native Dorothy Hillis Knight, age 81, was born September 2, 1925 and died November 5, 2006 at Community Care of Rutherford County in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Campaign Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Dixie Lockridge Hillis. She was...
Mary Elizabeth RIGSBY
Nov 4, 2006
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mary Elizabeth Rigsby, age 81, was born January 17, 1925 and died November 4, 2006 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired seamstress and inspector at McMinnville Garment Company and a member of the First Church of God, she was the daughter of the late Gren Fletcher and Nettie Mae Lowery Certain. ...
Virginia Ruth RIGSBY
Nov 3, 2006
McMinnville resident and White County, TN native Virginia Ruth Rigsby, age 83, was born December 17, 1922 and died November 3, 2006 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee of Kingsboro Silk Mill and a member of the Church of God, she was the daughter of the late Andy Gooch and the late Arlie Bain Williamson. ...
Fred SPARKMAN
Nov 1, 2006
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County, TN native Fred Sparkman, age 83, was born April 16, 1923 and died November 1, 2006 at River Park Hospital. A retired employee of Bower Roller Bearing, a United States Army veteran of WWII, a fifty-year mason and a member of the Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Tom and Ida...
Belinda Diane Conoway SPIVEY
Nov 1, 2006
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native Belinda Diane Conoway Spivey, age 55, was born October 29, 1951 and died November 1, 2006 at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, TN. A homemaker and member of the non-denominational church, she was the daughter of Edna Mae Nunley Orzech of McMinnville and the late Lester L. Conoway. In addition to her...
Kenneth Barkley KENNEDY
Oct 31, 2006
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Kenneth Barkley Kennedy, age 78, was born May 9, 1928 and died October 31, 2006 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a two-year illness. He was a truck driver for Warren County Freight Lines and the son of the late Charlie and Flora Crouch Kennedy. He was married to Jennie Mae Kennedy who preceded him...
Dale ATNIP
Oct 31, 2006
McMinnville resident and Dekalb County, TN native Dale Atnip, age 89, was born March 4, 1917 and died October 31, 2006 at his residence following an extended illness. The retired owner of Atnip Motors and member of Westside Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Burley Lee and Novella Curtiss Atnip. In addition to his parents, he was...
Carmene JORDAN
Oct 30, 2006
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Carmene Jordan, age 90, was born June 20, 1916 and died October 30, 2006 at River Park Hospital. A retired educator with the Warren County School System, a WWII veteran of the United States Army, a member of the Retired Teachers Association, a member of the American Legion and member of the Bethany Church...
Nell Frances REED
Oct 30, 2006
McMinnville resident and Arkansas native Nell Frances Reed, age 91, was born January 3, 1915 and died October 30, 2006 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a two-year illness. She was a retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company, attended the Church of Christ, and was the daughter of the late George Thomas and Mary Ann Goodman. She was married to Robie...
