Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Misty Dawn Hill
Feb 3, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Orange County, California native Misty Dawn Hill, age 38, was born June 11, 1983 and passed away February 3, 2022 in St. Thomas Midtown Hospital following a sudden illness. A veteran of the United States Navy and an LPN with Avalon Hospice she was the daughter of the late Grady Howard and Norma Louise Vaughn Hill...
Jesse Harold Reid
Feb 3, 2022
Morrison, TN resident and Springfield, IL native Jesse Harold Reid, age 74, was born December 22, 1947 and died February 3, 2022 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville following a sudden illness. A retired police officer, he was the son of the late Jesse Leroy and Alice Townsend Reid. He was married to Donna Eloise Ward in 1968....
Jeffery Thomas "Big E" Eaton
Feb 3, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Jeffery Thomas “Big E” Eaton, age 61, was born September 5, 1960 and died February 3, 2022 following an extended illness. A self-employed transportation broker and lifelong member of the NRA, he was the son of the late James and Eloise Eaton. He was married to Lisa Eaton of McMinnville, TN on...
Earl Wayne Curtis
Feb 2, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native Earl Wayne Curtis, age 64, was born November 1, 1957 and died February 2, 2022 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following a sudden illness. A farmer, he was the son of the late Charles Earl and Annie Ellen Prater Curtis. He was married to Millicent LaRue. In addition to...
Howard Mayes
Feb 2, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Howard Mayes, age 90, was born January 9, 1932 and died February 2, 2022 at his residence following a short illness. A farmer and member of Mt. Zion Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Oscar and Mary Pearson Mayes. He was married to Joice Mayes on June 29, 1952...
Eva Nell Bess
Feb 1, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Eva Nell Bess, age 84, was born November 13, 1937 and died February 1, 2022 at Willow Branch Health and Rehabilitation in McMinnville following an extended illness. A homemaker and of the Baptist faith, she was the daughter of the late Jess and Grace Fults Slaughter. She was married to “G.D.” Bess...
Henrietta Stafford
Feb 1, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Henrietta Stafford, age 73, was born April 30, 1948 and died February 1, 2022 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of Federal Mogul and member of Northcutt Cove Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Henry Abner and Lillie Mae Myers Scott. In addition to...
Flossie Drue Warren
Feb 1, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Woodbury, TN native Flossie Drue Warren, age 87, was born March 6, 1934 and died February 1, 2022 at Willow Branch Health and Rehabilitation in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A retired bookkeeper with McMinnville Garment Factory and McMinnville Country Club and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, she was the daughter of...
Charlene Alley Humphrey
Feb 1, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Charlene Alley Humphrey, age 84, was born May 10, 1937 and died February 1, 2022 at Willow Branch Health and Rehabilitation in McMinnville following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Charles Creek the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Fred C. and Violet M. Hawkins Alley. She...
Nickie Dwayne Smartt
Feb 1, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native Nickie Dwayne Smartt, age 68, was born November 22, 1953 and died February 1, 2022 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired employee with McMinnville Mfg., he was the son of the late R.T. and Sammy Faye Northcutt Smartt. He was married to Linda Seibers Smartt...
James "Jim" Marlon Crim
Jan 31, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native James “Jim” Marlon Crim, age 75, was born February 10, 1946 and died January 31, 2022 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following a sudden illness. Jimmy went very peacefully as he was ready to meet his Lord and Savior. Mr. Crim was a United States Navy veteran of...
Christine Louise Moore Nolan
Jan 30, 2022
Christine Louise Moore Nolan, age 64, Spencer, TN and Van Buren County native, and Warren County and Dunlap resident, was born February 26, 1957 and went home to be in the presence of our Lord on January 30, 2022. Christine was retired from Erlanger Hospital as a CNA and was a dedicated grandmother. She was active with the Campaign Church...
Melvin Seals
Jan 30, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Melvin Seals, age 86, was born March 5, 1935 and died January 30, 2022 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A retired heavy equipment operator with Bowater Paper Mfg. and a member of McMinnville Congregational Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Lonnie...
Donald Lee Hollandsworth
Jan 29, 2022
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Donald Lee Hollandsworth, age 74, was born March 18, 1947 and died January 29, 2022 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A United States Army veteran of the Vietnam Era, retired inventory clerk at Bouldin & Lawson, and a member of Emmanuel Church of Christ, he was...
Shirley Yvonne Simons
Jan 29, 2022
McMinnville, TN resident and Dunlap, TN native Shirley Yvonne Simons, age 75, was born July 27, 1946 and died January 29, 2022 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired dietary employee of St. Thomas River Park Hospital and of the Baptist faith, she was married to James “PeeWee” Simons of McMinnville, TN on February 14, 1962. She was...
Johnnie T. (Hale) Hines
Jan 28, 2022
McMinnville native and resident Johnnie T. (Hale) Hines, 69, was born August 16, 1952 and passed from this life and into the presence of her Lord Jesus on January 28, 2022. She was loved by family and friends. An accomplished pianist, she spent her life as a homemaker and helpmate to her husband of forty-four years, Terry. They were blessed...
Johnny Dean Brady
Jan 25, 2022
Warren County, TN native and Sparta, TN resident Johnny Dean Brady, 65, was born May 5, 1956 and died January 25, 2022 at Ascension St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A veteran of the United States Army, a nursery worker at Ware’s Nursery, and of the Baptist faith, he was the son of the late...
Landon D. Cantrell
Jan 24, 2022
Dekalb County native and McMinnville resident Landon D. Cantrell was born August 23, 1936 to the late Dewey L. Cantrell, Sr. and late Hazel L. Parsley Cantrell of the Dibrell community and passed peacefully from this life January 24, 2022 at his residence with his loving wife Sylvia at his side. Landon was a deacon for many years and a...
Lillian Nelms Daniel
Jan 23, 2022
"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware, more gentle. Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Lillian Nelms Daniel, passed away January 23, 2022 at Morning Pointe Assisted Living in Franklin, Tennessee. Lillian was...
Florian Kupczyk
Jan 22, 2022
Florian W. Kupczyk, age 79, of Rock Island, passed away on Jan. 22, 2022 at the Webb House Retirement Center in McMinnville. Born Oct. 28, 1942 in Chicago, IL, he was the oldest child of the late Florian Sr. and Adeline Wisniewski Kupczyk. He had a long career in cost accounting and materials management with Teletype (later AT&T) Corporation, working...
