Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Charles Allen Buckner, Jr.
Nov 8, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Ennis, West Virginia native Charles Allen Buckner, Jr., age 78, was born January 4, 1943 and died November 8, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. A United States Army veteran of Vietnam, Purple Heart recipient, retired employee of Moore’s Building Supply and Supreme Building Supply, and member of Covenant Fellowship Church, he was the...
Nettie Magdalene Solomon Grizzle
Nov 8, 2021
Nettie Magdalene Solomon Grizzle, age 92, a Spencer, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born July 7, 1929 and died November 8, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired assembly line worker at Levi’s, a member of Campaign Church of God of Prophecy, and the daughter of the late Ervin and Willie Ann...
Ralph Molloy Coursey, Jr.
Nov 7, 2021
Ralph Molloy Coursey, Jr., age 78, of Viola, Tennessee passed away at his home on November 7, 2021 after a long battle with cancer fought with grace and bravery. Ralph was born on May 29, 1943 in Bedford County, TN to the late Ralph M. Coursey, Sr. and Norma Virginia Vincent Coursey. He served in the Tennessee National Guard and...
Robert Earl Harris
Nov 7, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Dekalb County, TN native Robert Earl Harris, age 81, was born July 30, 1940 and died November 7, 2021 at his residence following a short illness. United States Army veteran of Vietnam, retired owner of Four-Lane Auto Sales, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Billy Marshall “Bill”...
James Doak "Poncho" Lentz
Nov 3, 2021
James Doak "Poncho" Lentz, age 87, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born October 8, 1934, and died November 3, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. He was the owner of Lentz Nursery, a member of Irving College Baptist Church, and the son of the late Maurice and Mary Lou Doak...
Roy Edward "Hobo" Bouldin, Sr.
Nov 2, 2021
Seguin, TX resident and Warren County, TN native Roy Edward “Hobo” Bouldin, Sr., age 77, was born April 24, 1944 and died November 2, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. A self-employed nurseryman, he was the son of the late William Davis and Mary Elizabeth Freeman Bouldin. He was married to Edna Lynn Emler on June 17, 1972...
Raymond Terry Myers
Oct 30, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Morris, AL native Raymond Terry Myers, age 76, was born November 19, 1944 and died October 30, 2021 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired employee of Carrier and United States Army veteran of Vietnam, he was the son of the late Johnny B. and Florence E. Campbell Myers. He was...
James Porter Ware
Oct 27, 2021
James Porter Ware, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born July 30, 1935, and died October 27, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a former lineman with Caney Fork Electric, a retired electrical operator with AEDC, a Tennessee Army National Guard veteran, a member of Westwood Church of Christ, and...
Anthony B. Sorren, Sr.
Oct 27, 2021
Anthony B. Sorren, Sr., age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Newark, NJ native, was born October 15, 1942 and died October 27, 2021 at TriStar Stone Crest Memorial Hospital in Smyrna, TN following an extended illness. He was a retired security guard, a United States Army veteran, and the son of the late Charles and Ruth Spreight Sorren. In...
Billy Ray Snider
Oct 27, 2021
Billy Ray Snider, age 87, a Bradford, IN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born March 4, 1934 and died October 27, 2021 at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, IN following and extended illness. He was a retired cooperage, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of the late John William and Grace Ann Hillis...
Dorothy Mabel Burgess
Oct 26, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Rome, New York native Dorothy Mabel Burgess, age 96, was born April 2, 1925 and died October 26, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A retired nurse’s aide and member of Christ United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Beatrice Vincent Frey. She was married to...
Jacine Denton
Oct 26, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Jacine Denton, age 81, was born October 17, 1940 and died October 26, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired CNA from NHC Healthcare, member of the Apostolic Ark where she was the church pianist for many years, and avid genealogist, she was the daughter of the late Sidney...
Jeffrey Leon Hale
Oct 24, 2021
Jeffrey Leon Hale, 59, of Hahira, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 24, 2021 at his residence. He was born in Warren County, TN on November 14, 1961 to the late James Nathan Hale and Modene Elrod Hale. Jeff enjoyed spending time with his four loving grandchildren, who called him “Sonny”. He loved to play tennis, drums, and the ukulele....
Linda Susan Davis
Oct 24, 2021
Linda Susan Davis, age 48, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born May 15, 1973 and died October 24, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford following a brief illness. She was an assembly line worker at Yorozu, and the daughter of Gail Hixson Davis of McMinnville, TN and the late Clifford Harris Davis, Jr. In addition...
Christopher David Hollis
Oct 24, 2021
Christopher David Hollis, age 36, a McMinnville, TN resident and Rutherford County, TN native, was born May 31, 1985 and died suddenly October 24, 2021. He was self-employed, and the son of Vicki Marsh of McMinnville, TN and Barry Hollis of McMinnville, TN. He was preceded in death by grandfathers, Kelton Marsh and Frank Hollis. In addition to his parents,...
Douglas Bryan Capshaw
Oct 23, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native Douglas Bryan Capshaw, age 57, was born September 27, 1964 and died October 23, 2021 at Unity Medical Center in Manchester, TN following an extended illness. A former mechanic at Willmore Ford and materials handler at Pine Hill Plastics and a member of Christ United Methodist Church, he was the son of the...
Pedro Antonio Paz, Sr.
Oct 22, 2021
Pedro Antonio Paz, Sr., age 83, a Rock Island, TN resident and Pinar Del Rio, Cuba native, was born October 12, 1938 and died October 22, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas West in Nashville following a brief illness. He was a retired educator and coach with the Warren County School System, a member of Christ United Methodist Church, and the...
Bearl Domer Wylie
Oct 18, 2021
Bearl Domer Wylie, age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and Jackson County, TN native, was born November 29, 1927 and died October 18, 2021 at his residence following a brief illness. He was an electrician at Magnetek, a retired United States Army veteran of WWII, a member of the non-Denominational faith, and the son of the late Willie N. and...
John Mark Upchurch
Oct 17, 2021
John Mark Upchurch, age 44, a McMinnville, TN resident and Arlington, TX native, was born January 15, 1977 and died October 17, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas West in Nashville following a short illness. He was a teacher at the Warren County High School, and the owner of Highland Rim Crossfit. Mr. Upchurch is survived by child, G Upchurch of...
Dorothy "Dot" Mai Miller Slatton
Oct 14, 2021
Dorothy “Dot” Mai Miller Slatton, age 90, passed away on October 14, 2021 at Life Care Center of Sparta following an extended illness. Dot was born in White County, Tennessee on October 16, 1930 to Robert Lester and Maude Hale Miller. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 71 years, Leonard K. Slatton; son, Jimmy L....
