Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
John Paul Blanks
Jul 20, 2021
John Paul Blanks, age 87, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 25, 1934 and died July 20, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. He was the son of the late James C. and Pearl Gaither Blanks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife,...
Gladys Boyce Martin
Jul 20, 2021
Gladys Boyce Martin, age 67, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born January 24, 1954 and died July 20, 2021 following a lingering illness. She was the daughter of the late William Boyd Seals and Gladys Iona Haley Seals Patton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband and the love of...
John Curtis Broughton
Jul 19, 2021
Morrison, TN resident and Mesa, Arizona native John Curtis Broughton, age 73, was born November 22, 1947 and died July 19, 2021 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following a short illness. A United States Army veteran of Vietnam, retired heavy equipment operator for Posen Construction Company in Utica, Michigan, and a member of the Church of...
Bobby Jack Starkey, Sr.
Jul 18, 2021
Bobby Jack Starkey, Sr. age 82, a Nashville TN resident and Warren County native was born on February 21, 1939 and passed away Sunday, July 18, 2021, at Alive Hospice in Nashville after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Jack Johnson Starkey and Kate Durham Starkey. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Starkey,...
Mayme Lee Hillis
Jul 17, 2021
Rock Island, TN resident and White County, TN native Mayme Lee Hillis, age 82, was born December 5, 1938 and died July 17, 2021 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. A retired manager from VFW Post 5064 and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James M. and Lola Mae...
Dorothy Wells Clark
Jul 15, 2021
Dorothy Wells Clark, age 91, a Warren County, TN native was born July 27, 1929 and died July 15, 2021 following an extended illness. She was retired from Ford Motor Company, a member of the Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Maurice and Eddith Fuston. Mrs. Clark is survived by nieces and nephews, David and Diana Greene...
Michael Anthony Martin
Jul 15, 2021
McMinnville resident and Dekalb County, TN native Michael Anthony Martin, age 62, was born March 2, 1959 and died July 15, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. A nurseryman and mechanic and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Helen Marie Martin of McMinnville and the late R.D. Martin. In addition to his father, he...
Monice Ruth Green McGiboney
Jul 14, 2021
Mrs. Monice Ruth Green McGiboney, age 91, of Rock Island and McMinnville, Tennessee, died Wednesday, July 14, 2021. She was born on July 1, 1930 in Dibrell Tennessee. She is a 1948 graduate of Central High School. She also completed her Associate’s degree from Nashville Business College while rooming at Central Church of Christ Girls’ Home in Nashville Tennessee. Monice...
Mary Teresa West
Jul 11, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native Mary Teresa West, age 81, was born February 17, 1940 and died July 11, 2021 at Woodbury Nursing Center in Woodbury, TN following an extended illness. A retired truck driver from Old Dominion and a member of the Catholic church, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Regina LaBlanc. She was...
Mary Knowles Rubley
Jul 11, 2021
Irving College Community resident and Warren County native Mary Charles Knowles Rubley, age 76, was born May 31, 1945 and died July 11, 2021 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A retired secretary with Irving College Elementary School and member of St. Mary's Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Charles "Doc" and...
Barbara Sue McGee Corun
Jul 11, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Barbara Sue McGee Corun, age 84, was born November 14, 1936 and died July 11, 2021 at her home following an extended illness. A cosmetologist and member of Locust Street Church of God, she was the daughter of the late Lowell and Delma Hale McGee. Ms. Corun is survived by four children,...
Fred Wayne Clendenon
Jul 9, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Fred Wayne Clendenon, age 91, was born May 27, 1930 and died July 9, 2021 at his home following an extended illness. A United States Army veteran of Korea, retired pipe fitter from Goodyear Tire and Rubber, and member of St. Mary’s Church of Christ, he was the son of the late...
Jerry Carl Stubblefield
Jul 7, 2021
Jerry Carl Stubblefield, a Warren County native and resident, was born October 11, 1940, and died July 7, 2021, in his home at age 80. He was a retired teacher and administrator in the Warren County school system and an active member of Christ Community Church. He was the son of Kenneth Carl Stubblefield and Evelyn Malone Stubblefield who preceded...
Archie Gary Bonner
Jul 7, 2021
Smithville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Archie Gary Bonner, age 68, was born April 8, 1953 and died July 7, 2021 at his home following an extended illness. A retired supervisor with TDOT bridge maintenance crews and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Nettie Louise York Hutchins of McMinnville, TN and the...
John Ogden Melton, Jr.
Jul 7, 2021
John Ogden Melton, Jr., age 67, a McMinnville, TN resident and Coalmont, TN native was born October 28, 1953 and died July 7, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. He was an automotive tech at Wal-Mart, a United States Army veteran, and the son of the late John Ogden and Mildred Haggard Tate Melton, Sr. Mr. Melton is...
Clifford Wellman
Jul 4, 2021
Morrison, TN resident and Wisconsin native Clifford Wellman, age 61, was born July 15, 1959 and died July 4, 2021 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A stocker at Walmart, he was the son of the late Peter Frank Wellman and Pauline Fitch Wellman of Morrison, TN. He was married to Tammie Kay...
Nancy Prater Basham
Jul 4, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Nancy Prater Basham, age 84, was born January 6, 1937 and died July 4, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following a brief illness. A retired bank teller from First National Bank and a member of Bethany Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Alexander and Lauretta...
Marguerite Newby Loudermilk
Jul 1, 2021
Marguerite Newby Loudermilk a McMinnville, TN, resident and Warren County native was born April 27, 1941 and passed from this life at her residence on July 1, 2021. At five years old, in light of her mother’s earlier, untimely death she went to live in Ferndale, Michigan, with her brother Dick and his wife Dorothy. She called them mom and...
Belinda Nolan Puller
Jun 29, 2021
Belinda Nolan Puller, age 68, was born May 11, 1953 and died suddenly June 29, 2021 at her residence in McMinnville, TN. She was born in Albany, GA, raised in Florida, and resided in Alaksa for twenty years prior to settling in Tennessee. A financial planner with Primerica and former co-owner of The King’s Garden Nursery, she attended Resurrection and...
Kiyomi Murai Kirby
Jun 28, 2021
Kiyomi Murai Kirby, age 88, of Morrison, TN and Japanese native died June 28, 2021 at Tri-Star Stonecrest Medical Center in Smyrna, TN following a short illness. She was born on December 24, 1932 in Takamatsu, Japan. She is the daughter of the late Toukiti and Taka Miyamoto Murai and preceded in death by son, Johnny Kirby, and sister, Shizuyo...
