Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Janice Faye Rutledge Rowland
May 21, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Janice Faye Rutledge Rowland died at Ascension St. Thomas Hospital in McMinnville, TN on May 21, 2021 following an extended illness. A retired registered nurse and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Iris Lucille McCormick Rutledge. She was married to Gerald Edmond...
Gary Lynn "Buzzy" Lavender
May 19, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Gary Lynn “Buzzy” Lavender, age 65, was born June 27, 1955 and died May 19, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired truck driver with Batesville Casket Company, he was the son of the late Joe and Christine Kuhn Lavender. In addition to his...
Anthony Litton "Tony" Simmons
May 17, 2021
Anthony Litton “Tony” Simmons, age 62, a McMinnville, TN resident and Hamilton County, TN native was born December 23, 1958 and died May 17, 2021 at St. Thomas West in Nashville following a brief illness. He was a machine operator at A.O. Smith, a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, and the son of the late Arthur Litton “Bud”...
Bobbie Jean Crawford
May 17, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Bobbie Jean Crawford, age 84, was born June 3, 1936 and died May 17, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Audley Panter and Etta Nunley. She was married to Carl Gene Crawford on...
Joseph Sandor Nagy, Sr.
May 14, 2021
Joseph Sandor Nagy, Sr., age 62, a McMinnville, TN resident and Passaic, NJ native was born May 26, 1958 and died May 14, 2021 at NHC Healthcare following an extended illness. He was retired from Hasbro as an assembly supervisor, a member of St. Catherine’s Catholic Church, and the son of Rozalia Nagy of McMinnville, TN, and the late Joseph...
Katelyn Beth Smith
May 13, 2021
Katelyn Beth Smith, age 21, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born January 27, 2000 and died May 13, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was a cashier at Sullivan’s Hometown Pharmacy, a member of the Church of Christ, and the daughter of Neal and Amy Smoot Smith of McMinnville, TN. Katelyn...
Betty Joyce Higginbotham
May 13, 2021
Betty Joyce Higginbotham, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 24, 1938 and died May 13, 2021 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a retired inspector with Aqua Tech, a family caregiver, a member of New Union Methodist Church, and the daughter of the late William Henry...
Robert Henny
May 11, 2021
Robert Henny, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 12, 1950 and died May 11, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. He was retired from the Tennessee Department of Transportation, a member of the United Methodist Church, and the son of the late Howard and Alice Mai Rowan Henny, Sr. In...
Edith Goins Lewis
May 10, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and LaFollette, TN native Edith Goins Lewis, age 99, was born November 1, 1921 and died May 10, 2021 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, AR following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Helen Goins. She was married to George Ollin...
Barbara Cain Fraley
May 8, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Barbara Cain Fraley died May 8, 2021 at her home following an extended illness. A retired self-employed business owner and a member of First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Walling and Melba Cain Fraley. Ms. Fraley is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Nichole and Jeff Mosley and...
Gerald Wayne Tidwell
May 8, 2021
McMinnville resident and Davidson County native Gerald Wayne Tidwell, 54, was born Feb. 19, 1967 and died suddenly May 8 at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital in Shelbyville. Principal at Warren County Middle School and a member of Covenant Fellowship Church, he was the son of the late Wayne Douglas Tidwell and Patricia Ann Woodard Ballard of Cookeville. He was married to...
Paul Marvin Winton
May 7, 2021
Paul Marvin Winton, age 60, a Morrison, TN resident and Rutherford County, TN native was born January 11, 1961 and died May 7, 2021 following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Howard and Irene Petty Winton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Dale Winton; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Petty...
Jerri Ann Adams
May 5, 2021
Jerri Ann Cantrell Adams, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 16, 1946 and died May 5, 2021 at Willow Branch Healthcare and Rehab in McMinnville following an extended illness. She was retired from Southern Traditions as an interior designer, a member of Corinth Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late...
George Brian Lesnick
May 3, 2021
Morrison, TN resident and East Chicago, Indiana native George Brian Lesnick, age 81, was born February 24, 1940 and died May 3, 2021 peacefully at his home. A training director with IBEW for over forty years and United States Army veteran of Vietnam, he was the son of the late George and Bernadine Frisinger Lesnick. In addition to his parents,...
Marjorie Ruth Martin
May 2, 2021
Marjorie Ruth Martin, age 81, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 2, 1940 and died May 2, 2021 at Erlanger Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired custodian and crossing guard with the Warren County School System, a member of East End Drive Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late...
Bettye Claire Haston
Apr 27, 2021
Bettye Claire Woodlee Haston, a McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native, was born on Friday, December 13, 1935, and passed peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 27, 2021, after an extended illness at home. “Miss Bettye” was especially proud of her work as Secretary of Westwood Church for 12 years, and at F....
Sandra Holburn
Apr 26, 2021
Sandra Holburn, age 68, a Rock Island, TN resident and Hazard, KY native, was born May 30, 1952 and died April 26, 2021 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a medical assistant for Geriatric Consulting Group, a member of Fall City Baptist Church, and the daughter of the late Shafter Napier and Ouida Faye Wilson. In addition...
Joyce Ann Vest Burgess Sanders
Apr 25, 2021
Joyce Ann Vest Burgess Sanders, age 80, a Carrollton, MS resident and Richmond, VA native was born November 22, 1940 and died April 25, 2021 at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital in Winona, MS following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, and the daughter of the late Haywood and Blanche Townsend Vest. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Joe Nunley
Apr 23, 2021
Lifelong educator Joe Nunley, 75, passed Friday, April 23, 2021 after an extended illness. Mr. Nunley was born to the late Dr. Joe and Jessie DePriest Nunley in Durham, NC while his father was stationed there in the U.S. Army. They later moved home to McMinnville, TN where he attended elementary and middle school. By the early sixties, they had...
Mickey "Bear" Abair
Apr 22, 2021
Mickey “Bear” Abair, age 67, a McMinnville, TN resident and Rochester, Indiana native was born August 26, 1953 and died April 22, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a retired forklift driver at Carrier Corporation, a member of West Riverside Church of God of Prophecy, and the son of the late Harold Ralph and Dorothy May...
