Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Elsie Faye Safley
Feb 4, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Elsie Faye Safley, age 92, was born July 8, 1928 and died February 4, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in Sparta, TN following an extended illness. A member of Central Church of Christ, retired salesclerk from Jennings Jewelers, and retired assistant librarian from Hickory Creek Elementary School, she was the daughter of the...
Douglas Richard Lott
Feb 3, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native Douglas Richard Lott, age 64, was born December 18, 1956 and died February 3, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired business owner, he was the son of the late Richard Lott and Nancy Henning Lott of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He was married to Karen Jo Curtis Lott of McMinnville,...
Eczekial "Zeke" Wade Cantrell
Feb 3, 2021
Eczekial “Zeke” Wade Cantrell, age 41, a McMinnville, TN resident, and Warren County, TN native, was born February 18, 1979 and died February 3, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a paint and body shop employee, a member of the Baptist faith, and the son of the late Eddie Cantrell, and Debbie and Danny Cantrell. In...
Rachel Stewart Boatman
Feb 2, 2021
Rachel Stewart Boatman, age 91, a McMinnville, TN resident and Edinburgh, Scotland native, was born June 15, 1929 and died February 2, 2021 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was a telephone operator with the British Air Force, the owner of ABC Daycare Center, where she still had a special place in her heart for her daycare children,...
Herman Joseph Beumer
Feb 1, 2021
Herman Joseph Beumer, age 67, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born January 30, 1954 and died February 1, 2021 at St. Thomas West in Nashville following an extended illness. He was a retired stocker from Sav-A-Lot, and the son of the late Frank and Mary Ellen York Beumer. In addition to his parents, he was...
Gene Roberts
Jan 28, 2021
Gene Roberts, age 64, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born June 20, 1956 and died January 28, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. He was a technician with Federal Mogul, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of the late James Walter and Elizabeth Lee Smartt Roberts. In...
John Campbell Milligan, Jr.
Jan 28, 2021
John Campbell Milligan Jr., 69, of McMinnville, TN, died Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Ascension Saint Thomas West in Nashville, TN, following complications caused by COVID-19. John was born July 18, 1951, in Warren County, TN. He graduated from Morrison High School in 1969 and served in the Army National Guard. He was a former employee of Batesville Casket Company...
Robert Louis Cowan, Jr.
Jan 27, 2021
Robert Louis Cowan, Jr., age 61, a Rock Island, TN resident and Rockledge, FL native, was born December 21, 1959 and died January 27, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. He was a logistics manager for Atlantic Building Materials and a heavy equipment operator for A.W. Stiles. He was member of Doyle First Baptist Church, and the...
Becky West
Jan 27, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Becky West, age 63, was born July 18, 1957 and died January 27, 2021 following an extended illness. A Christian, retired secretary from H&W Tom’s Distributing, and clerk with West Riverside Grocery, she was the daughter of the late Luther Davis and Betty Sue Warren West. Ms. West is survived by son...
Marietta G. Stotts
Jan 27, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Marietta G. Stotts, age 82, was born July 14, 1938 and died suddenly January 27, 2021 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN. A retired clerk from Stewart’s Pharmacy and a member of the Baptist church, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Etta Rogers Garrison. She was...
Bobby Lee Frazier
Jan 26, 2021
Bobby Lee Frazier, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born September 14, 1941 and died January 26, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. He was the retired owner of Frazier’s BP, a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, and the son of the late William Marion and Carrie Josephine Austin Frazier....
Shirley Ruth Dodson Walker
Jan 25, 2021
Shirley Dodson Walker was born in Sparkman Community in Van Buren County, TN, on September 24, 1940 and passed from this life on January 25, 2021 in Cookeville, TN. Her parents were William Mitchell Dodson and Mattie Bryant Dodson (both deceased). In addition to her parents, two sisters, Anna Pearl McNeal and Genella Markum, and three brothers, D. L. Dodson,...
Loretta Strode Evans
Jan 25, 2021
Loretta Strode Evans, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Putnam County, TN native was born January 6, 1936 and died January 25, 2021 at Boulevard Terrace in Murfreesboro following a sudden illness. She was a retired buyer/seller with Dezurik, a retired bank teller, a member of Arlington Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Howard Clifton and...
Judy Faye Hanks
Jan 25, 2021
Judy Faye Hanks, age 58, a McMinnville, TN resident and Manchester, TN native was born January 31, 1962 and died January 25, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker and the daughter of the late Johnny and Magalois Booker Wiser. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Sue...
Robert Edward Bonner
Jan 24, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Robert Edward Bonner, age 90, was born September 19, 1930 and died January 24, 2021 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. Retired from the Maintenance Department at Ben Lomand Communications, he was the son of the late Harrison and Frances Martin Bonner. In addition to his...
Tallan Ross "TR" Dyer
Jan 23, 2021
Tallan Ross "TR" Dyer, age 20, a Murfreesboro, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born October 20, 2000 and died January 23, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was employed with Lowe’s, a member of Morrison Church of Christ, and the son of Matthew Dyer of Morrison, TN and Crystal (Anthony) Campbell of McMinnville, TN....
Gordon Edward Grissom
Jan 22, 2021
Bone Cave, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Gordon Edward Grissom, age 86, was born August 28, 1934 and died January 22, 2021 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A retired Master Sergeant with the United States Air Force, United States Navy veteran of Korea, retired employee of Rock Island State Park,...
Nelta Jo Golden Cantrell
Jan 21, 2021
Nelta Jo Golden Cantrell, age 83, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born August 5, 1937 and died January 21, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was a retired owner of Happy Land Day Care, a member of Bethany Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Alaska Elkana and Josie Estella...
DeAnna L. Eis Odineal
Jan 21, 2021
Winchester, TN resident and Kansas native DeAnna L. Eis Odineal, age 79, was born July 29, 1941 and died January 21, 2021 at Waters of Winchester in Winchester, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Unity Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Evert L. and Margaret Ellen Suhler Eis. She was married to...
Gordon Thomas Mayfield
Jan 20, 2021
Gordon Thomas Mayfield was born on December 28, 1948, to Thomas and Oma Lee Parmley. After the death of his father, he was adopted by his father-by-love, Edwin Mayfield. He spent his formative years attempting to jump off the house with an umbrella parachute and “borrowing” tires off construction wheelbarrows to build go-carts. With his Army dad stationed in Maryland,...
