Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Elijah Richard Poore
Nov 24, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native Elijah Richard Poore, age 84, was born April 29, 1937 and died November 24, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. A veteran of the United States Army and retired supervisor from Century Electric (Magnetek), he was the son of the late Arthur and Beulah Bice Poore. He was married to...
Dennis Lynn Gann, Sr.
Nov 24, 2021
Dennis Lynn Gann, Sr., age 67, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born August 24, 1954 and died November 24, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was the retired owner of Dennis Gann Plumbing, Electric, and Refrigeration, the son of the late William Hoyt and Cora Estelle Cantrell Gann,...
Terry Waymon Muncey
Nov 23, 2021
Terry Waymon Muncey, age 63, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born May 1, 1958 and died November 23, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a self-employed timber cutter, and the son of Jeweldene Randolph Muncey of McMinnville, TN and the late Johnnie Junior Muncey. Mr. Muncey is survived by daughter and...
Helen P. Martin
Nov 22, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Helen P. Martin, age 93, was born December 18, 1927 and died November 22, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Hester L. and Daisy Cantrell West. She was married to Frank C....
Terry Michael Brown
Nov 22, 2021
Terry Michael Brown, age 67, a Hillsboro, TN resident and Painesville, OH native was born September 3, 1954 and died November 22, 2021 at Legacy Health and Rehab in Manchester, TN following a brief illness. He was a retired trucking dispatcher, and the son of Estella L. Brown of McMinnville, TN and the late L.A. Brown. In addition to his...
Betty Sue Moore
Nov 21, 2021
Betty Sue Molloy Moore, 91, a Cookeville resident and McMinnville native, died November 21, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born May 20, 1930 and was a member of Westwood Church of Christ and Collegeside Church of Christ. She was the daughter of the late Hillard and Dora Molloy. She was also preceded in death by her husband of...
Opale Evans Campbell
Nov 16, 2021
Opale Evans Campbell, age 79, a Smartt, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native, was born June 12, 1942 and died November 16, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. She was a retired educator with the Warren County School System, a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church, and the daughter of the late Nolan...
Margie Ernestine Hall
Nov 15, 2021
Margie Ernestine Hall, age 95, a Chattanooga, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born December 25, 1925 and died November 15, 2021 at Ascension St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired secretary with Provident Insurance Company, a member of Christ Community Church, and the daughter of the late Marvin L. and Ruby...
Richard "Flame" Stephen Denton
Nov 13, 2021
Richard “Flame” Stephen Denton, age 57, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born June 15, 1964 and died November 13, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was an assembly tech at Yorozu, affiliated with the Apostolic Ark in Murfreesboro, TN, and the son of the late Jerry Bryan and Jacine Martha Nancy Wanamaker...
Charles Campbell
Nov 10, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Charles Campbell, age 84, was born August 28, 1937 and died November 10, 2021 following a brief illness. A retired logger and mechanic at Aqua Tech and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Roy and Bertha Reed Campbell. He was married to Vada Neal...
Evelyn Ann Griffith Wanamaker
Nov 10, 2021
Evelyn Ann Griffith Wanamaker, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born November 26, 1935 and died November 10, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church for 58 years, and the daughter of the late James Hubert and Alta Johnson Griffith. In addition...
Judy Roberts Melton
Nov 9, 2021
Judy Roberts Melton, age 72, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born September 23, 1949 and died November 9, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, and the daughter of the late Jesse Dean and Annie Bouldin Roberts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Alvin Jim Brady
Nov 9, 2021
Alvin Jim Brady, age 77, of McMinnville, TN passed away at his residence, November 9, 2021 following an extended illness. Al was born on November 25, 1943 in White County, TN to the late John Todd Brady and Rebecca Parker Brady. He served in the United Sates Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife...
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...
