Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
James Leroy Rice
Mar 21, 2021
Smithville, TN resident and White County, TN native James Leroy Rice, age 82, was born October 16, 1938 and died March 21, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a brief illness. A retired machine operator from A.O. Smith and a member of Quebeck Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Roy Ray and Willie...
Christopher Layton Taylor
Mar 21, 2021
Christopher Layton Taylor, age 52, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 5, 1968 and died March 21, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a farm laborer, and the son of Melva Terry Taylor and the late Cecil Layton Taylor. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by...
Danny "Big Daddy" Whiteaker
Mar 19, 2021
Christiana, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Danny “Big Daddy” Whiteaker, age 73, was born January 22, 1948 and died March 19, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired manager with K-Mart and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Leonard and Alice Louise...
Deborah "Debby" Elaine Glenn
Mar 13, 2021
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Deborah "Debby" Elaine Glenn, age 71, was born July 9, 1949 and died March 13, 2021 at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville, TN following a two-month illness. The office manager with Mayfield Lumber and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Virgil Lee and Ruby Frances Mitchell...
Myron "Paul" Tittsworth
Mar 12, 2021
Myron “Paul” Tittsworth, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born August 22, 1957 and died March 12, 2021 at St. Thomas West following brief complications from Covid-19. He was employed with the TN Department of Corrections Academy as a maintenance worker, a member of Grace Baptist Church in Tullahoma, and the son of the...
Joel Edward Turner
Mar 12, 2021
Joel Edward Turner, age 63, a Huntland, TN resident and Knox County, TN native, was born December 30, 1957 and died March 12, 2021 at Vanderbilt Medical Center following an extended illness. He was a landscaper, a member of the Non-denominational faith, and the son of the late Everett Eugene and Ina Sue Littleton Turner. Mr. Turner is survived by...
Lincoln B. Scott
Mar 11, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Lincoln B. Scott, age 86, was born February 12, 1935 and died March 11, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following a short illness. A veteran of the Unites States Air Force, retired Accu-Router employee, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Marshall...
Fred Richard Hodge
Mar 10, 2021
Cookeville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Fred Richard Hodge, age 78, was born June 25, 1942 and died March 10, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. A US Army veteran, former employee of Carrier, and retired truck driver from Averitt Express, he was the son of the late James and Roxie Redfern Hodge. He was married...
Donald Domer Wylie
Mar 10, 2021
Calhoun, GA resident and Detroit, Michigan native Donald Domer Wylie, age 69, was born September 7, 1951 and died March 10, 2021 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA following an extended illness. A retired self-employed nurseryman and a member of Revelate Church, he was the son of the Bearl Domer Wylie of McMinnville, TN and the late Loretta Jewell...
Shirley Ann Crouch
Mar 8, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Shirley Ann Crouch, age 82, was born November 14, 1938 and died March 8, 2021 at NHC Health Care in McMinnville, TN following a brief illness. She was retired and the daughter of the late Casey and Maude Alley Whitlock. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by daughter,...
Jerry Wayne Bost
Mar 7, 2021
Jerry Wayne Bost, age 76, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born February 18, 1945 and died March 7, 2021 at St. Thomas River Park following a sudden illness. He was a self-employed truck driver, attended Bethany Church of Christ, and was the son of the late Noah and Mary Kate Bost. Mr. Bost is survived...
Harold Reneigh Williamson
Mar 7, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Harold Reneigh Williamson, age 57, was born August 10, 1963 and died suddenly March 7, 2021 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN. A retired employee of Oster, he was the son of the late Jesse Harold Williamson and Ruby Lee Hawkins Williamson of McMinnville, TN. In addition to his...
Dorothy Jean Duncan Reel
Mar 5, 2021
Dorothy Jean Duncan Reel, was born in Hickman County Tennessee to Edgar Easley and Clara Anna Brown Duncan on March 12, 1928 and died March 5, 2021 in Morrison, Tennessee. She graduated from Hickman County High School and moved with her family to Oak Ridge, Tennessee where she married George Clifford Reel on April 4, 1947. Jean and "Kip" (as...
Linda Lou Cagle Martin
Mar 4, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Linda Lou Cagle Martin, age 81, was born June 5, 1939 and died March 4, 2021 at Willow Branch Health and Rehabilitation following a short illness. A self-employed nursery worker and a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Ruby York Cagle. She was married...
Herschel Short
Mar 3, 2021
Herschel Short, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Cincinnati, Ohio native, was born December 14, 1940 and died March 3, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a pastor with Lighthouse Baptist Church, and the son of the late Robert Clyde and Martha Caldwell Short. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Sarah Frances Turner
Mar 3, 2021
Sarah Frances Turner, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and Dell Rose, TN native, was born April 27, 1942 and died March 3, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Baptist faith, and the daughter of the late Theodore and Nancy Pearl Chapman Powers. In addition to her parents,...
Winket Jefferson Tramel
Mar 2, 2021
Winket Jefferson Tramel of Huntsville, Alabama, died March 2, 2021, following complications from COVID. He was born in Dekalb County Tennessee on January 18, 1938, to Tallmer Petway Tramel and Ocie Hale Beckwith Tramel. He was married to the love of his life, Emily Jane Geer Tramel on June 15, 1958. He loved to tell everyone he met that he...
Jack Houston Locke, Sr.
Mar 2, 2021
Jack Houston Locke, Sr., age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born May 14, 1934 and died March 2, 2021 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro following a brief illness. He retired from Ekco Glaco, LTD in 1998 after forty years of service as Vice President of National Accounts, was a United States Army veteran, a...
Helen Faye Broom Myers
Feb 28, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Cottondale, FL native Helen Faye Broom Myers, age 83, was born January 28, 1938 and died February 28, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired Winding Department employee with Century and member of Bonner Church of Christ , she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Annie Laura Sapp Broom. She was...
Sandra "Sandy" Carole Jones
Feb 26, 2021
Sandra “Sandy” Carole Jones, age 76 was born May 3, 1944 in Warren County, TN and died February 26, 2021 at home with her family in the Lucky Community. She was happily married to Ronald Hall Jones for 57 years. Sandy was the daughter of the late Robert “Bob” and Esther Meeks Jones. She was a retired secretary for Dr....
