Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Thelma Ernestine Vaughn
Dec 22, 2020
On December 22, 2020 at 8:15 a.m., Thelma Ernestine Rorie Vaughn, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, succumbed to complications from heart failure and liver cancer, and was received into the loving arms of Jesus Christ. She is preceded in death by her husband, Louis Amos Vaughn; parents, Louis Arlander Rorie and Velma Ernestine Wingo Rorie; sister...
Dorothy Evelyn Panter
Dec 22, 2020
Dorothy Evelyn Panter, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 27, 1930 and died December 22, 2020 at NHC Healthcare following an extended illness. She was a retired assembly line worker with Genesco, a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Barnes Gulick. In...
Ralph Lee Coleman
Dec 19, 2020
Ralph L. Coleman of Viola, TN passed peacefully at home December 19, 2020 surrounded by his family. Ralph was born February 9, 1931 in Jacksonville, FL to Leroy Coleman and Annie Margarett Burns Coleman and attended Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville. He always had a passion for old cars, whether remodeling a vintage auto or racing his cars on...
Richard "RT" McCormick
Dec 19, 2020
McMinnville resident Richard "RT" McCormick, age 86, was born May 6, 1934 and died December 19, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of Cumberland Lumber and member of the First Assembly of God, he was the son of the late James William and Maggie Lee Priest McCormick. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Carl Lynn Southard
Dec 18, 2020
Carl Lynn Southard, age 56, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born November 20, 1964 and died December 18, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was employed with Yorozu Automotive, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of the late John Thomas and Joyce C. Adcock Southard. In addition to...
Shirley Ann Parton
Dec 17, 2020
McMinnville resident and Waco, TX native Shirley Ann Parton, age 73, was born November 23, 1947 and died December 17, 2020 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A retired sewing machine operator at Crane Industries in Woodbury, TN and member of the Baptist church, she was the daughter of the late Louis Robert and...
Billy Ed "Bill" Webb
Dec 16, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Billy "Bill" Ed Webb, age 79, was born July 8, 1941, and died December 16, 2020, at his residence following an extended illness. Bill retired as CFO from River Park Hospital with 32 plus years of service and was a member of Westwood Church of Christ. Bill was the son of the...
Della Dell Christian
Dec 16, 2020
Della Dell Higgins Christian, age 84, a McMinnville, TN resident and Rusk, TX native, was born February 2, 1936 and died December 16, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, a member of McMinnville Church of God, and the daughter of the late Claude and Gertie Mae Starkey Higgins. In addition to her...
Carl Douglas Fults
Dec 14, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Carl Douglas Fults, age 79, was born September 20, 1941 and died December 14, 2020 at Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A nursery worker, he was the son of the late Grover and Maggie Rodgers Fults. In addition to his parents he was preceded...
Bobby McBride
Dec 14, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Bobby McBride, age 82, was born December 7, 1938 and died December 14, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. An employee of Burroughs-Ross-Colville Mulch Yard, Tennessee Army National Guard veteran and member of the Baptist faith, he was the son of the late Isaac Buford and Alma Rogers McBride. In addition to...
Mildred Warren
Dec 14, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Mildred Warren, age 79, was born October 3, 1941 and died December 14, 2020 at Willow Branch Health & Rehabilitation in McMinnville, TN following a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist church, she was the daughter of the late James and Minnie Lee Sanders McCormick. In addition to...
Robert L. Rhea
Dec 13, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Robert L. Rhea, age 83, was born August 5, 1937 and passed away December 13, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. A retired nursery worker at Forest Nursery and member of Central Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Eugene and Lizzie Rhea. He...
Winter Rae Odom
Dec 13, 2020
Cookeville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Winter Rae Odom, age 24, was born November 11, 1996 and passed away suddenly December 13, 2020 at TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A caregiver with Home Instead Senior Care and member of The Oasis church, she was the daughter of Clinton Ray...
Bunia Charlene Evans
Dec 12, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Bunia Charlene Evans, age 66, was born May 16, 1954 and died December 12, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. Retired from Oster and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith, she was the daughter of the late Fred Blue...
Deborah Renee Sellars Jeter
Dec 12, 2020
Deborah Renee Sellars Jeter, age 66, of McMinnville, TN died on December 12, 2020 at home surrounded by family and friends. She was born on March 27, 1954 in Manchester, TN to the late Alton and Zada Sellars. She grew up in Manchester, TN and graduated from Coffee County High School in 1972. She enjoyed being a homemaker and a...
Dr. Ewing Marsh Goodson, II
Dec 11, 2020
Dr. Ewing Marsh Goodson, II, age 85, passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at Saint Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Marsh was born on August 15, 1935 in Chickamauga, Georgia to the late Robert Jerome Goodson and Lois Boyles Goodson. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Bobbie Jean Goodson Scott Hennessey. In 1953, he graduated from Tyner...
William Van Terry
Dec 10, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native William Van Terry, age 74, was born November 10, 1946 and died December 10, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a barber and nurseryman. A private graveside service will be held in Mt. View Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to www.highfuneralhome.com High Funeral Home is in charge...
Martin Franklin Brady, Sr.
Dec 9, 2020
Leesburg, FL resident and Sparta, TN native Martin Franklin Brady, Sr., age 78, was born March 30, 1942 and died December 9, 2020 at AdventHealth Orlando in Orlando, FL following a brief illness. A member of the Baptist church, he was the son of the late James Martin and Mildred Young Brady. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Louise Robinson
Dec 9, 2020
Louise Wood Robinson, 91, a Morrison resident and Warren County native, was born January 22, 1929 and died peacefully at home December 9, 2020. Mrs. Robinson was a lifelong homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church. She loved nature, being outdoors, flowers, and animals. Mrs. Robinson was the daughter of the late Hugh and Stella Wood. In addition...
Myrna Carole Simons
Dec 9, 2020
Murfreesboro, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Myrna Carole Simons, age 70, was born October 19, 1950 and passed away December 9, 2020 at Woodbury Health and Rehabilitation in Woodbury, TN following an extended illness. A retired accountant with Powermatic, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Bessie Hudson Rowland. In addition to her parents, she was...
