Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
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,...
Earl R. Nunley
Jan 20, 2021
Earl R. Nunley, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born October 24, 1931 and died January 20, 2021 at his residence following a brief illness. He was a maintenance worker for 44 years at BRC, a member of Bethel Church, and the son of the late Hubert Andrew and Bessie Caldonia Taylor Nunley. In...
Robert Dale Woodlee
Jan 19, 2021
Robert Woodlee, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born November 13, 1934 and died January 19, 2021 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was the owner of Woodlee’s Garage and Body Shop, a retired maintenance employee with A.O. Smith, a retired United States Army veteran, a member of Central Church of Christ,...
Alice Joan Thornton
Jan 18, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Traverse City, MI native Alice Joan Thornton, age 86, was born May 26, 1934 and died January 18, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. She will remain forever etched in our hearts as someone who loved her whole family and genuinely loved all people. She never met a stranger. She had...
Vida Ovelene Fann
Jan 18, 2021
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Vida O. Fann, age 85, was born May 8, 1935 and died January 18, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Euclid L. and Bessie Mae Jones Cotten. She was married to W.T. Fann who preceded her in death. In addition to...
Sally Frances Jackson Shelton
Jan 17, 2021
Sally Frances Jackson Shelton, age 88, a McMinnville, TN resident and Eagleville, TN native, was born May 14, 1932 and died January 17, 2021 at Erlanger Medical Center following a brief illness. She was a retired car dealer and homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church, and the daughter of the late Horace and Elizabeth Rosson Jackson. In addition to...
