Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Jimmy Ray Barnes
Nov 23, 2020
On Monday, November 23, 2020, Jimmy Ray Barnes, loving husband and father of three children, passed away at age 66. Jimmy was born on June 17, 1954 in McMinnville, TN to CD and Lucille Barnes. He graduated from Warren Senior High School in 1972. On August 27, 1976, he married Paula Marie Haley. They raised two daughters, Rebecca and Jennifer,...
William Arthur Simons, Jr.
Nov 23, 2020
William Arthur Simons, Jr., age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 28, 1941 and died November 23, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. A retired quality assurance supervisor with A.O. Smith and member of First Baptist Church, he was the son of the late William Arthur and Rachel Elizabeth Davenport...
Dorothy Emmalene Grissom
Nov 22, 2020
Dorothy Emmalene (Grove) Grissom, 90, passed on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, IN. She was born November 3, 1930 in the Pleasant Cove Community of Warren County, TN to Charlie W. And Bertha M. (Bouldin) Grove. She attended Warren County Schools, graduating from Central High School in McMinnville, TN in 1949. She worked...
Richard Allen Ross
Nov 22, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Kokomo, IN native, Richard Allen Ross, age 53, was born December 16, 1966 and passed away November 22, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A rollback truck driver with Turners Auto Salvage and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late James Richard and Harriett June Miller Ross....
Geneva Ann Locke Pleasant
Nov 20, 2020
Geneva Ann Locke Pleasant, age 51, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 26, 1969 and died November 20, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a member of Browntown Church of Christ and the daughter of Patricia Ann Terry Dillard of Georgia and the late William Locke, Jr. In addition to...
Mary Jane Woodlee
Nov 19, 2020
Mary Jane Woodlee, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born December 6, 1937 and died November 19, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. The retired owner of Stop & Go Market in Irving College and member of the Church of Christ she was the daughter of the late John Clark and...
Chiquita Ann Rhea
Nov 18, 2020
Chiquita Ann Rhea, age 69, a Smithville, TN resident and Winchester, IN native was born August 8, 1951 and died November 18, 2020 following an extended illness. A retired medical records and billing coder and member of Pioneer Community Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late adopted father and mother, Gene Allen and Betty JoAnn Gahret. In addition...
Jerry Donald Dunn
Nov 17, 2020
Jerry Donald Dunn, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born April 11, 1950 and died November 17, 2020 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired nursery worker, United States Army veteran and member of the Baptist faith, he was the son of the late Travis Matthew and Opal Maynard Dunn. In...
Douglas Darnell Ford
Nov 15, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Douglas Darnell Ford, age 65, was born January 2, 1955 and died November 15, 2020 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, self-employed construction worker, and member of Browntown Church of Christ, he was the son of the late William Weeden...
Bettye Blankenship
Nov 13, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Pikeville, TN native Bettye Blankenship, age 88, was born June 23, 1932 and died November 13, 2020 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired teacher with the Warren County School system, she received her BS and MS Degrees from UT-Knoxville. She was a member of the Church of Christ and the daughter of the...
Billie Nadell Watson
Nov 13, 2020
Billie Nadell Watson, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born July 1, 1930 and died November 13, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. A retired assembly worker with Genesco and member of West Riverside Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George and Samantha Lou McDowell Dove. In...
Nancy Rebecca Kirby
Nov 11, 2020
Nancy Rebecca Kirby, age 70, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born August 30, 1950 and died November 11, 2020 at St. Thomas Midtown following a sudden illness. A beautician with Charm and Beauty and member of McMinnville Church of God, she was the daughter of Opal King Davis of McMinnville and the late Will A....
Betty Sue Deaton
Nov 10, 2020
Betty Sue Deaton, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born February 6, 1941 and died November 10, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired employee of A.O. Smith and member of Rock Island Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Clifton Woodrow and Hazel Leona Hill Griffith. Mrs....
Jimmy Lloyd Cunningham
Nov 9, 2020
Jimmy Lloyd Cunningham, age 83, a McMinnville, TN resident and Sequatchie County, TN native was born February 21, 1937 and passed November 9, 2020 at his residence following a brief illness. He was the owner of Jim’s Locksmith, United States Air Force veteran of Korea, member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ and son of the late James and Rebecca...
Sgt. Jerry Wayne Cole
Nov 9, 2020
Christiana, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Sgt. Jerry Wayne Cole, age 69, was born January 8, 1951 and passed away November 9, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired veteran of the United States Air Force of Vietnam and retired technician with Sprint, he was the son of the late WWII Navy Henry Cole and...
Alene Hoover Southard
Nov 8, 2020
Alene Hoover Southard, age 99, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, passed November 8, 2020 at the Webb House in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. She was a retired clerical worker with McMinnville Electric System, had most recently worked for Ramsey Boyd Realty, was a member of Westwood Church of Christ, and the daughter of the...
Jack (John) Robert Harris
Nov 8, 2020
Jack (John) Robert Harris, age 78, a Rock Island, TN resident and Lancaster, PA native was born May 2, 1942 and passed November 8, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. He was a retired production manager, a United States Navy veteran, a member of Christ United Methodist Church, and the son of the late Charles L. and...
Julia Kay Maxson Young
Nov 7, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Manistee, MI native, Julia Kay Maxson Young, age 53, was born August 10, 1967 and passed away suddenly November 7, 2020. A screener with Unity Medical Center in Manchester, TN and a member of Living Word Fellowship Church, she was the daughter of the late Marion Schrock and the late Verbolynn Jones Maxson. She was married...
Billie Faye Golden Stiles
Nov 7, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Billie Faye Golden Stiles, age 84, was born May 24, 1936 and died November 7, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired bookkeeper and a member of Arlington Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Ewin Taylor Powers and Grace Pearl Hillis. In addition...
Paul Douglas McCormick
Nov 7, 2020
Murfreesboro, TN resident and Honolulu, HI native Paul Douglas McCormick, age 53, was born November 15, 1966 and died November 7, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A manager with Save-a-Lot Grocery in Murfreesboro, he was the son of the late Alvin and Dorothy Curisma McCormick. Mr. McCormick is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law, Traeton and Hannah...
