Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Darroll Bradley Smith
Dec 31, 2020
Viola, TN resident and Elkhart, IN native Darroll Bradley Smith, age 70, was born January 28, 1950 and died December 31, 2020 at his residence following a brief illness. Retired manager of M.D.I. Inc. in Edwardsburg, MI, owner of “Camp on the Lake” in Guild, TN on Nick-A-Jack Lake, and member of Rockliff Church of Christ, he was the son...
Julie Marie Bates
Dec 30, 2020
Julie Marie Bates, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Cumberland County, TN native, was born August 14, 1938 and died December 30, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of New Hope Full Gospel Church, and the daughter of the late Walter and Allie Harp Watts. In addition to her parents, she...
Neola Faye Sharpe
Dec 29, 2020
Smithville, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Neola Faye Sharpe, age 92, was born January 23, 1928 and died December 29, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in Smithville, TN due to complications from Covid-19. Retired and member of Madison Street Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Hassie Hillis Simons. In addition to her parents,...
Paul Gregory Arnold
Dec 28, 2020
Greg Arnold, age 51, a Rutherford County, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born April 12, 1969 and died December 28, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a forklift driver with International Paper, a retired United States Army veteran of Desert Storm, a member of the Baptist faith, and the son of Henry Roosevelt...
Steve Glenn Lyle
Dec 28, 2020
Steve Glenn Lyle, age 69, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born January 11, 1951 and died December 28, 2020 at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville following a sudden illness. He was retired from Helton, Inc., and the son of the late Alvie Lloyd and Nellie Josephine Tuck Lyle. In addition to his parents, he was...
Anthony Ray "Tony" Beechum
Dec 27, 2020
Tullahoma, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Anthony Ray “Tony” Beechum, age 60, was born September 1, 1960 and died December 27, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. A self-employed construction worker, he was the son of the late Jerry H. Beechum and Barbara West Syler. He is survived by daughter, Emma Rachael Ruth Beechum of McMinnville,...
Janie Majoria Grizzle Martin "Nanoo"
Dec 26, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Janie Majoria Grizzle Martin "Nanoo", age 89, was born July 17, 1931 and died December 26, 2020 at her residence following a one-year illness. A retired substitute teacher for the Warren County School system for over 40 years and a member of the First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the...
Garrett Randell Duggin
Dec 25, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Garrett Randell Duggin, age 36, was born October 12, 1984 and died suddenly on December 25, 2020. A welder at Smithport Cabinetry and member of the Baptist church, he was the son of Gary Duggin and Melissa Bunch. He was married to Shanna Duggin of McMinnville, TN on October 16, 2001. He...
Jo Ann Robertson
Dec 25, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Manistique, MI native, Jo Ann Robertson, age 55, was born September 9, 1965 and died suddenly December 25, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN. A homemaker and member of House of Prayer, she was the daughter of the late Lowell and Verbolynn Jones Maxson. She was married to Ricky Lee Robertson of...
Melvin Bratcher
Dec 24, 2020
Melvin Bratcher, born 1945, entered God’s presence on Thursday, Christmas Eve. He was a Warren County native and lifelong resident, as well as a ninth generation Tennessean, owner of Northview Mold Shop, had his pilots license, and a deacon and founding member at McMinnville Congregational Church. He passed away suddenly while working on his family’s century farm, doing what he...
Irene Lois Wilson
Dec 24, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Irene Lois Wilson, age 100, was born November 5, 1920 and died December 24, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired clerk with Lay's Department Store and a member of Unity Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Martin T. and Mary Maxwell Wiseman....
Roy Johnson Pierce, III
Dec 24, 2020
Roy Johnson Pierce, III, age 89, a McMinnville, TN resident and Nashville, TN native, was born February 19, 1931 and died December 24, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a retired Vice President of Five Star Food Service, a United States Air Force veteran, a member of Christ Community Church, and the son of the late...
Kevin Dale Grizzle
Dec 24, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Kevin Dale Grizzle, age 44, was born October 21, 1976 and died December 24, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN following complications from COVID-19. A production manager with Southern Standard and attended Pioneer Community Church, he was the son of Gwendolyn “Wendy” Robinson of McMinnville, TN. He was married...
Israel Gutierrez
Dec 23, 2020
Israel Gutierrez, age 63, a Morrison, TN resident and Chiapas, Mexico native, was born April 2, 1957 and died December 23, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a nurseryman, a member of Covenant Fellowship Church, and the son of the late Israel Gutierrez Gonzalez and Hilaria Dominguez. Mr. Gutierrez was married July 5, 2006 to Iva...
James Frankie William Gilbert
Dec 22, 2020
Morrison, TN resident and native James Frankie William Gilbert, age 74, was born June 4, 1946 and died December 22, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Gilbert was the son of the late Lucius and Bertha Kay Brown Gilbert. He was a member of Browntown Church of Christ in Morrison, TN. He attended and graduated from McMinnville...
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...
