Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Virginia Gaye Smith Womack
Oct 13, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Virginia Gaye Smith Womack, age 88, was born September 30, 1932 and passed away October 13, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Robert Allen and Margie Lorene Hanes Smith. She was married on October...
Marjorie Joann Seals
Oct 13, 2020
Walling, TN resident and Albuquerque, NM native, Marjorie Joann Seals, age 80, was born December 21, 1939 and passed away October 13, 2020 at Life Care Center of Sparta in Sparta, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Walter Waymon and Margaret Whaley Wright. She was...
T.C. Ward
Oct 12, 2020
T.C. Ward, age 48, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born January 6, 1972 and passed October 12, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a backhoe operator, and the son of the late Clifford Terry Ward and Mickie Cantrell. He was also preceded in death by maternal grandfather, William Dude Cantrell, and...
Paul Warren Neilson
Oct 12, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Lubbock, TX native Paul Warren Neilson, age 62, was born June 3, 1958 and died October 12, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. A self-employed painter and member of the Oasis Church, he was the son of Phil and Peggy Henley Neilson of Tucson, Arizona. He was married to Lisa Neilson of McMinnville, TN....
Jimmy Leon Slatton
Oct 11, 2020
Jimmy Leon Slatton, age 70, a Sparta, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native, was born June 11, 1950 and passed October 11, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in Cookeville, TN following an extended illness. He was a retired truck driver with Batesville Casket Company where he drove for 34 years, a United States Army Veteran of Vietnam with the...
Lillie Loetta Smith
Oct 9, 2020
Lillie Loetta Smith, age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born February 16, 1927 and passed October 9, 2020 at St. Thomas West in Nashville following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Church of Christ, she loved the Lord, and the daughter of the late John Floyd and Josie Mayfield...
Stella Mae "Scennon" Turner
Oct 8, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Beltona, AL native, Stella Mae “Scennon” Turner, age 93, was born September 22, 1927 and passed away October 8, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker, loving mother, granny and great-granny, and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Octa Whitman Lockhart. She was...
Lorene Fay Campbell
Oct 7, 2020
Lorene Fay Campbell, age 87, a Tullahoma, TN resident and White County, TN native was born July 15, 1933 and passed October 7, 2020 at Life Care Center of Tullahoma following an extended illness. She was a retired self-employed housekeeper, and life-long devoted member of the Pentecostal faith and the Joy of the Lord was her strength. She was the...
Eddie Dean Patterson
Oct 7, 2020
Centertown Community resident and Warren County, TN native, Eddie Dean Patterson, age 62, was born March 23, 1958 and passed away October 7, 2020 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. He was a farmer, master mechanic, a member of Woodbury Church of Christ, and the son of Ralph Edward Patterson of Murfreesboro, TN, and...
Marie Smith Cotten
Oct 7, 2020
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Marie Smith Cotten, age 88, was born November 24, 1931 and passed away October 7, 2020 at her residence. A homemaker and a member of Rock Island Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late John Vinson and Dovie Evans Smith. She was married to Paul L. Cotten who preceded...
Carl Burns Hillis
Oct 6, 2020
Carl Burns Hillis passed peacefully in his home on October 6, 2020. He was born at home in Campaign, TN on April 6, 1931 to Dewey & Dixie Lockridge Hillis. He entered the U.S. Army in October of 1951 serving in Europe during the Korean conflict. He returned home to work for Brown Foreman to begin building his future. Carl...
Linda Dutch Cooper
Oct 6, 2020
Linda Dutch Cooper, age 83, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native, was born June 16, 1937 and passed October 6, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following a sudden illness. She was the owner of many convenient stores, a member of the Bethel Hill Baptist Church, and the daughter of the late Clifford and Bessie Martin Gibbs. In...
Barbara Jean Swack Stubblefield
Oct 6, 2020
Barbara Jean Swack Stubblefield, 86, of McMinnville, died at home Tuesday, October 6, 2020. A native of Putnam County, she was born September 19, 1934 and was preceded in death by her parents, H.E. and Manila King Swack; her husband, Bobby Stubblefield, and her son, Danny Stubblefield, all of McMinnville. She graduated Central High School in 1952, was a homemaker...
Arlene Oakley
Oct 6, 2020
Arlene Oakley, age 84, a Green Hill area resident and native of DeKalb County was born March 2, 1936 and passed October 6, 2020 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was a retired machine operator at Frito Lay, a member of Dayspring Community Church, and the daughter of the late Brackett Estes and...
Gloria Jean Whitaker
Oct 5, 2020
Gloria Jean Whitaker, age 80, a Morrison, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native was born November 6, 1939 and passed October 5, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of Hiawassee Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Arthur and Hattie Elizabeth Wright Brown. She was also...
Shirley Jean Luna
Oct 4, 2020
Shirley Jean George Luna, age 71, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born December 31, 1948 and passed October 4, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a teacher with the Warren County School System for thirty years, a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the daughter of Doris Moore George and...
Troy Reynolds
Oct 3, 2020
Troy Reynolds, age 53, a McMinnville, TN resident and Nashville, TN native was born January 7, 1967 and passed October 3, 2020. He was the son of the late Thomas Leroy Reynolds and Geraldean Jones Reynolds. He was a member of the Baptist faith. Mr. Reynolds is survived by brother and spouse, Greg (Kelly) Reynolds of Cookeville, TN; two nephews,...
Joyce Dean Felty
Oct 3, 2020
Joyce Dean Felty, age 65, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born June 6, 1955 and passed October 3, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following a sudden illness. She was retired as a cash management employee with the V.A. Department in Smyrna, TN and the daughter of the late Albert Franklin and Minnie Pearl Whiteaker Hickey....
Bobby Curl Mullican
Oct 3, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Bobby Curl Mullican, age 83, was born November 5, 1936 and died October 3, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired supervisor with Magnetek, former employee of Irving Materials, Inc. and Tennessee Army National Guard veteran, he was the son of the late Nolen D. and Sarah Emma Cantrell Mullican. In...
James Willie Johnson, Sr.
Oct 3, 2020
James W. Johnson, Sr., age 85, a Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native was born November 25, 1934 and passed from this life Saturday, October 3, 2020. He was preceded in death by parents Floyd and Maggie Martin Johnson; sister, Anna Lou Crittenden; nieces, Cathy, Sherry, and Cynthia; and great-granddaughter, Angel Grace Johnson. Mr. Johnson is...
