Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Billy Smoot Young, Jr.
Aug 11, 2020
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Billy Smoot Young, Jr., age 74, was born September 11, 1945 and died August 11, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired manager with the Tennessee Department of Workforce Development, United States Army veteran and member of the North Warren Church of Christ, he was the son of Dorothy Tittsworth...
Shawndee Nicole Taylor
Aug 11, 2020
Shawndee Nicole Taylor, age 43, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native was born November 28, 1976 and passed August 11, 2020 at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville following a long-term battle with cancer. She was a cosmetologist at Image’s Hair Salon, and a member of Grange Hall Church of Christ. Mrs. Taylor was married March 13, 2004 to...
Larry Walls
Aug 6, 2020
Larry Walls, age 61, a McMinnville, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native was born October 21, 1958 and passed August 6, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a parts puller with Turner Auto Salvage, and the son of the late Clarence Austin and Billie Jean Smith Walls. Mr. Walls was married to Cynthia Ann Young...
Royce Lee Couch
Aug 5, 2020
Franklin, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Royce Lee Couch, age 69, was born July 8, 1951 and passed away suddenly August 5, 2020 at his residence. A Financial Product Sales Representative with First Tennessee Bank and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Robert Eugene & Leona Dutton Couch. Mr. Couch...
Freddy Black
Aug 2, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Freddy Black, age 70, was born March 8, 1950 and died August 2, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A former employee of Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola and owner of Major Clean-Up and member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Herman and Minnie...
Harold Ray Etter
Aug 2, 2020
Harold Ray Etter, age 85, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born March 18, 1935 and passed August 2, 2020 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville following an extended illness. He was a retired custodian with Ball State University, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of the late Harold Buford and Anna...
Joe Frederick Wanamaker
Aug 1, 2020
Joe Frederick Wanamaker, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County native, was born June 4, 1934 and passed August 1, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired salesman with Standard Auto Parts and Morgan and Young Auto Parts, United States Army veteran, member of the American Legion Post 173, member of Shiloh United...
Dickie Wayne Kesey
Jul 31, 2020
Dickie Wayne Kesey, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native, was born February 16, 1952 and passed July 31, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He served 25 years with the McMinnville Police Department, ending his career as Chief for 9 years. He was a TN National Guard veteran, a member of...
Larry Joe Lavender
Jul 31, 2020
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Larry Joe Lavender, age 73, was born March 28, 1947 and passed away July 31, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following a brief illness. A retired factory worker, he was the son of the late Joe A. and Wilma Christine Kuhn Lavender. In addition to his...
Carolina Martin Thomas
Jul 29, 2020
Carolina Martin Thomas, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native, was born May 12, 1940 and passed July 29, 2020 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. She was a retired housekeeper, a factory line operator, a long-time member of East End Drive Church of Christ and the daughter of the late Elmer and...
Tom Starkey
Jul 28, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Tom Starkey, age 91, was born December 27, 1928 and passed away July 28, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN following a sudden illness. A United States Army veteran of Korea, a retired maintenance technician with Carrier Corporation and a member of Trousdale Church of Christ, he was...
Horace Basham
Jul 28, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Horace Basham, age 66, was born July 22, 1954 and died July 28, 2020 at his residence following an eight-month illness. A self-employed excavator, he was the son of the late Thurman and Della Myers Basham. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by four brothers, Cecil Basham, Harold...
Hilda Marie Martin
Jul 28, 2020
Hilda Marie Nunley Martin, age 69, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native was born July 13, 1951 and passed July 28, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was an administrative assistant with the Warren County High School, a member of Bonner Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late William Carol and Barbara...
Willene Terry Kell
Jul 27, 2020
Willene Terry Kell, age 95, a McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native was born October 12, 1924 and passed July 27, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. She was a retired seamstress with McMinnville Garment Factory, a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Harvey Roll and...
Anissa Nicol Argo
Jul 26, 2020
Anissa Nicol Argo, age 47, an Antioch, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born December 30, 1972 and passed July 26, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was preceded in death by father, Fred Wayne Argo; brother, Brent Argo; maternal grandparents, Vernon and Pauline Campbell and paternal grandparents, Jesse and Gladys Argo. Ms. Argo is...
James Paul Jones
Jul 25, 2020
James Paul Jones, age 97, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born May 19, 1923 and passed July 25, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN, following an extended illness. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, retired from Boyd Brothers Nursery, Stanley Hillis Trucking, and Jewell Hale Farms, a member of Smyrna Church of Christ,...
Darlene Odom Thaxton
Jul 24, 2020
Darlene Odom Thaxton, age 61, a Viola, TN resident and Tampa, FL native was born September 22, 1958 and passed July 24, 2020 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Baptist Church and the daughter of the late Frederick D. and Marion Hyers Odom. Mrs. Thaxton was married January 1, 2003 to...
Joshua Ryann Dearinger
Jul 23, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Fulton County, GA native, Joshua Ryann Dearinger, age 29, was born July 9, 1991 and passed away suddenly July 23, 2020 at his residence. A laborer with McMinnville Manufacturing in McMinnville, TN and a member of Living Word Fellowship Church, he was the son of Jim and Julia Young of McMinnville, TN. He was preceded in...
Larry (Frog) Morton
Jul 23, 2020
Larry "Frog" Morton, age 60, a Nashville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born December 22, 1959 and passed July 23, 2020 at his residence in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. He was a construction worker, a member of the Baptist Church and the son of Johnnie Pearl Morton of McMinnville, TN and the late Ernest T....
Ricky Lynn Carr
Jul 23, 2020
Morrison, TN resident and DeKalb County, TN native Ricky Lynn Carr, age 46, was born August 7, 1973 and died July 23, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. A welder at Kalco Corporation, he was the son of Sherry Hawkins of Sparta, TN and the late Oscar Eugene Carr. In addition to his mother, he is survived by...
