Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Lois Gail Argo
Jun 11, 2020
Lois Gail Argo, age 79, a DeKalb County resident and Warren County native was born December 29, 1940 and passed June 11, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Hebron Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Hervy and Ada McReynolds Jones. She was also preceded in death by...
Beau Christopher Lowe
Jun 8, 2020
Beau Christopher Lowe, age 33, a Morrison, TN resident and Rutherford County, TN native was born March 26, 1987 and died suddenly June 8, 2020. He was an industrial maintenance employee, a member of the First Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Faith, and the son of Oliver Lowe of Manchester, TN, and Michelle (Tony) Stamps of Cookeville, TN. Mr. Lowe...
Al J. Stotts
Jun 3, 2020
Al J. Stotts, 84, a McMinnville resident and Detroit, MI native was born July 11, 1935 and died June 3, 2020 at his residence after a brief illness. He was married to Marietta McBride Stotts on August 13, 1954. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Jim (Kim) Stotts of Somerset, Ky and Kevin (Amanda) Stotts...
Donald Wayne Tanner
Jun 3, 2020
Warren County native & resident, Mr. Donald “Wayne” Tanner, age 80, was born Saturday, November 4, 1939 and passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at his home after a two-year battle with cancer, surrounded by family. Wayne is survived by two sons & daughters-in-law, Joey & Jamie Tanner and Donald and Darian Tanner; three daughters & son-in-law, Krystal Tanner and...
Mildred Eloise Hillis
Jun 2, 2020
Mildred Eloise Hillis, age 89, a Morrison, TN resident and Coffee County native was born September 30, 1930 and passed June 2, 2020 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville following a brief illness. She was a retired employee of Forest Nursery, a member of Trousdale Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Harvie Lee and Ruby Lee Freeze Young....
Anthony Bryan King
Jun 2, 2020
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Anthony Bryan King, age 43, was born June 9, 1976 and died June 2, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. A carpenter, he is survived by four children, Tristin, Ashley, Emily and Sara King, all of McMinnville; grandson, Kayson King of McMinnville; parents, Gail & Johnny Solomon...
James Clarence Shampine
May 31, 2020
Manchester, TN resident and Leominster, MA native James Clarence Shampine, age 76, was born January 24, 1944 and died May 31, 2020 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. Retired from Lab Research with the U.S. Military, he was the son of Clarence & Gwendolyn Dolton Shampine. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Audrey Gilberta Wyant
May 31, 2020
Audrey Wyant, age 90, an Antioch, TN resident and Laurelburg, TN native was born February 7, 1930 and passed May 31, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired real estate agent, a member of the Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late John Dalton “Doc” and Lucinda “Miss Cindy” Simmons Mooneyham. She was...
Mark Ashley Nunley
May 30, 2020
Mark Ashley Nunley, age 51, an Oak Ridge, TN resident and Warren County native was born March 15, 1969 and passed May 30, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, a coal belt operator with TVA, and the son of Belynda Montandon Gregory and husband William of Clinton, TN and father, Ronnie Nunley...
Sandra Faye Danz
May 28, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native Sandra Faye Danz, age 72, was born October 27, 1947 and died May 28, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired Bookkeeper at Irving Materials Inc., she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Edna Parker Weaver. In addition to her parents, she...
Judy Carol Myers
May 27, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Judy Carol Myers, age 65, was born October 1, 1954 and died May 27, 2020 at McMinnville Boarding Home following an extended illness. A member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Julie Mae Tanner Myers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Morris Chadwick "Chad" Gaffin
May 24, 2020
Morris Chadwick “Chad” Gaffin, age 81, died on Sunday, May 24, 2020 in Reno, NV of acute leukemia. He had been a resident of Carson Valley Senior Living facility in Gardnerville, NV since January 2016. Chad was born in Pleasant Hill, TN to Luke Morris and Anna Christine Horn Gaffin as the eldest of their two sons. He graduated from...
Rosie Lee Bouldin
May 23, 2020
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native Rosie Lee Bouldin, age 93, was born February 25, 1927 and died May 23, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of Grange Hall Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary B. Gann Holt. She was married August 10,...
Master Chief Clarence "Yogi" Thrower, USN Retired
May 22, 2020
Master Chief Clarence “Yogi” Thrower, USN Retired, age 83, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born January 13, 1937 and passed May 22, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. He was a retired U.S. Navy veteran where he served 3 tours in Vietnam as a Master Chief on the USS Constellation. He was the...
Ralph Edward "Bulldog" Shockley
May 19, 2020
Ralph Edward “Bulldog” Shockley, age 53, a McMinnville, TN resident and Franklin County native was born October 3, 1966 and passed May 19, 2020 at St. Thomas Hospital West in Nashville following and extended illness. He was self-employed as a truck driver, a member of Freedom Life Church, and the son of the late L.V. and Billie Henshaw Shockley. He...
Raymond Arthur St. Andrews
May 18, 2020
Raymond A. St. Andrews formerly of Ticonderoga, NY, son of the late Charles and Jennie St. Andrews, passed away peacefully at his home on May 18, 2020 surrounded by his loved ones. He is one of seventeen children, predeceased by ten siblings. He is survived by his wife Stephanie and two daughters, Melissa and Nicole; two sons-in-law, Paul and Angel;...
Sandra Kaye Yates
May 18, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Sandra Kaye Yates, age 69, was born June 26, 1950 and died May 18, 2020 at her residence following a sudden illness. A retired Photo Journalist with the Southern Standard and a member of the Friendship Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late J.C. “Goodbuddy” and Mamie Suttles Blaylock. In...
Nellie Virginia Bickford
May 14, 2020
Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County, TN native Nellie Virginia Bickford, age 87, was born February 20, 1933 and died May 14, 2020 at her daughter’s residence following an extended illness. A retired seamstress, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Demie Martin Shockley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by seven...
Joe Donald Wooden
May 12, 2020
Joe Donald Wooden, age 84, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born December 7, 1935 and passed May 12, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a retired educator with the Warren County School System, and the son of the late William Claude and Clarice Marie Reynolds Wooden. He was...
Mildred Sue Herrin
May 11, 2020
Morrison, TN resident and Limestone County, AL native Mildred Sue Furline Herrin, age 71, was born August 10, 1948 and died May 11, 2020 at her residence. Affectionately known as the “Tree Lady”, Mrs. Herrin spent many years doing nursery and farm work. She was an employee of Walmart for the past sixteen to eighteen years. Mrs. Herrin was the...
