Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Donna Frances Hayes
May 11, 2020
Donna Frances Hayes, age 52, a McMinnville, TN resident and Garden City, Michigan native was born June 20, 1967 and passed May 11, 2020 at Raintree Manor following and extended illness. She was a member of East End Church of Christ, and the daughter of Don and Lucille Davenport Hayes of McMinnville. She was preceded in death by brother, Edward...
Joan Edna Dudney Smartt
May 10, 2020
Naperville, IL resident and Java, Indonesia native Joan Edna Dudney Smartt, age 91, was born on May 19, 1928 and died May 10, 2020 at St. Patrick’s Residence in Naperville, IL. A retired Teacher and Speech Pathologist with the Coffee County School System and a member of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, she was the daughter of the...
Sheryl Lynn "Sherri" Fults
May 10, 2020
Sheryl Lynn “Sherri” Fults was a Hubbards Cove resident. She was born in Fayetteville, TN on December 17, 1962, the first and only child of James Robert and Bettye Lou Wooten Sherwood. God suddenly called her home on May 10, 2020. Sherri was a member of the Viola Methodist Church. Sherri was a wonderful child. She was so very talented....
Marian Evelyn Fortner
May 9, 2020
Marian Evelyn Fortner, age 57, a Nashville, TN resident and Davidson County native was born June 8, 1962 and passed May 9, 2020 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker and the daughter of the late Homer and Cora Webster Crouch. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Danny Crouch and Roger Crouch. Ms....
Lexie Leona Taylor
May 7, 2020
Lexie Leona Elliott Taylor, age 87, a Rock Island, TN resident and White County native was born September 4, 1932 and passed away May 7, 2020 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro following an extended illness. She was a retired retail clerk, a member of the Baptist faith, and the daughter of the late Miller and Dora Davis Elliott. She was...
Mary Frances Gillette
May 2, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Coffee County, TN native Mary Frances Gillette, age 75, was born May 26, 1944 and died May 2, 2020 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired clerk at Delta Express, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Alice Lemmons Shannon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Kathryn Mae Jones Akins
May 2, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Kathryn Mae Jones Akins, age 87, was born July 2, 1932 and died May 2, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired bus driver for UCHRA and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ. She enjoyed square dancing and being in Fairview Jammers, and...
Nora Belle Chambers
May 1, 2020
Warren County resident Nora Belle Woods Chambers, age 92, was born on March 25, 1928, to A.O. and Bertha Elrod Woods who preceded her in death. She passed away following a short illness at NHC on May 1, 2020. She was preceded in death her husband J.L. Chambers whom she married on December 23, 1948; by sisters Maggie Woods Hennessee...
Sherry Denise Bouldin
Apr 30, 2020
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Sherry Denise Bouldin, age 55, was born November 22, 1964 and died April 30, 2020 at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. A former Certified Nursing Assistant for Stones River and River Park Hospitals and a member of Grange Hall Church of Christ, she was the daughter...
Bobbie Jean Walden
Apr 29, 2020
Bobbie Jean Jacobs Walden, age 89, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native was born January 22, 1931 and passed away April 29, 2020 at Bailey Manor in Manchester, TN after an extended illness. She was a retired coordinator, a member of Morrison United Methodist Church, and the daughter of the late Eugene Hill and Odetta Helen Fults Jacobs....
Howard Eugene "Buddy" McBride
Apr 29, 2020
Buddy McBride, age 68, of Murphy, N.C. went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, April 29, 2020. He was a native of Warren County, Tennessee, where he had lived until moving to Murphy in 1994. Buddy served in the United States Army and was a Vietnam War veteran. He served with the 1st Air Calvary Division flying in and...
Wilma Ruth Mooneyham Sparkman
Apr 26, 2020
Rock Island resident Wilma Ruth Mooneyham Sparkman, age 90, was born October 21, 1929 to Leon and Retta Patton Mooneyham who preceded her in death. She passed away following a short illness at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville on April 26, 2020. Her only sibling, Elma Kathleen preceded her in death in 1923. Ruth married Clifton Edward Sparkman on August 26,...
Mary Darland
Apr 24, 2020
Rock Island, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Mary Darland, age 70, was born January 6, 1950 and died April 24, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Calvin & Geneva Caldwell Myers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Kathy Gale Rankhorn
Apr 23, 2020
Morrison, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Kathy Gale Rankhorn, age 60, was born May 12, 1959 and died April 23, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. An Assistant Manager at Dollar General, she was the daughter of the late Hubert Oliver and Laura McCormick Barks. In addition to her parents, she...
Armando Ramirez
Apr 20, 2020
Armando Ramirez, age 39, a Rock Island, TN resident and Los Angeles, CA native was born August 25, 1980 and passed away April 20, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a sales associate and the son of Juan and Martha Torres. He is also survived by siblings, Denisse Torres and Abraham Torres; children, Joseph and Jay...
James Erik Ashmore
Apr 20, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Huntsville, AL native James Erik Ashmore, age 42, was born May 1, 1977 and died April 20, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. A contractor for B&B Insulation and a member of the Pentecostal Church of McMinnville, he was the son of the late Louie and Debra Derryberry Ashmore. He is survived by wife,...
Eugene Nathaniel Prater
Apr 20, 2020
Eugene Nathaniel Prater, age 90, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born June 24, 1929 and passed away April 20, 2020 at his residence following a brief illness. He was a farmer, a Christian, a member of Keltonburg Church of Christ, and the son of the late Samuel Arley and Mary Ellen Lowe Prater. He was also...
Johnnie Ruth Davis
Apr 19, 2020
Johnnie Ruth Butler Davis, age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and Pulaski, TN native was born May 16, 1926 and passed away April 19, 2020 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, a member of Central Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late William Carlos and Georgia Eva White Butler, Sr. She was married...
Sawyer Ken Patrick Roberts
Apr 18, 2020
Sawyer Ken Patrick Roberts, the infant son of Stacy Roberts and Tiffany Parslow of McMinnville, was born February 11, 2020 and died April 18, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville, TN. In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by brother, Jesse Dean Roberts; sister, Oakley Lena Shae Roberts; maternal grandmother, Regina Parslow of East...
Eva Marie Lee
Apr 18, 2020
Eva Marie Grant Lee passed away on April 18, 2020 after a courageous fight against lymphoma at the age of 79. A native of Knoxville, she was born April 12, 1941 to the late Clarence and Callie Grant. She was also preceded in death by sister, Polly Sharp; brother, Gary Grant, and an infant child. Miss Eva married Bill Lee...
