Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Hershel L. Hillis
Oct 26, 2020
Hershel L. Hillis, age 77, of McMinnville, Tennessee, passed away October 26, 2020, after an extended illness. Mr. Hillis was preceded in death by his parents, Audrey B. and Willie Hillis and wife, Nadine Rogers Hillis. Born in Warren County, on November 21, 1942, Mr. Hillis made Warren County his lifelong home but nevertheless, was a storied traveler; logging over...
Elbert Lee Grissom
Oct 26, 2020
Elbert Lee Grissom, age 84, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born April 23, 1936 and passed October 26, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville, TN following an extended illness. He was retired with the City of McMinnville, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of the late Ben Clifton and Louella Scott...
Betty Carolyn Holt
Oct 21, 2020
Betty Carolyn Holt, age 77, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born July 21, 1943 and passed October 21, 2020 at St. Thomas West in Nashville, TN following an extended illness. She was a retired medical transcriptionist, a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Grady Norman and Anna Ruth...
Robert George King
Oct 21, 2020
Robert George King, age 83, a Morrison, TN resident and Canada native was born February 1, 1937 and passed October 21, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired truck driver with Consolidated Freightways, a United States Army veteran, and preceded in death by parents, William A. King and Margaret Campbell King. In addition to his...
Gordon David Woods
Oct 19, 2020
Gordon David Woods affectionately known as “Hugo” to his friends, passed this life Monday, October 19, 2020 at his residence following a long lingering illness. He was born October 2, 1969 in Fort Pierce, Florida to the late Alton and Betty Wilcher Woods. He was the youngest of four children. David loved life and had an infectious sense of humor,...
Imo Jean Patterson
Oct 18, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Imo Jean Patterson, age 94, was born October 9, 1926 and died October 18, 2020 at her residence. A homemaker and retired employee of Oster, she was the daughter of the late John Robert and Tempie Goff Gunter. She was married May 28, 1942 to William Edward “Edd” Patterson who preceded her in death...
Bonnie Christine Terry
Oct 18, 2020
Bonnie Christine Terry, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Lake County, OH native was born June 2, 1957 and passed October 18, 2020 at her residence following a brief illness. She was the owner of Bonnie’s Assisted Living, and the daughter of the late Jesse and Betty Bellomy Holt. She was also preceded in death by sister, Joyce Judkins....
Charles Dorris Hughes
Oct 16, 2020
Charles Dorris Hughes, age 83, a McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native was born April 5, 1937 and passed October 16, 2020 at the Webb House in Smithville, TN following an extended illness. He was a Church of Christ minister, a retired optician, a Tennessee Army National Guard veteran, and the son of the late William Calvin and...
Paul Jennings Rowland
Oct 16, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Paul Jennings Rowland, age 91, was born October 30, 1928 and passed away October 16, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. The owner of Rowland Construction, a United States Army veteran of Korea, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Everett Lavon...
Christopher Joseph Patterson
Oct 16, 2020
Christopher Joseph Patterson, age 42, a McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native was born July 5, 1978 and passed October 16, 2020 following a sudden illness. He was a Captain with the Manchester Police Department, a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church, and the son of Rob and Jackie Patterson of McMinnville, TN. He was preceded in death by...
Alton Aubrey Patrick
Oct 15, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Alton Aubrey Patrick, age 95, was born February 9, 1925 and died October 15, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in Smithville, TN following a brief illness. The owner/operator of Cumberland Sheet Metal, a United States Navy veteran of WWII, and Deacon Emeritus @ First Baptist Church, he was the son of the late...
Denise Butcher
Oct 14, 2020
Denise Butcher, age 56, a McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native was born September 22, 1964 and passed October 14, 2020 at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville following an extended illness. She was a seamstress with Crane Interiors, a member of Shellsford Baptist Church, and the daughter of Larry Tucker of Woodbury, TN, and Patricia Wimberly of Readyville,...
Roena Barr Fuson
Oct 14, 2020
Roena Barr Fuson was born January 13, 1932 in Dekalb County, TN to the late Monroe and Bertha Hutchins Barr. She passed away October 14, 2020 at Manchester Health Care Center in Manchester, TN following an extended illness. She was retired from the banking industry and a member of the Smartt First Baptist Church. She loved her church and church...
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...
