Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Karen Sue McCoy
Feb 24, 2020
Karen Sue McCoy, age 69, a Dowelltown, TN resident and Detroit, MI native was born September 17, 1950 and passed away February 24 ,2020 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was a homemaker and the daughter of the late Alberta and Vivian Rynex Whipple. She is also preceded in death by husband, Bill Worley and three sisters. Mrs....
Larry Ray Allen
Feb 24, 2020
Larry Ray Allen, age 73, a McMinnville, TN resident and Stewart County native was born April 24, 1946 and passed away February 24, 2020 at his residence following a brief illness. He was a retired maintenance supervisor with a food processing company, and the son of the late Lewis & Emogene Outland Allen. Mr. Allen is survived by wife, Benita...
Karen Strader Lee
Feb 24, 2020
Karen Strader Lee, age 75, a Horn Lake, MS resident and Talala, OK native was born December 25, 1944 and passed away February 24, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired office manager with Corporate Collections, a member of Carriage Hills Baptist Church in Southaven, MS, a longtime member of Bethel Hill...
Daniel Lee Pack
Feb 23, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Wayne County, MI native Daniel Lee Pack, age 75, was born September 7, 1944 and died February 23, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired concrete finisher, a veteran of the United States Marines, and a member of Covenant Fellowship Church, he was the son of the late Barney Pack and...
Louise Johnson Hixson
Feb 23, 2020
Louise Johnson Hixson, age 97, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County native was born June 5, 1922 and passed away February 23, 2020 at her residence. She was a homemaker and caregiver, a member of the Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Albert and Julia Hillis Johnson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Marlin Higgins
Feb 22, 2020
Marlin Higgins, 81, went home to be with his Lord early Saturday morning, February 22, 2020 at his daughter’s home. Marlin was born on May 4, 1938 in Murfreesboro, TN to the late Rufe and Louise St. John Higgins. Marlin was retired from NCR Corp with 35 years of service and served his country proudly in the US Navy. He...
Brenda Joyce Eckert
Feb 22, 2020
McMinnville resident, Brenda Joyce Eckert, was born in Vidalia GA on June 13th, 1940. A prior resident of Tucson AZ, West Palm Beach, FL and the Lehigh Valley PA, Joyce passed into glory at home February 22nd, after an extended illness. Mrs. Eckert was the daughter of Letha Mae and Raymond Polk, both deceased. Also precious was her well loved...
Sara Kathryn McGregor
Feb 21, 2020
Sara Kathryn Cope McGregor, age 92, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born January 16, 1928 and passed away February 21, 2020 at NHC Healthcare following a short illness. She was a homemaker, a member of Central Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Betty Cleo Powell Cope. She was married to James William McGregor...
Phil Harris Swack
Feb 19, 2020
Phil Harris Swack was born January 29, 1947 and passed from this life on February 19, 2020 due to an abbreviated illness. He was preceded in death by parents, Finley and Lucy Swoape Swack; brother, Gary Swack; sister-in-law, Sandra Pearsall; the love of his life, Faye Pearsall Swack, who no doubt helped to welcome Phil into our Lord’s Heavenly Home....
Leah Ivone Sanchez
Feb 19, 2020
Leah Ivone Sanchez, age 34, a Rock Island, TN resident and Bayshore, NY native was born November 15, 1985 and passed away February 19, 2020 at Erlanger Medical Center after an extended illness. She was a receptionist and the daughter of Edgar Wilfredo and Ivone Sosa Sanchez, Sr. of Rock Island, TN. In addition to her parents, she is survived...
Alice Elaine Pritchett
Feb 19, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Chicago, IL native Alice Elaine Pritchett, age 90, was born October 31, 1929 and died February 19, 2020 at her residence following a six-month illness. A homemaker, a member of the Eastern Star in Huffman, TX, and a member of Locust Street Church of God in McMinnville, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and...
Presley Keyton Martin
Feb 18, 2020
Presley Keyton Martin, infant son of Krystal Tanner and Roger Martin both of McMinnville, TN was born and died February 18, 2020. In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by two brothers, Brett Lee Martin and Cameron Eli Martin; sister, Alea Cheyenne Martin; paternal grandparents, Kenneth and Rhonda Martin; paternal great-grandfather, Roger Johnson; paternal great-grandmother, Helen Martin;...
Lonnie Medley
Feb 16, 2020
Lonnie Medley, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born February 16, 1952 and passed away February 16, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a nursery worker, a member of the Baptist faith, and the son of the late Noah and Mary Lou Scott Medley. He was also preceded in death by...
Nancy A. Jones
Feb 13, 2020
Nancy A. Jones, age 64, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 3, 1955 and passed away February 13, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a mail carrier for nearly 30 years with the U.S. postal service, a member of the Whites Chapel Church of Christ, and the daughter of the...
Ellen Beatrice Snider
Feb 12, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ellen Beatrice Snider, age 81, was born April 17, 1938 and died February 12, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a short illness. Retired from Oster Corporation and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Marshall and Annie Elliott Scott....
Daniel Lee Dodson
Feb 11, 2020
Daniel Lee Dodson, age 88, a Bone Cave resident and Van Buren County native was born March 21, 1931 and passed away on February 11, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of Korea, plant manager with Genesco, Vice-President of Hanover Shoe, plant manager of Texas Boot, a member of Laurel Creek Baptist...
Bertha Caroline Gunter
Feb 11, 2020
Bertha Caroline Gunter, age 84, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native was born March 23, 1935 and passed away February 11, 2020 following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Non-Denominational Church, and the daughter of the late Issac Douglas and Ida Pearl Johnson Rackley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Larry Wayne Womack
Feb 11, 2020
Larry Wayne Womack, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born January 29, 1957 and passed away February 11, 2020. He was an optometrist in Manchester, TN, a member of the Church of Christ and the son of O.M. Womack, Jr. and the late Mary Ruth Starnes Womack who passed in 1986. He was also preceded...
Roy Stanley Phillips
Feb 9, 2020
Roy Stanley Phillips, age 78, a Wartrace, TN resident and Madison County, AL native was born August 26, 1941 and passed away February 9, 2020 at the Webb House following an extended illness. He was a retired Vice-President of Magnatek, a member of the First Baptist Church of Beech Grove, and the son of the late John and Beulah Pearson...
Billy Carroll McCormick
Feb 8, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Fort Bragg, NC native Billy Carroll McCormick, age 63, was born December 14, 1956 and died February 8, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired mechanic at Woodlee's Garage and a member of North Hills Church of God of Prophecy, he was the son of the late Johnny "Buck" and Mary Edith Rackley...
