Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Loretta Ruth Smith
Jul 4, 2020
Loretta Ruth Smith, age 89, a Smithville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, was born February 1, 1932 and passed away July 4, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in Smithville, TN following an extended illness. A retired CNA with NHC Healthcare and a member of the Pentecostal Church, she was the daughter of the late Hershel L. and Eva Lou...
Evelyn Euretha Copley
Jul 3, 2020
Evelyn Euretha Copley, age 66, an Andersonville, TN resident and Union County, TN native was born November 2, 1953 and passed July 3, 2020 at Tennova Medical Center in Knox County following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of Campaign Church of God, and the daughter of the late Floyd “Troy” and Mamie Mae Cooper Bailey. She...
Bobby Shane Thomas
Jul 1, 2020
Bobby Shane Thomas, age 55, a Morrison, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native, was born October 3, 1964 and passed July 1, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A member of the Baptist church and a self-employed truck driver, he was the son of Freda Womack and the late Bobby Lee Thomas. In addition to his father,...
Audrey Ramsey
Jun 30, 2020
Audrey Denise Ramsey was born in Sewanee, TN on June 8, 1972 and went to be with The Father on June 30, 2020 at her home on Edd Ramsey Road, named after her grandfather. She was preceded in death by her parents James L. and Peggy Ann Kennerly Ramsey and her brother Darren Alan Ramsey. Audrey is survived by two...
Rick Wilson
Jun 28, 2020
Rick Wilson, age 46, a McMinnville, TN resident and Anderson, IN native, was born June 24, 1974 and passed June 28, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. He was a manager with Wash-N-Roll Car Wash, and the son of Ricky and Lisa Wilson, Sr. of Cookeville, TN and Pam Wilson of Anderson, IN. He was...
Alejandro Sanchez Madrigal
Jun 28, 2020
Alejandro Sanchez Madrigal, age 52, a McMinnville, TN resident and La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico native was born November 23, 1967 and passed June 28, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was a manager of a fabrication manufacturer, a member of St. Catherine's Catholic Church, and the son of the late Jose Sanchez and Margarita Madrigal Castro. Mr....
Bobby Lee Adams
Jun 27, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Bobby Lee Adams, age 74, was born February 18, 1946 and died June 27, 2020 at his residence in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired, self-employed truck driver and a member of the McMinnville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he served as an Elder, he was the son of the late Orene...
Willie Joe Brimer
Jun 26, 2020
Willie Joe Brimer, age 59, a Van Buren county resident and Warren County native, was born October 8, 1960 and passed June 26, 2020 in Van Buren County following an extended illness. He was a tool and die technician and the son of the late Willard and Ethel Louise Brimer. He was married August 6, 1979 to Janice Marie Southard...
Lillian E. Young
Jun 24, 2020
Lillian E. Young, age 79, a Rock Island, TN resident and Van Buren County native, was born October 9, 1940 and passed June 24, 2020 at Bailey Manor in Manchester, TN following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Methodist Church, and the daughter of the late Clyde and Hassie Yates Sullivan. She was also preceded...
James Wesley Pedigo
Jun 23, 2020
James Wesley Pedigo, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County native was born January 31, 1942 and passed June 23, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired industrial electrician, a TN Army National Guard veteran, a member of the Methodist Church, and the son of the late Walter S. and Louanna Moore Pedigo....
Gennevieve "Genny" Harper Roberts
Jun 23, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Gennevieve "Genny" Harper Roberts, age 89, was born August 10, 1930 and died June 23, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A former LPN with NHC Healthcare and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Anna Lee McBride Harper. In...
James Houston Driver
Jun 20, 2020
Centertown Community resident and Warren County native James Houston Driver, age 71, was born February 24, 1949 and died June 20, 2020 at Unity Medical Center in Manchester, TN following a sudden illness. A retired employee of Carrier Corporation and member of Unity Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Houston and Kizzie Mae Trusty Driver. In...
Larry Gene "Dobie" Brown
Jun 20, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County, TN native Larry Gene “Dobie” Brown, age 75, was born August 6, 1944 and died June 20, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired Mold Press Operator with Batesville Casket Company, he was the son of the late Gladys Brown Terry. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by...
Billy Joe Cope
Jun 19, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Billy Joe Cope, age 86, was born March 15, 1934 and died June 19, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A nurseryman, Tennessee Army National Guard veteran and member of Smyrna Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Charlie and Betty Powell Cope. In addition to his parents, he...
Florence Elaine Howell
Jun 18, 2020
Florence Elaine Howell, age 73, a McMinnville, TN resident and Short Mountain, TN native, was born July 15, 1946 and passed June 18, 2020 at home following an extended illness. She was retired from NHC of McMinnville, a member of Short Mountain Old Methodist Church, and the daughter of the late, Howard Daniel and Naomi “Dude” Jewell Motley Howell. She...
Sheila Diana Bell
Jun 18, 2020
Sheila Diana Bell, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Huntsville, AL native was born January 3, 1945 and passed June 18, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. She was a retired employee with Carrier Corporation, a member of Westside Baptist Church, and the daughter of the late Gordon Simon and Laura Haley Lemley. Mrs. Bell married...
Kenneth Warrington Smith, Sr.
Jun 17, 2020
Kenneth Warrington Smith, Sr., age 70, a Morrison, TN resident and Chicago, IL native, was born December 13, 1949, and passed June 17, 2020, at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired portfolio manager, a former elder and member of Central Church of Christ, a Paul Harris Fellow, and the son of the late Willard Lynwood and...
Melissa DeBerry
Jun 16, 2020
Melissa DeBerry, age 63, a Rutherford County resident, was born September 23, 1956 and passed June 16, 2020 at St. Thomas West Hospital following a sudden illness. She was an auditor, a member of Walter Hill Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Powell Lewis and Dorothy Walene Underwood Barlow. She was also preceded in death by brother,...
Patty Hobbs
Jun 15, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Patty Hobbs, age 71, was born March 6, 1949 and died June 15, 2020 at St. Thomas West in Nashville following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Frank Warner and Dorothy Lucille Mullican Powell. In addition to her...
Joyce Monzell Lewis
Jun 14, 2020
Smithville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Joyce Monzell Lewis, age 85, was born January 25, 1935 and died June 14, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in Smithville, TN following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Belford and Kathleen Young Lewis. In addition to her parents,...
