Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Ethel Viola Morton
Jan 16, 2020
Forest City, NC resident and Limestone County, AL native Ethel Viola Morton, age 85, was born July 22, 1934 and died January 16, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. A retired employee of Alabama Wholesale Drug Company and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late George Bayless and Nancy Viola Lewter Grimmett....
Arthur L. Gunning
Jan 15, 2020
Arthur L. Gunning was born in Wichita, KS on September 27, 1929 and passed quietly January 15, 2020. He was 90 years of age. Arthur came to Tennessee in 1970, working for AVCO in Nashville, TN, where he met and married Harvena Jones of Rock Island, TN. He built and managed Art's BBQ in Rock Island in 1974. He enjoyed...
Mary Anne Seiber
Jan 14, 2020
Mary Anne Seiber, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and Illinois native was born August 9, 1940 and passed away January 14, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a brief illness. She was a homemaker, a devoted wife of 59 years, a loving mother, grandmother, and the daughter of the late Charles & Martha Hensley Murdock, and a member...
Dorothy Jean Nelms Woodlee
Jan 11, 2020
Dorothy Jean (Nelms) Woodlee, 88, of McMinnville, passed peacefully on January 11, 2020 in the care of Avalon Hospice at Raintree Manor in McMinnville, TN. Mrs. Woodlee was born August 4, 1931 in McMinnville, Warren County, TN. Her parents were John Wesley and Hallie (Wanamaker) Nelms. She was a retired homemaker and staff member at The Learning House and an...
James Charles "J.C." Bouldin
Jan 11, 2020
James Charles “J.C.” Bouldin, age 91, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born May 14, 1928 and passed away January 11, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired lathe operator with Dezurik, and a member of Grange Hall Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Bryan and Demma...
Robert Leon "Kitty" Newcome
Jan 10, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Robert Leon "Kitty" Newcome, age 93, was born September 15, 1926 and died January 10, 2020 at his residence following a brief illness. A retired employee of Genesco, United States Navy veteran of WWII, and member of the Shellsford Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Henry E. and May...
David Lee Barnes
Jan 8, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native David Lee Barnes, age 72, was born March 10, 1947 and died January 8, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. Self-employed with Barnes Brothers Nursery and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Livey Milton and Annie Lee Jones Barnes....
Wanda Gail Hutcherson
Jan 5, 2020
Harker Heights, TX resident and Painesville, OH native Wanda Gail Hutcherson, age 67, was born February 10, 1952 and died January 5, 2020 at her residence following an unexpected illness. An Assistant Manager with a clothing store, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Ray and Frances Patton Harper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Lillie Dale Willard
Jan 4, 2020
Miss Lillie Dale Willard, 97, of McMinnville, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Born Dec. 14, 1922, in Cannon County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late William Augustus Willard and Gertrude Lewis Willard of the Auburntown community. A 1941 graduate of Auburn High School, she attended Tennessee College for Women in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1944-46), Union University in...
Courtney Shae Beaty
Jan 3, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Courtney Shae Beaty, age 36, was born January 23, 1983 and died January 3, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A Loan Officer with One Main Financial and a member of Friendship Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Jackie Ware and James Beaty both of McMinnville....
Lisa Powers Cooper
Jan 3, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Lisa Powers Cooper, age 62, was born October 13, 1957 and died January 3, 2020 at her residence following a brief illness. A Director of Consumer Services TRA TN and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of Larry “Yogi” Powers, Sr. of McMinnville and Linda Pritchett of...
Nellie Lois Argo
Jan 2, 2020
Nellie Lois Argo, age 81, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born May 19, 1938 and passed away January 2, 2020 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a retired LPN with River Park Hospital, a homemaker, baker, school bus driver, and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, and a member of the First Assembly of...
Walta Mae Grissom
Jan 1, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Walta Mae Grissom, age 81, was born August 27, 1938 and died January 1, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. Retired from McMinnville Garment Factory and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Ocie Mae Ray Rhea. In addition...
Janiette Deaton
Dec 31, 2019
Smyrna, TN resident, former resident of Rock Island, TN, and Bone Cave, TN native Janiette Deaton, age 91, was born September 9, 1928 and died December 31, 2019 at Alive Hospice of Murfreesboro following a sudden illness. The store manager of Rock Island Market, a member of Campaign Church of God, and attended World Outreach in Murfreesboro, she was the...
Norma Jean Clark Stevens
Dec 31, 2019
Norman Jean Clark Stevens, age 64, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native, was born July 29, 1955 and passed away December 31, 2019 at her residence following a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Elmer and Mary Odell Wright Clark. She was also preceded in...
Raymond Lewis Lawson, Jr.
Dec 28, 2019
Raymond Lewis Lawson, Jr., age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born July 5, 1951 and passed away December 28, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a retired instructor with TCAT and the son of the late adoptive parents, Vernard and Mable Lawson. He is also preceded in death by father, Raymond...
Scott Allen Parkhurst
Dec 27, 2019
Scott Allen Parkhurst, age 48, a McMinnville, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native was born July 11, 1971 and passed away on December 27, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. An employee of the McMinnville Housing Authority, he was a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of Sandra (Craig) Danz of McMinnville, TN and...
Elmus Arden Young
Dec 24, 2019
Elmus Arden Young, age 89, a Smithville, TN resident and DeKalb County native was born February 7, 1930 and passed away December 24, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was a retired parts salesman with Edd Rogers, a member of the First Baptist Church, and the son of the late Joseph Shelie and Effie Elizabeth...
Rad C. Spivey
Dec 23, 2019
Rad C. Spivey, age 93, a McMinnville, TN resident and Red Boiling Springs, TN native was born November 17, 1926 and passed away December 23, 2019 at St. Thomas Midtown following a brief illness. He was a U.S. Army veteran of Korea, a retired educator, a member of the Westwood Church of Christ, and the son of the late Radford...
Georgia Rhea Wilks
Dec 21, 2019
Georgia Rhea Wilks, age 82, a McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native, was born July 6, 1937 and passed away December 21, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired healthcare worker and a member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Onis and Onia Mae Crook Driver. In addition to her parents she...
