Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Kathy Carol "Casey" Humpert
Dec 19, 2019
McMinnville, TN and Nokomis, FL resident and St. Louis, MO native, Kathy Carol "Casey" Humpert, age 70, was born July 10, 1949 and died December 19, 2019 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A retired Finance Manager from the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, she was the daughter of the late Harry Robert and Pauline Mazeanna...
Sandra Kay Bieker
Dec 18, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Vermillion County, IN native Sandra Kay Bieker, age 76, was born May 19, 1943 and died December 18, 2019 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Ethel Conner Allen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Donald Bieker. She is...
Eva Carroll Hendricks
Dec 16, 2019
Eva Carroll Hendricks, age 80, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born September 5, 1939 and passed away December 16, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired branch manager with Sun Trust Bank and member of Unity Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Tillman and Louise Willmore Tubb. In addition...
Ashley Adam Freeze, Sr.
Dec 16, 2019
Ashley Adam Freeze, Sr., age 99, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native was born March 15, 1920 and passed away December 16, 2019 at his residence following a sudden illness. Mr. Freeze was a farmer and retired from A&G Equipment in Manchester. He was a mechanic and sought-after square hay baler expert. He enjoyed fox hunting in his...
J.M. "Donnie" Starkey
Dec 15, 2019
McMinnville resident and Warren County Native J.M. "Donnie" Starkey, age 83, was born April 24, 1936 and died at his residence on December 15, 2019. A former Warren County Register of Deeds from 1978-1998 and a retired employee of Avalon Dairies, he was the son of the late Jessie McMillan and Ora Irene Mitchell Starkey. Mr. Starkey was married July...
Dianna Lynn Ross
Dec 14, 2019
Dianna Lynn Ross, age 72, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native was born July 1, 1947 and passed away December 14, 2019 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a retired beautician with Lynn’s Hair Fantasies, a member of the Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Jerrel Woodlee and Peggy...
Carolyn Faye Roberts Frazier
Dec 13, 2019
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Carolyn Faye Roberts Frazier, age 77, was born April 30, 1942 and died peacefully at her home on December 13, 2019. A homemaker and business owner, and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Gracie Pearl O'Neal Roberts. In addition to her parents, she...
Eva Joyce Seals
Dec 9, 2019
Eva Joyce Seals, age 81, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native, was born October 21, 1938 and passed away December 9, 2019 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired caregiver, and a member of the McMinnville Congregational Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Warner Lee and Cora Mae McBride Fults. In...
Gearldean Bratcher Prater
Dec 9, 2019
Gearldean Bratcher Prater, age 79, a McMinnville, TN resident and DeKalb County native was born August 3, 1940 and passed away on December 9, 2019 at St. Thomas Rutherford following an extended illness. She was a retired bookkeeper with Fraley’s for over 30 years, a licensed real estate broker, a member of Ivy Bluff Church of Christ and the daughter...
(Antha) Fay P. Church
Dec 9, 2019
Murfreesboro, TN residence and Warren County, TN native (Antha) Fay P. Church, age 70, was born May 19, 1949 and died December 9, 2019 at Community Care of Rutherford County. A retired employee of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro, TN, she was the daughter of the late...
Mabel Ruth Johnson
Dec 8, 2019
Mabel Ruth Johnson, age 73, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native, was born January 25, 1946 and passed away December 8, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a retired cashier with Walmart, a member of the Baptist Church, and the daughter of the late Odie and Lyda Myers Hobbs. She was also preceded in...
Willie Eugene Bess
Dec 5, 2019
Willie Eugene Bess, age 94, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born July 5, 1925 and passed away December 5, 2019 at Erlanger Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, a retired manager of Warren Farmer’s CO-OP, an elder at St. Mary’s Church of Christ, and the son of the...
Stephanie Ann Smith Bain
Dec 5, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Stephanie Ann Smith Bain, age 53, was born November 3, 1966 and died December 5, 2019 at her residence following a sudden illness. A member of the Providence Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Charlotte Ann Baldwin. She is survived by father, Joseph David Cantrell of McMinnville; sister and...
Claudia Woodlee Ware Moore
Dec 3, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Claudia Woodlee Moore, age 72, was born September 30, 1947 and died December 3, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and nurserywoman, and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Thurman and Ruby Gilberta Woodlee Ware. She was married in 1972...
Harold Eugene "Pete" Williams
Dec 1, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Harold Eugene "Pete" Williams, age 77, was born July 15, 1942 and died December 1, 2019 at his residence following a short illness. Mr. Williams was a retired superintendent with APAC with 30 years of service, a retired foreman with the Warren County Utility District, a United States Army veteran and a...
Jerry Gaylen Davis
Dec 1, 2019
Jerry Gaylen Davis, age 72, a McMinnville, TN resident and Ava, MO native was born March 9, 1947 and passed away December 1, 2019 at St. Thomas West following a brief illness. A retired sales manager with Golden Flake and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late George Philip and Lotus Deckard Davis....
Timmie "Bo" Ross Lance
Nov 30, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Timmie "Bo" Ross Lance, age 61, was born March 12, 1958 and died November 30, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. Retired from Bridgestone, a United States Air Force veteran, and a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he was the son of the late Billy E. and Helen Hillis...
Grace Ellen McBride Walker Castner
Nov 29, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Grace Ellen McBride Walker Castner, age 89, was born November 8, 1930 and died November 29, 2019 at the Webb House in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired school teacher with the Morrison Elementary School and a life-long member of Shellsford Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Thomas...
Pamela Jean Roberts
Nov 28, 2019
Pamela Jean Roberts, age 61, a McMinnville resident and Warren County native was born September 19, 1958 and passed away November 28, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A cook with Wendy’s and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jessie D. and Annie Bouldin Roberts. She was also preceded in death...
Barry Lynn Haston
Nov 27, 2019
Barry Lynn Haston, age 71, a McMinnville resident and Warren County native was born November 20, 1948 and passed away November 27, 2019 at his residence following a sudden illness. A cattle farmer, he was the son of the late Douglas and Delma Ward Haston. Mr. Haston is survived by companion, Vickie Mayes of McMinnville, TN, two sons; Gary Lynn...
