Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Rachel Mai Caldwell
Nov 3, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Cannon County, TN native Rachel Mai Caldwell, age 68, was born June 22, 1951 and died November 3, 2019 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired caregiver and a member of the Pentecostal Church, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Hazel Underwood Murphy. She was married to Eugene...
Patricia Ann Rutledge
Nov 3, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native Patricia Ann Rutledge, age 77, was born January 13, 1942 and died November 3, 2019 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A self-employed Medical Insurance Agent and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Iris McCormick Rutledge. In addition...
Lela Ann Pease
Nov 3, 2019
Rock Island, TN resident and Painesville, OH native Lela Ann Pease, age 65 was born December 1, 1953 and died November 3, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Anna Mae Elizabeth Johnson of Painesville, OH and the late Lawson Howard Pease. In addition to her...
Martha Lynn Vinson
Nov 1, 2019
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Martha Lynn Vinson, age 77, was born June 6, 1942 and died November 1, 2019 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness. A retired owner/operator of Azalea Hill Nursery and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Richard and...
Sandy Kay Luna
Oct 31, 2019
Sandy Kay Tallent Luna, age 59, a McMinnville, TN resident and White County, TN native was born April 11, 1960 and passed away October 31, 2019 following an extended illness. A secretary with Tri-State Development, and a member of Indian Mound The Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Odie and Pearl Hawkins Tallent. She was also preceded...
Carol Tatum
Oct 28, 2019
Carol Tatum, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Fairfield, Alabama native was born October 11, 1951 and passed away on October 28, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired registered nurse, and a member of First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Lee and Mildred Evelyn Ray Varden. Mrs. Tatum is survived...
Ann Rob Logue
Oct 28, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ann Rob Logue, age 77, was born January 21, 1942 and died October 28, 2019 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired EMT, a retired employee of Cosmo-Lab in Lewisburg, TN, and a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and...
James Ray "Jim" Gillespie, Sr.
Oct 28, 2019
Hermitage, TN resident and Moulton, AL native James Ray "Jim" Gillespie, Sr., age 76, was born January 14, 1943 and died October 28, 2019 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN following a short illness. A bridge builder with Mountain Creek Contractors in Catawba, NC, he was the son of Soledad "Chole" Gillespie of McMinnville and the late David Daniel Gillespie....
Herman Leon Ware
Oct 28, 2019
Rocky River Community resident and Warren County, TN native Herman Leon Ware, age 82, was born December 23, 1936 and died October 28, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. Retired from Carrier Corporation, a United States Army veteran, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Allen Bryan and Cleo Curtis...
Jack E Newby
Oct 27, 2019
Jack E. Newby, age 81, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born August 4, 1938 and passed away October 27, 2019 at St. Thomas Highland of Sparta following a brief illness. A retired farmer and a member of the Central Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Andrew Thurman and Ocie Bell Redmon Newby....
Gordon Ray McGee, Sr.
Oct 27, 2019
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Gordon Ray McGee, Sr., age 73, was born September 8, 1946 and died October 27, 2019 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a sudden illness. A land developer and contractor and founder of Pioneer Building Supply, he was the son of the late J.C. and Ruth Spencer Phillips and was a member...
Ela Ray Rogers
Oct 26, 2019
Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native Ela Ray Rogers, age 83, was born July 22, 1936 and died October 26, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A retired Teacher's Assistant with Warren County School System for thirty years and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Radford J. and Ollie...
Clifton Edward Jones
Oct 26, 2019
Clifton Edward Jones, age 71, a Sumner County resident and Warren County native, was born April 8, 1948 and passed away October 26, 2019 following an extended illness. He was a retired owner/operator of Jones Landscaping and Irrigation Contractors, a member of the Baptist Church, and the son of the late Brackett and Chloe Stoner Jones. He was also preceded...
Robbie Sue Henry
Oct 25, 2019
Robbie Sue Henry, age 74, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grenada, MS native was born June 27, 1945 and passed away October 25, 2019 in St. Thomas West Hospital following an extended illness. She was a retired employee of River Park Hospital, member of the Baptist Church and daughter of the late Robert and Clara Bell Harlow Gann. Mrs. Henry...
Evelyn May Foreman
Oct 23, 2019
Evelyn May Wilson Foreman, age 96, a Warren County resident and Indianapolis, Indiana native was born May 30, 1923 and passed away October 23, 2019. She was the daughter of the late William Orville “Johnny” and Martha Alice Brown Johnston. Evelyn was born and raised in Indianapolis. She met her husband when she was fifteen and he was eighteen. They...
Leo Louis Davis
Oct 22, 2019
Leo Louis Davis, age 85, a Warren County resident and Arkansas native, was born June 8, 1934 and passed away October 22, 2019 following a sudden illness. He was a retired educator, a member of the Church of Christ, and the son of the late Saint Elmer and Linnie Stroud Davis. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Charlotte "Charlie" Bell
Oct 20, 2019
Charlotte "Charlie" Bell, age 66, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born June 13, 1953 and passed away October 20, 2019 following an extended illness. She was a computer programmer with H.J. Judkins Nursery, member of the Baptist faith, and the daughter of the late Louis Paul and Bessie Bell Graham Hobbs. She was married June 24,...
Lucille Phillips
Oct 19, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident Lucille Phillips, age 72, was born May 3, 1947 and died October 19, 2019 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Vada Mooneyham Bates. She was married on August 17, 1965 to William F. Phillips of McMinnville. In addition...
Marie Hobbs Brewer
Oct 19, 2019
Decatur, AL resident and McMinnville, TN native Marie Hobbs Brewer, age 84, was born March 11, 1935 and died October 19, 2019 at Decatur Health and Rehab. She was the daughter of the late James Arnold Hobbs and Christine Hobbs Lorance. She was married to Billy Oliver Brewer who preceded her in death. She is survived by two sons and...
Susan Elizabeth "Susie" Carver
Oct 18, 2019
McMinnville, TN resident and Davidson County, TN native Susan Elizabeth "Susie" Carver, age 62, was born August 26, 1957 and died October 18, 2019 at Raintree Manor following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Nazarene Church, she was the daughter of the late Paul Edward and Thelma Jo Street Gomer. She was married to Richard Paul...
