Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Dorothy Florine Tanner
Apr 1, 2020
Dorothy Florine Tanner, age 82, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born October 16, 1937 and passed away April 1, 2020 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a homemaker and the daughter of the late Archie Elmer and Opal Holland Tanner. She was also preceded in death by siblings, Archie Elmer Tanner, Jr. and...
David Paul "Rattler" Jones, Sr.
Mar 31, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native David Paul "Rattler" Jones, Sr., age 63, was born September 10, 1956 and died March 31, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A truck driver for Hillis Trucking Company, he was the son of Bernice "Bunny" Marie Peterson Jones of McMinnville and the late William Edward Jones. In addition to...
O.M. Womack, Jr.
Mar 29, 2020
McMinnville resident and Warren County native O.M. Womack, Jr, age 91, was born December 16, 1928 and passed away at his home on March 29, 2020. O.M. was the son of the late Orion Monroe Sr. and Ollie Ray Glenn Womack and raised in the Highland Community. He was married August 28, 1948 to Mary Ruth Starnes Womack who preceded...
Melvin Pickett
Mar 27, 2020
Smithville, TN resident and Grundy County, TN native Melvin Pickett, age 73, was born July 10, 1946 and died March 27, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Retired from DeZurik, a United States Army veteran of Vietnam, and a member of Hebron Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Vernon Lester and Lassie Marilda Taylor...
Garrel Roberts
Mar 25, 2020
Garrel O. Roberts, son of Shelly Hillis Roberts and Albert T. Roberts, passed away March 25, 2020, after a long illness. In 1960, Garrel married Betty Ruth Dunlap, and they have two children, Alisa Collins (Danny) and Darrell Roberts (Kelly), and two grandchildren, Reagan and Shelby Roberts. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Marshal Roberts. Garrel...
James Edward Baker
Mar 25, 2020
James Edward Baker, age 86, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County native was born November 15, 1933 and passed away March 25, 2020 at the V.A. Medical Center in Nashville following a brief illness. He was a longtime employee of Rockford Textile Mill, a veteran with the U.S. Army, and the son of the late J.D. and Emma...
Karson Daniel Turner
Mar 24, 2020
Karson Daniel Turner, the newborn son of Spring Turner of McMinnville, was born March 22, 2020 in Warren County, TN and died March 24, 2020 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. In addition to his mother, he is survived by seven siblings, Eli Turner, Noah Turner, Emma May, Anna Marie May, Bentley May, Cassidy May and Hayden May; maternal...
Bobby Gene Green
Mar 24, 2020
Bobby Gene Green, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born October 17, 1941 and passed away March 24, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. He was a retired mechanic, a member of Smyrna Church of Christ, and the son of the late Johnny and Clara Powell Green. He was also...
Jimmie Carolyn Knight
Mar 22, 2020
Jimmie Carolyn Knight, age 67, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born September 28, 1952 and passed away March 22, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness will her family by her side. She was a retired forklift driver, a member of Pearls of Christ Church, and the daughter of James Paul Jones and the late...
Shirley Monroe Cole
Mar 22, 2020
Spring Hill, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Shirley Monroe Cole, age 76, was born November 25, 1943 and died March 22, 2020 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. A retired Maintenance Manager with the U.S. Postal Service, a retired U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam with thirty years of service, and a member of the Church of...
Jerry Wayne Cooper
Mar 21, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Jerry Wayne Cooper, age 71, was born August 6, 1948 and died March 21, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Cooper was owner of Cooper Mfg., a former Tennessee State Senator from 1984-2007, and a veteran of the Tennessee National Guard. Mr. Cooper was also Tennessee Jaycee President from...
Tommie Ray Turner
Mar 21, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Tommie Ray Turner, age 73, was born June 26, 1946 and died March 21, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired postal worker and a retired United States Army veteran with twenty-six years of service, he was the son of the late Foster Price and Lucille Young Turner, Sr....
Ollie Beatrice Pritchett
Mar 18, 2020
Ollie Beatrice Pritchett, age 78, a McMinnville, TN resident and Grundy County native was born February 3, 1942 and passed away March 18, 2020 at NHC McMinnville following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of Dayspring Community Church, and the daughter of the late Issac and Berthina King Perry. Mrs. Pritchett was married March 25, 1959 to...
Mildred Louise Whitlock
Mar 16, 2020
Mildred Louise Seamons Whitlock, age 90, a Clarksville, TN resident and Van Buren Co. native was born April 22, 1929 and passed away March 16, 2020 at Tristar Skyline Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was a retired secretary, a member of Central Church of Christ, and the daughter of the late Thomas Bryant and Emma Gertrude Miller Seamons....
Gary Don Hunter
Mar 14, 2020
Gary Don Hunter, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Lafayette, GA native was born March 26, 1951 and passed away March 14, 2020 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro following a brief illness. He was a retired security guard, a member of The Oasis Church, and the son of the late George Donald and Willa Faye Bailey Hunter. He was...
Janice Lee Strange
Mar 14, 2020
Janice Lee McCormick Strange, age 48, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born December 27, 1971 and passed away March 14, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a custodian, a member of the Baptist faith, and the daughter of Jerry McCormick and the late Jessie Charlene Coppinger McCormick. She was also preceded in...
Kenneth Larry Gribble
Mar 13, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Kenneth Larry Gribble, age 74, was born September 20, 1945 and died March 13, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Retired from Carrier Corporation and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Jimmie Clayton and Martha Dellon Thweatt Gribble. He worked at Carrier when...
Donald Ray Blevins
Mar 13, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Donald Ray Blevins, age 49, was born December 28, 1970 and died suddenly March 13, 2020 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital. A former employee of Yorozu, he was the son of Armestine Martin Drake and Ronnie Blevins both of McMinnville. He was married to Sherry Brown Blevins of Nashville, GA. In...
Velda Lee Smith
Mar 6, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Velda Lee Smith, age 84, was born November 17, 1935 and died March 6, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. Retired from Century Electric and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Clabern Lee and Seawillow Hitchcock Curtis. She was married to...
Glenda Bounds
Mar 6, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Bledsoe County, TN native Glenda Bounds, age 69, was born September 11, 1950 and died March 6, 2020 at Wyndridge Health & Rehabilitation Center in Crossville, TN following an extended illness. A retired CNA with St. Thomas River Park Hospital and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late...
