Obituaries
McMinnville, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for McMinnville, TN and the surrounding areas
Lonnie Medley
Feb 16, 2020
Lonnie Medley, age 68, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born February 16, 1952 and passed away February 16, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a nursery worker, a member of the Baptist faith, and the son of the late Noah and Mary Lou Scott Medley. He was also preceded in death by...
Nancy A. Jones
Feb 13, 2020
Nancy A. Jones, age 64, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native was born March 3, 1955 and passed away February 13, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a mail carrier for nearly 30 years with the U.S. postal service, a member of the Whites Chapel Church of Christ, and the daughter of the...
Ellen Beatrice Snider
Feb 12, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Ellen Beatrice Snider, age 81, was born April 17, 1938 and died February 12, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a short illness. Retired from Oster Corporation and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Marshall and Annie Elliott Scott....
Daniel Lee Dodson
Feb 11, 2020
Daniel Lee Dodson, age 88, a Bone Cave resident and Van Buren County native was born March 21, 1931 and passed away on February 11, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Â He was a U.S. Navy veteran of Korea, plant manager with Genesco, Vice-President of Hanover Shoe, plant manager of Texas Boot, a member of Laurel Creek Baptist...
Bertha Caroline Gunter
Feb 11, 2020
Bertha Caroline Gunter, age 84, a Morrison, TN resident and Warren County native was born March 23, 1935 and passed away February 11, 2020 following an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a member of the Non-Denominational Church, and the daughter of the late Issac Douglas and Ida Pearl Johnson Rackley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Larry Wayne Womack
Feb 11, 2020
Larry Wayne Womack, age 63, a McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County native was born January 29, 1957 and passed away February 11, 2020. He was an optometrist in Manchester, TN, a member of the Church of Christ and the son of O.M. Womack, Jr. and the late Mary Ruth Starnes Womack who passed in 1986. He was also preceded...
Roy Stanley Phillips
Feb 9, 2020
Roy Stanley Phillips, age 78, a Wartrace, TN resident and Madison County, AL native was born August 26, 1941 and passed away February 9, 2020 at the Webb House following an extended illness. He was a retired Vice-President of Magnatek, a member of the First Baptist Church of Beech Grove, and the son of the late John and Beulah Pearson...
Billy Carroll McCormick
Feb 8, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Fort Bragg, NC native Billy Carroll McCormick, age 63, was born December 14, 1956 and died February 8, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired mechanic at Woodlee's Garage and a member of North Hills Church of God of Prophecy, he was the son of the late Johnny "Buck" and Mary Edith Rackley...
Robert Lawrence Rose
Feb 5, 2020
Robert Lawrence Rose, 90, of Fleming Island, FL, passed peacefully of natural causes on Wednesday afternoon, February 5, 2020, surrounded by his family. Bob was born to Lawrence Lee Rose and Martha Carter Rose on March 25, 1929 in McMinnville, TN. An only child, Bob grew up surrounded by an extended family of aunts and uncles who helped him overcome...
Benny Jackson Black, Jr.
Feb 4, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native Benny Jackson Black, Jr., age 53, was born January 4, 1967 and died February 4, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness. The owner of Black's Heating & Air and a member of Christ Community Church where he was Deacon of the House, he was the son of Ana Bass of...
Johnny William Rambo
Feb 3, 2020
Johnny William Rambo, age 73, a McMinnville, TN resident and Van Buren County native was born March 9, 1946 and passed away February 3, 2020 at Generations of Spencer following an extended illness. He was a retired circulation manager with the Tennessean Newspaper and the son of the late Harold Rambo, Hazel Wheeler Blaylock, and Odie Blaylock. He was also...
Dr. Douglas Alan Nyquist
Feb 2, 2020
Dr. Douglas Alan Nyquist, age 75, a McMinnville, TN resident and Detroit, MI native was born September 22, 1944 and passed away suddenly on February 2, 2020 at Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN. He was a devoted and compassionate dentist in Royal Oak, MI, retiring after 44 years. An avid environmentalist, patient teacher, a consummate artist, and spiritual seeker. Doug...
Louis Andrew Wiseman
Jan 31, 2020
Louis Andrew Wiseman, age 94, a McMinnville, TN resident and New Market, AL native was born September 24, 1925 and passed away January 31, 2020 at NHC of McMinnville. He was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean and Vietnam War, a construction worker with Disneyworld, the owner of an orange grove, an avid stamp collector, the son...
Pamela Gail "Beep Beep" Long
Jan 31, 2020
Kennesaw, GA resident and Van Buren County, TN native Pamela Gail "Beep Beep" Long, age 64, was born June 15, 1955 and died January 31, 2020 at Rock Island, TN following an extended illness. A Human Resource Manager for Sertec Corporation and a member of the Non-Denominational Church, she was the daughter of Sally Jean Flatt of Rock Island, TN...
Betty Jean Wilcher Woods
Jan 31, 2020
Betty Jean Wilcher Woods, age 84, passed from this life on Friday, January 31, 2020 at NHC in McMinnville following a lingering illness. She was born in the Shady Rest Community of McMinnville, TN on March 9, 1935. She was the oldest of eight children. She was the daughter of Howard and Hattie Ogle Wilcher, who preceded her in death....
Mary Damon
Jan 30, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Kirkville, NY native Mary Damon, age, 98, was born May 19, 1921 and died January 30, 2020 at Raintree Manor following a brief illness. An interior decorator with Onondoga Imperial, a bookkeeper with Damon Woodworks, and a member of Christ United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Raymond F. and Maude M. Schepp...
Jackie Lynn Potts
Jan 29, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Benton, IL native Jackie Lynn Potts, age 78, was born April 22, 1941 and died January 29, 2020 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired auto glass installer with Safe-Lite, he was the son of the late Willard Potts and Ruie Taylor Potts. In addition to his father and mother, he was...
J.D. Brimer
Jan 29, 2020
J.D. Brimer, age 85, a Doyle, TN resident and Van Buren County native was born April 8, 1935 and passed away January 29, 2020 at NHC McMinnville following a brief illness. He was a TN Army National Guard veteran, a retired ripsaw operator, a member of the Church of God and the son of the late Joe Dinnie and Sarah...
Carol Starr Kennedy
Jan 28, 2020
McMinnville, TN resident and Chicago, IL native Carol Starr Kennedy, age 64, was born March 26, 1955 and died January 28, 2020 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN following a sudden illness. Retired from Magnetek and a member of Madison Street Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jasper Edward Carden and Carlin Gunter Carden Pence....
Carol Sue Frankman
Jan 27, 2020
Carol Sue Frankman, age 81, a McMinnville, TN resident and Arcanum, OH native was born December 20, 1938 and passed away on January 27, 2020 at Raintree Manor after an extended illness. She was the business owner of Alpha Specialties and Awards, a member of the Lutheran Faith and the daughter of the late Eugene Cooper and Edythe Lucille Martin...
