Obituary Report for July 5, 2002
Mosell Melton Holder, 84
McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Mosell Melton Holder, 84, died July 3 at NHC Healthcare after a one-year illness.
A homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Alex and Ann Deberry Melton and was preceded in death by her husband, Haskell D. Holder, in 1998.
She is survived by son, Joe Holder of Centertown; daughter-in-law, Connie Holder of Centertown; granddaughter, Lorrie Holder Weddington of Centertown; grandson-in-law, Greg Weddington of Centertown; great-grandson, Jacob Weddington of Centertown; brothers, Garland Melton of Ennis, Texas, and Ray Melton of Whitney, Texas; sisters, Treva Blair of Waxahachie, Texas, and Hazel; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at High’s Chapel with Bobby Wheeler officiating. Burial will follow at Centertown Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) July 5, 2002
David Alvie McPherson, 73
McMinnville resident and Grundy County native David Alvie McPherson, 73, died July 2 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
A retired self-employed maintenance man and a member of East End Church of Christ, he served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
The son of Dave and Pearlie Meeks McPherson, he is survived by his wife, Betty Scarbrough McPherson; son and daughter-in-law, David Craig and Lisa McPherson of Hohenwald; daughter and son-in-law, Valerie and Richard Robinson of McMinnville; grandchildren, Penny Kell, Jonathan and Tristan McPherson and Eastlin Robinson; and brother, Elmer Hargis of Pikeville; and sister, Mable Parker of Lookout Mountain.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at High’s Chapel with Gary Colley and Jim Boyd officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until time of service today at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) July 5, 2002
Rex Wendell Watts, 39
Morrison resident and Warren County native Rex Wendell Watts, 39, died May 29 at River Park Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
A supervisor at Burroughs-Ross-Colville and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Ernest and Minnie Myers Watts.
He is survived by one son of McMinnville; girlfriend and her daughter, Tammy and Monica Hill of Morrison; sisters and brother-in-law, Betty Lee, Linda and George Smartt of McMinnville, and Wanda Cook of Morrison; brothers and sisters-in-law, Joe Watts of McMinnville, Donnie and Sandra Watts of McMinnville, Harold and Gail Watts of Rock Island; nieces, Lisa King and Tonya Smith, both of Rock Island, Vicky Priest, Jacqueline Morton, Tasha Watts, Christy Watts, and Wendy Thomas, all of McMinnville; nephews, Jimmy Lee, Johnny Smartt, Tim Watts, and Tony Watts, all of McMinnville, and Jeff Smartt of Shady Grove; several aunts, uncles, cousins, great-nieces and nephews.
Services were held Tuesday at High’s Chapel with Wilson St. John and Ricky Hawkins officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) July 5, 2002