Obituary Report for September 26, 2003
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Georgia Alberta Parsley Cantrell, 81, died Sept. 25 at her son’s residence in McMinnville after an extended illness.
A homemaker and a member of the Way of the Cross Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late William George and Pearl Wilson Parsley; and was preceded in death by her husband, Venus Howard Cantrell; brothers, Willard, Fred and J.C. Parsley; sister, Margie Stembridge and granddaughter, Tara Cantrell.
She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Kacie Thomas Cantrell of McMinnville; granddaughters and spouses, Rennie and Joey Topper, Dana and Anton Varahavchik of McMinnville; great-granddaughter, Taylor Topper; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Ray Skyles officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at McMinnville Funeral Home.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 26, 2003
Willie Frank Jones, 89
Cookeville resident Willie Frank Jones, 89, died Sept. 22.
A fourth generation timber inspector and a member of the Protestant faith, he was the son of the late Haskell and Pansy Buckner Jones; and was preceded in death by sisters, Bonnell Jones and Avannah Pointer; brothers, C.J., Paul, Horace and Jim Jones; grandson, Terry Lynn Ford; and stepson, Robert Lewis Ford.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Avie Padgett Jones; sons, Jerry Roger, Larry Bruce and Willie Frank Jones Jr., all of Cookeville; daughters, Martha Rebecca Jones of Gatlinburg and Cynthia Elizabeth Clapp of Maryville; stepson, John Ronnie Ford of Rickman; sisters, Beauton Morphew and Joyce Haney, both of Cookeville; brothers, Gleen Jones of Detroit, Mich., Bob and Norman Jones, both of Cookeville; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Monterey United Methodist Church with Jack Gentry and Robert Holt officiating. Burial will follow at Whitaker Cemetery. Goff Funeral Home of Monterey is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 26, 2003
Charles B. McBride, 69
Tullahoma resident and Coffee County native Charles B. McBride, 69, died Sept. 22 at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo.
A 1951 graduate of Central High in McMinnville, he completed pre-pharmacy at MTSU and received his degree from the Tennessee College of Pharmacy in Memphis in 1954. He worked at Crouch Drug Store from 1954 through 1961 and then at the Medical Art Pharmacy in Greenville, S.C., Westside Drugs in Tullahoma. He became co-owner of the Medical Building Pharmacy, Taylor’s Pharmacy and Medical Arts Pharmacy from 1971 until 1995, when he sold the business to and was employed by Revco and CVS Pharmacy until his retirement in 2001. Since his retirement, he worked part-time at Westside Pharmacy in Tullahoma and McGee’s Pharmacy in Shelbyville.
The son of Lucille Rogers McBride of McMinnville and the late Isaac Buford McBride, he is survived by his wife of 46 years, Melba Joe Warren McBride; daughters and sons-in-law, Pam and Eddie Hodge, Melanie and Robie Holt, all of Tullahoma, Debbie and Bailey Ragan of Chesterfield, Mo.; grandchildren, Brittany and Alison Hodge, Jason, Jamie and Beth Ragan, Cortney, Whitney, Chad and April Holt; sisters, Margaret Allen of Manchester, Shirley Durham of McMinnville and Brenda Wachter of Emerald Isle, N.C.; and brothers, James and Johnny McBride, both of Tullahoma and Bobby McBride of McMinnville; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Thursday at Tullahoma Funeral Home Chapel with Ernest Laws and Philip Davis officiating. Burial followed at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Tullahoma Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 26, 2003
Ellyn Smith
McMinnville resident and Baltimore, Md., native Ella Elizabeth Smith died unexpectedly Sept. 25 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
A homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, she was a Past Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of The Eastern Star for Tennessee.
The daughter of Howard and Rachael Bymler Wilkie, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Lynwood Smith Jr. and sister, Catherine Lessner.
She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Willard Lynwood and Sally Smith III of Huntsville, Ala., Kenneth W. and Jozada Smith Sr. of McMinnville; grandsons, Kenneth W. Smith Jr. of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Phillip H. Smith of McMinnville; and nephews, Hoard Lessner of Baltimore, Md.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at High’s Chapel with Rev. Andrew Gay officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. today at 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at High’s. All Eastern Star members are asked to be honorary pall bearers.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 26, 2003