Michael Ernest Smartt, 44
The owner of Smartt’s Nursery and Greenhouse and a member of the Middle Tennessee Nurseryman’s Association, he attended Westwood Church of Christ.
He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Martha Belle Smartt and Ernest Turner of McMinnville; sister and brother-in-law, Kathy and Bill Youngblood of McMinnville; stepbrothers, Danny Turner of Sparta and Jerry Turner of Woodbury; aunt, Mary Lou Hoover of Viola; uncles, Andrew Smartt of Taylor, Mich., and Johnny H. Smartt of McMinnville; nephews, Daniel and John Youngblood; special friends, Jordan Hutchinson, Denise Killian, Dawn and Brent Griffith and their family, all of McMinnville; several cousins, family members, friends, and nursery family.
Services were held Monday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Harold Jones officiating. Burial followed at Mt. View Cemetery.
McMinnville Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 1, 2005