Carrie Elizabeth Macon, 61

McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Carrie Elizabeth Macon, 61, was born Feb. 2, 1944 and died Dec. 11, 2005 at River Park Hospital.

An employee of NHC dietary department, she was married to Walter Macon, Jr. who survives. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Henry and Ruth Mount Wade; brother, Cecil Lee Hayes and sister, Ruby Pleasant. In addition to her husband, she is also survived by three daughters, Teresa Kay Locke and Shannon Renee Porras, both of McMinnville, and Deborah Batey of Nashville; son, Corey L. Woods of McMinnville; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; four sisters, Nora Arnold, Marie Janice King, and Helen Johnson, all of McMinnville, and Frankie Olivia Wooten of Tullahoma.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 15 in High’s Chapel. Burial followed in Brown Chapel Cemetery.

High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Dec. 16, 2005