McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Ravon Owens, 67, was born April 30, 1939 and died Jan. 1 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired lift truck operator at Burroughs-Ross-Colville and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Alvie and Daisy Patterson Owens. He was married…

Rock Island resident and Warren County native Joe Bryan Ware, 68, was born Oct. 7, 1938 and died Dec. 30 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville following a sudden illness. He was an employee of Sears in the catalog division for 22 years, a retired sales manager for Bouldin and Lawson and a Church of…

McMinnville resident and Davidson County native Jimmy Wendell Adcock, 66, was born Aug. 8, 1940 and died Dec. 31 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired truck driver and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late George Wesley and Betty Hazel Barnes Adcock. In addition to…

McMinnville resident Ida Willene Nelson, 80, died Jan. 1 at her home after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Jessie Mae Fults McGee, and was preceded in death by her husband, James Wallace Nelson. She is survived by daughter and…

Eva Frances Killian, 84, died Jan. 1. She was surrounded by her family at the home of her son, Jerry, in Knoxville; the new year greeted her with a host of angels after her courageous battle with cancer. She was born Eva Frances Goss on Dec. 3, 1922 to her late parents, Arsey and Wallie…

McMinnville resident and Shenandoah, Iowa native Dick Madison, 75, died Jan. 2 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness. The retired owner of Cumberland Magnavox and a member of Christ Community Church, he was the son of Gus A. and Theresa Young Madison and served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Charles Farless Sparkman, 77, was born Aug. 13, 1929 and died Dec. 31 at River Park Hospital following a four-year illness. An employee at River Park Hospital and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Charlie Ryan and Gladys Hazel Montandon Sparkman.…

Charles Everett Cantrell, 77, of McMinnville died Saturday, Dec. 30 at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro. He was born on Nov. 25, 1929 in Warren County, and was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Dewey and Bettie Elizabeth Donnell Cantrell, and his wife, Irma Dinkens Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell was a…

Smithville resident Aubrey Love Young, 65, died Dec. 31 at his home. A retired employee of Carrier and a member of the Pentecostal faith, he was the son of the late William Forrest and Eula Estill Knowles Young, and was preceded in death by brother, Barney Lee Young. He is survived by his wife, Donna…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Two of the Democrats’ top goals ? a higher minimum wage and federal funding of embryonic stem cell research ? enjoy broad public support as the party takes control of Congress for the first time in a dozen years. An overwhelming majority also supports making it easier for people to buy prescription…