Hubert Lee Whitworth, 94
Born on Dec. 13, 1913 in Lincoln County, he was a retired head produce clerk with Kroger, a former McMinnville city alderman, and member of Rolling Acres Brethren in Christ Church. Mr. Whitworth was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. and Rosie Calpurine Koonce Whitworth; his wife, Odie R’Della Whitworth; a son, Hubert Lynn Whitworth; a daughter, Carolyn Mayfield; brothers, Alton, Lester, J.W., and Curtis Whitworth; and a sister, Olivia Slayton.
Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Helen and Hoyte Hale of Smithville, and Linda and Ronnie Huff of McMinnville; sons, Kenneth Whitworth of Decatur, Ala., and Jamie Whitworth of McMinnville; sisters, Dora Slayton of Fayetteville, Elvaree and Clifford Holley of Lewisburg, and Nina Ruth and Max Walker of Jacksonville, Fla.; grandchildren, Dathan and Sarah Beth Hale of Johnson City, Angela and Billy Osment of Smithville, Amy Melton of McMinnville, Tina and Jeff Lassiter of McMinnville, Darrin and Ladonya Whitworth of Decatur, Ala., and Selena Belew of Birmingham, Ala., and great-grandchildren, Jackub and Josef Osment, Aubriana Melton, Erika and Allen Betschart, EmiLee Grace Lassiter, Grayson and Destany Whitworth, and Tate and Avery Belew; two foster great-grandchildren, Anabel and Alondra Lassiter; son-in-law, Waymon Mayfield of McMinnville; and special friends, Sally Barker and Lisa Crowe. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral service is 1 p.m. Monday in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Ralph Tucker, Ernest Weber, and William McCormick will officiate. Interment will follow at Shellsford Cemetery. The Whitworth family will receive friends today from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m., and again Monday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
