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Eva Lois Underhill, 71

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Eva Lois Underhill, 71, died March 25 at NHC in McMinnville after an extended illness.

A retired Magnetek employee and a member of First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of William Arthur and Rachel Elizabeth Davenport Simons, and was preceded in death by sister, Frankie McGregor and grandson, Joshua Burdette Tilton.

She is survived by her husband, Brown Underhill; children and their spouses, Gentry and Charlotte Underhill, Donna and Rick Alexander, Cindy and Craig Tilton, all of McMinnville; grandchildren, Ricky and April Alexander, Nathan and Tara Tilton, Beth Underhill, Timothy Alexander, Sarah Tilton, Jarrod Underhill, and Hannah Tilton; great-grandson, Joshua Caiden Tilton; brother and sister-in-law, William Pete and Barbara Simons Jr., of McMinnville; brother-in-law, W.K. McGregor of Manchester; aunt, Agnes Rigsby of Morrison; several nieces and nephews; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, J.B. and Charlene McGregor of McMinnville, Joe and Jo Lentz of Gatlinburg, J.B. and Odell Underhill of Royal Oak, Mich.; and sister-in-law, Clara Underhill of Chattanooga.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at High’s Chapel with Joe Wright and Bill Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Bascom Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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