McMinnville resident and Warren County native Charlene Smartt Earle Killian, 93, was born Oct. 28, 1923 and died Nov. 7 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired physician’s assistant and office manager for Dr. M.F. Langston of Signal Mountain, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Laverne and Minnie Floyd Smartt Earle. She was married Nov. 29, 1942 to John Casey Killian, who preceded her in death on Jan. 23, 2005.