Mr. Charles Marvin "Charlie" Mears, 60, of McMinnville, died Saturday, Feb. 16, at his residence. 

He was born June 25, 1958, in McMinnville, was a former employee of Carrier, and a member of the Church of Christ at Unity. Mr. Mears was preceded in death by parents Jeff and Ollie Pauline Durham Mears, sisters Edna Young, Anita Reed, and Margaret Tramel, brothers Thomas Mears and Aubrey Lee Mears, half-sister Daisey Bailey, and half-brothers Carmon Mears and James Mears.

Survivors include his siblings Myrtle Cox, Roberta Collins, Maggie Lance, John (Valerie) Mears, James (Faye) Mears, Joyce Davis, George Mears, Treva (Paul) Hutchins, and Laura Davis, son Justin Smith, and other family members and friends.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Harold Cook and Bro. Chris Mears officiating. Interment will follow at Unity Cemetery. The Mears family will receive friends Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) Feb. 20, 2019