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Mildred Doris Beard, 76
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Updated: Sep 15, 2015, 11:20 PM
Published: Sep 16, 2015, 12:20 AM

Mildred Doris Beard, 76, of McMinnville died Sunday at NHC Health Care Center in McMinnville.
She was born July 14, 1939 in Warren County and was a retired bank teller with First National Bank and a member of New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church. Ms. Beard was preceded in death by parents Charlie and Birdie Young West and a brother Everett West.
Survivors include her sons Terry Beard and Steve Beard; grandchildren, Brandon Beard, Jamie (Nathan) Thomas and David Beard; four great-grandchildren, Kayden Coates, Baylor Beard, Jackson Thomas, and Lincoln Thomas, brothers Clyde (Ruth) West, Wilburn (Frances) West; sister, Evon (Jimmy) Davis, sister-in-law Hazel West; former daughter-in-law Liz Beard; special friend, Emma Casey; four nieces, and two nephews.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Elder Ricky Arnold will officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. The Beard family will receive friends Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 16, 2015
Martha Raye Watson, 71
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Published: Apr 7, 2025, 1:49 AM

McMinnville resident and Coffee County native Martha Raye Watson, age 71, was born Jan. 17, 1954 and died April 2, 2025 at Alive Hospice of Murfreesboro following an extended illness.

A retired caregiver and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Ethel St. John Crouch. Mrs. Watson was married December 29, 1970 to Fred B. Watson, Jr. who preceded her in death. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by siblings, Donna McCormick, Richard Crouch and Ruth Rogers.

She is survived by sons, Fred B. Watson, III and David A. Watson (Sydney Brown) both of McMinnville; daughter, Tonia L. (Carlos) Copley of McMinnville; seventeen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; sister, Ann McCormick of the Smartt Station community and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside service and interment will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025 at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Warren County with Wayne Cantrell to officiate. Visitation will be on Saturday from 12:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at High’s.

Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.