Mr. Nicholas Benjamin “Ben” Steele, 37, of McMinnville passed away peacefully May 1 surrounded by his family.

He was born Sept. 17, 1980, in Hendersonville, was a former employee of Ravago Manufacturing Americas in industrial maintenance and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Steele was preceded in death by maternal grandparents Mava and Gene Russell.

Survivors include his wife Rebecca Steele, children Tyler Steele and Kaitlyn Steele, stepdaughter Katie Bechtel, parents Nick and Jenene Russell Steele, sister Taylor (Dustin) Stoetzel, niece Ezra Stoetzel, paternal grandmother Alice Steele, and father-in-law and mother-in-law Charles and Melissa Pinegar. Other family members and friends also survive.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Jonathan Womack and Bro. Rick Stewart will officiate. Interment will follow at Jefferson Cemetery in DeKalb County with Johnny Bouldin speaking at the graveside. The Steele family will receive friends Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m., and again Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 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.) May 4, 2018