McMinnville resident and Warren County native Phillip Wayne Coppinger Sr., 83, was born Aug. 25, 1927 and died June 23 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville following an extended illness.A retired employee of the State of Tennessee, United States Army veteran of World War II and Korea and member of Lakewood Baptist Church in Beech Grove, he was the son of the late Arthur and Mabel Barnes Coppinger. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, T.L., Junior and Winfred Coppinger. He was married to Daphene Curtis Coppinger of McMinnville.