Mr. Charles Fuson, 92, of McMinnville, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville. He was born April 4, 1932, in DeKalb County, was a retired employee of United Technologies Carrier and was a member of Cumberland Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. Fuson was preceded in death by his wife, Janie Malone Fuson; parents, Solon and Verda Fuson; son-in-law, Barry Pelham; sister, Darnell Fuson; and brothers, Freddie Brown Fuson and Louis Fuson.

Survivors include his daughters, Carol Pelham and Wanda Cantrell; grandchildren, Kyle (Chelsea) Pelham, Kaleb (Madison) Pelham and Lauran Cantrell; great-grandchildren, Zachary, Bryan, Cooper and Elli Pelham; sisters-in-law, Reba Fuson, Barbara Malone and Shirley Katzenmiller; and special friend, Lola Griffith. Several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends also surviving.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Whorton Springs Cemetery in Smithville. The Fuson Family will receive friends Wednesday from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. and again Thursday from 10 a.m. until 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.) Jan. 15, 2025