Mr. Clinton Butcher, 90, of McMinnville, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at Willow Branch Health & Rehab in McMinnville. He was born April 29, 1934, in Warren County, was a retired truck driver with General Motors Corporation, a member of the Locust Street Church of God, and served his country with the U.S. Army. Mr. Butcher was preceded in death by his parents William Thurman and Bessie Whiteaker Butcher, sisters Minnie Willene Crawford, Geneva Warren, and Emma Jean Cole, brothers Alton Butcher and Rabon Butcher, son-in-law Ronald Bagley, and his beloved wife Irene Duncan Butcher who died on Jan. 1, 2025.

Survivors include his daughter, Nancy Bagley; granddaughters, Juliane O’Brien and Jennifer Schultz; great-granddaughter, Heather DeRusha; special nephews, Tommy (Leisa) Crawford, Jimmy (Linda) Crawford and Paul Studer; and special friends, Larry and Debbie Fults. Other nieces, nephews, family members, friends and church family also survive.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Tommy Burke will officiate. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Military grave rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 173 and the V.F.W. Post 5064. The family of Clinton Butcher will receive friends Sunday from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and again Monday from noon 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. 10, 2025