Jerry Harmon Beechum, age 76 of McMinnville, Tennessee passed from this life on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Jerry was born Thursday, May 13, 1943 in Big Sandy, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Benton Beechum and the late Manie Alsup Beechum.

Jerry is survived by his:
wife - Linda Paquin Beechum
4 sons - Anthony Ray Beechum
Randall Hue Beechum and wife Linda
Richard Dale Beechum
David Michael Beechum and wife Misty
2 daughters - Sherry Lynn Burnett and husband Nathan
Nichole Lee Martin
8 grandchildren - Jeffery Beechum, Lisa Beechum, Emma Beechum, Emily Pennington, Grady Burnett, John Flores, Michael Ollinger, and Lola Beechum
9 great grandchildren
sister - Cora Jean Earls
brother - Donald Ray Beechum
many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends also survive.

In addition to his parents, Jerry was preceded in death by his brother James Troy Beecham, and two sisters Carol Ruth McCormick and Joyce Ann Mangrum.

A Funeral service will be at 1:00 PM on Saturday at Gardens of Memory Funeral Home with Chris Seals officiating. Interment will be in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Smartt, TN.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 PM on Friday, August 23, 2019, and again Saturday from 9 AM to 1 PM at Gardens of Memory Funeral Home, 415 North Chancery St., McMinnville, Tennessee.

American Legon Post 173 and VFW Post 5064 will be preforming Veterans Honors.

Online condolences may be made to the family at gardensofmemoryfuneralhome.com