36 year old Sergeant Rachel Lynn Wilson of Mount Juliet died on arrival at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro after an automobile accident on Wednesday. She served in the U.S. Army with a tour of duty in Iraq. She was also a member of the Tennessee Army National Guard. She was also a member of the Clark Chapel Baptist Church. The funeral will be Monday at 2:00 p.m. at High Funeral Home in McMinnville. Gary McBride, Anthony Pelham, and Captain Mark Phillips will officiate and burial will be in the Gardens of Memory in Warren County. Military grave rites will be conducted by the Tennessee Army National Guard Honor Guard. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Monday from 9:00 a.m. until the service. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Harry and Louise Wilson and Hobert and Cyrena Barnes; uncles, Jim Wilson and Johnny Barnes; and an aunt, Marzell Ray. Survivors include her parents, Cindy and Youman “Nudge” Barnes of the Belk Community. A brother, Greg Barnes of Rock Island. Special uncle and aunt, Steve and Pita Wilson of Lebanon. Other uncles and aunts, Donald Ray of the Belk community, Brownie and Peggy Barnes of Belk, Gentry and Pat Barnes of Belk, and Ivy Barnes of Smithville. Several cousins and great aunts and uncles survive. High Funeral Home in McMinnville is in charge of the arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Meals on Wheels.
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