Honoring Wallace and Patricia Bigbee

LISA HOBBS – News Editor

Warren County Executive Terry Bell signed a proclamation Honoring the Lifetime Service of Wallace B. Bigbee MD and his wife, Patricia Bigbee.

“Whereas; In 1959 Wallace B. Bigbee left the United States Medical Corp as a captain and started a family medical practice in McMinnville, Tennessee, and

“Whereas; Dr. Bigbee cared for the medical needs of families all over Warren County for more than six decades, and

“Whereas; Dr. Bigbee and his wife Patricia dedicated a lifetime of volunteer service to our community, and in 2001 Dr. Bigbee and his wife Patricia Bigbee along with Bill Smallman, helped establish the first Master Gardeners chapter in Warren County, Tennessee, and

“Whereas; Dr. Bigbee and Patricia have remained active members of the Warren County Master Gardeners, from which the current 45-member organization has completed over 2700 hours of community service with an in-kind value of more than $85,970, and

“Whereas; Through their leadership, they spearheaded the efforts to complete an educational hiking trail along the river in McMinnville’s Rocket Park for which, the McMinnville Rotary Club has officially named “The Bigbee River Trail” so that current and future generations of Warren County citizens will have a safe, beautiful and educational experience, all while creating healthy outcomes for our community;

“Therefore; I Terry Bell, County Executive of Warren County on behalf of all those who have been and will be touched by the unwavering volunteerism and dedication to our community of Dr. Wallace B. Bigbee and his wife Patricia Bigbee, I do declare October 9, 2026, as Dr. Wallace B. Bigbee and Patricia Bigbee day across all of Warren County, Tennessee.”