Minnie Pearl Etheridge was born in Clayton, Oklahoma to Ivan Pete Breshears and Lorene Catherine (Sutterfield) Breshears on the 7th of September, 1954. She passed from this life at the age of 69 on May 28, 2024 in Antlers, Oklahoma.

She is preceded in death by her husband John Etheridge; parents: Pete and Lorene Breshears; grandparents: Robert and Savannah Beshears, and Clum and Oley Sutterfield; and brothers: Donnie Breshears, Billy Breshears, and Ivan Bruce Breshears.

Minnie is survived by her children: Traci Etheridge of Houston, TX, Brandi Etheridge of Little Rock, AR, Tracie L. Cessna of Antlers, OK, Michael Wade of Perryton, TX, Ronald Lawrence of Clovis, NM, and Donald Lawrence of Clovis, NM; brother: Robert Breshears; sisters: Lillie Mae Hamilton, Anna Faye Hyde, and Kathlene B. Bass; grandchildren: LaFonda Lopez and husband, and Roy Cessna and wife; as well as four great-grandchildren.