Lorene Minnix, 68, of Columbia City, died at 6:38 a.m. Thursday, April 13, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. She was born April 3, 1947, in Sewell, Ky., to Ancle B. and Maudie (Smith) Minnix. At the age of seven, her family moved to Columbia City, returning to Kentucky when she was 12. …read more.