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Amanda Jean Wanamaker, 34
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Updated: Jan 16, 2018, 11:07 PM
Published: Jan 16, 2018, 11:08 PM

Amanda Jean Wanamaker, 34, of McMinnville passed from this life unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 10.
She was preceded in death by grandparents, Don and Jean Preston and Jake Wanamaker.

Amanda is sadly missed and survived by her mother, Dana Wanamaker; father and stepmother, Randy and Brenda Wanamaker; sister, Gail Hobbs Wanamaker; two nieces and one nephew, Alexa and Joe Austin and Layla Beth Hobbs; grandmother, Isabell Wanamaker; three aunts, Darla Shelley, Dawn Wagoner and Rhonda Lewis; four special cousins, Billy Preston, Kyla Harris and Mike and Larenda Stephens; special friends, Natasha Bryant, Beth Slaughter and Kacie Nunley and godmother, Anita Wanamaker.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, in High’s Chapel with Jason Brown officiating. Visitation will be held from 12 p.m. until time of service at High’s. Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Thomas Norman Theiss, Sr., 77
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Published: Apr 2, 2025, 10:13 PM

Thomas Norman Theiss, Sr. was born May 24, 1947 and went home to be with Jesus on Friday afternoon, March 28, 2025. He was born and lived in Michigan for 45 years and then moved to McMinnville, Tennessee for the last 32 years.

Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick Donald and Caroline Filipowski Theiss; brother, Donald Theiss and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Robert and Eula Presley.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife of 51 years, Glenda Marie Presley Theiss; children, Susan (Mark) Long, Brandy Perez, Cindy Hale, Gwendolyn (Richard) Holt, Tammy Norma Theiss, and Tommy Norman Theiss, Jr.; grandchildren, Sean, Gabriel, Jaylen, Gavin, Tommy Ray, Hannah, and Diane; great-granddaughters, Lea and Luci; sisters, Cheryl (Butch) Galyon, Lorry Cantrell, Debra Prokoff; brother, Larry (Carolyn) Theiss; many sisters-in-laws, brothers-in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Mr. Tom enjoyed fishing, hunting, serving the Lord as well as playing games with the children, cooking and eating wild meat. He really enjoyed his church family at Peoples Pentecostal Church, where he faithfully attended.

Funeral Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Peoples Pentecostal Church with his pastor, Michael Hewell and Jay Young officiating and burial will follow in DeKalb Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday 2 p.m. until 7 p.m., Monday 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. and Tuesday 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 1 p.m. al visitation at Peoples Pentecostal Church.

DeKalb Funeral Chapel is honored to care for the Theiss family.