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Collie Levoy Woods, 46
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Updated: Oct 1, 2015, 10:50 PM
Published: Oct 1, 2015, 11:50 PM

Collie Levoy Woods, 46, a McMinnville resident and Murfreesboro native, died Sept. 30 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville following a brief illness.
He was an employee of Yorozu Automotive, a member of the Methodist Church and son of the late Larry Gribble and Sarah Woods.
Mr. Woods is survived by sisters Patricia Woods and Frances (Michael) McKinley of McMinnville; niece Misha McKinley; nephew Quinton McKinley; aunts, Willer Dean McKinley and Josephine Woods of McMinnville; several cousins and special cousins Rosalind Wright, Jackie Simpson and Alfred Carr.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in High’s Chapel with Gerard Harlan to officiate. Burial will follow at Bethlehem Cemetery at Martin Charge. Visitation will be at noon Saturday until time of service at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 2, 2015
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.