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Kendal Shane Wooten, 27
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Updated: Dec 1, 2017, 1:04 AM
Published: Dec 1, 2017, 1:05 AM

Kendal Shane Wooten, 27, of McMinnville, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Saint Thomas River Park Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
He was born April 9, 1990, in Murfreesboro, was a brake press operator and welder for Kalco Corporation, was a member of Ivy Bluff Church of Christ, and was preceded in death by paternal grandfather Billy Wooten.
Survivors include his wife Miriah Tate Wooten, daughter Nova Wooten, son Branson Ledger Pack, mother Vonda Mathis Wooten, father Shane Wooten, maternal grandparents Perry and Karen Mathis, paternal grandmother and her husband Wanda and David Smartt, uncles Darryl and Donna Mathis and Brian & Debbie Mathis, aunt Rhonda Owens, father-in-law and mother-in-law Jerry and Christine Tate, sister-in-law Kristie Wanamaker and brother-in-law Jeff and Mindy Scruggs, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other family members also survive.
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Kenneth Mears and Bro. Danny Higgins will officiate. Interment will follow at Ivy Bluff Cemetery. The Wooten family will receive friends Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and again Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the funeral home to assist with funeral expenses or to Ivy Bluff Church of Christ. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Dec. 1, 2017
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.