Diane Lynn Zeiss
1959 - 2025
From the Mar 4, 2025 e-EditionMrs. Diane Lynn Zeiss, 65, of Atwood, Tennessee, died Monday, February 24, 2025, in Milan, Tennessee.
Memorial services are 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, 2025, in the Chapel of Dilday-Carter Funeral Home. Brother Billy Hanks officiating.
The family will receive friends at Dilday-Carter Funeral Home on Saturday March 1, 2025 from 10 until 11 a.m.
Mrs. Zeiss was born November 9, 1959 in Akron, Ohio to the late Bill Thompson and Evelyn Boothe Thompson. Also, preceding her in death is her husband, Kerry Zeiss and two sisters.
She is survived by one daughter, Susan (Mark) Smith of Yorkville, Illinois; three sons Jonathan (Carey) Zeiss of Trezevant, Tennessee, Tim (Carol) Zeiss of Murray, Kentucky and Dale (Emily) Baker of Dyersburg, Tennessee; twelve grandchildren, David (Morgan) Zeiss, Timothy Zeiss, Hunter Wadley, Caleb Zeiss, Abilgail Zeiss, Mikayla Smith, Wyatt Smith, Nolan Baker, Olivia Baker, Sophie Conrad, Grayson Baker and Logan Baker; one great-grandchild, Harper Wadley.
Dilday-Carter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 731-986-8281.
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