Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tanner, Connie McKinnon March 26, 2015
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Atkinson County Citizen - April 2, 2015
 Mrs. Connie McKinnon Tanner, age 83, of Pearson, GA passed away, Thursday, 
March 26, 2015, at her residence following a brief illness.
 A native of Coffee County, Mrs. Tanner was born October 2, 1931, daughter of 
Quincy and Ruby Moore McKinnon. She had made her home in the Willacoochee and 
Pearson area for most of her life. While living in Fernandina Beach, FL, she 
worked for many years as a nurse at the Fernandina Beach Hospital and after 
moving back to Atkinson County she finished her career in nursing with the 
Atkinson County Visiting Nurses Association. She was devoted in her Christian 
faith and was a member of the Kirkland United Methodist Church. In addition to 
her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Hasting Tanner; loving 
sons, Larry and Dewayne Tanner and sister, Colleen Richardson.
 Survivors include, four grandchildren, Carrie Tanner and husband Bryon of 
Douglas, Autumn Tanner Hillis and husband Kyle of Nashville, TN., Brandon Tanner 
of Douglas, Chad Tanner and wife Michelle of Douglas; five great-grandchildren, 
Blake, Lauren, Laken, Hasting and Camyron Tanner; special nieces, Pam Richardson 
of Jacksonville, FL., Renee Gordie and husband Randy of Mims, FL.; great niece 
Megan Sills and husband James and son Trent of Palm Bay, FL; two sister-in-laws, 
Imogene Lee and Sharon Mizell of Pearson, and very special friends, Joann Harper 
and Johnny and Nell Tanner of Pearson.
 Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Tanner were held Saturday, March 28, 2015, 
at 11 a.m. at Satilla Memorial Gardens in Douglas, GA with Rev. Edward Mathews 
officiating. Special musical selections included “How Great thou Art” and 
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” rendered by cd.
 Interment followed in Satilla Memorial Gardens.
 Serving as active pallbearers were Reid Dillingham, Neil Dillingham, Locke 
Tanner, Lee Pittman, Bryon Tanner, Keith Harper, Chip Lee.
 Relihan Funeral Home in Pearson, GA was in charge of the arrangements.



 

 
 



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