Obituary of Laura A TANNER, Perry County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mike Jones Laura A. Tanner Obituary, died 28 November 1978 Provided by annual Gass-Logan Reunion attendees. Submitted by Mike Jones. Funeral Services For Laura A. Tanner, 89, 1:30 p.m. Thursday [died November 28, 1978] Funeral services for Laura A. Tanner, 89, Rt. 3, Pinckneyville, will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 p.m., from Pyatt Funeral Home with Rev. James O. Mathenia officiating. Interment will be in Mueller Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Tanner died Tuesday in Pinckneyville Community Hospital. Visitation is at the funeral home after 5 p.m., today until noon Thursday. Born in Perry County Sept. 5, 1889, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Martha Jane (Logan) Gass. On Jan. 4, 1910 in Pinckneyville, she married Joseph Otto Tanner who preceded her in death on Sept. 8, 1955. Mrs. Tanner was a member of the Beaucoup Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Beulah Brown and Mrs. Helen Benson of Pinckneyville; a son, Harold Tanner of Pinckneyville; 16 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and one great-great- grandchild; one sister, Lillian Pyatt; and a brother, James Gass, both of Pinckneyville. Besides her parents and husband, three sons, Raymond, Herschel and Virgil; three sisters; one brother; and a grandchild preceded her in death. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. **************************************************************** Mike Jones