Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....TANNER, GLORIA ROSEMARY CANDIFF  October 10, 2009
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News Star World - October 16, 2009
GLORIA ROSEMARY CANDIFF TANNER
Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home

After 76 years, Gloria Rosemary Candiff Tanner completed her life's journey 
and went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Yale 
University Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Visitation for Gloria 
Tanner will take place at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, New Orleans, 
Louisiana on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 12 noon, with a Mass of Christian 
Burial immediately following, and internment at St. Louis Cemetery Number 
Three, New Orleans, Louisiana.

The daughter of Rosemary Thomas Candiff (the late) and Albert Candiff (the 
late), she was born at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, LA. She was preceded 
in death by parents as well as her sister Mildred Lucien of Sacramento, 
California, and two brothers Albert Candiff and Marcel Candiff of New Orleans, 
Louisiana. She is preceded in death by her ex-husband Wilfred Allen Tanner, 
Sr. and she is survived by their five children: Jacinta Tanner Mathis and her 
husband Samuel of Ridgefield, Connecticut, Wilfred Allen Tanner and his wife 
Antonia of Los Angeles, California, Maria Goretti "Gingerbread" Tanner and her 
companion Angelamia Bachemin of New Orleans, Louisiana, Ralph Anthony Tanner, 
and his wife Susanne of El Paso, Texas, and Glorious Theresa Tanner Ross and 
her husband Richard of Gulfport, Mississippi. In addition, she is survived by 
her siblings, Matilda Palfry of Seattle, Washington, Emelda Hall of Orlando, 
Florida, Marian Robinson Ross of Monroe, Louisiana, Joycelyn Ayers, and her 
husband Clifford, Elaine Stokes, and her husband Willie both of Chicago, 
Illinois and Jaleel Hameed, and his spouse of Atlanta, Georgia. She is also 
survived by numerous loving grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, 
nephews and cousins.

She graduated with honors from Delgado Junior College with an Associates 
Degree in Music. She was a dedicated catholic, attending church daily and 
praying the rosary multiple times each day. Gloria was a devoted member of the 
Knights of St. Peter Claver Milunnon Chapter 4 Ladies of Grace, Ladies of 
Victory Court 50, New Orleans, Louisiana, Court 73, Reserve, Louisiana, Third 
Order Lay Carmelite and she was associated with The Franciscan Handmaidens of 
the Most Pure Heart of Mary in Harlem, New York. She worked for AT&T - 
BellSouth for 27 years and was one of the first women to become a telephone 
switchman. After retirement, she was an enthusiastic member of the Wal-Mart 
Pharmacy staff. Gloria Tanner loved Wal-Mart. She was a world traveler, avid 
reader and dedicated worker.

May she rest in peace. 



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