Benette E. Tanner, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Lora Peppers
Date: April 25, 2007


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Rapides Parish Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....
Benette E. Tanner 
May 16, 1891

Scrapbook of Belle Mills
Obituaries from the Scrapbook of Belle Mills
This scrapbook is now in possession of Mrs. Frankie Mills, the widow of Mr. 
George Mills, who was the nephew of Belle Mills.  It is to Mrs. Frankie that I 
owe thanks for these treasures! 

Most of these obituaries (which are clippings) have no dates on them.  They 
were probably taken from the Monroe News, one of the parent newspapers of the 
modern News-Star or the Progressive Age, a Ruston paper.  Most date from the 
1890-1910 years, which are now lost to time.   These newspapers were never 
preserved.  That makes these obituaries even more valuable to researchers.  
Whenever possible, dates and information clarifying the obituaries have been 
taken from cemetery indexes at the Ouachita Parish Public Library.  This is the 
only Rapides parish death in the collection.

In Memoriam.
	Sacred be the memory of BENNETTE EDWIN TANNER, who departed this life 
May 16th, 1891, aged 21 years, 2 months and 27 days, at Jackson, La., at which 
place he was attending school.
	The dark winged Messenger has again entered a happy home snatching from 
its midst a father's pride and mother's joy.
	His fond parents have for some time been deprived of his company that 
they might educate him, and have him return to them with their hopes fully 
reached, and such would have been the case had he not been stricken down by the 
unsparing hand of Death after an illness of seventeen days.
	He bore the disease with manly fortitude, was surrounded with numerous 
friends who rendered every possible assistance.
	His remains were borne by the pall bearers to the M.V.R.R., then 
transferred to the T.&P.R.R. to Cheneyville, his old home, where a large and 
sympathizing assemblage of relatives and friends waited to pay the last tribute 
of respect.
	The body was taken from the cars and deposited in the Christian 
cemetery beside loved ones who have gone before.
	The bereaved parents and friends must rely on the blessed assurance 
that "He doeth all things well" and my prayer is that we may be faithful to the 
end and at last receive the crown of life.
	May [My?] dear cousin Bennette these lines are dedicated to thy memory, 
and looking through the dim vista of the past from childhood up to the present 
memory's halls are filled up with kind thoughts of thee, but most joyous of all 
are the thoughts of our first school days and our many associates in the dear 
little school house on the banks of old Bayou Rouge.
	Alas! 'tis all o'er, as they form like a brignt [sic bright] spring 
flower is cut down in its blooming, but - 
	"We'll miss thee in the joyous throng of youth.
	We'd mourn thee at the evening quiet hour.
	We'll weep for thee when morn reveals the truth,
		That thou art not here nor in thy lovely bower."
						ELLA SMITH,
	[    ]haville, La.


Additional Comments:
Benette E. Tanner is buried in the Old Christian Cemetery near Cheneyville, LA, 
Rapides Parish.  His dates read:  February 19, 1870 - May 16, 1891.  His 
parents Henry E. and Mary E. Johnson Tanner and many other Tanner burials are 
nearby.  The Tanners were one of the founding families of Cheneyville.