Obituaries:  Richard Marion Tannehill, Sabine Parish       T-540
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 29, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Richard Marion Tannehill (Photo)

  Services for Mr. Richard Marion Tannehill, 73, of Many, were
held at 2 p.m., on Sunday, November 26, at the First United
Methodist Church of Many. Officiating were the Rev. John
Koelemay, and the Rev. Larry Norman. Interment was in the Many
Cemetery.

  Mr. Tannehill died Friday, November 24, at Schumpert Medical
Center, following a lengthy illness.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cecile Tannehill of Many; one
son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Patti Tannehill; three
daughters and sons-in-law, Johanna and Odis Faust, Janet and Gary
Coburn, and Katie and John French; one sister, Elizabeth Doughty;
and ten grandchildren, Nicholas David, Sara, and Richard Marion
(Max) Tannehill II, Jennifer, Nicholas Clayton, and Cody Faust,
Lindy, and Richard Coburn, and Clay, and Courtney French.

  Mr. Tannehill received his B.S. degree in business, at La. Tech.
Immediately following graduation, he was inducted into the U.S.
Army, where he became a 1st Lieutenant with the Army Air Force,
and served as a B-17 pilot. He was a prisoner of war in Germany.
At the end of his military service, he returned to LSU, where he
received a Masters degree in Forestry. He began his career as
Head Forester with Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company in Fisher.
His association with 4-L continued through the acquisition of the
company by Boise Cascade. He retired as Regional Forester, after
over 30 years of combined service.

  Pallbearers were Bob Clark, Lenin Murray, Creed Lester, Jr.
Mitchell, Mike Luster, Melvin House, Doyle DeWitt, Jim Lyon, W.
E. Lafitte, and Joe Luster.

  Memorials may be sent to the First United Methodist Church in
Many, or the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Development Fund at
Schumpert Hospital in Shreveport.