Obituaries:  Richard Tanner, Sabine Parish       T-560
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 24, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Richard Tanner

  Funeral services for Richard Tanner, 80, of Many, formerly of
Liberty, Texas, were held Tuesday, August 9, at 10 a.m., at the
Allison Memorial Chapel in Liberty, with Rev. Jim Clemmons
officiating. Interment was at the Hardin Cemetery in Hardin,
Texas.

  Mr. Tanner died Saturday, August 6, 1994, at the Sabine Medical
Center in Many. He was a native of Liberty County, Texas, and
lived in Liberty for 75 years, until recently, when he moved to
Many, where he lived for four years. He was a retired self
employed carpenter. During World War II, he served in the U. S.
Army. He was a member of the Liberty Lodge #48 A.F. & A.M., and
the Nolan D. Pickett V.F.W. Post #5621.

  His survivors include his wife, Edith Tanner of Liberty; his son
and daughter-in-law, James C. "Butch" Tanner and Cheryl of
Houston; his daughter and son-in-law, Mildred T. Gewin and Paul
of Many; a brother, Norman Tanner of Batson; three sisters,
Myrtle Karkowski of Liberty, Evelyn McGeehee of Pasadena,
Valentine Killian of Dallas; a grandson, Marc Elliot Gewin of
Many.

  Serving as pallbearers were members of Liberty Lodge #48 A.F. &
A.M., and the members of V.F.W. Post #5621.

  Funeral services were under the direction of Allison Funeral
Services, Inc. of Liberty, Texas.