Obituaries:  Joe D. Tanner, Sabine Parish       T-560
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 22, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Joe D. Tanner

  Funeral services for Joe D. Tanner, 67, of Florien, were held at
2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 21, at the First Baptist Church in
Florien.

  The Rev. Mack Brister officiated. Burial was in the Florien
Cemetery, under the direction of Les Fontaine Funeral Home.

  Mr. Tanner was a retired heavy equipment operator for the Dupont
Company.

  Survivors are his wife, Ruth Tanner of Florien; mother, Orah
Tanner of Clarksville, Tenn.; one daughter, Sahron Gallien of
Austin, Tex.; one son, Joe Don Tanner Jr. of Washington State;
two stepdaughters, Linda Patterson of Orange, Tex., and Beverly
Thames of Houston, Tex.; one stepson, Robert Breaux of Orlando,
Fla.; one brother, Lawrence Tanner of Houston, Tex.; two sisters,
Mary Lee Harris of Clarksville, Tenn., and Billie Rosoff of
Newton Highlands, Ma.

  In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made
to the Wildlife Refuge in Kirbyville, Tex., or St. Jude's
Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.