Obituaries: George M. Tannehill, 1978, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 6, 1978 Winn Parish Enterprise

Services Held For George Tannehill

The funeral of George M. Tannehill, Jr., 69, of Winnfield was held at 2 p.m.
Sunday in First Methodist Church with the Revs. Grayson B. Watson, Charles
Haley, Robert Gage, Calvin Phelps and Bishop Lonnie Bramlett officiating.

Burial was in Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral
Home.

He died early Saturday, December 2, 1978 in the local hospital after a brief
illness.

Mr. Tannehill was a Urania native and was a retired district ranger for the U.
S. Forest Service.  He was a member of the Society of American Foresters, a
charter member of the Louisiana Forestry Association and a charter member of
the North Louisiana Group of Foresters.  He was a graduate of Louisiana State
University where he was captain of the basketball team.  He was a member of
the Winnfield First Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances M. Tannehill; a son, George Murphy
Tannehill of Winnfield; a daughter, Georgianna Allen of Winnfield; his mother,
Mrs. Dora S. Tannehill of Urania; two brothers, Dr. Theodore L. Tannehill of
Tullos and Glen F. Tannnehill of Urania; a sister, Mrs. Marietta T. McDade of
Belcher; and one grandchild.