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TANNER, Inez Mae

Vivian Brinker  (View posts) Posted: 30 Apr 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Hankins, Hereford, Lott, Rollins, Rowe, Tanner, Thomas
Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
April 4, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Inez Mae Tanner, 88, and a Nowata resident, died Tuesday March 27, 2001, as the result of an automobile and train accident in Nowata.

Funeral services for Mrs. Tanner were held Friday, March 30, in the Trinity Full Gospel Church in Nowata. The Reverend Paul Campbell officiated and interment followed in the Woodlawn Cemetery, in Claremore, under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. The family suggests that friends who wish may remember the Trinity Full Gospel Church at 117 South Willow, Nowata, OK 74048.

Mae began this life on November 8, 1912 in Foyil, as the daughter of John Wesley Hankins and Hattie Lillian Lott Hankins. Mae grew up in the Claremore area where she lived most of her life. She met , and later was united in marriage with Elwood Wilson Tanner, Sr. on September 14, 1931 in Pryor. The couple moved to Avant, in 1954 and later to Nowata in 1969. Mrs. Tanner worked at the Ben Franklin Variety Store in Nowata and also for Gilbert Shoe Store in Nowata. She was a very active member of the Trinity Full Gospel Church in Nowata. Mrs. Tanner enjoyed crocheting, knitting, quilting, and working crossword puzzles.

Mrs. Tanner is survived by: one son, Wilson Tanner and his wife, Wathena of Skiatook; one daughter, Kitty Thomas and her husband, Bill of Collinsville; one sister-in-law, Lois Rollins of Miami; nine grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives, and her many friends.

Mrs. Tanner was preceded in death by: her husband, Elwood Tanner in September of 1973; her parents, John Wesley and Hattie Lillian Hankins; one brother, Forrest Hankins; two sisters, Nettie Hereford and June Rowe.

Re: TANNER, Inez Mae

connerfrances1  (View posts) Posted: 13 Aug 2007 3:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
Mae Tanner is my Aunt. I am Frances Conner daughter of Forest Hankins, her only brother. I am searching for relatives of our Grandad, John Wesley Hankins. Any info you might have I would apperciate. I have very little about my Grandparents.
My email address is conner.frances@gmail.com

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