Mr. Kelly Louis Tanner, age 88, of Menlo, GA, died Sunday January 18, 2015, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Tanner was born May 28, 1926, in Rockrun, AL, son of the late Lloyd and Lula Tanner.  He was a member of the Menlo First Baptist Church, the Gideons, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served as a Sergeant with Company E, 11th Infantry.  He was also a Rifleman 745 and Rifle Instructor at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.  Mr. Tanner was the Assistant Manager at Garnett’s Furniture from 1955 until 1986 and was the owner of Tanner’s Furniture from 1986 until 1993.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Aileen Tanner, and a son, Billy Leon Tanner.

Mr. Tanner is survived by his wife, Carolyn Tanner; sons, Larry Tanner and Greg Tanner; step-children, Jerry Reese and Tammy Reese; grandchildren, Eric Tanner, Jeff Tanner, Justin Tanner, Cory Tanner, Katie Tanner, Larissa Tanner, Lauryn Tanner, Dylan Nichols, Drake Nichols, Rachel Nichols, and Derick Nichols; great-grandchildren, Brayton Tanner, Landen Tanner, Keira Tanner, Ryland Tanner, Hannah Mealer, Wesley Mealer, Cash Tanner, and Emma Tanner.

Funeral services for Mr. Tanner will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 21, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Dempsey officiating.  Interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Zach Hughes, Dana Yancey, Latin Wooten, Steve Rhinehart, Johnny Gentry, and Tony Hughes.  Honorary pallbearers will be James Spears, Bron Love, Wes Love, Willard Brown, Joe Smith, D. C. Mitchell, Tim Willingham, and the Men’s Sunday School Class of the Menlo First Baptist Church.

Mr. Tanner will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 20, 2015.

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