L B Tanner: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

L B Tanner was born on 8 Sep 1917 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi; died on 31 Mar 1992 in Gregg County, Texas.

Notes:

The Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. lists his parents as Andrew B. Tanner and Lorna Hood.

In 1940, he was living in Petal, Mississippi with his wife and daughter. His occupation was listed as Laborer, Malarial (?) Control.

Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. shows that he served in the Navy from 2 Jun 1944 through 25 Jun 1945.

L married Hattie Marie McLemore before 1940. Hattie (daughter of Scott Estus Levaster "Vaster" McLemore and Lula Virginia Ford) was born on 31 Mar 1911 in Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi; died on 23 Jun 2001; was buried in Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Hilda Grace Tanner was born on 9 Feb 1940 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi; died on 6 Dec 2012 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

Generation: 2

Hilda Grace Tanner

(1.L¹) was born on 9 Feb 1940 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi; died on 6 Dec 2012 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

Notes:

Hilda Grace Tanner Freeman-Hefner Warriner of Granbury, 72, passed away Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Fort Worth.

Service: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Wiley Funeral Home. Interment: Acton Cemetery. Visitation was Tuesday at the funeral home.

Hilda was born Feb. 9, 1940, in Hattiesburg, Miss. to L.B. and Hattie Marie McLemore Tanner. She worked for Irving Public Schools, assistant in a medical office, self-employed owner of a magnetic sign company, ladies apparel store, a trucking company and research for a legal consulting company, retiring in 2004.

She was married to James Thomas Freeman from 1958 to 1989, Stephen Frank Hefner from 1990 to 2004 when he passed away and Robert Glenn Warriner since March 15, 2008.

Hilda was a member of Crossbranch Bible Fellowship in Glen Rose, Volks Kruzers Club in Granbury and Legends Street Rod and Customs Club of Wichita, Kan. She enjoyed ceramics, china painting, photography, travel, reading, cooking and motorcycle riding. She had lived in Granbury since 1990.

Survivors: Husband, Robert Glenn Warriner of Granbury; children, Cheryl Leigh Freeman Faulkner of Saginaw and James Thomas Freeman II of Arlington; grandchildren, Heather Leigh Faulkner, Tanner Scott Faulkner, Christopher James Freeman and Devin Abbett Freeman; stepchildren, Gregory Alan Warriner and Allison Hefner; sisters, Glenda Todd and Sharon Evans-Bost; great aunts, Jean Tanner Crocker of Mississippi and Carole Beth Tanner Wood of Arkansas; great uncle, Aubrey Lee Tanner of Mississippi.

Arrangements were by Wiley Funeral Home.