James Walton Tanner, Jr.

1895 - 1963  (67 years)

• Name	James Walton Tanner
  Suffix	Jr.
  Nickname	Jim
  Born	28 Aug 1895	Indianola, Sunflower County, Mississippi, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Jan 1963	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
  Buried	25 Jan 1963	Boyer Cemetery - Boyer, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I993	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Lillian Rae LeBlanc,   b. 13 Feb 1900, Broussard, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 14 Sep 1971, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1918	Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	+ 1. Effie Mae Tanner,   b. 3 Mar 1921, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 2012, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 91 years)   2. Doris Marguerite Tanner,   b. 18 Jun 1922, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 4 Nov 1927, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 5 years) + 3. James Russell Tanner,   b. 20 Aug 1924, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 2012, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA  (Age 88 years) + 4. Robert Lee Tanner,   b. 1 Jun 1928, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 29 Sep 1981, Violet, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Aug 1895 - Indianola, Sunflower County, Mississippi, USA Married - 5 Apr 1918 - Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 23 Jan 1963 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Buried - 25 Jan 1963 - Boyer Cemetery - Boyer, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War I Draft Card - James Walton "Jim" Tanner, Jr. Name: Jim Walton Tanner County: Sunflower State: Mississippi Birth Place: Mississippi, United States of America Birth Date: 20 Aug 1895 [28 Aug 1895] Race: Caucasian (White)
  		Marriage Announcement of James Walton "Jim" Tanner, Jr. and Lillian Rae LeBlanc Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on April 8, 1918
  		Marriage License Announcement of James Walton "Jim" Tanner, Jr. and Lillian Rae LeBlanc Published in The Alexandria Weekly Town Talk on April 13, 1918
  		Death Certificate for James Walton "Jim" Tanner, Jr. Name: James Walton Tanner Date of Death: 23 Jan 1963 Date of Birth: 28 Jul 1895 [28 Aug 1895] Place of Death: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Street Address: 1310 Mississippi Ave. Occupation: Electrician Birth Place: Sunflower Co., Mississippi Name of Wife: Mrs. Estelle Tanner
  		Obituary of James Walton "Jim" Tanner, Jr. Published in The Memphis Commercial Appeal on January 24, 1963
  		U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veterans - James Walton "Jim" Tanner, Jr. Name: James Walton Tanner Rank: Sgt. Birth Date: 28 Aug 1895 Service Number: 16607477 Unit: Firetruck & Hose Co. #336 QMC Enlistment Date: 21 Apr 1917 Discharge Date: 2 Jan 1919 Death Date: 23 Jan 1963 Cemetery: Johnson Cemetery Cemetery Location: Indianola, Mississippi, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: JAMES W. TANNER Electrical Contractor Dies At Age of 67 Services for James Walton Tanner of 1310 Mississippi will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Memphis Funeral Home. Burial will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Johnson Cemetery in Indianola, Mississippi. Mr. Tanner, who was 67, died at 12:45 p.m. yesterday at Kennedy Veterans Hospital after a long illness. Born in Indianola, he was a World War I veteran. During World War II, he worked at Second Army headquarters at the Fairgrounds. An electrical contractor in Grenada, Miss., 1946-57, he was in charge of electrical work during construction of the Grenada Reservoir dam. He returned to Memphis in 1957. He leaves his wife and a brother, W. M. Tanner of Memphis. (Published in The Memphis Commercial Appeal on January 24, 1963)