Mary Elizabeth Tanner, 71

A member of First Baptist Church and a charter member of Eastside Baptist, she was an accountant and worked at Turners Auto Salvage.

The daughter of the late Jessie Mae and Ransom Tanner, she was preceded in death by brother, Mason Tanner; sisters-in-law, Evelyn and Nancy Fields; niece, Joan Tanner Rhea; mother and father-in-law, Mary Lee and Harvey Tanner.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas A. Tanner Sr.; children and their spouses, Leisa and Tommy Crawford, Michael and Janice Tanner, Angela and Ricky Bost, Tom Tanner Jr., and his wife Dena; 13 grandchildren and their spouses, Shana and Matt Jones, Cotey and Blaine Tanner, Blake and Tonya Crawford, Justin and Keri Crawford, Jessica Bost and Kevin Price, Miranda Bailey and James Barkvey, Seth Crawford, Staff Sgt. Coty Bost, Ashley Bost, Whitney Tanner, Karrigton Tanner, Drew Tanner, Kaitom Tanner and Cara Beth Jones; nine great-grandchildren, Morgan, Riley, Mika, and Shayla Crawford, Hannah Glover, Jake McMinn, J.J. Smith, Taylor Brooke Barkvye, and Baby Girl Bost Turner; sister-in-law, Betty Sue Evans and husband, Al of Clarksville, Patty Foreman and Ben of Savannah, Ga., Rodney Fields, M.D., of Memphis; nieces, Reva Mullican and husband, Gary, Tammy Parker and husband Ronnie, Debbie Cantrell and husband Thomas; nephew, Billy Thomas Tanner, Ph.D.., and wife, Janice; great-nieces and nephews, T.J. and Tyler Cantrell, Meredith Woodlee, Jenny Jaco, Sarah and Justin Tanner, Tommy, Randy and Christopher Mullican and Will and Clay Parker.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at McMinnville Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Hoover and Rev. Tommy Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at McMinnville Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the Lazarus House Hospice.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.