Elizabeth Jane TANNER

1923 - 2008  (85 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Jane TANNER  [1]
  Born	1 Jul 1923  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Dec 2008	Brighton, Tipton, TN, USA   [2]
  	at home
  Buried	Morrison Cemetery, Brighton, Tipton, TN, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I3725	Boyd
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Ashley N. TANNER
  Family ID	F3114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John William “Billy” SIMONTON,   b. 16 Oct 1918, , , TN, USA ,   d. 20 May 1997, Covington Care Nursing Home, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1946	, Tipton, TN, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Jane Carol SIMONTON + 2. William Neal SIMONTON
  Documents		John William SIMONTON Marriage
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2009
  Family ID	F2475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1946 - , Tipton, TN, USA Died - 29 Dec 2008 - Brighton, Tipton, TN, USA Buried - - Morrison Cemetery, Brighton, Tipton, TN, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Jane Tanner Simonton By: July 1, 1923 - Dec. 29, 2008 Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009 8:41 pm Print Elizabeth Jane Tanner Simonton, 85, of Brighton, died at her residence. A devoted wife and loving mother, she also worked as a clerk for the War Price and Rationing Board during WWII and as a postal clerk at the Brighton Post Office for 20 years. She served as a Sunday school teacher at her church, Brighton Baptist, for many years. Services were Dec. 31 at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Doug Buchanan officiating. Interment was in Morrison Cemetery in Brighton. Survivors include a daughter, Jane Simonton (Jim) Durham of Springfield, Va.; a son, William Neal (Debe) Simonton of Brighton; a brother, Wayne Hayes Tanner of Germantown; a sister, Margaret Tanner Ingram of Munford; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her spouse of 50 years, John William “Billy” Simonton; a brother, Ashley N. Tanner Jr., a sister, Anne Tanner Edman and a grandson, Harrison Simonton. The family requests that memorials be sent to Brighton Baptist Church or the Harrison Simonton Scholarship Fund. The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 2, 2009 [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S341] Obituary of John William “Billy” Simonton, (Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 21 May 1997). [S411] Obituary of Elizabeth Jane Tanner Simonton, (Covington Leader (Covington, TN) 2 January 2009). [S68] Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN).