Date of birth: 22 Jul 1908
Date of death: 20 Jan 2002

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Burial Information

Section 06 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0554-01
Status: Occupied

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Obituary

NELL TANNER SULLIVAN

Mrs. Nell Tanner Sullivan, 93, died Sunday, January 20, 2002 at her home in Lexington.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 23 at First Presbyterian Church in Lexington. Rev. Dale VanNess officiated. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington with Southern Funeral Home of Lexington handling arrangements.

A native of Nettleton, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Leila Cother Tanner of Starkville.

She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Home Economics; and a master's degree from the University of Tennessee.

She taught Home Economics at East Central Junior College before moving to Lexington. She worked for and retired from the Holmes County Welfare Department. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Lexington.

Mrs. Sullivan was preceded in death by her husband, Walter R. (Polie) Sullivan, who served as County Agent for Holmes County.

Survivors include, a daughter, Sue Sullivan Twilley of Urbandale, Iowa; a son, Walter R. Sullivan, Jr. of Danville, Virginia; one grandson, one granddaughter, and a great-granddaughter; three sisters, Ellen Cosby of Jackson, Virginia Witte of Leland, and Imogene Wynne of Merigold.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Mississippi 39095.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
January 24, 2002, vol. 44, no. 4, pg. 5

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Family Members

Parents
James Elam Tanner
1880–1978

Leila Ethel Colther Tanner
1886–1927

Siblings
Virginia Tanner Witte
1910–2002

James Edgar Tanner
1912–2001

Ellen Tanner Cosby
1912–2008

Francis Roberta Turner
1914–1917

Imogene Tanner Wynne
1920–2006

Spouse
Walter Raleigh "Polie" Sullivan
1909–1980 (m. 27 May 1939)

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