1920-1993

 

Mr. Alvin H. Tanner, Sr. of Jacksonville, Fla., died Thursday in a hospital there. He was 72.

 

A U.S. Army veteran and graduate of South Pittsburg High School, he was a longtime Chattanooga resident.

 

He was the son of the late Jessie Owen and S. D. Tanner.

 

Survivors include his wife, Marie Tanner, of Jacksonville, Fla; son, Alvin H. Tanner, Jr., of West Palm Beach, Fla.; daughter Carol Tanner Swager, Redlands, Calif.; sister Ruth Neely, Athens, Ala.; three grandchildren.