James G. Tanner, Sr., 70, died Sunday afternoon, Nov. 20, 1983 in an Atlanta, GA hospital. 

    He was a long time resident of Chattanooga before moving to Ft. Oglethorpe, GA., where he retired from the Walker County School District.

    Mr. Tanner was a member of the Thompkins Masonic Lodge, 466 F&AM.

    Survivors include eight daughters, Mrs. Betty Whaley, Alexandra, VA., Mrs. Marjorie Capdau, Atlanta, GA., Mrs. Charlene Estes, Nashville, TN., Mrs. Shelvia Livingston, Atlanta, GA., Mrs. Joyce Gaines, Atlanta, Mrs. Wanda Ho, Huntington Beach, CA., Mrs. Brenda Greenway, Atlanta, and Mrs. Linda Loveless, Duluth, GA. one son James G. Tanner, Jr., Dallas, TX; two sisters Mrs. Mamie Turner, and Mrs. Della Owen, Chattanooga; brother Andrew J. Tanner, Manchester, TN.

    Services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1983, at 2 p.m. in the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home. Interment will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.