Dorothy Mae Tanner's Obituary
Funeral Services for Ms. Dorothy Mae Tanner, 79, of New Orleans, La. /Leesville, La. will be held on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 12:30 P.M. in the Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville, with Pastor Oscar E. Joiner Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Leesville, La.
Visitation will be Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. until time of service in the funeral home.
Ms. Dorothy Mae Tanner passed away peacefully on December 5, 2021 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was born November 29, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Edgar Tanner Sr. and Susie Coleman Tanner, for 40 years Ms. Dorothy worked at Deluxe Cleaners in New Orleans, Louisiana. She had perfect attendance for 30 years. Ms. Dorothy was a people’s person, she loved people and was extremely loved in return.
Ms. Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents: Edgar Sr. and Susie Tanner; her brother Henry Tanner, her devoted friend Ronald Miller.
Left to cherish her memory is her only child: Vanessa Joiner, (Pastor Oscar Joiner Sr.), her brother: Edgar Tanner Jr. (Azalee), of New Orleans, La., her grandchildren: Calvin Houston Jr. (Chandrika) of New Orleans, La., Marisa Joiner Williams (Marquis) of Leesville, La., Oscar Joiner Jr., of Leesville, La., her very loving and loyal aunt, Earline Bell of Baton Rouge, La., 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the Tanner Family at www.labbymemorial.com
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