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Funeral services for O. E. (Gene) Tannery, 80, of Conroe will be held on
Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 2 p.m. in Cashner Colonial Chapel with the Rev.
Bill Taylor and the Rev. A. B. Leonard officiating. Interment will follow in
Garden Park Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, July 4, 2003, from
6 to 9 p.m. in Cashner Funeral Home. Gene Tannery was born Oct. 8, 1922 to
Clifton Wilford (C. W.) Tannery and Nannie Mae Meador in Shady Grove
Community, Nacogdoches County, Texas and passed away July 2, 2003, in
Houston, Texas. Gene graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University where
he was Mr. SFA. He was an aviation cadet and midshipman in World War II
where he was stationed in Japan. He retired from the United States Navy
Reserve in 1982 as a Lt. Commander. He was a banker for First National Bank
in Conroe and in 1963 was voted outstanding citizen for Montgomery County,
Texas. He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of
Conroe and a member of the Beacon Sunday school class. He was a past
president for the Conroe Noon Lions Club and in 1998 they awarded him the
Melvin Jones Fellowship, which is designated as the Lions Clubs
International Foundation's highest honor. Gene was very involved in the
Montgomery County Genealogical and Historical Society, where in 1992 he was
inducted into their Hall of Fame. He also wrote a family history book
entitled "The Tannery's, Young and Old", which aside from his family, was
his most prized accomplishment. Gene was predeceased by his wife of 45 years
Doris, and his granddaughter Suzanne Wellborn. He is survived by daughters,
Patricia Wellborn and husband Gary of Spring and Sandra Bowden of Conroe;
son, Greg Tannery and wife Kelly of Conroe; grandchildren, Nicole Wilson and
husband Stuart of Montgomery, Sarah Wellborn and fiancé Justin Gable of
Spring, Jason, Lauren, Katelyn, and Madelyn Tannery of Conroe. He is also
survived by sisters, Eleanor Swearingen and husband Bill of Lufkin, Dorothy
Wilkerson of Beaumont, and Delores Boyette of Beaumont. Pallbearers will be
Jerry Creighton, William T. Fowler, Dick Nutter, Red Akin, Toby York, Kevin
Kneisley, Doug Begin, John Burge. Honorary pallbearers will be D. B. Waller,
Seth Dorbandt, James Nichols, Webb (Coach) Melder, Sr. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the Lions Club Crippled Children's Camp. We all
love and miss you. You are invited to leave a written tribute for the family
on our website at
www.cashnerfunerals.com
©The
Courier 2003
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