Linda Parrish Tanner
August 9, 1954 ~ July 13, 2016 (age 61) 61 Years OldShare using:
Mrs. Linda Parrish Tanner, 61 of Providence, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at her home. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and had lived most of her life in Union County and the Providence community. Mrs. Tanner was a graduate of Union County High School class of 1973. She devoted her life in building the family business, Alachua Farm and Lumber, with her husband and family. Mrs. Tanner enjoyed girls time with her sisters and mother at the beach. She also enjoyed fishing, scalloping, going to the river and being outdoors and in the sunshine with her husband, children and grandsons. She was a great cook and enjoyed cooking for her family and friends. Mrs. Tanner was of the Baptist faith and was a member of Old Providence Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Jefferson Parrish, Sr.
Survivors include her husband, James Wayne Tanner, Providence; her son and daughter in law, Judson Wayne and Candace Tanner, Valdosta, GA; her mother, Armotine Osborne, Lake Butler; three grandsons, Justus, Luke and Colton Tanner, Valdosta, GA; three brothers, Tommy Parrish, Jr. and wife Terre, Lake Butler, Wayne Parrish and wife Dana, Providence and Larry David Parrish and wife Sharon, Glen St. Mary; four sisters, Barbara Leach, Lake Butler, Cathy Welch and husband Mark, St. Augustine, Pam Williams and husband Johnny, Interlachen and Tina Elixson and husband Billy Ray, Lake Butler; sister in law, Mary Anne Crawford and husband Stanley, Lake City; 20 nieces and nephews; 19 great nieces and nephews; 1 great-great niece and 1 great-great nephew.
Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Old Providence Baptist Church with Pastor Tim Stout and Pastor Zeb Cook officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5-7:00 PM, Saturday evening at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Old Providence Baptist Church Building Fund at 9316 NW CR 245, Lake Butler, FL 32054.