REV. JAMES R. TANNER Ph.D.

To The Tanner Family,
Praying for strength for the family. God Knows and He Will and He Is with you, Rev. Tanner knew God and you know now where he is!!! I was graced to meet Rev. Tanner when he would come to the Martin Luther King Jr. programs at MLK Jr.Branch of The Cleveland Public Library. I Sing with CPL choir. Wow when he walked in the room, he just had a presence about him and he looked so much like my grandfather's picture, I never met my granpa, so I jokingly said to Rev. Tanner...

To the Tanner Family, My condolences and know you are very blessed to have such a wonderful father, husband, grandfather and friend to many, You are in my prayers. I am very happy to have known Sharyl and her dad since early childhood, Marsha Holland-Johnson

To Angie, Camille and Family,

I will always treasure the memories of Dr. Tanner, a kind and gentle soul. I thank God for allowing him to be a part of my childhood memories. May God richly bless your family and please carry on the wisdom and passion that Dr. Tanner has instilled in all of you.

Valerie A. Thomas
(Laurel School Alumna)

To the Tanner family,

Please receive my deepest condolences on the passing of the Rev. Tanner. Jim was my immediate supervisor at the Cleveland Board for four years. I found him to be a wonderful person, friend, and mentor. I know he will be deeply missed.

Bob Ardike - Silver Spring, Maryland

To the Tanner family, we will truly miss the love and wisdom of my friend, brother and mentor. There will be no others like him and I count my life blessed for having the all to few moments to be with him and to learn from him. I will always love him and carry him in my heart all the days of my life. God bless all of you and may we hhold on to his wonderful life and the assurance of a glorious heavenly reward.

He helped to make the world a better place and how better to do that than to dedicate your life to quality education for all students. Your legacy will live forever. Our love to the family. Bert and Patricia Ogden, Pittsburgh, PA.

To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...
but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome...