Tanner W. Perdue

Services for Tanner W. Perdue, 88, of Tyler, will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ward Livingston officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Burks Walker Tippit funeral directors.

Pallbearers will be Jerry England, Ken Sigman, Steve Lee, Bobby Crone, Kenneth Lewis, Hubert Kidd, Walt Kowalik and James Turman. Honorary pallbearers are Joe Wheeley, Dr. Julian Mardock, George Rook, Frank Gatewood, Gene Davidson, Bill Diviney, Speedy Pinkerton, E.J. Nichols, Hank Hardesty and Forrest Sanders.

Tanner was born March 17, 1918 in Tyler to the late T. Tanner Perdue and Margaret Wilson Perdue. He passed on at Hospice HomePlace on July 7, 2006.

Mr. Perdue served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was a retired draftsman for the Exxon Corporation. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, served on their administrative board, and was a member of the Amazing Couples class.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Dorothy Perdue.

Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Tanner and Rebecca Perdue, William Eston and June Perdue, all of Tyler; brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth Dean and Ellen Perdue of Houston; sister, Margaret Perdue Brown of Tyler; grandchildren, Robyn, Lauren and Jordan Perdue.

Family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the St. Paul's Children's Foundation 215 S. Clayton, Tyler, 75702.

To view and sign guest book online, go to www.burkswalkertippit.com.