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Thomas Tanner

Name
Thomas Tanner
Seasons
1909-10
Birthday
December 20, 1892

Thomas Tanner was born Thomas Butler Tanner on December 20, 1892, in Lexington, Kentucky to Joseph Marion Tanner and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Butler Tanner.

Tanner was a freshman at Kentucky in 1908 where he studied mechanical engineering.

He married Emily Hildreth Hawkins in Lexington on December 29, 1914.

Tanner passed away unexpectedly on December 14, 1965, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He had been associated with the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association for more than 25 years before his retirement. For 16 years he was manager of its labor department before being elevated to secretary-manager in 1954.

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