Bradley Eugene Tanner

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bradley Eugene Tanner passed away peacefully at his home Tuesday, June 16, 2009. He was 26.

Bradley was born in Natchez but lived his life in Vicksburg. He attended Vicksburg High School and graduated from Hinds Community College.

Bradley was a construction worker for Joe Bonelli for several years and recently started his own business and received his contractor’s license, Tanner Building and Development Inc.

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Bradley was a family man with a giving heart and could get anything accomplished no matter the obstacles that faced him.

Bradley is the beloved son of Bobby and Susan Pharr of Vicksburg and grandson of Jimmy and Carolyn Bradley of Fayette, Betty Tanner Rein of Lucedale and Mary Pharr of Vicksburg.

He was preceded in death by his father, David E. Tanner; and grandfather, James Tanner.

Bradley is survived by his mother and stepfather; two sisters, Marcy and David Jones and Leah and John Van Norman, all of Vicksburg; three nieces, Charli and Avery Van Norman and Isabella Jones; one nephew, Tanner Jones; one brother, Matthew Tanner and fianceé Danica Hart of Shreveport; and a number of aunts, uncles and close relatives.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Fisher Funeral Home. Burial will be at Yokena Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers are David Jones, John Van Norman, Michael Haydel, Joe Bonelli Jr., John Bonelli and Blake Liggett. Honorary pallbearers are Charlie Bradley, William Bradley and Joe Bonelli Sr.

Memorials may be made to Canaan Land Bible Training Center, P.O. Box 310, Autaugaville, AL 36003.