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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Eleanor Barnes
Lanier
September 25, 1944 – August 22, 2010
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Eleanor B. Lanier, 65, of Tuscola, (formerlly of Oxon Hill, MD) passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 2:10 pm in her home with family and friends by her bedside.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 pm on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at the Faith Baptist Church, 300 Northline Rd in Tuscola. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the church. Pastor Jayson Garcia will officiate. Burial will be in the Tuscola Cemetery. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
Eleanor Lanier was born on September 25, 1944 in Artemas, PA, a daughter of Silas S. and Opha E. (Robinson) Barnes. She married the love of her life, Samuel Lanier on June 10, 1967 in Arlington, VA. He survives.
Other survivors include two children: Deborah Pierce and husband John of Newport News, VA; Janet Davis and husband Jim of Tuscola; seven grandchildren: Kevin Pierce, Kalyn Pierce, Brittany Davis, Courtney Davis, Tiffany Davis, Janielle Davis and Jocelyn Davis.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Lanier worked as a secretary at The US Dept. of Agriculture in Washington, DC for 37 years. She and her husband raised their two daughters in Oxon Hill, MD where they had many loving friends and family. Eleanor was a member of Forest Heights Baptist Church where she served as secretary until she became too sick to work. She and her husband moved then to Tuscola, IL to seek cancer treatment at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
Eleanor was an amazing woman to say the least. She loved her family and gave of herself for others. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church and enjoyed serving in any way she could. She had many titles during her life, but the best of all were wife, mother, grandmother and friend.
She fought the battle with cancer for 15+ years and she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She truly was an amazing woman.
We are thankful that she is no longer in pain and she is resting happy with our Heavenly Father.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society
Visitation will be held from 6-8 pm on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at the Faith Baptist Church, 300 Northline Rd in Tuscola. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the church. Pastor Jayson Garcia will officiate. Burial will be in the Tuscola Cemetery. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
Eleanor Lanier was born on September 25, 1944 in Artemas, PA, a daughter of Silas S. and Opha E. (Robinson) Barnes. She married the love of her life, Samuel Lanier on June 10, 1967 in Arlington, VA. He survives.
Other survivors include two children: Deborah Pierce and husband John of Newport News, VA; Janet Davis and husband Jim of Tuscola; seven grandchildren: Kevin Pierce, Kalyn Pierce, Brittany Davis, Courtney Davis, Tiffany Davis, Janielle Davis and Jocelyn Davis.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Lanier worked as a secretary at The US Dept. of Agriculture in Washington, DC for 37 years. She and her husband raised their two daughters in Oxon Hill, MD where they had many loving friends and family. Eleanor was a member of Forest Heights Baptist Church where she served as secretary until she became too sick to work. She and her husband moved then to Tuscola, IL to seek cancer treatment at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
Eleanor was an amazing woman to say the least. She loved her family and gave of herself for others. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church and enjoyed serving in any way she could. She had many titles during her life, but the best of all were wife, mother, grandmother and friend.
She fought the battle with cancer for 15+ years and she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She truly was an amazing woman.
We are thankful that she is no longer in pain and she is resting happy with our Heavenly Father.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society
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