Corrine E. Tanner

Corrine Elizabeth Tanner was born in Columbus, Ohio on April 5, 1948. She went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at the age of 72. She was educated in the Licking Heights and Columbus Public School System where she was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated from Central High School. She attended Franklin University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology degree.

She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, teacher, friend and phenomenal woman who enjoyed reading, doing puzzles, and watching Bollywood movies. Her thirst for knowledge extended beyond her own into sharing and mentoring others. She loved traveling with the OASIS (Older Adults Still In Service) ministry and outreach program.

Early on she was employed as a keypunch operator before later working two jobs and attending night school to better herself to provide for her two daughters. While in college she was recruited as an Electronic Engineer to begin her career with then Western Electric, now Lucent Technologies, serving 20+ years before retiring. After a short-lived retirement, she returned to the workforce starting her second career as an Information Specialist with the Columbus Metropolitan Library-Main Branch before deciding to retire yet again after 17 years of service.

Corrine was a woman of God and began her walk in the early 1990’s at Rhema Christian Center where she served as a Deaconess and lead greeter of the Greeter Ministry, as well as being a member of several church organizations. After many years under her spiritual leader La Fayette Scales, she left and became a founding member of her beloved International Christian Center with Pastor Tyus Nedd. It was here that Corrine found her place to grow spiritually while encouraging her children and grandchildren to do the same. She always invited others to come hear the word and be part of the church she so dearly loved.

As a 20+ year breast cancer survivor, she was a fighter even after learning of her recent bout with pancreatic cancer she never stopped fighting; her strength was unparalleled. It’s because of who she was that her children and grandchildren are confident in who we are; it was her strength, dignity and smile that made her the woman that will be missed by many. She is preceded in death by her parents Mary Ann Short (née Merrill) and Whitcomb (Linda) Tanner, sister Rhonda R. Tanner and brothers Ronald, Donald, Henry, and Larry Bell.

She is survived by daughters Tamara (Efrain) Ruelas, Tracey (Ron) Yates; grandchildren Ashleigh Boxill, Craig Tanner, and Charyce Davis; great-grandchildren Harmoni-Marie and Willie Coleman, IV and Martius Tanner; siblings Marsha L. Witherspoon (William), Stephanie D. Tanner, Karen S. Cooper (Gregory), Robert G. Tanner, Jeri L. Cunningham, Dennis F. Tanner (Kay), Patricia A. Tanner, Robin (Darnell) Thornton, Toye (Galin) Thomas, Michael A. and John E. Bell III. She is also survived by special friends Tina Madison-Phillips and Judyth Dodson and numerous other relatives and friends.

Visitation 11:00 AM and Funeral Service 12:00 PM Saturday, November 21, 2020 at International Christian Center, 6600 Busch Blvd,.

Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

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