S.B. Tanner, Cotton Manufacturer, Died July 3, 1924

S.B. Tanner Is Dead at Rutherford Home. . . Prominent Cotton Mill Man Dies at the Age of 72 as Result of Complications

Rutherford, July 3—S.B. Tanner, well known cotton manufacturer and capitalist, died here this morning at 4:10 a.m. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert H. Crawford, with whom he has lived for the last three years. Mr. Tanner has been ill several months and grew worse Tuesday. He died of complications.

Funeral services will be held at Tryon Street Methodist Church Friday noon, and interment will be in Elmwood cemetery by the side of his wife and son, Spencer.

Mr. Tanner was 72 years old and was a native of Spartanburg county, S.C. He was a member of the Rutherfordton M.E. Church. He is survived by two sons, K.S. Tanner of this place and S.B. Tanner Jr., now in Italy, and one daughter, Mrs. R.H. Crawford of this place, and one half brother. W.R. Tanner of Cowpens, S.C., and five sisters, Miss Alice Tanner and Mrs. Sallie Tanner, Saluda; Mrs. Laura Gaffney, Gaffney, S.C.; Mrs. W.H. Justus, Hendersonville, and Mrs. H.M. Justice, of this place.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, July 4, 1924