ELDON WOODROW LANIER
 

Graveside service for Eldon Woodrow Lanier, 91, of Alto was at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, at Old Palestine Cemetery with the Rev. Josh Lindsey officiating

Mr. Lanier died Sunday, Oct. 7, in New Jersey. He was born Sept. 5, 1916, in Alto to Emery Oscar and Mary Maggie Gates Lanier. He was a member of the Hilltop Baptist Church and had lived in New Jersey with his daughter for the last five years. He was a Master Mason associated with the Terrell Lodge No. 81 in Alto for more than 50 years.

He started his career in Houston with Railroad Express and was later employed at Rohm & Hass Industry in Deer Park. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corp in 1942. He was a gunnery instructor and trained thousands of soldiers on gunnery for the B17 and B29 planes.

Preceding him in death were his wife of 60 years, Lennie V. Lanier; parents; son, Glenn H. Lanier; brother, Harland Lanier; and sister-in-law, Monnie Lanier.

Survivors are his daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis K. and Thomas Moore of Hackettstown, N.J.; daughter-in-law, Judy Lanier Turnell of Nacogdoches; grandchildren, Clayton Wade Lanier, currently in the Navy in Bahrain and wife, Mary Jessica of Nacogdoches; Melissa Ashley Moore of Austin and Randy Turnell of Houston; great-grandchildren, Annesta Lanier and Glenn Lanier; niece, Linda McCoy and husband, Ken, of Humble.

O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Information from the Cherokeean Herald