Rev. Ernest Tanner, 56, died on September 28, 2015.
He was pastor of Piney Wood Baptist Church.
He was educated in the Chattanooga Public School System. He received his AS from Chattanooga State; BS from Covenant; MBA from UTC, and his Doctoral Theology degree from Covington Theological Seminary. Ernest was also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
He worked for Chattanooga Parks and Recreation, TVA, BCBSTN, Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Johnson Mental Health and was co-owner of Quality Learning Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ellis and Anne Mae Tanner and his wife, Cassandra Faye Tanner.
Survivors include his sons, Nicholas R. Tanner and Miles E. Tanner; brother, James Rodney Lane; other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday, Oct. 3, at New Horizon Baptist Church. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
The body will lie in state after noon on Friday, the family will receive friends from 6–7 p.m. at John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995.