[1] Elder, First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ.
Father: Emerson Beck Tanner ("Buzz", d. 8-Apr-2004, congestive heart failure)
Mother: Edith Sumners Tanner (d.)
Wife: Betty Ann Portis (one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Elizabeth Tanner Atkins
Son: John Portis Tanner
High School: Union City High School, Union City, TN (1962)
University: BS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1966)
Law School: JD, University of Tennessee College of Law (1968)
US Congressman, Tennessee 8th (1988-)
Tennessee State House of Representatives (1976-88)
American Legion
Close Up Foundation Board of Advisors
Freemasonry Western Sun Lodge #88
Gore 2000
National Student Leadership Conference Honorary Board of Advisors
Rotary International Union City
Tennessee Bar Association
New Democrat Movement
Official Website:
http://www.house.gov/tanner/
AKA John S. Tanner