Dona Sue Tanner, daughter of the late James Lewis Gilbert and Jessie Bane Gilbert, was born on March 2, 1942 in Pascola, Missouri and departed this life on December 26, 2019 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 77 years.

Mrs. Tanner was a former employee of Arvin Automotive, retiring after 22 years of service.  She was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ.

On November 8, 1958, in New Madrid, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Walter Harold Tanner.  Mr. Tanner preceded her in death on May 9, 1990.

She is survived by her son, Timothy Harold Tanner and wife Rachel of Union, Kentucky; by her daughter, Paula Aline Pfeffer and husband Mike of Dexter, Missouri; by three brothers, Leonard Gilbert of Naylor, Missouri, Larry Gilbert of Essex, Missouri, and Dean Gilbert of Naylor, Missouri; by five sisters, Lorene Wiggins of Wauchula, Florida, Jessie Tanner of Dexter, Missouri, Mary Mitchem of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Jeanette Bewley of Russellville, Arkansas and Betty Conway of Salem, Missouri; by six grandchildren, Timothy Shane Tanner and wife Julie, Amy Nicole Tanner, Aron Pfeffer and wife Susan, Eric Pfeffer and wife Morgan, Zakri Tanner, and Tiffany Tanner; and by nineteen great-grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Roger Dale Tanner, by two brothers, Wesley Gilbert and Lee Gilbert; by her sister, Levaughn Allen.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, December 29, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Monday, December 30, 2019 at 10:00 a.m with Jeremy Tucker officiating.  Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Church of Christ Children’s Homes, Inc., 5515 Walcott Road, Paragould, Arkansas 72450 or the Bootheel Youth Camp, 21200 County Road 525, Bloomfield, Missouri 63825.