Deacon Lawrence Monroe Tanner Sr. the fifth of seven children of the late Charlie W. and Mary Doss Tanner was called to his eternal rest on Thursday morning, May 9, 2019. He was born on July 20, 1930, in Spout Spring, Va. and attended Appomattox County Public Schools and graduated from the Carver High School in 1950. After marrying Annie R. Harvey of Spout Spring, Va. the couple, like many young couples who married in the early 1950's migrated north to find work with daughter, Mary Ann, they settled in Baltimore, Md., where their other five children, Lawrence Jr., Emma Jean, Demaris (Chantay, Sonya and Timothy were born. Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, the late Charlie W. and Mary Doss Tanner; his wife, Annie H. Tanner; son, Lawrence M. Tanner Jr.; two daughters, Emma J. Green and Mary Ann Tanner; sister, Margaret Tanner Paige; four brothers, Nathaniel, Fred, Charlie-Ed, and Daniel Tanner. He leaves to cherish his love and memories two daughters, Demaris Chantay Tanner, of Spout Spring, Va., and Sonya R. Tanner, of Baltimore, Md.; a son, Timothy B. Tanner, of Spout Spring, Va.; a brother, J. McKinley Tanner; brother-in-law, Robert W. Harvey and wife, Shelley; sister-in-law, Thelma J. Tanner, all of Spout Spring, Va.; grandson, Pharod Blackman and fiancée, Shronda Mosley, who Lawrence and his wife, Annie Ruth raised as their own son; grandchildren, Dottrele, William, Kyrana, Nicola, and Tremayne, all of Baltimore, Md., Nikkah and Tonisha (Elvis), of Richmond, Va., and Shydasha of Spout Spring, Va.; ten great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, and many other nieces, nephews, cousins and moreover a devoted niece and caregiver, Geneva Reed Napier is a standard among the host of loving, devoted family members and friends. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2019, at Mt. Shiloh Baptist Church, in Spout Spring with the Rev. Albert Reed, Pastor, officiating and the Rev. Willie Greene, as eulogist. The interment will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 16, 2019, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Davis-Turner Funeral Service. Service of comfort rendered by Davis-Turner Funeral Service.