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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 190
BY REPRESENTATIVES CHANEY, KATRINA JACKSON, AND JAY MORRIS AND
SENATORS THOMPSON AND WAL SWORTH
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Sundae Lynette Ratcliff
Tanner.
WHEREAS, it is with deep regret and profound sorrow that the members of the
Legislature of Louisiana learned of the tragic death of Sundae Lynette Ratcliff Tanner on
May 17, 2014, at the age of fifty-one; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Tanner was born on February 19, 1963, in Shreveport, Louisiana,
to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ratcliff; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Tanner was a graduate of Ouachita Parish High School, and
received her degree from Northeast Louisiana University in 1985; and
WHEREAS, as a teacher, Mrs. Tanner began her career in 1998 at Beekman Junior
High School in Bastrop, continued her career at Swartz Elementary School and Ouachita
Junior High School, and returned to where she began her career at what has now become
Beekman Charter School; and
WHEREAS, during her years as a masterful teacher, Mrs. Tanner taught physical
education, coached girls basketball, and taught grades three, four, and six where she inspired
hundreds of students to do their very best and to motivate each other to do their best; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Tanner was preceded in death by her father, Lloyd Ratcliff, and
is survived by her husband Roger Tanner of twenty-eight years; her daughter, Morgan
Tanner, who is a student at Louisiana Tech University; her mother, Dru Ratcliff; her sister,
Brandae Miller and husband Connell; her nephew Cade; and her mother-in-law and father-
in-law, Travis and Elsie Tanner; and
WHEREAS, with the death of Mrs. Tanner, Louisiana has lost one of its finest
citizens who was admired by all whose lives she touched and is greatly missed; and ENROLLEDHCR NO. 190
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WHEREAS, although the death of Sundae Tanner has left a tremendous void in her
community, her memory shall live on forever in the minds and hearts of all who knew and
loved her, and who remember her outgoing personality and beautiful smile.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Sundae Lynette Ratcliff Tanner,
does hereby recognize and record for posterity her outstanding accomplishments and
singular contributions, and does hereby extend enduring appreciation for the pride and honor
that this wonderful lady will forever bring to her family, friends, community, and state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the family of Sundae Lynette Ratcliff Tanner.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE