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A Look Back at the Tanner Family

February 18, 2011
A Look Back at the Tanner Family

The Tanner family name has always been synonymous with the growth of new businesses in Hartselle. It all started when Orville W. Tanner returned home from WWII and opened a barbershop in downtown Hartselle, where the Tattoo Parlor is located today. Tanner later moved the barbershop to Tanner Heights Plaza Shopping Center when it...
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A True Love Story

February 18, 2011
A True Love Story

He walked up and knocked on the door of the Morgan County Jail. Most guys were trying to get out – William Cooper McClanahan was trying his best to get in. The young GI had served in the Pacific in WWII on the USS Mercy; a hospital ship that plied the waters of a...
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