WillaDean(Deana)Tatum,age69ofMyrtleBeach,passedawayonFriday, December16,2016.ShewasborntothelateWoodrowDowellandImogene MurphyDowellonJanuary14,1947.
DeanaattendedandgraduatedfromRussellCountyHighSchoolin1965 beforegoingtoworkatLaneBryantinIndianapolisin1969.Sheworked therefrom1969to1990beforetakinganotherpositionintheLimited CorporationinNewAlbany,Ohio.Sheretiredin2005.
FamilyandfriendswillrememberthewaythatDeanausedhersenseof humortobondtoothers.Shecouldeasepeople'stensionsandlaugh alongwitheverybodyelse.Shelovedreading,bluegrassmusicand attendingbluegrassjamborees.Shealsoenjoyedtakinglongroadtrips inanRVduringthesummers.
DeanaissurvivedbyhersonTroyGosserofIndianapolis, Indiana,daughterJill StormentofMedford, OregonandhersisterAnnJohnsonofVillaPark, Illinois.Shealsoleavesbehindnumerouslovingrelativesandfriends.
Deanarequestedtobecremated. ArrangementswereprovidedbytheGrandStrandFuneralHomeinMyrtle Beach,SouthCarolina.
"Amanneverseesallthathismotherhasbeentohimuntilit'stoo latetoletherknowheseesit." - WilliamDeanHowell