Tatnell Zahler Obituary

ZAHLER, Tatnell VARNVILLE - Mr. Tatnell Oswald Zahler, Jr., 80, of 1582 Hickory Hill Road, Varnville, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Hampton Regional Medical Center. He was the widower of the late Reba Mae Gooding Zahler. Funeral services will be held 3 pm, Monday, May 5, 2008 at Hopewell Baptist Church, directed by The Brice W. Herndon & Sons Funeral Home, Varnville-Hampton Chapel. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Zahler was born August 27, 1927 in Yemassee and was the son of the late Tatnell Oswald Zahler, Sr. and Lula Estelle Priester Zahler. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean Conflict and was a retired painter. He was member of Hopewell Baptist Church. He will be remembered as a person who possessed a deep love for his family and his church. Surviving are his children, Tatnell Tat Oswald Zahler, III and his wife June of Varnville, Horace Zahler of Varnville, Rusty Zahler and his wife Laura of Gaston, Mary Ellen Cook and her husband Charles of Walterboro, Joyce Ann Frasier and her husband Edward of Walterboro, Carol Boone and her husband Danny of Varnville, Fay Rosier and her husband Jackie of Nixville, Gay Jarrell and her husband John of Nixville and Janice Adams and her husband Wendy of Nixville; brother-in-law, Randolph Gooding and his wife Peggy of Varnville; sister-in-law, Terry Thomas and her husband Gary of Highland Park, Illinois; 20 grandchildren, including Joseph Zahler of the home; and 21 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother William Andrew Zahler and a sister, Reba Cummings. Visitation will be held Sunday, May 4, 2008 starting at 12 noon at the home, 1582 Hickory Hill Road, Varnville. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: Hopewell Baptist Church, Senior Citizens, 6404 Hopewell Road, Hampton, SC 29924. Arrangements by THE BRICE W. HERNDON & SONS FUNERAL HOME, VARNVILLE-HAMPTON CHAPEL, 1074 Yemassee Highway, Varnville. 803.943.5016. A memorial message may be sent to the family at www.briceherndonfuneralhome.c-om. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.