Shirley Jean (Tanner) Clough

Mrs. Shirley Jean Tanner Clough, age 74, of Blackshear, passed away Monday evening (11/10/25) at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross following a short illness.

Born May 10, 1951, in Alma, she was a daughter of the late James Otis and Velma Geraldine Evans Tanner. She lived most of her life in Bacon and Pierce Counties and had worked for the Bacon County Sheriff’s Department as a jailer, dispatcher and cook.  For the last several decades, she and her family have owned and operated Clough Pecan Company where she was the Chief Financial Officer. 

A longtime member of Blackshear First Baptist Church, she attended the Faith Walkers Sunday School Class.

She was also a member of the Georgia Pecan Growers Association but above all else, she enjoyed being a mama and Nena to her family.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Vasco Carroll Tanner; second husband, Andrew Lee “Andy” Clough, Jr.; a son, Jerry Tanner; a sister, Kathy Rigby; 5 brothers-in-law, Tommy Anderson, Riley Rigby, Cordy Calhoun, Wayne Clough, and Stephen Waters, Jr.

Survivors include 5 children, Jamie Tanner (Cindy), John Tanner (Roxanne), Joni Byrd (Steven), Chris Clough (Susan), and Matthew Clough (Ashley); 3 stepchildren, Andrew Clough (Edurne), Archie Clough (Mysti), and Renee Choate; 21 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren and 2 more expected soon;  an honorary grandson, Slade Bradley; 3 sisters, Glenda Calhoun of Aiken, SC, and Joyce Anderson and Cindie Tanner, both of Douglas; 2 sisters-in-law, Melba Clough and Marilyn Waters; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

A funeral service will take place Friday morning (11/14/2025) at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Blackshear. Burial will follow in the Blackshear City Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m.

Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.hartfh.com.

Hart Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.

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