ELEANOR CLINTON FANNIN
     TUSCALOOSA – Eleanor Clinton Fannin, age 54 of 311 Queen City Avenue, died November 13, 1998.  Services will be held at Holy Spirit Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. Monday with Father Deasy and Father Ray Dunmyer officiating.  Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Sunset Funeral Home directing.
     Survivors include: husband, James M. Fannin of Tuscaloosa; one daughter, Andrea Leigh Fannin of Tuscaloosa; one son, James Clinton Fannin of Tuscaloosa; one brother, Thomas A. Clinton, and wife Peggy, of Mobile; Bernice Clinton and the late Matthew W. Clinton of Tuscaloosa.
     A Tuscaloosa native, she was the daughter of Bernice Blackshere Clinton and the late Matthew W. Clinton.  She attended elementary school at Saint John’s Elementary School and was a graduate of Tuscaloosa High School.
     Mrs. Fannin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education, a Master of Arts degree in Elementary Education, and a Master of Arts degree in Library Science from the University of Alabama.  She was an elementary school teacher in the Tuscaloosa City School System, and The American School in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America.  She was the Librarian at Alberta Elementary for twenty-six years.
     Among the organizations she belonged to were the National Education Association, the Alabama Education Association, Professional Educators of Tuscaloosa, the organization  for librarians of the Tuscaloosa City Schools, Alpha XI Delta Sorority, and was a former member of Gamma Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.
     A Girl Scout from the Brownie level through the Senior level, she participated in several national and international Girl Scout Round Ups.
     The family expresses its deepest appreciation to the many friends and relatives who provided love, support, thoughts and prayers.  The family also expresses special appreciation to Mrs. Joyce Gurich, the faculty and staff at Alberta Elementary School, and Hospice of West Alabama.
     Pallbearers will be John Baird, Gary Kerr, Landon Miller, Richard Rhone, Woody Bristow, Bob Glass, and Dr. James Raymond.
     Visitation is tonight from 6-8 p.m. at Sunset Funeral Home.