Mary E. Tennant, 85, of 154 North College Street, Washington, died Thursday, December 17, 1998. Mrs. Tennant was employed as a bolt assembler by Pennsylvania Association of the Blind for 19 years. He also worked in the sewing, tracheotomy and suture kit assembly departments. She was a member of Methodist Episcopal Church in Waynesburg. Mrs. Tennant had attended Waynesburg High School and also nurse's training in the old city hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. She enjoyed reading and cooking, and loved music until her loss of hearing. On August 25, 1932, she married Paul W. Peters, who died February 22, 1970. On October 13, 1944, she married Guy E. Tennant, who died May 18, 1983. Surviving are two children from her first marriage, Myra D. Hatfield and Ruby A. Calvert, both of Washington; three children from her second marriage, James L. Tennant Sr., Guyla Schnore and Guy E. Tennant Jr., all of Washington; 18 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; 11 stepgreat-grandchildren; and one stepgreat-great-grandchild. Deceased are a daughter, Charlene Anne Peters; a brother, Charles Walter Barkman; and a stepgrandson, Michael Schnore. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Friday, December 18, 1998Mary E. Tennant
Worked for Association of the Blind
She was born March 11, 1913, in Morgantown, W.Va., a daughter of Walter R. and Anna K. McClelland Barkman.