From the Portland Herald
LANIER - Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, April 1, 1920, at a local infirmary, Mrs. Eliza Ann Lanier, wife of Dr. J. R. Lanier, aged 67 years. Survived by three sons, J. R. Lanier of Phoenix, Ariz., E. B. and B. H. Lanier of this city; one brother, Ike Howlett, and one sister, Mrs. Jennie Wingrove, of this city. Prayers at family square, Spring Hill Cemetery, at 3 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, April 2, by Rev. A. W. Duncan. Interment private. Wiles Bros. & Co. in charge.
Genealogist's Companion to Research in Sumner County, Tennessee