Charles R. (Jack) Tennant of Elizabeth Township died Thursday;June 4;1987;in Jefferson Hospital;Jefferson Borough. He was 67. He was a past president of the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Company. Mr.Tennant was born Dec.3;1919;in Waynesburg;a son of the late Charles and Estella Braden Tennant. He was a retired mechanic with Fisher Body in West Mifflin. Mr.Tennant was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II;having served with the 34th Infantry Division. He was a member of the Brightwell-Daugherty American Legion Post No.484;Fayette City;the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.7812;West Newton;and the First Presbyterian Church of Brownsville. Surviving are his wife;Betty Lightner Tennant;one daughter;Helen Lee Book;of Belle Vernon;one son;Charles R.Tennant Jr.of Buena Vista;five grandchildren;two brothers;Clarence Tennant of Ruskin;Fla.;and Donald Ray Tennant of Villa Park;Ill.;and two sisters;DeEtta Tennant of Prosperty;Pa.and Donnis Mae Hupp of Addison;Ill. Two brothers;Glenn and Everett G.Tennant;are deceased. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ralph L.Johnson Funeral Home;Buena Vista. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Rich Minnich;pastor;Roundhill Presbyterian Church;Elizabeth Township;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Ralph L.Johsnon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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