| Birth: | Jul. 29, 1967 Oklahoma, USA |
| Death: | May 9, 1990 Oklahoma, USA |
 Jerome Christopher "Chris" Coleman Tiger was the son of Jerome Richard Tiger, famous Creek-Seminole artist, and his wife Peggy Richmond; he had the following siblings: Dana who married Donnie Blair, and Lisa Tiger. Chris was murdered. His father, and grandparents, Rev. Coleman C. Lewis and Hepsey S. Scott Lewis, and John Tiger Sr. are all buried at Greenwood Cem. ------------------------------- OBIT: MUSKOGEE - Jerome Christopher Coleman TIGER was born July 29, 1967. He died May 9, 1990. Funeral services were held May 12 in the Bradley Belltower Chapel with Dr. Sue Ellen READ officiating. Rev. Tommy PHILLIPS conducted a portion of the service in Creek and Linda EPPERLY read "A Poem To An Athlete Dying Young." Pallbearers were Keven CHARBONEAU, Rodney HAWKINS, Aaron ROBBINS, Joey TIGER, Kelly BRIGGS, Jimbo YANDELL and Kelly WAIT. Honorary Pallbearers were Steve DAVIS, Steve SMITH, Jack OSBURN, Freeman MITCHELL, Richard PALMER, Dr. Tom LUKER, John ELLIS, Kenny BOND and Kelly BOND. Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery in Eufaula. --------------------------------------------------- From a front page story on his death, the following personal information was given: In high school he was an all-district linebacker for the Muskogee High School football team, played at Northeastern State University and was a Golden Gloves/Amateur Athletic Union champion boxer. In 1984, he won first-place for "Seminole Warrior," and second-place for "Winter Hardship" in the painting category at the Statewide Indian Student Art Region Show at the Muskogee Education Center. In 1985, his tempera painting "Creek Medicine Maker" received the Tooter Arrington Memorial Award as best of show in the Five Civilized Tribes Museum student art show. His works were on display at the Tiger Art Gallery in Muskogee along with his father's and those of his sister, Dana TIGER, and his uncle, Johnny TIGER, Jr. He was a rising artist, son of famous Creek artist Jerome TIGER, who preceded him in death in 1967, and Peggy TIGER of the home, who survives. His other survivors include his sisters, Dana TIGER and Lisa TIGER, all of Muskogee; his uncle,Johnny TIGER, Jr., of Muskogee, also a famous Creek artist; John and Lucinda TIGER of Muskogee; and his fiance, Gretchen JOHNSON of Muskogee. ************************* Chris's uncle Johnny Tiger, Jr. tutored his and older sister Dana's artistic talent after their father Jerome died. Jerome had told Johnny that if anything should happen to him to take care of his children. Carolyn Rhinehart Johnson, nee Tiger Family links: Parents: Jerome Richard Tiger (1941 - 1967) |
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| Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Eufaula McIntosh County Oklahoma, USA |
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| Created by: Alice P. Record added: Apr 18, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 10806467 |
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In Memory
Chris Tiger
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