Funeral service for Horace Fanning, 98, of Opelika, AL, will be at 12:00 noon, Monday, February 17, 2025, at Harris Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at 12:30 p.m. (EST), Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, 553 Highway 165, Fort Mitchell, AL, 36856, Bishop Kenneth Carter will officiate.

Mr. Fanning, who passed away Sunday, February 9, 2025 at his home in Opelika, Alabama, was born December 28, 1926, in Lee County, Alabama.

Public viewing will be Sunday, February 16, 2025 from 2:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.

He leaves to cherish his wonderful memory: one brother, Booker (Martha Jeanne) Fanning of Aliquippa, PA; one sister, Bernice Fanning Holmes of Marietta, GA; two special nieces, Lenora Fanning Fitzpatrick of Pine Mountain, GA and Tommie Flowers (Oswald) Barham of Baltimore, MD; a devoted great-nephew, Aki Dunlap of Hampton, GA; a special family friend, Jessica Ward of Marietta, GA; a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, other relatives and friends.