FLAGLER/PALM COAST NEWS-TRIBUNE
Palm Coast, Florida
Saturday, November 21, 1998


Man found dead:  Flagler County Sheriff's Department is investigating  the  death  of  a 24-year  old  college  student  found  dead  at  home  in  his  room  Thursday.

A  spokesman  for  the  Flagler  County  Sheriff's  Office  said  Tom Tant,  Jr.  24,  was  found dead  by  his  father,  Tommy  Tant,  at  8:25 a.m.in  his  parents'  home,  3311  North  State Road A1A.  

"There is no evidence of foul play at the scene."  Johanna Sharp, sec­retary for Sheriff Bob McCarthy, said Thursday afternoon.  "The investigation is being turned over to the medical examiner."

Tant  was  a  graduate  of  Flagler  Palm  Coast  High  School  and  attended  Daytona  Beach Community  College.  He  was  to  graduate  this  semester  and  transfer  to  Florida  State University.  He  was  employed  as  a  waiter  at Outback  Steakhouse  in  Ormond  Beach.  

His  father  Tom  Tant,  is  a  former  finance  director  for  the  Flagler  County  School  Board and lost  in  a  bid  for  Flagler  County  Clerk  of  Courts  post  two  years  ago against  Syd  Crosby.
 
Tant's  younger  brother,  Will,  is  a  well-known  surfer  on  the  professional  tour.