Later Years
From 1988 until his retirement in 2000, Lanier was the executive director of the Alexandria Housing Authority.
Lanier died at the Grace Home in Alexandria at the age of eighty-six. He was interred on December 7, 2012 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park north of Pineville.
Lanier is survived by his wife, Winifred C. "Wendy" Lanier (born February 26, 1930); two daughters, Kathy Lanier Miller and Theresa Louise Lanier Massey, and a son, Steve Lanier. Another son, Brian Lanier (1958-1977), was killed in an accident at the age of nineteen, four months before his father's election as mayor.
Marion Chaney, one of the first two at-large members of the Alexandria City Council under the current municipal charter, said of Lanier:
He was a good friend. He loved Alexandria and wanted to lead it in the right direction. As far as I know, he was a fair person and would listen to anybody who needed to talk to the mayor. He was always there in his office. But I think more than anything, he was a visionary.
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