7. | Paul T. Manning (1.Samuel1) was born on 22 Jan 1924 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 5 Sep 2018 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
Paul T Manning, 94, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at the V.A. Medical Center Hospice. A native of Elizabethton, he was the son of the late Samuel and Nola Colbaugh Manning.
Mr. Manning was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and served over 20 years in the military as a military policeman. He was a member of First Christian Church, Elizabethton, where he formerly served as deacon. His last service project for his Church was to pray for ten Church members weekly and would send them notes of encouragement. He loved to fish, watch the Atlanta Braves and enjoyed his grandchildren. Fourteen people considered him as their grandfather.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Stephens Manning; five sisters, Edna Donnelly, Willa Mae Campbell, Betty Hughes, Elizabeth Hughes and an infant sister, Pauline Manning, and two brothers, George Manning and Jack Manning.
Those left to cherish his memory include a daughter, Paula Manning, Elizabethton; a grandson, Marc Gibson and wife Rachel, Charlotte, N.C.; three great-grandchildren, Ethan Gibson, Nathan Gibson and Logan Gibson, all of Charlotte, N.C.; and special friends, Teresa Norris, Lanny Norris, Whitney and Landon Turner, Sara and Laban Propst, Laura Trott, Abbigail White, Alex Schnepel, Rilyn Propst, Wesley Propst, Sophia Turner and Drew Pearson. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Paul T Manning will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, September 9, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Mr. Michael Klaus, minister, Mr. John H. Smith, minister, and Dr. David Mills officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. Sunday, prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow the service on Sunday at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Chris Colbaugh, Drew Pearson, Sonny Hughes, Steve Dunlap, Charles Hayes, Kenny Carter and Jim Holdren. Honorary pallbearers will be the Men's Class of First Christian Church, Elizabethton, his cousins and nephews. Military Honors will be accorded by the Carter County Honor Guard. The family would like to express a special thank you to the V.A. CLC and hospice staff for their care to Mr. Manning.
Paul married Margaret Stephens on 3 Apr 1954 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of William Warren Stephens and Celia Belle Teague) was born on 20 Jun 1922 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 18 Sep 2013 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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