NAME: GRACIE MAE (MANNING) NEAL, AGE 81, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 11, 1920 AT PHILLIPS, COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO RUFUS MANNING, SR. AND JOANNA (EVANS) MANNING. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2002 AT HURLEY HEALTH CENTER IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 81 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, OK.

MARRIED: CLEVELAND NEAL IN 1943 AT STRINGTOWN, OK.

OCCUPATION: GRACIE WAS A COOK FOR STRINGTOWN SCHOOL, SHE WORKED A NUMBER YEARS IN NURSING HOMES AS A NURSES AID AND IN LATER YEARS SHE WORKED IN HOME ELDERLY CARE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF C M E MILES CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN. SHE SERVED AS CHURCH TREASURER A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: JOE WASHINGTON AND WIFE ALBERTA OF KANSAS CITY, MO. CLIFFORD NEAL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MERRITT MIKE NEAL OF KANSAS CITY, MO. RICKY NEAL AND WIFE MELONY OF WYLIE, TX. DIANA FRANKLIN AND HUSBAND LEON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PATSY JONES AND HUSBAND CLARENCE OF ATOKA, OK. CHESTER NEAL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

18 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER: ROSIE TRIMBLE OF KANSAS CITY, MO.

BROTHERS: ROSEVELT MANNING AND WIFE WILLIE OF KANSAS CITY, MO. RALPH MANNING OF COMPTON, CA.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: LAWRENCE NEAL OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: LOTTIE NEAL OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: RUFUS SR. AND JOANNA MANNING. HUSBAND: CLEVELAND NEAL ON MAY 21, 1972. SONS: STAFFORD CLEVELAND & TERRY NEAL. DAUGHTER: ROSE MARIE BURRIS. BROTHERS: M. C., EMMITT, AND RUFUS JR. MANNING.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. GERALD STEPHENS.

CASKETBEARERS: CLIFFORD NEAL, RICK NEAL, CHESTER NEAL, MIKE NEAL, JOE WASHINGTON, LEON FRANKLIN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LEWIS MCGEE, ED MCGEE, HAROLD MILES, DARRELL MILES, CARL BROWN, LAWRENCE NEAL.

FLOWER BEARERS: JULIA ANN FULSOM, WILMA MCGEE, LINDA NEAL, TIFFANY NEAL, KATRINA FRANKLIN, CORRISSA NEAL.