Ellen Grace Manning
December 18, 1937 – November 22, 2017
SPRING HOPE – Ellen Grace Briley Manning, 79, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday. She was born in Pitt county to the late Dallas Hugh & Ruby Inez Worthington Briley. She spent most of her life in Wake County. She was a seamstress and later a courier with Wake Radiology from which she retired. Grace was a wonderful wife & mother who loved to cook and spend time with her family. She was preceded in death by her husband William David Manning.
Funeral service 2 pm, Monday, First Baptist Church of Spring Hope with burial to follow in the family cemetery.
She is survived by her children; David Manning (Jill) of Clearwater, FL, Kenneth Manning (Laurie) of Zebulon, Steve Manning of Asheville, Robin Propst (Roger) of Memphis, TN, Debra Long (Paul) of Spring Hope, siblings; Dallas Hugh Briley, Jr. (Barbara) of Apex, Billie Frances Crandell (Charlie) of Greenville, NC, Susan McMillan (Thomas) of Kinston, 10 grandchildren & 6 great grandchildren.
Flowers welcomed or memorials may be made to your local Kidney Foundation.
Visitation 2-3:30 Sunday, Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell & other times at Debra’s home. www.stricklandfuneral.com
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Just seeing this today. So sorry about Grace. I have such fond memories of her. I was never around her that wasn’t smiling and laughing. We have lost touch but I’ll always have these good memories. My condolences to her family.
Earth holds no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
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