John Manning

John R. Manning, a resident of Corsicana, after a long and courageous battle with metastatic lung cancer, went to be with our Lord early Thursday December 2, 2010. Manning, originally of Godley, Texas, served as an Agriculture Science teacher, first at Maypearl High School and then for over thirty years at Corsicana High School. A beloved father, friend, teacher, and mentor, Manning helped shape the lives of not only his own three children, but also many thousands of his former Ag students, many of which followed in his footsteps becoming educators themselves. Even more than a decade after his retirement and up until the year of his death, Manning still helped friends and former students with their children’s livestock projects. Manning grew up on a Johnson County dairy farm where he learned the importance and value of hard work and dedication. He passed these attributes on to his students throughout the years. During his forty plus years in Corsicana he was a proud and active member of the Corsicana Optimist Club, First Baptist Church, and the “Commerce Street Social Club”. He coached youth baseball, and for decades served as a committee member for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo calf scramble and Navarro County Go-Texan committees. Manning was well known throughout the state as a judge for livestock shows. He was also an avid golfer, gardener, and poker player. All that knew Manning would agree that he was a one-of-a-kind, and that he will be greatly missed. He is survived by the mother of his children, Suzanne Jobe Manning; children Dr. John Garrett Manning, DVM, Jason Robert Manning and wife Rachel, and Jamie Lee Manning; sisters and brother-in-laws Sara and Dean Brown and Ann and Tommy Mackey; grandson John Michael Manning; and nieces and nephews. A memorial “Celebration of Life” service will be held on December 17, 2010 at the Fannie Mae Vernon Room located at the North end of the Navarro County Youth Exposition Center. The memorial will start at 12 o’clock PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests you make a donation to help endow the John R. Manning Memorial Scholarship c/o Community National Bank-Corsicana 321 North 15th Street Corsicana, TX 75110. The scholarship, once endowed, will be given each year to an area high school senior that plans on studying and pursuing a career in Agriculture Science.

John Manning

November 11, 1941 - December 2, 2010