Gladys Womack Manning
4/27/1935 2/9/2020
Gladys Ann Manning, of Round Rock, Texas, formerly of Edna, Texas, passed away
on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the age of 84. She was born in Little Rock,
Arkansas, on April 27, 1935, to the late Ottis W. Womack and Virgie Gay Womack.
Gladys was a schoolteacher for over 50 years and touched the lives of many children
in the process.
Gladys is survived by her daughter, Sabrina Manning-Nordstrom and her husband
Scott Nordstrom of Round Rock; nieces and nephews: Denise Manning, Brenda & Jim
Harlan, Cheryl & Butch Taylor, Tommy & Kristi Manning; eleven, great nieces &
nephews; and nineteen, great great-nieces & nephews.
In addition to her parents; she is preceded in death by her husband, “Al” Thomas
Manning, step-father Alberto “Big Al” Goeriseh, brother and sister-in-law Phillip &
Joyce Manning, nephew Ricky Manning, and step-sister Lydia Theresa Dyson.
Visitation will be held on Friday, February 14, 2020, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the
Oaklawn Funeral Home Chapel. The funeral service will begin at 1:00 pm, on
Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the First United Methodist Church of Edna. Interment
will follow at the Memory Gardens Cemetery of Edna.
Pallbearers will be Doug Kelly Jr., Scott Nordstrom, Ron Bozarth, Ross Manning,
Lance Harlan, Kevin Harlan, Travis Taylor, and Rian Juranek. Honorary pallbearers are
Tommy Manning, Butch Taylor, Jim Harlan, Richard Wright, and Buster Chase.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the G-L-A-D-Y-S Manning Scholarship
fund at Jackson County Teachers Federal Credit Union, 309 N. Allen, Edna, TX 77957.
