Ima Dean Manning

Ima Dean Manning was born on April 9, 1932, in Meeker, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Saturday, May 21, 2011, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, at the age of 79. Ima, the daughter of James Charles and Lucy Florence (Guinn) Melton, was a resident of Meeker most of her life. She graduated from Meeker High School with the class of 1949. She met Gerald V. Manning through a Pen Pal Club and they were married on August 28, 1952 in Shawnee. He preceded her in death on July 30, 1991. Ima was a homemaker and a lifelong member of the Church of Christ attending both Thompson Heights Church of Christ and Meeker Church of Christ. Her parents, sister, grandson, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law also preceded Ima in death. Survivors include son, Danny Manning of Parkland; daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and William Logan of Chandler, Debbie Manning of Shawnee, Sherri Weatherly of Tecumseh, Charla Manning of Meeker, Sharon Manning of Oklahoma City; Amy and Richard McCorkle of Guthrie; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren. Viewing and visitation will be at Parks Brothers Chapel in Meeker until 12:00 PM Tuesday. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 2:00 PM, at the Meeker Church of Christ with Doyle Loveland officiating. Interment will follow at New Hope Cemetery in Meeker. Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Prague.