Funeral Arrangements for Mrs. Muriel Walker Manning, Aunt of Bishop Adam Jefferson Richardson
Funeral Arrangements for Mrs. Muriel Walker Manning, Aunt of Bishop Adam Jefferson Richardson
We are saddened to announce the passing of Mrs. Muriel Walker Manning, aunt of Bishop Adam Jefferson Richardson. Homegoing services for Mrs. Manning will be held Friday, May 14, 2010 at 11:00am at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel, 3000 N. 29th Street, Tampa, Florida 33605 (813) 248-6125/(813) 247-1921 (fax). The Rev. W. James Favorite, Pastor of Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery.
Let’s keep our Bishop, Mrs. Richardson and the Richardson/Manning Family in our continued prayers.
Let support our Bishop with flowers, cards and other condolences.
Mrs. Muriel Walker Manning, formerly of Walnut Street, West Tampa and E. 18th Avenue, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2010 at a local Rehabilitation Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, of 44 years, John H. Manning and five of her nine siblings.
Mrs. Manning is survived by 2 brothers, Charles Walker of Tampa and Mordecai Walker of St. Petersburg, FL; 2 sisters, Curtiss Walker Wilson, Tampa and Mary Walker Scott of St. Petersburg, FL; nieces, Colleen Shannon (Ralph), Atlanta, GA, Linda Arenas, Tampa, Colleen Porter, Chicago, IL, Gail Arnold, Tampa, Victoria Pinder (Earnest, III) Tampa, Bernardette Brooks, St. Petersburg, Julia Orr (Eric), Atlanta, GA, Verna Love(Larry), Denver, CO and Lillian Wilson Longs, Tampa; nephews, Bishop A. J. Richardson (Connie), McLean, VA, Herbert Richardson (Angela), Tallahassee, FL, Robert Walker (Susan), Denver, CO, Calvin Walker, Jr. (Dorothy), Denver, CO, Clarence P. Wilson, Jr. (Sanjo), Tampa, FL, Andrew Walker, Atlanta, GA and Wyatt Walker, Tampa; several grand and great grand nieces and nephews; a host of cousins, other relatives, and friends among whom are the Walker, James, Rembert, Kemp, King and Morris families. She is also survived by several special friends including, Dr. & Mrs. Glinton Darrien, Cora Williams, Lovie Jordan James, Geraldine White, Arnold & Doris Dubose, Julia Edwards and Minister Carnell Upshaw.
A native of Ft. Valley, Georgia her family came to the Bay area in the early 20′s; residing briefly in Port Tampa before moving to the Keystone/Citrus Park community where she and her nine siblings were raised. She attended the one teacher Citrus Park Colored School, Booker T. Washington Jr. High and graduated from Middleton High School, Class of 1936. During WWII, Mrs. Manning worked in a New Jersey government military uniform factory, returning to Tampa in the late forties. She received a B.S. Degree in Home Economics from Florida A & M University and was employed by the County public schools for 27 years as a lunchroom Manager at Booker T. Washington, an Institutional Foods teacher at Leto High, and a sixth grade teacher at Dunbar Elementary.
At Beulah, she served as a Deaconess, a choir member, a Sunday School teacher, Culinary Team member and with the Women’s Home Mission. She was a charter member of Unity Chapter #164, O.E.S. and the Young-at Heart Seniors’ Outreach Ministry of St. Luke A.M.E. Church.
Home going services for Mrs. Muriel Walking Manning, , will be held Friday, May 14, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. W. James Favorite, pastor of Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, officiating. Her remains will repose on Thursday, May 13, 2010 from 5:00 8:00 p.m. and the family will receive friends in the chapel from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Interment will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery.
