Lela Mae DONALDSON

1908 - 1993  (85 years)

• Name	Lela Mae DONALDSON  [1]
  Born	10 Feb 1908	Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  School	1913-1914	Flat, Coryell, Texas, USA
  	Flat School
  Died	16 Apr 1993	Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA   [3]
  Buried	18 Apr 1993	Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
  	Address: Restland Cemetery Coryell County Coryell County, Texas
  Obituary	22 Apr 1993	Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
  Gatesville Messenger and Star Forum
  Thursday Mrs. W.C. (Lela) Manning of Gatesville died here April 16. She was 86. Services were held Saturday at Scott's Funeral Home with Rev. Rex Tilly officiating. Burial was in Restland Cemetery. She was born February 10, 1907, in Coryell County, daughter of the late William and Lidia Donaldson. She married Bill Cole Manning on October 23, 1922, in Gatesville, and they lived here until moving to Odessa in 1944. They returned to Gatesville in 1957. She was a partner with her husband in farming and ranching. Mrs. Manning was preceded in death by two sons, Billy Manning and Jim Manning, and two grandsons, Tony and Jeff Manning. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Nita Brown of Gatesville, and Mary Smith of Conroe; two sons, Jack Manning of Odessa and Fred Manning of Palestine; one sister, Edna Oneal of Galveston; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Mike Smith, Jimmy Smith, Matt Smith, C. Jack Manning, Bobby Manning and Bill Caufield. Memorials may be made to Cedar Ridge Church of Christ in Gatesville.
  Person ID	I1754	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	William J DONALDSON,   b. 29 Aug 1886,   d. 20 Sep 1908, , Coryell, Texas, USA  (Age 22 years)
  Mother	Emily Lydia BRAZZIL,   b. 1 Jan 1884, Pendleton, Bell, Texas, USA ,   d. 22 Sep 1943, , Coryell, Texas, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1906	, Coryell, Texas, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] 1910 Coryell, TX, ED 40, pg 8A. Lela M Donaldson [S106] 1920 Coryell, TX, ED 61, pg 5B. age 11, Texas [S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), 462-34-5517. [S96] 1910 Coryell, TX, ED 40, pg 8A. age 2, Texas [S265] Coryell Co, Texas Marriage Book, Bk 7, Page 256.