MANNING, Inez

Graveside service for Inez Manning, 95, Lawton, will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Highland Cemetery with the Rev. Tom Willoughby and the Rev. Johnny Wray officiating. Miss Manning died Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, in Lawton. Burial will be under direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born Feb. 5, 1912, in Grandfield, to John W. and Mattie Settle Manning. The family moved to Lawton in 1913. She graduated from Lawton High School, Cameron State Agricultural College, the Oklahoma College for Women and the Oklahoma Law School. She was employed as an English teacher for Elgin High School and Lawton Junior High School. During World War II she worked for civil service at Fort Sill. She was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association in 1952 and practiced law in Lawton until her retirement. She had also served as county judge for Comanche County. She was a member of the Pioneer Club, and First Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Phoebe Sunday School Class and involved in the senior adult group. Prior to her retirement, she was a member of the Lawton Business and Professional Women's Club, the Women's Forum, the American Business Women's Association, the American Association of University Women and the Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include several cousins and their families: Mary Garrison, Lawton; Aleen Kinzer, Edmond; Anna Faye Carter, Lawton; Art L. Manning, Edmond; and John Manning, Sauk Village, Ill.; and special friends, Fred and Kaye Blaylock, Lawton. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1409, Lawton 73502. An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com. The family will greet friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.