HARREL MCMANUS
ADA-Services for Harrel Douglas McManus, 83, Ada, are 2:00 P.M. Friday at 32nd Street Church of Christ, Carl Johnson officiating. Burial follows at McGee Cemetery, Stratford. Military honors will be conducted at the graveside by the Chickasaw Honor Guard.
Mr. McManus died on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born March 17, 1926, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, to Jerry and Maybelle Fowler McManus. He attended school at Pauls Valley and also at Oklahoma A & M. He served in the U. S. Army during WWII from 1944 – 1946 in the 195th Engineers Co. and received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, and Marksman Award. Mr. McManus retired as a pharmaceutical salesman for McKesson-Robbins and had also been self-employed as a sign painter. He was a member of the Galey Church of Christ.
He married Lila Dean Sealey on February 19, 1955, in Gainesville, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, Dean, of the home; three daughters, Karen Goodnight, and her husband Stan, Norman; Sherri McManus, Ada; and Kristina McManus, Ada; 11 grandchildren, Kyle Goodnight, Katie Goodnight and Madie Goodnight, all of Norman; Tyler Frazier and Brittney Frazier, both of Ada; Joshua Thompson, Ada; Christian Roller, Ada; Amanda Eddings and her husband Jason, Ada; Elizabeth Boyett, Ada; Nicole Willis and her husband Michael, Ada; and Ashton Ward, Ada; one great grandson, Michael Greenlee, Ada; one sister, Zelma Stephens and her husband Donald Lee, Elmore City; and two brothers, Odie McManus and his wife Wilma, Pauls Valley; and Bill McManus and his wife Shirley, Pauls Valley.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four daughters, Harrelyn Boyett, Cynthia Bermudez, Redena McManus and Kimberly McManus; a grandson, Christopher McManus; and six brothers and sisters.
Bearers are grandsons, Kyle Goodnight, Joshua Thompson, Michael Willis, Tyler Frazier, friend, Eddie Easterling, and nephew, Gerald Sealey. Honorary bearers are Governor Bill Anoatubby, Bill Lance and Brian Campbell.
Criswell Funeral Home