February 21, 1941 ~ August 10, 2023 (age 82)
Frances Strickland Manning Ward, age 82, of Whiteville, NC, died Thursday night, August 10, 2023, in her home. Born February 2, 1941 in Horry County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Preacher Vernon McLeod Strickland and Agnes Rogers Strickland. She was the widow of the late Wayland Manning and the late Lealon C. Ward.
She was of the Baptist Faith.
She is survived by four sons, Wayland Derek Manning of Lake City, FL.; Preacher Glenn Dale Manning (Sandra) of Chadbourn, NC; Gary Wayne Manning of Whiteville, NC, and Duane Henderson Manning of Whiteville, NC; one brother, C.M. Strickland (Barbara); one sister, Glenda Gasque (J.C.); eleven grandchildren; and seventeen great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Sherry Yvonne Manning; one sister, Sylvia Strickland Beckham; and one brother, Vernon Larry Strickland.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM in the Inman Ward Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Junior Tyler and Rev. J.T. Adams will be officiating. Burial to follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the chapel. A service of Inman Ward Funeral Home & Crematory.
