Leslie Alvin Manning

1921 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	Leslie Alvin Manning
  Born	1 Nov 1921	Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Sep 1944	France   [1]
  Buried	16 Apr 1949	Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I1354	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	John Robert Manning,   b. 3 Sep 1889, Melville, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Aug 1968, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Winnie Ellen Virginia Hughes,   b. 19 Jan 1888, Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Nov 1977, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 89 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1918	Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S16] Obituary, The Chattanooga Times, Saturday, April 16, 1949. MANNING, PFC LESLEY A. The remains of Pfc Lesley A. Manning arrived in Chattanooga Tuesday morning. Pvt Manning was killed in action on Sept. 21, 1944 in France. He served with the 134th Infantry. He is survived by his parents, Mr & Mrs Robert Manning of Daisy, Tenn.; three sisters Mrs E. L. Dobbs and Misses Ellen and Lorene Manning all of Daisy. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the Daisy Baptist Church with Rev. W. H. Black and Rev. E. C. Harris conducting. Burial will be in Hensley Cemetery with full military honors furnished by Cherokee Post No. 107, American Legion of Soddy, Tenn. Active pallbearers will be Raymond Whalen, Eugene Whalen, Lewis Reno, Billy Stephenson, James Manning and Clarence Manning. Honorary pallbearers will be Wallace Roberts, Clift Welch, Warren Grant, Dillard Blackburn, A. M. Davidson, Hamilton Poe, Joe Shadwcik, Harry Lewis, Archie Nale, Jess Worley, James Evans and Alvin Price.The body will be taken to the home of his father at 11 o’clock this morning, where it will remain until the hour of service. Arrangements are by the National Funeral Home. [S54] Hensley Cemetery Survey, Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogical Society, (www.hctgs.org).