Services for Mary Louiza Manuel, 89, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Mick Snider will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery.
Mrs. Manuel passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at an Ada hospital. She was born January 3, 1927 in Allen to Clark and Mary M. Prince Knighten. She attended Red Oak school south of Allen.
She married C. C. Manuel in 1942 in Allen. Mrs. Manuel was a homemaker and a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Survivors include her husband, C. C., of the home; two daughters, Mary Joyce Odom of Roff and Beverly Bishop of Tupelo; a son, Kenneth Lee Manuel of Fittstown; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sons, Charles D. Manuel, Jimmy Manuel and Melvin Manuel; one daughter, Leona Simmons; seven brothers, John Knighten, Thomas Knighten, William Knighten, Clarence Knighten, Robert Knighten, Jesse Knighten and Jerry Knighten; and three sisters, Zora Villa, Tennie Thomas and Lorene Trammel.
Bearers will be Robbie Odom, David Bacon, Michiel Odom, Joe Odom, Jeffery Manuel and Lowell Nickell. Honorary bearers will be Casey Odom, Marty Odom, Sebastian Bacon, Kendell Manuel Kevin Manuel and Phillip Manuel.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
