IN LOVING MEMORY OF ASLEENER CARTER MANNING

APRIL 4, 1941 – DECEMBER 2, 2024

IT IS WITH PROFOUND SADNESS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OUR BELOVED SISTER, AUNT, AND FRIEND, ASLEENER CARTER MANNING, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON DECEMBER 2, 2024, AT THE AGE OF 83.

ASLEENER WAS BORN ON APRIL 4, 1941, TO CURTIS CARTER SR. AND ASLEENER CARTER. SHE GREW UP SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE OF HER PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, EMBODYING THE VALUES OF KINDNESS, RESILIENCE, AND COMPASSION THAT DEFINED HER LIFE.

SHE WAS UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY TO HARRISON MANNING JR, HER DEVOTED HUSBAND AND LIFE PARTNER. TOGETHER, THEY SHARED MANY BEAUTIFUL YEARS OF LOVE AND DEDICATION UNTIL HARRISON'S PASSING. THEIR MARRIAGE WAS A TESTAMENT TO FAITH, COMMITMENT.

ASLEENER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, HARRISON MANNING; HER PARENTS, CURTIS CARTER SR. AND ASLEENER CARTER; HER BROTHERS, CURTIS CARTER JR., ARTIE CARTER SR., HOWARD JAMES CARTER, AND RAY CARTER; AND HER SISTER, LUCILLE CARTER SMITH.

HER LEGACY IS CARRIED ON BY THE FAMILY WHO SURVIVE HER. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY SISTERS DOROTHY TURNER OF MARSHALL, TEXAS, FAYE YORK OF ELYSIAN FIELDS, TEXAS, WYONIA WILLIAMS (ROBERT) OF ELYSIAN FIELDS, TX, NELLIE BENTON OF FT WORTH, TX, ANNA JERNIGAN (CURTIS) OF MARSHALL, TX. AND A HOST OF NEICES AND NEPHEWS. EACH OF WHOM WERE DEEPLY TOUCHED BY HER GRACE, WISDOM, AND UNWAVERING LOVE.

ASLEENER WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER KIND HEART, HER DEDICATION TO HER FAMILY, THE FUN-LOVING PERSON SHE WAS AND THE MANY LIVES SHE TOUCHED. SHE WAS A PILLAR OF STRENGTH AND A SOURCE OF COMFORT TO ALL WHO KNEW HER, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF LOVE AND MEMORIES FOR THE FAMILY TO CHERISH FORVER.

SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2024, AT ELYIAN FIELDS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT LEWIS CEMETERY IN MARSHALL. A VISITATION FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE HELD FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2024 AT DOWNS FUNERAL HOME.