Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Manning, John T.  March 30, 1917
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Ashland Progress
Dr John Thomas Manning was born at Wesobulga, in Clay County, Alabama, on April 
the 18th, 1864. He received his early education in the common schools of the 
county, then entered Lineville Institute where he finished his literary 
education in 1883. He at once entered the medical Department of Vanderbilt 
University, from which he graduated in 1884. He began the practice of medicine 
at Wesobulga, his native village, and soon rose to prominence as a physician. Dr 
Manning was a man of fine business qualities, and soon accumulated a competence. 
He was a public-spirited man, and always took an active part in every enterprise 
intended for the upbuilding of his community. He was loyal to his church to 
which he was a liberal contributor. Dr Manning was a man of fine literary 
attainments, being possessed of a high order of wit, he soon became a social 
favorite. He was welcomed everywhere, and no social gathering was considered 
complete without him. No man enjoyed life more than Dr Manning. His high 
standing, socially, his success, financially, and his popularity as a physician 
could but lead to happiness. On June 12, 1895, he was married to Miss Zera 
Virginia Hood, a prominent teacher in the schools of the state and a graduate of 
the Florence Norman School. To this union were born five children: Ruth, now 
Mrs. W. W. Runyan; Charles Brown, Mary, Eileen, and John Thomas Jr.

Lineville Headlight:
A tragedy that both shocked and saddened the people of Lineville and Clay 
County, occurred in this city on last Friday morning when Dr. J. T. Manning sent 
a bullet crashing through his head and brain, which meant almost instantaneous 
death to him. This act evidently occurred at moment when his mind was 
temporarily unbalanced. He was to have left, we learn, on Saturday, the 
following day, for Birmingham to undergo surgical operation with the hope of 
relieving him from ill health which he had suffered for more than two years.
The deceased was a man of jovial nature and had many friends throughout the 
State. He was one of the best-informed men along medical and agricultural lines 
in all East Alabama. The funeral services were conducted morning from the 
Methodist church, of which he was a lifelong member, by his pastor, Rev. W. W.
Crymes. and his body was laid to rest the family burial ground at Wesobulga 
Saturday afternoon. The deceased is survived by a widow and several children, to 
whom we extend sympathy and condolence in this sad hour of bereavement.

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