Ricky M. Manion Obituary Coal County Archivist - Angie Jenkins Submitted - July 2002 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Source: The Oklahoman May 21, 2002 Ricky M. Manion "Rick" Rick Manion was born March 1 1959 in Coalgate, OK to Everett M. and Bettie Sue Moore Manion. He died May 19, 2002 in Denison, TX. He was 43 and currently lived in Madill, OK. He was raised in Stringtown, OK where he graduated high school. Rick was a memeber of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and belonged to the Oklahoma State Troopers Association and the Oklahoma Hightway Patrol East Tactical Team. He was certified in many areas and held several awards in his profession. He is survived by his wife Donalda Courtney Manion (married Nov. 25, 1977 in Atoka, OK) and daughter Sommer, son Casey and grandaughter Paige Elizabeth, his mother Bettie Sue, sister Barbara Farris, and brothers Rusty and Mark, numerous neices and nephews, relatives and a host of friends. Memorials may be made to the rick Manion Scholarship Fund at Landmark Bank. Services held at the fletcher Auditorium, Tishomingo, OK with Rev. Larry Holder officiating. Interment Stringtown Cemetery, Stringtown, OK Services by Watts Funeral Home, Madill, OK