Services for Curtis Manning, age 92 of Wrightsville, will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, August 28, 2013, in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Chaplain Roger Holley and Joe Litsch will officiate. Mr. Manning passed away peacefully on August 22, 2013 at Greenwood Place,Wrightsville. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,Wrightsville, and was retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad. He and his family lived in Macon for many years. When he retired, he and his wife returned to the farm in Wrightsville. He spent his retirement years farming, which he loved. Mr. Manning was preceded in death by his wife, Jonnie Price Manning, his father, Otha Lee Manning, mother, Eva Ward Manning, his sisters, Doris Long, Lillie Schraut, Alene Bryant; brother, Troy L. Manning; grandson, Victor Allmond; and son-in-law, Dan Russell. Survivors include his daughters, Bonnie M. Allmond, of Kingston, TN, Gwen M. Russell Whitehead, of Madison, AL, Susan M. Tant, of Kathleen; brother, Gurvice Manning, of Montrose;sisters, Mattie M. Thomas, of Dublin, Lorene M. (Verlon) Carter, of Alma, Myrtice M. Jolly, of Alpharetta;grandchildren, Lynn (Steve) Duit, of Ackley, IA, Donna (Kelly) Barnett, of Kingston, TN, Jeffrey Russell, of Chattanooga, TN, Angela (David) Hill, of Byron; five great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. James W. Tant, Danny Thomas, Tim Brantley, Clint Brantley, Buster Manning, and Verlyn Thomas will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at the funeral home.