MaryLynn Manning passed peacefully on October 15, 2019.
She is a beautiful soul and we miss her so much. MaryLynn traveled the world as a missionary and teacher. As a teacher, she schooled us, her children, to embrace the wonder, mystery and diversity in all of God’s creation.
MaryLynn was happiest when helping someone else. She was a very spiritual person and lived a simple, and thoughtful life.
Her wishes were that we do not have a formal service. She wanted to pass as she lived, in a quiet and humble manner. Our family will be celebrating her life in private ceremonies.
She dearly loved the sounds of nature and the soul stirring songs and music of the old church hymns. She was heard singing “Jesus Is All the World to Me” the day before she was called home. Truly, as friends and family of MaryLynn we join in; “Beau-ti-ful life with such a Friend, Beau-ti-ful life that has no end.”
She was born on May 9, 1932, to Lee and Lilly Manning in Midland, Texas, and survived by her sister Nadine Ellis of Oklahoma City and Marjorie Manning of Lubbock. Mother to James Edwin Bell, Jr (Utah), Regina Christine Knorpp (Texas), Ali Anthony Bell (Morocco), Corrina Birdtail (Montana), and Benjamin Noel Bell (Oregon). Mother-in-Law; and beloved Grandmother to 14; Great-grandmother to 19; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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