GRACE LEE JENNINGS MANN, 99, longtime Kermit resident,
went to be with the Lord on May 21, 2012, with burial
at Kermit Cemetery in Kermit, TX.
Grace was born Sept. 26, 1912, in Necessity Community near
Ranger, TX to Ernest Madison Jennings & Charlie Angeline
Eubanks Jennings. She was the fourth of nine children born
to the Jennings family and was the last to survive. Grace
graduated from Ranger High School in 1932 and took several
courses at Ranger Junior College. She met Harvey Mann in
Oct. 1934 and they were married in Feb of 1935. She is
preceded in death by husband, Harvey and son, Hal.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her son, Rex
Lee Mann & wife, Carola of Richmond; other survivors include
grandchildren, Gina Bairrington of Fort Worth; Travis Mann
of Leander; Stephen Mann, of Poolville; Michael Mann of
Kerrville; Capt. Eric Mann of Clovis, NM; great-grand-
children are Ryan Bairrington; Whitney Reeding; Courtney
Bairrington; Che Mann; Taylor Schaffner; Tyler Schaffner;
Tyler Mann and Cody Mann. Her sister was Ira Jennings
Sterling (RHS-1926).
During her life, Grace was faithful to her Savior Jesus
Christ and served in many capacities of her beloved First
Baptist Church of Kermit. She taught Sunday School classes,
was a Sunday School Dept. Superintendent and a sponsor for
the Girls Auxiliary. She loved going with her family to
summer camp at Paisano Baptist Encampment in the beautiful
Davis Mountains of West Texas. Grace loved cooking for her
family, going on vacations and oil painting. Grace was a
successful business owner of a children’s clothing store
in Kermit known as “The Jack & Jill Shop.“