LUCILLE H. MANNING, daughter of the late Lucille Hodges and Joseph Davis, was born on November 25, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. She departed this life on January 16, 2013. She received her education from Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, Maryland. At the age of sixteen, she became employed by Provident Hospital as a Nurse's Aide where she worked for three years. She married Joseph B. Manning Sr. in April of 1952 and out of this union three children were born. She was affectionately known as Miss Smokie. If you were hungry, she made sure you were fed. If you didn't have anywhere to sleep, she made a place for you to lay your head. As her children, every Saturday we would go over to the New Carver Theater to see three movies for fifteen cents. All the children would ask, "Can I go to the movies Miss Smokie1?-" She would baby sit a lot of the kids in the neighborhood. She would make up games for her kids and their friends so they would always have something fun to do. She leaves to mourn: three children, Wanda Lillie Mae Ross, Joseph Burns Manning Jr. and Robert Neal Manning; a sister, Fannie Mae Davis; three grandchildren, Towanda C. Spencer, Cassandra A. Holcombe and Joseph B. Manning III a grandson, Thomas F. Morris III, who preceded her in death; two great-grandchildren, JaVett F. Morris and Matesha J. Morris; a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces, great-great-nephews; a host of other relatives and friends. LIFE IS BUT A STOPPING PLACE Life is but a stopping place., a pause in what's to be, A resting place along the road to sweet eternity. We all have different journeys, different paths along the way. We all were meant to learn somethings, but never meant to stay. Our destination is a place, far greater than we know. For some the journey's quicker, for some the journey's slow. And when the journey finally ends, we'll claim a great reward. And find an everlasting peace, together with the Lord.