Jessie Earl

Mann

Obituary

Jessie Earl Mann, 89, of Tifton died Thursday, November 21, 2013, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Terrell Roberts will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. Bryce Tolbert, Blake Tolbert, Chris Tolbert, Roger Howell, Richard Yarborough and Erik Stephens will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Sunday, November 24, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Mr. Mann was born on March 6, 1924 in Lanett, Alabama and was the son of John Branch Mann and Mamie Etta Harris Mann, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Anne Edmondson Mann; one step-daughter, Patricia Snow Tolbert; four brothers, Floyd Mann, Herbert Mann, Cornelius Mann and Watson Mann; and two sisters, Cleo Moss and Ester Baggett. He was a retired painter and served in the United States Army during World War II.

Mr. Mann is survived by two grandsons, Blake Tolbert and Bryce Tolbert; and two great-grandsons, Evan Dixon and Austin Dixon.