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Janis Marie Willis Manford
Janis Marie Manford
October 10, 1952 - November 04, 2019
Mrs. Janis Marie Manford, 67 of Bruceton, Tennessee passed away Monday, November 4, 2019 at her daughter’s home.
Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 3:00 PM in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Bro. Bud Ricketts will officiate the service. Interment will follow in Carter’s Chapel Cemetery.
The family will receive friends in the Cherry Wood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Wednesday from 12:00 Noon until time of service.
Pallbearers who will serve are Timothy (Tim) Hoskins, Jeremy Willis, Richard Forest, Corey Joe Towater, Wayne Nelson and Johnny Drinkard.
Mrs. Manford was born October 10, 1952 in Huntingdon, Tennessee, to the late Pink Willis and Hazel Martin Willis. She was a member of First Pentecostal Church in Huntingdon, employed as a seamstress for Henry I Seigel for twenty plus years, proceded to Bill Sill’s Sportswear for several years, and in retirement she helped in making quilts for her church. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Linda Willis and Mary Hoskins.
She is survived by one daughter, Stephanie Marie Hodge of Huntingdon, two sons, Scotty Willis (Kristie) of Jackson, William Manford (Jill) of Ohio, four sisters, Janet Patterson (Danny) of Huntingdon, Ann Sauls, Connie Ketchum, both of Bruceton, Carolyn Rodgers of Trenton, two brothers, Randall Willis and Grant Willis (Patsy) both of Bruceton. She also leaves six grandchildren, Brittany Willis, Andrew Willis, Hannah Thompson, Mandie Hodge, Derek Hodge, and Callan Willis and one great-granddaughter, Paisley Thompson. [Source: Chase Funeral Home]