Mrs. Christine Maynard Manley

December 4, 1925 - July 15, 2019

Christine Maynard Manley,93, entered the gates of heaven on Monday, July 15, 2019. A Celebration of her life will be held Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home. The family will greet friends beginning at 10:00 AM before the service. Burial will be in Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Manley was born in Twiggs County, Georgia the daughter of the late Joshua W. and Mattie Lou Rozier Lucas. She was the widow of Robert N. Maynard and Bill Manley. Mrs. Manley loved and touched the lives of many children as a kindergarden teacher in Macon Teddy Bear Kindergarden and at her preschool Wee Wisdom in Cochran. Mrs. Manley was preceded in death by her son, Larry Maynard and her siblings Irma Lucas, Jim Lucas, Samp Lucas, Fred Lucas, Gus Lucas, Lucille Lucas, Janie Bell Lucas Graham, Lily Mae Lucas Jones, Thomas Lucas and Herbert H. Lucas . She was a devoted mother and grandmother and is survived by her daughter Wanda Maynard Schroeder (Steve) of Macon, Ga.; daughter-in-law Millete Maynard of Cochran; grandchildren Neil Brennan of Tampa, Fl, Robert Maynard (Molly) of Savannah Ga., Christina Maynard Payne (Cole)of Cochran, Lucas Schroeder of Macon, Elyssa Schroeder of Austin Tx, and Amanda Schroeder White (Keegan) of Dublin and great-granddaughter Layla Payne. She is also survivied by her sisters Dollie Lucas Grinstead of Macon, Evelyn Lucas Arnold of Cochran and Mattie Lou Lucas Gay of Milledgeville. The family can be reached at the home of Wanda and Steve Schroeder, 108 St. Croix Dr. Macon, Ga.