McManus, Thomas

Thomas “Tom” McManus – 1/5/2011 Thomas “Tom” Marion McManus, Jr., age 67, passed away at his home Wednesday, January 5, 2011 after an illness. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Lamar Baptist Church with burial following in Zion Cemetery directed by Belk Funeral Home. Tom was born in Lee County, son of the late Thomas M. and Maggie Windham McManus, Sr. He was an employee of Sonoco for 11 years and a Liberty Life Insurance agent for 33 years. He was a school crossing guard at Lamar Elementary School; lifetime member of Lamar Fire Department , Lamar Recreation Department and the “ chain crew” of Lamar High School . Along with “Shot” Windham, he coached Lamar Recreation Football to achieve State Champs in 1992. Tom was a member of Lamar Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Alice Hatfield McManus; his daughter, Tara (Kevin) Hunt ; three sons: Tom (Amanda Meggs) McManus III, Tony (Erin) McManus ,Tamron (Megan Baker) McManus; eleven grandchildren: Will Reynolds, Wade Reynolds, Dylan Hunt, Ethan Hunt, Aidan Hunt, Tom “Mac” McManus IV, Tucker McManus, Tyler McManus, Abby McManus, Madison Meggs and Natalie Meggs, all of Lamar; two sisters: Jessie Lee Hancock of Lamar and Lettie Freeman of Florence; and a brother-like nephew, Rev. Charles E. Hancock of Bishopville. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home in Lamar. Memorials are suggested to Forever Young of Lamar, First Baptist Church, Post Office Box 431, Lamar, SC 29069.